XTC - 1978-12-08 - Amsterdam, NL (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Paradiso

Lineage:
FLAC > WAV > MAGIX music studio generation 6 deLuxe > WAV > FLAC

01 Science Friction
02 Meccanik Dancing
03 The Rhythm
04 Battery Brides
05 Cross Wires
06 Crowded Room
07 She's So Square
08 Super-Tuff
09 This Is Pop
10 Red
11 New Town Animal
12 I Am The Audience
13 Beatown
14 Do What You Do
15 Dance Band
16 Radios In Motion
17 Set Myself On Fire
18 Are You Receiving Me?
19 Statue Of Liberty

Notes:
This came as 2 raw files which I placed into MAGIX to make track cuts and other edits. A tape flip right after track 15 ends led to a small part at the start of track 16 being missing, so I made a 9 second patch to make the intro complete, resulting in a better segue than a abrupt flip. There was also a blank space due to a tape stop on the encore between tracks 17 + 18. I made that part seamless as opposed to adding fades. The bands first tour in Amsterdam yields this amazing peek in their history, recorded directly from the sound desk onto Hans's tape recorder.This is an awesome recording when you consider the date...

XTC - 1980-12-02 - Roslyn, NY (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

XTC 

MY FATHER'S PLACE, 

OLD ROSLYN,NY,USA 

DECEMBER 2,1980 

lineage

WLIR-FM Delayed Broadcast > Off The Air Reel Master > M-Audio Transit > Cool Edit > Cd Wave Editor > Flac

01 - Intro > Outside World 

02 - Life Begins At The Hop 

03 - Helicopter 

04 - Love At First Sight 

05 - Respectable Street 

06 - No Language In Our Lungs 

07 - Meccanik Dancing ( Oh We Go ) 

08 - This Is Pop 

09 - Scissor Man 

10 - Towers Of London 

11 - Real By Reel > 

12 - Battery Brides 

13 - Living Through Another Cuba > 

14 - Generals And Majors 

15 - Making Plans For Nigel 

16 - Crowd 

17 - Crowded Room 

18 - Are You Receiving Me?

XTC - 1980-11-15 - New Orleans, LA (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

XTC

Saturday 15 November 1980

Ole Man River's, Avondale(New Orleans), Louisiana

Audience master by RH

Sony TCD5 + ECM 990-F master> Sony SHF C60 normal bias cassette tape(tracks 1-14), Maxell LN C90 normal bias cassette tape (tracks 15-18)> Toshiba PCG4C cassette deck playback> M-Audio MicrotrackII > WAV(44.1 sample rate/16bit) > CD Wave Editor tracksplit> Traders Little Helper FLAC level 8

01 intro music/Outside World

02 Life Begins At The Hop

03 Helicopter

04 Love At First Sight

05 Respectable Street

06 No Language In Our Lungs

07 Meccanik Dancing

08 This Is Pop (tape flip)

09 (cut)Scissor Man

10 Towers Of London

11 Real By Reel

12 Battery Brides

13 Living Through Another Cuba/

14 Generals And Majors (tape change)

15 Making Plans For Nigel

16 Are You Receiving Me?

17 Crowded Room

18 Statue Of Liberty

Superb audience master recording given a fresh transfer. This is XTC's first and only performance in The Big Easy and by all accounts it was a gem of a show. Also check out opener, RZA, transferred for the very first time from the same tapes.

XTC - 1979-09-17 - London, UK (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Rainbow drops & finger pops

Andy Partridge
Colin Moulding
Dave Gregory
Terry Chambers

01 Beatown
02 Real By Reel
03 The Rhythm
04 Roads Girdle The Globe
05 Science Friction
06 Life Begins At the Hop
07 Helicopter
08 Battery brides
09 Making Plans For Nigel
10 Scissor Man
11 Instant Tunes
12 Outside World
13 Life Is Good In The Greenhouse
14 Crowded Room
15 Radios In Motion
16 Are You Receiving Me?
17 Set Myself On Fire
18 Meccanik Dancing
19 This Is Pop
20 Dance Band
21 Statue Of Liberty

XTC - 1980-09-05 - Melbourne, AU (DVDfull pro-shot)

(DVDfull pro-shot) 

Video Width: 720

Video Height: 480

Aspect Ratio: 4:3

Frame Rate: NTSC at 29.97 fps

Data Rate: 6124800 bps

Sampling Frequency: 48 kHz

Bit Rate: 256 kbps

Audio Coding Mode: 2/0

Channels: 2

Low Frequency Effects: No

Dolby Surround Mode: Not Indicated

VHS tape (gen/source unknown)->Magnavox MCV604 VHS recorder->Magnavox MWR10D6 DVD recorder->DVD-RW->HD->you

Andy Partridge - guitar, vocals

Colin Moulding - bass, vocals

Dave Gregory - guitar, keyboards, vocals

Terry Chambers - drums

01 - Outside World

02 - Life Begins at the Hop

03 - Generals and Majors

04 - Respectable Street

05 - No Language in Our Lungs

06 - Meccanik Dancing

07 - Love at First Sight

08 - Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins)

09 - Scissor Man

10 - Towers of London

11 - Rael By Reel

12 - This is Pop

13 - When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty

14 - Battery Brides

15 - Helicopter

16 - Are You Receiving Me?

17 - Making Plans for Nigel

18 - Into the Atom Age

19 - Statue of Liberty

notes

I borrowed the tape from a Little Express enthusiast in the area in exchange for a copy of the dub I've uploaded here. The sound is good, a B+ I'd say. The video has been through a few generations. There's smearing and saturation, there's places where it has that flat look and the distance shots lack detail, however I find it quite watchable. I give it a C+ to a B, depending on the lighting at any given moment. As usual, if anyone has something better, I'd sure love a copy. Cover included.

XTC - 1977-08-13 - Liverpool, UK (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Linegae:
FLAC > WAV > MAGIX music studio generation 6 deLuxe > WAV > FLAC

01 Radios In Motion
02 X Wires
03 Let's Have Fun
04 Fireball XL5
05 Science Friction
06 I'm Bugged
07 New Town Animal
08 Hang On To The Night
09 All Along The Watchtower
10 She's So Square

XTC - 1979-07-20 - Sydney, AU (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

XTC
Marconi Club
Sydney, Australia
1979-07-20

Transferred by:
Hans Devente aka 'The Mad Taper'

Known info:
'XTC Live at "The Marconi Club" Sydney, Australia July 20th, 1979
The First show of XTC's first Australian\Japaneese tour.
Broadcast Live on 2JJ Radio which was the local FM station in Sydney at that time. This station has now become JJJ, a nationwide FM station that services all of Australia.

The set list here is very indicative of the order and manner in which the tunes were played on the first Australian and Japaneese Tours. No Encores were played during this show probably due to time constraints. The encores on this tour normally consisted of some combination of these songs; Dance band, Statue Of Liberty, Into The Atom Age, Hang On To The Night and Neon Shuffle'
XTC11
Transferred with a Nakamichi Dragon from an unknown brand cassette.
Uploaded by Hans as a single FLAC file, downloaded by JonJon, and then:

> CD Wave 1.98 (Tracking, exported as 16-bit/44.1kHz WAV)
> Sony Sound Forge 10.0c (Fades, exported as 16-bit/44.1kHz WAV)
> TLH 2.7.0.172 (FLAC Lvl. 8, FFP)
> Foobar2000 1.1.13 (Tagging)

XTC at this point in time was:
Terry Chambers - Drums
David Gregory - Guitar, keys
Colin Moulding - Bass guitar, vocals
Andy Partridge - Guitar, vocals

01 - Beatown
02 - Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!)
03 - Making Plans for Nigel
04 - The Rhythm
05 - Roads Girdle the Globe
06 - Science Friction
07 - Life Begins at the Hop
08 - This is Pop?
09 - Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian)
10 - Cross Wires
11 - Outside World
12 - I'm Bugged
13 - Crowded Room
14 - Radios in Motion
15 - Are You Receiving Me?
16 - I'll Set Myself on Fire

Play Time - 00:58:17

XTC - 1978-06-03 - Liverpool, UK (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Eric's

Lineage

FLAC > WAV > MAGIX music studio generation 6 deLuxe > WAV > FLAC

01 Radios In Motion

02 X Wires

03 Heatwave

04 Meccanik Dancing

05 I'm Bugged

06 Crowded Room

07 Atom Age

08 All Along The WatchtAower

09 This Is Pop

10 Set Myself On Fire

11 Do What You Do

12 Dance Band

13 Science Friction

14 Neon Shuffle

15 Fireball XL5

16 Statue Of Liberty

XTC - 1978-05-21 - Rotterdam, NL (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

XTC

Exit

Rotterdam, Niederlande

1978-05-21

Transferred by:

Hans Devente aka 'The Mad Taper'

Known info:

'ANOTHER EXCELLENT SOUNDBOARD RECORDING, YOU WILL LIKE THIS ONE TOO'

XTC08

Transferred with a Nakamichi Dragon from an unknown brand cassette.

Uploaded by Hans as two FLAC files, downloaded by JonJon, and then:

CD Wave 1.98 (Tracking, exported as 16-bit/44.1kHz WAV)

Sony Sound Forge 10.0c (Fades, exported as 16-bit/44.1kHz WAV)

TLH 2.7.0.172 (FLAC Lvl. 8, FFP)

Foobar2000 1.1.13 (Tagging)

Barry Andrews - Keys, vocals

Terry Chambers - Drums

Colin Moulding - Bass guitar, vocals

Andy Partridge - Guitar, vocals

01 - Radios in Motion

02 - Cross Wires

03 - Heatwave

04 - Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!)

05 - I'm Bugged

06 - Crowded Room

07 - Into the Atom Age

08 - All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)

09 - This is Pop?

10 - I'll Set Myself on Fire

11 - Do What You Do

12 - Dance Band

13 - Science Friction

14 - Neon Shuffle

15 - Statue of Liberty

16 - She's So Square

Play Time - 00:57:56

Notes

- Huge thanks to Hans Devente, who's finally finished transferring and sharing ALL of his XTC tapes. Hans taped a load of these tapes himself, and a large portion of them are audience captures. Thanks to Hans, no longer is XTC of the 70s nor Barry Andrews a rarity! Unfortunately, shortly after transferring the Chelmsford Odeon and Strans Lyceum tapes, his Nakamichi Dragon bit the dust. According to him it was far more than simple electrical failure, and it was given a seaman's burial in the waterway behind his house. Being the sport he is, he went out and got a replacement deck to finish up not only these but all the other tapes he has. The deck in question is a Sony TC-WR820, a two head deck and not as great as the Dragon, but certainly it works!

XTC - 1989-05-15 - Boston, MA (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)


XTC 
live in Boston and Lynn 
Massachusetts USA 
at WBCN and WFNX studios 
First 1989 US radio stations acoustic tour FM broadcasts 
1989-05-15 
May 15, 1989 
copy of a bootleg CD 
"Kings for a Day" 
2005 transfer and seed by (unknown) 

source, from discogs.com: 
XTC – "Kings For A Day" 
[bootleg, no label] catalog No. RD 010 
France 
released: 1992 
or 
reissue: 
XTC – "Kings For A Day" 
SPQR Records, Germany – 
[bootleg] catalog No. SPQR6CD 
released: 1999 

Lineage
bootleg Cd -> Wav -> Flac -> 2005 seed 

Andy Partridge: vocals, guitar 
Colin Moulding: vocals, guitar 
Dave Gregory: vocals, guitar

WBCN-FM, Boston, Massachusetts, 1989-05-15 [morning] - 33:47 minutes [corrected] 
101 intro/Scarecrow People 4:24 
102 Medley 1 5:50 
- Senses Working Overtime > 
- Grass > 
- Love on a Farmboy's Wages 
103 King for a Day 3:30 
104 interview 5:33 
105 Mayor of Simpleton 3:50 
106 intro 0:40 
107 Medley 2 5:21 
- Great Fire > 
- Dear God > 
- Big Day 
108 outro 4:37 

WFNX-FM, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1989-05-15 [afternoon] - 35:34 minutes [corrected] 
109 intro 3:51 
110 Scarecrow People 4:13 
111 intro 0:34 
112 Medley 1 5:50 
- Senses Working Overtime > 
- Grass > 
- Love on a Farmboy's Wages 
113 intro 1:00 
114 Blue Beret 3:17 
115 intro 1:21 
116 Medley 3 4:59 
- One of the Millions > 
- Pink Thing > 
- Garden of Earthly Delights 
117 intro 0:43 
118 Mayor of Simpleton 3:52 
119 intro 1:35 
120 King for a Day 3:32 
121 outro 0:39 

69:23 minutes

XTC - 1981-04-17 - Cherry Hill, NJ (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

XTC - XTC Weed 05 from xtc4u.org 
April 17, 1981 - Emerald City - Cherry Hill, NJ U.S.A. 
WMMR FM broadcast 

Annoying DJ spots left in - can be edited without affecting songs if you prefer... 

01 Real By Reel 5.16 
02 Life Begins At The Hop 3.48 
03 When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty 4.51 
04 Respectable Street 3.00 
05 Sgt. Rock (is going to help me) 3.50 
06 No Language in Our Lungs 4.47 
07 Ball and Chain 3.58 
08 Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins) 4.20 
09 Love at First Sight 3.13 
10 Roads Girdle the Globe 4.25 
11 Scissor Man 6.15 
12 Towers of London 5.48 
13 Burning With Optimism's Flames 4.21 
14 Making Plans for Nigel 4.39 
15 Living Through Another Cuba 5.00 
16 Generals and Majors 4.12 
17 DJ Talk 1.24 
18 This is Pop 2.42 
19 Helicopter 4.58 
20 Statue of Liberty 2.51 
21 Outside World 4.41 

Total time 88.41

XTC - 1982-03-08 - Amsterdam, NL (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Paradiso,

Lineage:
Untracked Cassette > Nak Dragon > WaveLab 7 (Tracking, No NR) > xAct (flac 8, SBE)

01. Runaways
02. Jason And The Argonauts
03. Melt The Guns
04. Snowman
05. Ball And Chain
06. No Thugs In Our House
07. Senses Working Overtime
08. All Along The Watchtower
09. No Language In Our Lungs
10. Towers Of London
11. Making Plans For Nigel
12. Living Through Another Cuba > Generals And Majors
13. Reel By Reel
14. Sgt, Rock (Is going To Help Me)
15. Applause For Encore
16. Life Begins At The Hop (With Hans Devente on Backing Vocals)

This Soundboard is in immaculate condition! No flaws whatsoever. Joined The two sides seamlessly. Made an extra track for the encore applause so you can take it out if you wish or skip through it. Many Many thanks to Hans! This is a real treat! A great version of "All Along The Watchtower" among others. Also note that it has Hans on backing vocals for the encore.

XTC - 1982-03-07 - Brussels, BE (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

XTC

1982-03-07

Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium

SOURCE: hilversum 2, kro, "legendarish live", (rebroadcast on 20.march.2009)

RECORDING: analogue cable > revox b260 > marantz dr6000

TRANSFER: eac > nero wave editor (tracking) > flac level 8

01 <radio commentator intro>

02 runaways

03 jason and the argonauts

04 snowman

05 ball and chain

06 senses working overtime

07 all along the watchtower

08 towers of london

09 making plans for nigel

10 living through another cuba

11 generals and majors

12 <radio commentor outro>

13 reel by reel

TOTAL: 53:05

NOTES:

there is a very short radio-transmission drop-out during "snowman".

originally aired in 1982 on kro's "rocktempel" program, when only 26 were broadcasted due to technical prolblem. the kro then decided to record next nite's show in amsterdam as a replacement. still have a 84 min tape of that if anyone's interested.

XTC - 1980-03-02 - Victoria, BC (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

BC University
Victoria, British Columbia

Transferred by:
Hans Devente aka 'The Mad Taper'

Known info:
'either fm or desk
great sound, its from 1980 i guess'
XTC16
Transferred with a Nakamichi Dragon.
Marked by Hans as likely being either a pre-FM or board pull.
Uploaded as a single FLAC file by Hans, downloaded by JonJon, and then:

> CD Wave 1.98 (Tracking, exported as 16-bit/44.1kHz WAV)
> Sony Sound Forge 10.0c (Fades, exported as 16-bit/44.1kHz WAV)
> TLH 2.7.0.172 (FLAC Lvl. 8, FFP)
> Foobar2000 1.1.13 (Tagging)

Terry Chambers - Drums
David Gregory - Guitar, keys
Colin Moulding - Bass guitar, vocals
Andy Partridge - Guitar, vocals

01 - Bushman President (Homo Safari No. 2)/*
02 - Beatown
03 - Real by Reel
04 - When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty
05 - Life Begins at the Hop
06 - The Rhythm
07 - Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!)
08 - Scissor Man
09 - Heatwave
10 - Helicopter
11 - This is Pop?
12 - Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian)
13 - Instant Tunes
14 - Crowded Room/
15 - Are You Receiving Me?/
16 - Complicated Game
17 - Making Plans for Nigel
18 - Outside World
19 - Dance Band
20 - Statue of Liberty/


Play Time - 01:09:21

/ Fades
* Only the last twenty seconds of 'Bushman President' were captured.

Notes
- Another uncirculated show from Hans Devente! This one a mid-Drums & Wires tour show.

- Considering how incredibly tight and clean the audio is, I'd wager this is more
likely a board feed rather than an FM or pre-FM source. It simply isn't radio friendly;
the bass isn't 'in your face' enough, the mids are slightly recessed, the crowd isn't
prominent enough between songs, and the amplitude isn't very high.

- No matter, like I said, the sound is very tight and clean. This is also the only known
Canadian XTC source besides the 1979-01-10 show at the Edge in Toronto.

- Considering how tight and bass light this is, I'm going to guess that this venue
is/was a rather boomy one.

- Oh, and Dave had his balls chopped off.

XTC - 1980-02-25 - San Francisco, CA (pre-FM/FLAC)

(pre-FM FLAC)

XTC

1980-02-25 Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA

Pre-FM broadcast tape remastered

01. Beatown

02. Real by Reel

03. When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty

04. Life Begins at the Hop

05. The Rhythm

06. Meccanik Dancing

07. Heatwave

08. Scissor Man

09. Ten Feet Tall

10. Helicopter

11. This Is Pop?

12. Battery Brides

13. Instant Tunes

14. Crowded Room

15. Are You Receiving Me?

16. Complicated Game

17. Making Plans for Nigel

XTC - 1980-02-20 - Costa Mesa, CA (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

XTC

Cuckoo's Nest, Costa Mesa CA

February 20, 1980

Recording Info:

KUCI-FM Irvine CA Re-Broadcast > Unknown Generation Cassette

Processing:

Cassette > Nakamichi RX 505 > Zoom f8 @ 24bit/48kHz > Adobe Audition > CDWAV > R8Brain (16bit/44.1kHz) > TLH FLAC 8

01. Intro

02. Beatown

03. Real By Reel

04. When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty

05. Life Begins At The Hop

06. The Rhythm

07. Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!)

08. Heatwave

09. Scissor Man

10. Ten Feet Tall

11. Helicopter

12. This Is Pop?

13. Battery Brides

14. Instant Tunes

15. Crowded Room

16. Complicated Game

17. Making Plans For Nigel

18. Outside World

19. Dance Band

20. Statue Of Liberty

XTC - 1980-01-30 - Boston, MA (FM/FLAC)

(WBCN FM broadcast FLAC)

Paradise Rock Club
Late show

Andy Partridge- guitar and vocals
Dave Gregory- guitar
Colin Moulding- bass and vocals
Terry Chambers- drums (no relation to Dennis)

lineage:
WBCN FM radio live broadcast (not pre-recorded) > Sansui 8 reciever > Teac treel deck > Maxell UD 7" master reel @ 3.3/4 ips > played on Teac 3300 deck into Realtek soundcard/soundforge 4.5 (WAV) > CD > CD extractor (WAV) > FLAC 6 > torrentially yours. 

01 - Homo Safari 2:28
02 - Beantown 3:42
03 - Real By Reel 3:38
04 - When You'Re Near Me I Have Difficulty 3:58
05 - Life Begins At The Hop 3:38
06 - The Rhythm 3:10
07 - Meccanik Dancing 2:29
08 - Ten Feet Tall 3:14
09 - Helicopter 3:55
10 - This Is Pop? 2:26
11 - Battery Brides 8:34
12 - (Andy Paints Brian) Crowded Room 2:55
13 - Complicated Game 4:48
14 - Making Plans For Nigel 4:08
15 - Encore Break 1 2:02
16 - Radios In Motion 2:51
17 - Are You Recieving Me 3:05
18 - Encore Break 2 1:27
19 - Outside World > Dance Band 6:49
20 - Statue Of Liberty 2:51
21 - Radio Announcer Outro 1:20

runtime - 73:38

XTC - 1980-01-29 - Boston, MA (FM/FLAC) Late Show

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Late Show

lineage:

WBCN FM radio live broadcast > Sansui 8 reciever > Teac reel deck > Maxell UD 7" master reel @ 3.3/4 ips > played on Sony tapecorder TC-645 reel deck into soundforge (wav) > flac (sb's aligned)

XTC

Andy Partridge: guitar and vocals

Dave Gregory: guitar

Colin Moulding: bass and vocals

Terry Chambers: drums (no relation to Dennis)

Paradise Theater (rock club, actually)

Boston, Mass. U.S.A.

January 29, 1980

2nd show

promoting their 3rd album "drums and wires"

WBCN FM 104.1 broadcast

01: **** safari > 2:26 (cuts in)

02: beantown 3:42

03: real by reel 3:33 (some tape flaws)

04: when you're near me I have difficulty 3:56

05: life begins at the hop 3:36

06: the rhythm 3:08

07: meccanik dancing 2:27

08: ten feet tall > 3:12

09: helicopter 3:27

10: talk > this is pop? 2:48

11: battery brides 8:30

12: (Andy paints Brian) crowded room 2:44

13: complicated game > 4:54

14: making plans for Nigel 4:05

15: encore break 1 1:25

16: radios in motion 3:25

17: are you recieving me 3:03

18: encore break 2 1:27

19: outside world > dance band 6:45

20: statue of liberty 2:49

21: radio announcer outro 1:20

runtime: 72:45 (minutes/ seconds)

recorded as it happened on WBCN radio. it's an inspired show (I'm sure selling out 2 shows this night pleased them) Boston is an XTC appreciating town. the late show actually started after midnight so it was techically early AM of Jan 30, thus previously posted under that date, but it was scheduled for the night of the 29th. the reel has not been played alot and most of it still sounds pretty good, although there are a few parts where there are some tape problems, especially in real by reel. most of the rest sounds pretty clear.

XTC - 1980 - Black Sea Demos (STU/FLAC)

(studio FLAC)

1980 Polygram Studios

Lineage:
cassette > Audacity > WAV > FLAC@blog > Audacity (splitting, edits, fades) > TLH flac 8
Andy Partridge - guitar, vocals
Dave Gregory - guitar, vocals
Colin Moulding - bass, vocals
Terry Chambers - drums

01 Living Through Another Cuba [instrumental]
02 Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)
03 Rocket From A Bottle
04 Towers Of London
05 Smokeless Zone [instrumental]
06 Ban The Bomb [instrumental]
07 No Language In Our Lungs
08 Pearl [Andy Partridge solo]
09 Holding The Baby [Andy Partridge solo]
10 Monkeys In Human Skin Suites [Andy Partridge solo]
11 Burning With Optimism's Flames
12 Paper And Iron (Notes And Coins)
13 Travels In Nihilon
14 Don't Lose Your Temper
15 Respectable Street
16 Generals And Majors

Notes:
I checked around on the web but could find no trace of these demos, it really seems they never made the rounds before. All I could find were some inferior quality versions of two of the Andy Partridge solo tracks on youtube. But as I am not very knowledgeable at all when it comes to XTC I may be completely wrong :-)

Anyway, the sound quality is excellent with only little hiss considering the age of the tape. Madtaper Hans really must have kept his cassettes under very good conditions.

I considered moving the three Andy Partridge solo tracks to the end as they clearly are not part of the same session; but as you can easily move them around as you wish yourself I decided to keep the track order as it was on madtapers cassette. Personally I'll certainly put them at the end whenever I listen to these absolutely fabulous demos.

XTC - 1982-02-10 - Hamburg, DE (DVDfull pro-shot)

(DVDfull pro-shot)

ROCKPALAST
Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany

lineage
VHS > SA DVD-R > Nero

Andy Partridge - guitar, vocals
Colin Moulding - bass, vocals
Dave Gregory - guitar, keyboards, tambourine
Terry Chambers - drums

01. Respectable Street
02. Towers of London
03. Runaways
04. Jason and the Argonauts
05. Burning with Optimism's Flames
06. Snowman
07. Ball and Chain
08. Sgt. Rock (is Going to Help Me)
09. No Thugs in Our House
10. Senses Working Overtime
11. Making Plans for Nigel
12. Living Through Another cuba
13. Generals and Majors
14. Real by Reel
15. Life Begins at the Hop

1-13 are from a mid/late 1990s edited rebroadcast of the show, quality is near-mint. The last two songs are from an older dub of the show, the quality there is very rough. It's not unwatchable though and hopefully the quality of the rest of the show makes up for it.