XTC Reel by Real: XTC: Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77-89

The Album The Songs Discographical Info Art

Recorded at the BBC for radio broadcast.
Originally released on 5 October 1994 in the U.K.
Also released on Transistor Blast on 16 November 1998 in the U.K.

Andy: “We would trundle down to the BBC Studios in London with our little amplifiers and, in a day, recreate more-or-less-live versions of four songs. You would play the track, get maybe one overdub and then sing it, so they were basically shoot-from-the-hip versions.”

Lyrics, Charts and More

1. Opening Speech
2. No Thugs In Our House
3. Runaways
4. You're The Wish (You Are) I Had
5. Poor Skeleton Steps Out
6. Crosswires
7. Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her
8. Real By Reel
9. Into The Atom Age
10. Meccanik Dancing
11. Ten Feet Tall
12. Scarecrow People
13. I'm Bugged
14. Dance Band
15. Jason And The Argonauts
16. One Of The Millions
17. Roads Girdle The Globe

Art

Drums and Wireless cover art

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