Chalkhills: XTC Reel by Real

Many thanks to those who put in many hours of effort on this project, especially Mick Casey, André de Koning, Mitch Friedman, Derek Miner, R. Stevie Moore, Lazlo Nibble, Neil Oliver, J. Ross MacKay, Jon Rosenberger, Daniel R. Smith, Ian C. Stewart, Will Vigar, and Bradley Wood. A big Thank You also to Marcus Deininger, whose XTCyclopædia provided some of the impetus for this project.

Thank you also to these additional contributors: Ben Abbate, Frank Agnello, Per Aronsson, Ed Aubry, Tim Augustyn, Doug Bailey, Jody Barnes, Greg Beecher, Dave Blackburn, Andy Boswell, Kevin Brunkhorst, Randy C., Justin Campbell, Brian Caughell, Steve Cobham, Ian Dahlberg, Ned Davis, James Dignan, James Dupuy, Jeff Eby, Jeffrey Fariello, Michael Faulkner, Paul Ferguson, Pat Flaherty, Rich Frers, Martin Fuchs, Keith Gabryelski, Bill Gallagher, Dave Gershman, Mr. Gil, Mark Glickman, Neil Goldstein, Ben Gott, Steven Graff, Mark Gregory, Patty Haley, Joshua Hall-Bachner, Fred Hamilton, Keith Hanlon, Tim Harris, John H. Hedges, Toby Howard, Ned Hurley, Paul Hutchinson, Naoyuki Isogai, Dan Jennings, Stephen Jones, Joseph T Kays, Duncan Kimball, Jamie Kowalski, Eric T. Lewis, Ira Lieman, Christer Liljegren, Tony Lovell, Doug Mashkow, David McCarthy, Brookes McKenzie, Masato Mihara, Andy Miller, Ted Mills, Martin Monkman, Jared Morris, Andrew Russell Mutchler, Tim Nevaker, John Aage Nilsen, Dave O'Connell, Troy Peters, Dan Pinder, Randy Posynick, James Poulakos, Kees Pouw, Kevin Rice, Glyn Rudd, Gerhard Satke, Annie Sattler, Steve Schiavo, Dan Schmidt, Mark J. Schnitzius, Erich Sellheim, Glenn Siegel, Lin Sprague, Patrick Swanson, John Tenney, Timothy Tobin, Joe Turner, Chris Vreeland, Michael Wiencek, Bill Wikstrom, Kim Williams, Ava Wilson, Howard Wright, Jim Zittel. Thank you, too, to the few of you who neglected to or were unwilling to give me your name.

If you would like to contribute transcriptions of lyrics, or if you have feedback on any of the lyrics included herein, please let me know.

If you have chord charts or tablature to contribute, or if you have feedback on any of the charts and tablature you find here, please let me know. We're also looking for bass tab, drums charts, and the like.

Any mistakes in chords, charts and tablature are the responsibility of the original contributor. Standard disclaimer applies.

For more charts and tablature also see The XTC Vade-Mecum, devoted to sheet music for XTC, by Ian Dahlberg.

Quotes concerning the songs and albums have been lifted (“fair use”) from numerous sources, including but not restricted to the following:

Andy Partridge: Hinges liner notes posting, Idea Records Forum, 2007, collected by Gerhard Satke.

XTCfans, various blog interviews, 2006-2010, edited by Todd Bernhardt.

“Didn't Hurt A Bit”, Optimism's Flames, 2003.

Fuzzy Warbles (volumes 1-8), Ape House Records UK, 2002-2006, Andy Partridge.

Coat of Many Cupboards, Virgin/Idea Records UK, 2002.

Homegrown — The Wasp Star Home Demos, Pony Canyon Records Japan, 2001.

The Little Express (various volumes), the journal of the North American XTC Fan Club, June and Peter Dix, 1983-2000.

Homespun — The Apple Venus Volume One Home Demos, Pony Canyon Records Japan, 1999.

“Fossil Fuel”, Making Music, Issue 131, February 1997, UK, Andy Basire.

“A Conversation in Two Acts”, The Big Takeover, Issue No. 33, 1993.

BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert, Windsong International UK, 1992.

Nonsuch Press Release, Geffen Records USA, April 1992.

“Jim Price speaks to Andy Partridge”, WFMU-FM, Uppsala College, East Orange, New Jersey, USA, 29 June 1991.

Rag & Bone Buffet Press Release, Geffen Records USA, 1990.

“Eartime”, included with some copies of Nonsuch, Geffen Records USA, 1989.

Oranges and Lemons Press Release, Geffen Records USA, 1989.

“Psuccinct Psonic Psunspot Pstudy”, by Gary Pig Gold, circa 1989.

“The Dukes of Stratosphear Songbook”, Strange Things Are Happening, 1988.

“Recording The Big Express”, One Two Testing, Issue 16, November 1984

“Aware Paints XTC — X-Plaining XTC (Part 2)”, Aware — A Rock Music Research Journal, No. 9, Spring 1983, Steve Kolanjian and David Dasch.

“Aware Paints XTC — X-Plaining XTC (Part 1)”, Aware — A Rock Music Research Journal, No. 8, Winter 1982, Steve Kolanjian and David Dasch.

“Andy Partridge Comments Take Away”, Limelight, Issue 2, Autumn 1982.

XTC: Eleven Different Animals — Words and Music to the Singles, Virgin Music, London, 1981.