Singles detailsLove on a Farmboy's Wages (Andy Partridge) a) Love on a Farmboy's Wages / In Loving Memory of a Name* + Desert Island / Toys
c) Love on a Farmboy's Wages / Burning with Optimism's Flames (live); English Roundabout* (live); Cut It Out (live)
Notes Side B captures one of the band's last live performances in Britain (actually the only London date in 1981, as well as the last), and the songs are not available anywhere else. "Cut It Out" is the improvisational section of "Scissor Man." Recording Data "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" and "In Loving Memory of a Name" produced by Steve Nye and XTC. Recorded during the Mummer sessions. "Desert Island" and "Toys" originally recorded by Steve Nye during the Mummer sessions. "Desert Island" mixed by XTC and David Lord and "Toys" mixed by XTC and Glenn Tommey at Crescent Studios, Bath, Avon, August 1983. The B-side tracks on the 12" version recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, 21 May 1981. Mixed by XTC and Jeremy Allom. Songs composed by Andy Partridge and *Colin Moulding. A lip-sync performance of "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" filmed on a farm in Swindon was shown in the documentary XTC Play at Home on Channel 4. Trivia "Toys" was originally called "The Toy Song." May also be found on the album Mummer May also be found on the album The Compact XTC -- The Singles 1978-85 (comp.) May also be found on the album Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-92 (comp.) May also be found on the album Upsy Daisy Assortment: The Sweetest Hits (comp.)
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