Coat of Many Cupboards

Album by XTC

Coat of Many Cupboards by XTC is a box set compilation that features a collection of demos, live recordings, and rare tracks spanning the band's career. It provides an in-depth look at the band's creative process and evolution in the new wave and post-punk genres.
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Disc 1

  1. 3.
    Science Friction (CBS demo)
    3:32
  2. 4.
    Spinning Top (live)
    3:00
  3. 5.
    Traffic Light Rock (live)
    2:06
  4. 6.
    Radios in Motion (White Music version)
    2:54
  5. 7.
    Let’s Have Fun (White Music outtake)
    1:19
  6. 8.
    Fireball XL5 / Fireball Dub (White Music outtake)
    3:24
  7. 9.
    Heatwave MKII Deluxe (White Music outtake)
    1:47
  8. 10.
    This Is Pop? (single version)
    2:42
  9. 11.
    Are You Receiving Me? (Go 2 outtake)
    3:23
  10. 12.
    Things Fall to Bits (Go 2 outtake)
    2:26
  11. 13.
    Us Being Us (Go 2 outtake)
    2:55
  12. 14.
    Life Begins at the Hop (first rehearsal extract)
    1:09
  13. 15.
    Life Begins at the Hop (first recording, unused)
    3:58
  14. 16.
    Making Plans for Nigel (demo from Swindon Town Hall)
    4:15
  15. 17.
    Ten Feet Tall (Drums and Wires version)
    3:14
  16. 18.
    Sleepyheads (Drums and Wires outtake)
    4:52

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Wanking Man (live studio chatter)
    1:37
  2. 2.
    Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!) (live)
    2:34
  3. 3.
    Atom Medley: Into the Atom Age / Hang On to the Night / Neon Shuffle (live)
    6:52
  4. 4.
    Life Begins at the Hop (unused U.S. single recording)
    2:57
  5. 5.
    Real by Reel (unused single recording)
    3:44
  6. 6.
    When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty (unused single recording)
    3:21
  7. 7.
    Helicopter (unused single recording)
    3:30
  8. 8.
    Towers of London (rejected single recording)
    6:07
  9. 9.
    Generals and Majors (rehearsal tape)
    5:02
  10. 10.
    No Language in Our Lungs (Black Sea version)
    4:51
  11. 11.
    Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me) (Black Sea version)
    3:37
  12. 12.
    Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins) (live)
    4:08
  13. 13.
    Crowded Room (live)
    4:03
  14. 14.
    Senses Working Overtime (early work tape)
    3:31
  15. 15.
    Snowman (live)
    5:06
  16. 16.
    Ball and Chain (unused single recording)
    4:21

Disc 3

  1. 2.
    Shaving Brush Boogie (live studio recording)
    12:07
  2. 3.
    Punch and Judy (unused single recording)
    2:35
  3. 4.
    Fly on the Wall (English Settlement version)
    3:17
  4. 5.
    Yacht Dance (live)
    4:31
  5. 6.
    Jason and the Argonauts (English Settlement version)
    5:59
  6. 7.
    Love on a Farmboy’s Wages (home demo)
    3:47
  7. 8.
    Wonderland (home demo)
    4:23
  8. 9.
    Ladybird (Mummer version)
    4:36
  9. 10.
    All You Pretty Girls (home demo)
    4:13
  10. 11.
    Wake Up (home demo)
    4:12
  11. 12.
    The Everyday Story of Smalltown (Big Express version)
    4:13
  12. 13.
    Grass (home demo)
    2:55
  13. 14.
    Let’s Make a Den (home demo)
    2:25
  14. 15.
    The Meeting Place (home demo)
    3:51
  15. 16.
    Dear God (band demo)
    4:10

Disc 4

  1. 6.
    Brainiac’s Daughter (Psonic Psunspot version)
    4:03
  2. 7.
    Vanishing Girl (Psonic Psunspot version)
    2:44
  3. 8.
    Terrorism (home demo)
    3:20
  4. 9.
    Find the Fox (home demo)
    2:37
  5. 10.
    Season Cycle (Skylarking version)
    3:21
  6. 11.
    The Troubles (home demo)
    3:17
  7. 12.
    Mayor of Simpleton (early work tape)
    2:47
  8. 13.
    King for a Day (home demo)
    3:14
  9. 14.
    Chalkhills and Children (Oranges & Lemons version)
    5:06
  10. 15.
    The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (early home demo)
    5:34
  11. 16.
    Omnibus (Nonsuch version)
    3:20
  12. 17.
    The Disappointed (home demo)
    3:20
  13. 18.
    Bungalow (Nonsuch version)
    2:49
  14. 19.
    Didn’t Hurt a Bit (Nonsuch outtake)
    3:54
  15. 20.
    Books Are Burning (live)
    4:48

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