Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions

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Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions
Box set by XTC
Released	November 24, 1998
Recorded	1977-1989
Genre	Pop rock
Length	??:??
Label	Cooking Vinyl
Professional reviews
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XTC chronology
Upsy Daisy Assortment (1997)	Transistor Blast: The Complete BBC Sessions (1998)	Homespun (1999)

Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions is a boxed set by XTC released in 1998, just two months prior to Apple Venus Volume 1.

Tracks on the first two discs are culled from various BBC radio sessions the group performed on over the years, notably for John Peel and David Jensen. Discs three and four are live recordings, the latter of which was previously released as BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert.

"Opening Speech" from the first disc is Andy Partridge imitating John Peel.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 UK CD: COOKCD152 1.2 Disc one 1.3 Disc two 1.4 Disc three 1.5 Disc four

[edit] Track listing

[edit] UK CD: COOKCD152

All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

[edit] Disc one

1. "Opening Speech" – 0:49
2. "Life Begins at the Hop" (Colin Moulding) – 4:19
3. "Scarecrow People" – 4:13
4. "Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her" – 4:21
5. "Ten Feet Tall" (Moulding) – 2:53
6. "Garden of Earthly Delights" – 5:33
7. "Runaways" (Moulding) – 4:41
8. "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty" – 3:07
9. "I'm Bugged" – 3:34
10. "Another Satellite" – 4:21
11. "You're the Wish You Are I Had" – 3:24
12. "Crosswires" (Moulding) – 2:10
13. "Roads Girdle the Globe" – 5:03

[edit] Disc two

1. "No Thugs in Our House" – 5:23
2. "One of the Millions" (Moulding) – 4:26
3. "Real by Reel" – 3:48
4. "The Meeting Place" (Moulding) – 3:08
5. "Meccanic Dancing (Oh We Go!)" – 2:36
6. "Poor Skeleton Steps Out" – 3:27
7. "Into the Atom Age" – 2:27
8. "The Rhythm" (Moulding) – 2:55
9. "This World Over" – 4:33
10. "Snowman" – 4:42
11. "Dance Band" (Moulding) – 2:40
12. "Making Plans for Nigel" (Moulding) – 4:06
13. "Jason and the Argonauts" – 5:42

[edit] Disc three

1. "Radios in Motion" – 3:21
2. "Crosswires" (Moulding) – 2:06
3. "Science Friction" – 3:34
4. "Statue of Liberty" – 2:58
5. "The Rhythm" (Moulding) – 2:55
6. "I'll Set Myself on Fire" (Moulding) – 3:27
7. "New Town Animal in a Furnished Cage" – 1:55
8. "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) – 5:58
9. "Beatown" – 3:24
10. "This Is Pop?" – 2:37
11. "Dance Band" (Moulding) – 2:49
12. "Neon Shuffle" – 4:32

[edit] Disc four

1. "Life Begins at the Hop" (Moulding) – 3:55
2. "Burning With Optimism's Flame" – 4:29
3. "Love at First Sight" (Moulding) – 3:03
4. "Respectable Street" – 3:52
5. "No Language in Our Lungs" – 4:58
6. "This Is Pop?" – 2:49
7. "Scissor Man" – 4:58
8. "Towers of London" – 5:13
9. "Battery Brides" – 7:20
10. "Living Through Another Cuba" – 3:29
11. "Generals and Majors" (Moulding) – 4:37
12. "Making Plans for Nigel" (Moulding) – 4:21
13. "Are You Receiving Me?" – 3:16

XTC
Andy Partridge | Colin Moulding Dave Gregory | Terry Chambers | Barry Andrews
Discography
Studio albums White Music (1978) | Go 2 (1978) | Drums and Wires (1979) | Black Sea (1980) | English Settlement (1982) | Mummer (1983) | The Big Express (1984) | Skylarking (1986) | Oranges and Lemons (1989) | Nonsuch (1992) | Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999) | Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) (2000) The Dukes of Stratosphear releases: 25 O'Clock (1985) | Psonic Psunspot (1987) | Chips from the Chocolate Fireball (1987) Compilations, instrumentals, demos, live and tribute albums: Take Away / The Lure of Salvage (1980) | Waxworks: Some Singles 1977-1982 (1982) | Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977-1982 (1982) | The Compact XTC (1987) | Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 (1990) | Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers (1990) | BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1992) | Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77-89 (1994) | A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC (1995) | Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-92 (1996) | Upsy Daisy Assortment (1997) | Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions (1998) | Homespun (1999) | Homegrown (2001) | Coat of Many Cupboards (2002) | Instruvenus (2002) | Waspstrumental (2002) | Apple Box 2005 Fuzzy Warbles albums: Fuzzy Warbles Volume 1 (2002) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 2 (2002) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 3 (2003) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 4 | (2003) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 5 (2004) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 6 (2004) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 7 (2006) | Fuzzy Warbles Volume 8 (2006) | Hinges (2006)
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