The continuing WOW ANDY PARTRIDGE BOX FUZZY WARBLES thread...

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Basically, it's damn near totally amazing.

Yes, vol 1 has too much "This was funny when this happened" and "Oh this is historic" but by Volume five it's all "wow"

So far, I've played Vols 5, 6, 1 and a bit into 2.

More later!

― Mark G, Sunday, 25 February 2007 23:10 (nineteen years ago)

I bought them as they came out which gave me much more time to absorb them individually. I pulled them all apart on my MP3 player (despite the occasional cross-fade - agh!) and pull up the new vocal tracks frequently. "Sonic Boom" on one of the new volumes just KILLS. There's at least a double-CD worth of gems scattered across these, and if you're an XTC fanatic like me it's great to get the stuff from _Oranges & Lemons_ and _Nonsuch_ with much less production.

Of course, you realize, there's stuff that was still left off even these. Colin's demos have some good bits in them too - "Car Out Of Control", "Raising A Family In A House Full Of Mice", "Spare A Penny".

― Mr. Odd, Monday, 26 February 2007 00:04 (nineteen years ago)

Did Geir see this? It would be his thing, definitely...

― Mark G, Monday, 26 February 2007 12:56 (nineteen years ago)

Does anyone know if everything that was on (fan club-only, cassette-only albums) Jules Verne's Sketchbook and The Bull with the Golden Guts has now been included somewhere in the Fuzzy Warbles collection?

I know some bits have been included but I'm too lazy to dig the tapes out and check for myself.

― Stewart Osborne, Monday, 26 February 2007 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

Some of it, certainly. You have some of these? Blimey, I'd say "Hey copy me some" but I've just gotten ten damn CDs worth of bits, seems a bit... enough already.

Plus, I've d/led the Prefects, the Lurkers and a Kurt Schwitters to get through yet!

― Mark G, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

I used to have a fair bit of rare XTC stuff, but what with Coat Of Many Cupboards and now Fuzzy Warbles most of it isn't anything like as rare any more.

― Stewart Osborne, Tuesday, 27 February 2007 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

I noticed the box, and I guess I will try to invest in it, as I haven't gotten round to invest in any of the "Fuzzy Warbles" CDs.

I miss Colin Moulding though :(

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 00:58 (nineteen years ago)

Chris Dahlen to thread...

― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 02:37 (nineteen years ago)

The Fuzzy Warbles series includes all of _The Bull With The Golden Guts_ and _Jules Verne's Sketchbook_ except "Dripping Basin" and "Glow". And they sound much better on FW.

― Mr. Odd, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 14:39 (nineteen years ago)

seven months pass...

"Raising A Family In A House Full Of Mice"

God I love that song for some reason.

― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 11:53 (eighteen years ago)

Colin has his own life and his decisions are his own business and I respect his privacy and his prerogative to that but on a purely visceral level he's a shit for not releasing more of his own demos. At least 'Didn't Hurt a Bit' got a release before he built his wanky fucking cocoon.

― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 11:55 (eighteen years ago)

No that I'm bitter or STARVED or anything.

― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 23 October 2007 11:56 (eighteen years ago)

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