XTC set to release nine-disc box of rarities
"NEW YORK (Billboard) - XTC guitarist Andy Partridge recently combed his vaults and discovered an exorbitant amount of rarities and outtakes recorded by the defunct English art-rock combo, resulting in a nine-disc boxed set that will come out on October 16.
"The Fuzzy Warbles Collectors Album" (Virtual Label) features alternate versions of many XTC favorites, unreleased tracks and also unfinished material that Partridge revisited and completed for this release.
"Working on this stuff took many years," Partridge told Billboard.com. "I just kept writing -- who knows what's going to fall out? It was recorded in spare bedrooms, the kitchen, the attic and of course my now infamous garden shed. Pop songs, radio jingles, film and TV music, or just plain old goofing about."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060829/music_nm/xtc_dc_2 Nine discs? That's a lot of Keith Partridge, I mean Andy Partridge.