Coat of Many Cupboards is a box set by XTC

XTC

XTC were a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005. The band enjoyed some chart success, including the UK and Canadian hits "Making Plans for Nigel" and "Senses Working Overtime" , but are perhaps even better known for their long-standing critical success.- Early years:...

 released in 2002. It acts as an anthology

Anthology

An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...

 of their fifteen years on Virgin Records

Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

. It is their first compilation

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 of any kind to include tracks by their alter-ego, The Dukes of Stratosphear

The Dukes of Stratosphear

The Dukes of Stratosphear was a pseudonym used by the British rock band XTC in the mid to late 1980s, concurrently with XTC's continued musical activities...

.

Disc one

1. "Science Friction" [CBS Demo] – 3:32
2. "Spinning Top" [Live] – 3:00
3. "Traffic Light Rock" [Live] – 2:06
4. "Radios in Motion" [White Music
   White Music
   White Music is the debut album by XTC. It was released on 20 January 1978 and reached No. 38 in the UK album charts. It spawned the singles "Statue of Liberty" which was banned by the BBC for the line "sail beneath your skirt" and a re-recording of "This Is Pop" .-UK LP: V 2095:-2001 Remastered...
   
   Version] – 2:54
5. "Let's Have Fun" [White Music Outtake] (Colin Moulding
   Colin Moulding
   Colin Ivor Moulding is a bassist, songwriter and vocalist. He is a founding member of the band XTC. Though less prolific than bandmate Andy Partridge, Moulding wrote many of the group's most popular songs, including their first three UK hit singles: "Life Begins At The Hop", "Making Plans For...
   
   ) – 1:19
6. "Fireball XL5/Fireball Dub" [White Music Outtake] (Barry Gray
   Barry Gray
   Barry Gray was a British musician and composer who is best known for his work for Gerry Anderson.-Life:...
   
   ) – 3:24
7. "Heatwave Mark 2 Deluxe" [White Music Outtake] (Moulding) – 1:47
8. "This is Pop?" [Single Version] – 2:42
9. "Are You Receiving Me?" [Go 2
   Go 2
   Go 2 is XTC's second album. It was released on 6 October 1978. The UK version contained no singles, however the US and Canada versions included the single "Are You Receiving Me?" . A promotional video was also made for the song...
   
   Outtake] – 3:23
10. "Things Fall to Bits" [Go 2 Outtake] (Barry Andrews
    Barry Andrews (musician)
    Barry Andrews is a vocalist and keyboardist. He is a former member of the bands XTC and League of Gentlemen with Robert Fripp, and was co-founder of Shriekback. He has collaborated with Brian Eno on several projects, most recently guesting on keyboards for the 2005 album Another Day On Earth...
    
    ) – 2:26
11. "Us Being Us" [Go 2 Outtake] – 2:55 (Andrews)
12. "Life Begins at the Hop" [First Rehearsal Extract] (Moulding) – 1:09
13. "Life Begins at the Hop" [First Recording, Unused] (Moulding) – 3:58
14. "Making Plans for Nigel" [Demo Version] (Moulding) – 4:15
15. "Ten Feet Tall" [Drums and Wires
    Drums and Wires
    Drums and Wires is the third studio album by the British band XTC, released on 17 August 1979. It reached No. 34 on the UK album chart, and No. 176 on the U.S. Billboard album charts. It contained the successful single "Making Plans for Nigel", which was released on 14 September 1979, and reached...
    
    Version] (Moulding) – 3:14
16. "Sleepyheads" [Drums and Wires Outtake] (Moulding) – 4:52

Disc two

1. "Meccanic Dancin (Oh We Go)" [Live] – 2:34
2. "Atom Medley: Into the Atom Age/Hang on to the Night/Neon Shuffle" [Live] – 6:52
3. "Life Begins at the Hop" [Unused U.S. Single Recording] (Moulding) – 2:57
4. "Real by Reel" [Unused Single Recording] – 3:44
5. "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty" [Unused Single Recording] – 3:21
6. "Helicopter" [Unused Single Recording] – 3:30
7. "Towers of London" [Rejected Single Recording] – 6:07
8. "Generals and Majors" [Rehearsal Tape, Demo Version] (Moulding) – 5:02
9. "No Language in Our Lungs" [Black Sea Version] – 4:51
10. "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" [Black Sea Version] – 3:37
11. "Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins)" [Live] – 4:08
12. "Crowded Room" [Live] (Moulding) – 4:03
13. "Senses Working Overtime
    Senses Working Overtime
    "Senses Working Overtime" is a single by XTC released in 1982. It is at once the apogee of their early-eighties British popularity as well as their last gasp of mainstream success in their homeland...
    
    " [Early Work Tape, Demo Version] – 3:31
14. "Snowman" [Live] – 5:06
15. "Ball and Chain" [Unused Single Recording] (Moulding) – 4:21

A track is hidden in the pregap

Pregap

The pregap on a Red Book audio CD is the portion of the audio track that precedes "index 01" for a given track in the table of contents . The pregap is typically two seconds long and usually, but not always, contains silence...

 of this CD: "Wanking Man" (Live Studio Chatter) - 1:37

Disc three

1. "Punch and Judy" [Unused Single Recording] – 2:35
2. "Fly on the Wall" [English Settlement
   English Settlement
   English Settlement is the fifth studio album by British alternative rock band XTC, released on 12 February 1982. The album reached No. 5 on the UK Album Chart and No. 48 on the Billboard 200 album chart....
   
   Version] (Moulding) – 3:17
3. "Yacht Dance" [Live on the Old Grey Whistle Test
   Old Grey Whistle Test
   The Old Grey Whistle Test was an influential BBC2 television music show that ran from 1971 to 1987. It took over the BBC2 late night slot from "Disco Two", which had been running since January 1970, while continuing to feature non-chart music. It was devised by BBC producer Rowan Ayers...
   
   , BBC TV] – 4:31
4. "Jason and the Argonauts" [English Settlement version] – 5:59
5. "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" [Home Demo] – 3:47
6. "Wonderland" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 4:23
7. "Ladybird" [Mummer
   Mummer (album)
   Mummer is the sixth album by the group XTC which was released on 30 August 1983. It reached No. 51 on the UK album chart and No. 145 on the U.S. Billboard album charts....
   
   Version] – 4:36
8. "All You Pretty Girls" [Home Demo] – 4:13
9. "Wake Up" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 4:12
10. "The Everyday Story of Smalltown" [The Big Express
    The Big Express
    The Big Express is the seventh studio album by the British band XTC, released in 1984. It was one of XTC's harder-edged albums, in contrast to the pastoral Mummer and Skylarking which were released in sequence with it. The seventh track, "I Bought Myself a Liarbird" is about their former manager,...
    
    Version] – 4:13
11. "Grass" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 2:55
12. "Let's Make a Den" [Home Demo] – 2:25
13. "The Meeting Place" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 3:51
14. "Dear God
    Dear God (XTC song)
    "Dear God" is a song on XTC's 1986 album Skylarking. It was not a part of the original Skylarking album, but after DJs across America picked up the song, Geffen Records decided to replace "Mermaid Smiled" with "Dear God." The song was inspired by a series of books with the same title, seen by...
    
    " [Band Demo] – 4:10

A song is hidden in the pregap

Pregap

The pregap on a Red Book audio CD is the portion of the audio track that precedes "index 01" for a given track in the table of contents . The pregap is typically two seconds long and usually, but not always, contains silence...

 of this CD: "Shaving Brush Boogie" (Live Studio Recording) - 12:26

Disc four

1. "Brainiac's Daughter" [Psonic Psunspot
   Psonic Psunspot
   Psonic Psunspot is the ninth studio album from XTC which was released under the pseudonym The Dukes of Stratosphear in 1987.Like the previous album 25 O'Clock, this album is inspired by the 1960s psychedelia...
   
   Version] – 4:03
2. "Vanishing Girl" [Psonic Psunspot Version] (Moulding) – 2:44
3. "Terrorism" [Home Demo] – 3:20
4. "Find the Fox" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 2:37
5. "Season Cycle" [Skylarking
   Skylarking
   Skylarking is XTC's eighth studio album, released on 27 October 1986 and produced by American musician Todd Rundgren. Skylarking is a "life-in-a-day" semi-concept album which displayed songwriting and arranging heavily influenced by The Beatles, The Beach Boys and The Kinks...
   
   Version] – 3:21
6. "The Troubles" [Home Demo] – 3:17
7. "Mayor of Simpleton" [Early Work Tape, Demo] – 2:47
8. "King for a Day" [Home Demo] (Moulding) – 3:14
9. "Chalkhills and Children" [Oranges and Lemons
   Oranges and Lemons (album)
   Oranges & Lemons is the tenth studio album by the British band XTC, released in 1989. The name of the album may have been taken from the lyrics to Skylarking's "Ballet for a Rainy Day," which in turn may have come from the old English nursery rhyme:...
   
   Version] – 5:06
10. "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" [Home Demo] – 5:34
11. "Omnibus" [Nonsuch
    Nonsuch (album)
    Nonsuch is the eleventh studio album by XTC, released on 27 April 1992. In a 1992 MTV interview, Andy Partridge said that he had selected the name of the album after encountering a drawing of Nonsuch Palace and, thinking that the archaic word "Nonsuch" meant "does not exist" rather than, as he...
    
    Version] – 3:20
12. "The Disappointed" [Home Demo] – 3:20
13. "Bungalow" [Nonsuch Version] (Moulding) – 2:49
14. "Didn't Hurt a Bit" [Nonsuch Outtake] (Moulding) – 3:54
15. "Books are Burning" [Live on The Late Show, BBC TV] – 4:48

Personnel

• Cameron Allan – Producer
• Greg Allen – Photography
• Barry Andrews – Keyboards, Vocals
• Clive Arrowsmith – Photography
• Alan Ballard – Photography
• Guy Barker – Trumpet
• Chris Blake – Engineer
• Paul Canty – Photography
• John Caulfield – Engineer
• Terry Chambers – Drums
• Ian Cooper – Mastering
• John Cornfield – Engineer
• Nick Davis – Mixing
• Jason Day – Project Coordinator
• Douglas Brothers – Photography
• Gus Dudgeon – Producer
• Paul Fox – Producer
• Jill Furmanovsky – Photography
• Howard Gray – Engineer
• David Gregory – Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Engineer, Mellotron, Drum Programming, Mixing
• Barry Hammond – Engineer
• Andy Jackson – Engineer
• Chris Jenkins – Engineer
• B.C. Kagan – Photography
• Clive Langer – Producer
• John Leckie – Producer, Engineer
• Steve Lillywhite – Producer
• David Lord – Producer
• Pat Mastelotto – Drums
• Dave Mattacks – Drums
• Akiyoshi Miyashita – Photography
• Dennis Morris – Photography
• Colin Moulding – Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Multi Instruments, Engineer
• Annie Nightingale – Presentation
• Steve Nye – Producer, Engineer
• Hugh Padgham – Engineer
• Cindy Palmano – Photography
• Andy Partridge – Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals, Multi Instruments, Producer, Engineer
• Peter Phipps – Drums
• Prairie Prince – Drums
• Sheila Rock – Photography
• Todd Rundgren – Producer, Engineer
• Harrison Sherwood — Liner Notes
• Penny Smith – Photography
• Andrew Swainson – Cover Art, Booklet Design
• Ed Thacker – Engineer
• Glenn Tommey – Engineer
• Phil Vinall – Engineer
• Keith Walker – Engineer
• Steve Warren – Engineer
• Kevin Westenberg – Photography
• Alan Winstanley – Producer, Engineer
• XTC – Producer, Mixing
• Irene Young – Photography