XTC Reel by Real: Mr. Partridge: Take Away / The Lure of Salvage
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Mr. Partridge: ‘Take Away’ / “The Lure of Salvage’

“This used to be some XTC records. It is now a collection of tracks that have been electronically processed/shattered and layered with other sounds or lyrical pieces.”
“If you liked ‘GO+’ then this record weighs approximately the same amount.”

Lyrics, Charts and More

  1. Commerciality (Signal Ad) (lyrics)
  2. The Day They Pulled the North Pole Down
  3. The Forgotten Language of Light (lyrics)
  4. Steam Fist Futurist (pics) (lyrics)
  5. Shore Leave Ornithology (Another 1950) (pics) (lyrics)
  6. Cairo (lyrics)
  7. The Rotary (lyrics)
  8. Madhattan
  9. I Sit in the Snow (lyrics)
  10. Work Away Tokyo Day
  11. New Broom (lyrics)

Recording Information

Destructed/constructed at Regents Park Recording Company, London.
All initial sound by XTC.
Additional sound/lyrics by Andy Partridge.
Put and take by John Leckie and Andy Partridge on 10.10.79.
Alan Jakoby was the tapir.
Originally released on 29 February 1980 in the U.K.
Also available on Explode Together (The Dub Experiments 78-80).

Art

cover of the original issue of the Mr. Partridge #\#i#/#Take Away / The Lure of Salvage#\#/i#/# LP

cover of the original issue of the Mr. Partridge Take Away / The Lure of Salvage LP

 back cover of the original issue of the Mr. Partridge #\#i#/#Take Away / The Lure of Salvage#\#/i#/# LP

back cover of the original issue of the Mr. Partridge Take Away / The Lure of Salvage LP

 label from the original issue of the Mr. Partridge #\#i#/#Take Away#\#/i#/# LP

label from the original issue of the Mr. Partridge Take Away LP
label from the original issue of the Mr. Partridge #\#i#/#The Lure of Salvage#\#/i#/# LP

label from the original issue of the Mr. Partridge The Lure of Salvage LP

 front cover of the Mr. Partridge #\#i#/#Take Away / The Lure of Salvage#\#/i#/# LP reissue

front cover of the Mr. Partridge Take Away / The Lure of Salvage LP reissue

 back cover of the Mr. Partridge #\#i#/#Take Away / The Lure of Salvage#\#/i#/# LP reissue

back cover of the Mr. Partridge Take Away / The Lure of Salvage LP reissue
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