Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers is a compilation album 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 1990. An odds and sods collection, it brings together B-sides

B-Sides

B-Sides is an iTunes-exclusive album from the Coventry Trio The Enemy, consisting of ten songs that were B-sides to the single releases from their debut album We'll Live and Die in These Towns.-Track list:#Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation...

, BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 sessions, soundtrack

Soundtrack

A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

 contributions, both sides of two singles released by XTC offshoots The Colonel and The Three Wise Men and other obscurities. It is notable for including some of the most eccentric numbers in their catalogue such as "Cockpit Dance Mixture", "Countdown to Christmas Party Time" and "History of Rock & Roll".

Track listing

All songs written by Andy Partridge

Andy Partridge

Andrew John "Andy" Partridge is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has been known as Sir John Johns and Melchior and rose to fame as a founding member, guitarist and chief songwriter of the pop/new wave band, XTC. He lives in Swindon, Wiltshire, where he was raised.Partridge also...

 unless otherwise indicated. All songs credited to XTC unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Extrovert" – 3:36
2. "Ten Feet Tall" (US Single Version) (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...
   
   ) – 3:13
3. "Mermaid Smiled" – 2:27
4. The Colonel - "Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen" (Moulding) – 2:48
5. "Respectable Street" (UK Single Version) – 3:06
6. "Looking for Footprints" (Moulding) – 3:30
7. "Over Rusty Water" – 1:29
8. "Heaven is Paved with Broken Glass" (Remix) – 4:23
9. "The World is Full of Angry Young Men" (Moulding) – 3:41
10. "Punch and Judy" – 2:43
11. The Three Wise Men - "Thanks for Christmas" (Balthazar/Kaspar/Melchior)
    Biblical Magi
    The Magi Greek: μάγοι, magoi), also referred to as the Wise Men, Kings, Astrologers, or Kings from the East, were a group of distinguished foreigners who were said to have visited Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh...
    
    – 3:52
12. "Tissue Tigers (The Arguers)" – 3:58
13. The Colonel - "I Need Protection" (Moulding) – 3:41
14. "Another Satellite" (Sunday Live Show, 2-22-87) – 4:21
15. "Strange Tales, Strange Tails" – 2:20
16. "Officer Blue" (Moulding) – 2:41
17. "Scissor Man" (John Peel Show, 10-8-79) – 4:23
18. "Cockpit Dance Mixture" – 6:03
19. "Pulsing Pulsing" – 1:36
20. "Happy Families" – 2:47
21. The Three Wise Men - "Countdown to Christmas Party Time" (Balthazar/Kaspar/Melchior) – 4:14
22. "Blame the Weather" (Moulding) – 3:40
23. "Take This Town" – 4:10
24. "History of Rock & Roll" – 0:21