Andy Partridge - The Fuzzy Warbles Vol. 01 - 08 [2002-2006] + Fuzzy Hinges [2006] + Extras (The Unreleased Fuzzy Warbles Demos) [2014] (10 x CD's)

FUZZY WARBLES

Andy Partridge - The Fuzzy Warbles Vol. 01 - 08 [2002-2006] + Fuzzy Hinges [2006] + Extras (The Unreleased Fuzzy Warbles Demos) [2014] (10 x CD's)

When XTC stopped touring and became a studio-only entity, the finely jeweled arrangements that Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding had already favored took on incredible new breadth and depth. Since 2002, Partridge has been going through his own vast archives, releasing eight volumes in a U.K.-only series called Fuzzy Warbles. They are finally available in the U.S. in one gorgeously designed Collector's Album, along with a bonus disc, Hinges. With over 100 songs, the set includes early versions and demos of songs which appeared on XTC albums, previously unreleased gems, and songs for a wide range of outside projects, including the Disney movie James and the Giant Peach (which are so dazzling it boggles the mind that the deal ultimately fell apart). There are whims borne to fruition (an answering machine ditty), and flat-out brilliant slices of songcraft finally brought to light. What's truly remarkable is how complete are Partridge's sensibilities, as both a songwriter and arranger. Everything is considered and tended to--a background vocal here, a tambourine there, it all matters and it all sparkles.

The Fuzzy Warbles Collectors Album brings together over 100 songs from XTC. Frontman Andy Partridge's songwriting archive. Recorded over the years whilst Andy and XTC were signed to Virgin Records and later to the Idea and Ape labels, the material is spread across eight volumes featuring songs and alternate versions of many XTC favorites that never made it onto the respective final albums or never made the cut when the final track listings were decided. There are also songs Andy never got to complete that he's re-visited and finished off especially for this Fuzzy Warbles series.

Each CD has a unique Fuzzy Warbles stamp cover artwork and the collector's box to keep them all in is designed to imitate a stamp album. There is even a bonus CD, Hinges, which features nine extra tracks only available with this set. Inside each box is a landscape oversized booklet, in which Andy gives a fascinating insight to his recording process with "A Brief History of Home Taping." Describing his earliest experiences of recording music at home and the excitement of those first recording sessions, it all makes fascinating reading, tinged with just a hint of regret as to how the songwriting process has become so bland as recording technology makes things easier and easier.  The final piece of the Fuzzy Warbles Collectors Album jigsaw is your own sheet of Fuzzy Warbles stamps to play with, if anyone could ever dare to part with them! (Amazon)

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Track lists

CD01

01 Andy Partridge Dame Fortune 2:40

02 Andy Partridge Born Out of Your Mouth 2:48

03 Andy Partridge Howlin' Burston 0:36

04 Andy Partridge Don't Let Us Bug Ya 2:43

05 Andy Partridge That Wag 4:52

06 Andy Partridge That Wave 3:43

07 Andy Partridge Ocean's Daughter 1:13

08 Andy Partridge Everything 3:17

09 Andy Partridge Mogo 2:16

10 Andy Partridge Goosey Goosey 3:54

11 Andy Partridge Merely a Man 2:50

12 Andy Partridge Epns 2:40

13 Andy Partridge Summer Hot as This 4:15

14 Andy Partridge Miniature Sun 4:22

15 Andy Partridge I Bought Myself a Ladybird 3:03

16 Andy Partridge Complicated Game 2:42

17 Andy Partridge Wonder Annual 4:03

18 Andy Partridge Space Wray 1:46

19 Andy Partridge Rocket 5:22

CD02

01 Andy Partridge Ridgeway Path 0:57

02 Andy Partridge I Don't Want to Be Here (Aids Benefit Version) 4:02

03 Andy Partridge Young Marrieds 3:23

04 Andy Partridge No One Here Available 0:19

05 Andy Partridge Obscene Procession 4:14

06 Andy Partridge Miller Time 1:10

07 Andy Partridge You're the Wish You Are I Had 3:21

08 Andy Partridge Ra Ra Rehearsal 2:15

09 Andy Partridge Ra Ra for Red Rocking Horse 3:44

10 Andy Partridge Everthing'll Be Alright 3:02

11 Andy Partridge 25 O'clock 2:22

12 Andy Partridge Goom 1:59

13 Andy Partridge Chain of Command 2:41

14 Andy Partridge All of a Sudden 1:10

15 Andy Partridge Summer's Cauldron 5:33

16 Andy Partridge Then She Appeared 2:59

17 Andy Partridge It's Snowing Angles 3:18

18 Andy Partridge Ship Trapped in the Ice 3:11

CD03

01 Andy Partridge My Train is Coming 2:43

02 Andy Partridge Lightheaded 3:29

03 Andy Partridge Goodbye Humanosaurus 3:11

04 Andy Partridge Humble Daisy 3:15

05 Andy Partridge You Like Me 4:45

06 Andy Partridge Great Fire 3:38

07 Andy Partridge Work 3:03

08 Andy Partridge Mopti Fake 1 0:58

09 Andy Partridge Collideascope 3:00

10 Andy Partridge Mopti Fake 2 1:03

11 Andy Partridge When We Get to England 2:17

12 Andy Partridge Train Running Low on Soul Coal 4:18

13 Andy Partridge Holly Up on Puppoy 3:02

14 Andy Partridge Strawberry Fields Forever 4:02

15 Andy Partridge Autumn Comes Around 1:05

16 Andy Partridge Child's Crusade 2:38

17 Andy Partridge Little Lighthouse 5:15

18 Andy Partridge This is the End 5:05

19 Andy Partridge Put it on Again 0:55

CD04

01 Andy Partridge Tunes 0:24

02 Andy Partridge Bumpercars 3:59

03 Andy Partridge The Art Song 2:51

04 Andy Partridge I'm Playing My Fano 1:11

05 Andy Partridge Zonked Right Out On Life 5:17

06 Andy Partridge All I Dream Of Is A Friend 3:43

07 Andy Partridge Peck The Ground Like A Chicken 1:26

08 Andy Partridge That's Really Super Supergirl 3:40

09 Andy Partridge Brainiac's Daughter 1:48

10 Andy Partridge Blue Beret 3:07

11 Andy Partridge Gangway, Electric Guitar Is Coming Through 1:50

12 Andy Partridge Mechanical Planet 3:54

13 Andy Partridge Helicopter 3:51

14 Andy Partridge The Ugly Underneath 3:13

15 Andy Partridge OMGO 2:03

16 Andy Partridge Where Is Your Heart 2:57

17 Andy Partridge Hey, It's Alan Burston! 0:22

18 Andy Partridge Season Cycle 4:51

19 Andy Partridge Countdown To Christmas Partytime 5:36

CD05

01 Andy Partridge Welcome to Volume 5 0:25

02 Andy Partridge Young Cleopatra 3:51

03 Andy Partridge I Defy Your Gravity 4:18

04 Andy Partridge Ice Jet Kiss 0:36

05 Andy Partridge Broomstick Rhythm 3:37

06 Andy Partridge Earn Enough for Us 3:03

07 Andy Partridge Dear God (Skittle Version) 1:00

08 Andy Partridge Crocodile 3:49

09 Andy Partridge Motorcycle Landscape 4:38

10 Andy Partridge Rook 3:44

11 Andy Partridge Don't You Ever Dare Call Me Chickenhead 2:12

12 Andy Partridge Mermaid Explanation 1:05

13 Andy Partridge Mermaid Smiled 2:26

14 Andy Partridge Aqua Deum 2:36

15 Andy Partridge Me And The Wind 4:19

16 Andy Partridge Smalltown 4:01

17 Andy Partridge Blue Overall 3:09

18 Andy Partridge Red Brick Dream 1:22

19 Andy Partridge Jacob's Ladder 6:14

20 Andy Partridge My Land Is Burning 6:55

CD06

01 Andy Partridge Laugh Track 2:46

02 Andy Partridge Stinking Rich Song 2:53

03 Andy Partridge I Can't Tell What Truth Is Anymore 2:47

04 Andy Partridge Candle Dance 1:57

05 Andy Partridge Tiny Circus of Life 3:10

06 Andy Partridge The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul 2:57

07 Andy Partridge In My Hand 2:49

08 Andy Partridge Difficult Age 3:43

09 Andy Partridge Pink Thing 3:17

10 Andy Partridge Shaking Skin House 4:25

11 Andy Partridge Bike Ride to the Moon 1:30

12 Andy Partridge My Love Explodes 1:55

13 Andy Partridge Omnibus 3:13

14 Andy Partridge Across the Antheap (Skylarking Demo) 2:49

15 Andy Partridge Across the Antheap (Oranges & Lemons Demo) 5:36

16 Andy Partridge Human Alchemy 5:58

17 Andy Partridge Moonlit Drive 3:12

18 Andy Partridge Prince of Orange 2:54

19 Andy Partridge End of the Pier 4:14

CD07

01 Andy Partridge Rainbeau Melt 3:36

02 Andy Partridge Thrill Pill 0:46

03 Andy Partridge Sonic Bloom 2:50

04 Andy Partridge I'm Unbecome 4:04

05 Andy Partridge Ballet for a Rainy Day 3:13

06 Andy Partridge 1000 Umbrellas 1:39

07 Andy Partridge Ejac in a Box (Mgoo) 3:08

08 Andy Partridge C Side 0:20

09 Andy Partridge Seagulls Screaming Hiss Her Kiss Her 3:38

10 Andy Partridge Ladybird 5:15

11 Andy Partridge Candymine 2:24

12 Andy Partridge Visit to the Doctor 3:29

13 Andy Partridge Cherry in Your Tree 2:53

14 Andy Partridge Desert Island 5:14

15 Andy Partridge Scarecrow People 4:17

16 Andy Partridge Hold Me My Daddy 4:13

17 Andy Partridge Books Are Burning 4:23

18 Andy Partridge Bobba de Boop de Ba de Boobay 0:31

19 Andy Partridge Open a Can of Human Beans 4:44

CD08

01 Andy Partridge Through Electric Gardens 4:59

02 Andy Partridge Skate Dreams Wet Car 2:04

03 Andy Partridge Bland Leading the Bland 4:08

04 Andy Partridge Silverstar 1:22

05 Andy Partridge I Gave My Suitcase Away 3:21

06 Andy Partridge Extrovert 3:38

07 Andy Partridge Another Satellite 5:12

08 Andy Partridge These Voices 1:02

09 Andy Partridge Song for Wes Long 0:56

10 Andy Partridge Happy Birthday Karen 1:04

11 Andy Partridge Rem Producer Enquiry 2:36

12 Andy Partridge Loving 4:18

13 Andy Partridge Shalloween 3:22

14 Andy Partridge Was a Yes 2:24

15 Andy Partridge Genie in a Bottle 1:37

16 Andy Partridge Disque Bleu 3:17

17 Andy Partridge Poor Skeleton Steps Out 2:21

18 Andy Partridge I Don't Want to Be Here 4:16

19 Andy Partridge Chalkhills and Children 5:00

Extras (The Unreleased Fuzzy Warbles Demos) 

01 Andy Partridge Wrapped In Grey 3:43

02 Andy Partridge Saturn Boy 4:52

03 Andy Partridge Pupil Hayes 4:11

04 Andy Partridge Community Worker Breakdown 2:18

05 Andy Partridge Whole Lotta Age 5:21

06 Andy Partridge Spy In Space 4:17

07 Andy Partridge Jump The Gap 1:11

08 Andy Partridge The Familar 2:31

09 Andy Partridge Ban The Bomb 1:34

10 Andy Partridge Quicksilver 2:40

11 Andy Partridge Do The Dwarf 4:26

12 Andy Partridge Melt The Guns 1:07

13 Andy Partridge Monkeys In Humanskin Suits 1:32

14 Andy Partridge Susan Revolving 1:20

15 Andy Partridge Nicely Nicely Jane 1:45

Fuzzy Hinges

01 Andy Partridge Gold 3:31

02 Andy Partridge Now We All Dead (It Doesn't Matter) 3:16

03 Andy Partridge Rain of Blows (early version) 1:44

04 Andy Partridge Reign of Blows 5:06

05 Andy Partridge Jump 5:35

06 Andy Partridge Shake You Donkey Up 3:27

07 Andy Partridge Happy Families 2:30

08 Andy Partridge Here Comes President Kill Again 3:31

09 Andy Partridge Beating Hearts 4:17

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