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Colin Moulding News
June 10, 2010: Duncan Maitland writes to say, “My new album, called Lullabies For
The 21st Century … features Colin Moulding on bass! Colin
plays (beautifully as always - the part is a real Moulding work of art!) on the
opening track - ‘Your Century’. I don't know if I have my facts
straight but might this be his first bass outing in about nine years? Either
way, I know XTC fans certainly won't be disappointed with his playing and may
rather enjoy my album into the bargain!”
Fossil Fools move to The Rolleston
June 4, 2010: The Fossil
Fools show has moved from The Furnace to The Rolleston! That's right,
Fossil Fools will be playing a FREE gig at The Rolleston, in
Swindon, playing the music of XTC in the home of XTC on Friday, 11 June 2010.
The fun starts at 8.30pm. 18 years and older, please.
The Everyday Story of Smalltown
April 11, 2010: On Thursday, 15 April 2010, 11.30am, BBC Radio 4 will feature Black and
White Towns, wherein John Harris takes a look at British inbetweenland
suburbs and provincial towns, examining their importance in the development of
British pop music. He'll be talking to Andy Partridge of XTC, Damon Albarn of
Blur, Louise Wener of Sleeper, and others, and contrasts this to the poetry of
John Betjeman and Philip Larkin.
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Other News
August 20
In 2005, Euron Griffith interviewed Andy Partridge for the BBC. In that interview, Mr. Partridge made a list of his favorite XTC tracks. (Thanks to Chris Handy and Euron Griffith.)
August 6
Augie Krater scanned the cover of the Virgin UK White Music LP.
August 5
Thanks to Augie Krater for pointing out the obvious answer to my question regarding the Wake Up single, which was “Why 7:46?” The answer is that the catalog number of the single is VS746. Silly me.
July 22
Augie Krater did some shopping and scanning: the front cover and back cover of the Virgin UK This Is Pop? 7" single and the front cover of the Virgin UK Life Begins at the Hop 7" single.
July 11
Bill Sherman transcribed the lyrics to “Didn't Hurt a Bit” from Coat of Many Cupboards.
July 7
Augie Krater would like to present the back cover of the æsthetically and sonically beautiful Wasp Star LP package.
July 2
Paul Ferguson audaciously contributed tablature for Dave Gregory's guitar solos on “That's Really Super, Supergirl”, “Real by Reel” and “Dear God”.
¶ Today's offering from Augie Krater is the totally awesome back of the “Ball and Chain” 7" single.
June 28
Nick Prol said, about Chalkhills, “Fantastic website!” and contributed a piece of fan art.
¶ Augie Krater found this cool 1978 promo pic of XTC.
June 12
Duncan Watson scanned his copy of the promotional DVD-ROM of the Fuzzy Warbles Collectors Album. Does anybody have a spare copy they can send me?
¶ Duncan also contributed images of the front and back covers of his UK cassette single of The Diſappointed.
June 5
Steven Campbell wrote to inform us of his new music-focused website called Nightfly Press and his feature “In The Limelight” showcasing great musicians.
June 2
Graeme Wong See contributed a scan of an ad for Nonsvch from the 2 May 1992 issue of NME.
May 31
Graeme Wong See contributed a scan of “XTC in Germany (or It's the Fort That Counts)” from a February or March 1982 issue of Smash Hits.
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