Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions is a 4-disc boxed set by the English rock band XTC, released by Cooking Vinyl in November 1998, just three months prior to the studio album Apple Venus Volume 1.
Tracklisting[]
CD 1 (Studio Sessions)[]
No. | Title | Length | |
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1. | "Intro (Opening Speech)" | 00:49 | |
2. | "Life Begins At The Hop" | 03:49 | |
3. | "Scarecrow People" | 04:13 | |
4. | "Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her" | 03:50 | |
5. | "Ten Feet Tall" | 03:16 | |
6. | "Garden of Earthly Delights" | 05:03 | |
7. | "Runaways" | 04:34 | |
8. | "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty" | 03:22 | |
9. | "I'm Bugged" | 03:59 | |
10. | "Another Satellite" | 04:15 | |
11. | "You're The Wish You Are I Had" | 03:17 | |
12. | "Cross Wires" | 02:06 | |
13. | "Roads Girdle The Globe" | 04:50 |
CD 2 (Studio Sessions):[]
No. | Title | Length | |
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1. | "No Thugs In Our House" | 05:09 | |
2. | "One of the Millions" | 04:36 | |
3. | "Real By Real" | 03:47 | |
4. | "The Meeting Place" | 03:13 | |
5. | "Meccanic Dancing (Oh We Go!)" | 02:36 | |
6. | "Poor Skeleton Steps Out" | 03:33 | |
7. | "Into the Atom Age" | 02:32 | |
8. | "The Rhythm" | 03:00 | |
9. | "This World Over" | 05:37 | |
10. | "Snowman" | 05:03 | |
11. | "Dance Band" | 02:41 | |
12. | "Making Plans for Nigel" | 04:13 | |
13. | "Jason and the Argonauts" | 06:07 |
CD 3 (1978/1979 Live In Concert Recordings):[]
No. | Title | Length | |
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1. | "Radios In Motion" | 02:54 | |
2. | "Cross Wires" | 02:06 | |
3. | "Science Friction" | 03:13 | |
4. | "Statue of Liberty" | 02:55 | |
5. | "The Rhythm" | 03:00 | |
6. | "I'll Set Myself On Fire" | 03:04 | |
7. | "New Town Animal In a Furnished Cage" | 01:53 | |
8. | " All Along the Watchtower" | 05:43 | |
9. | "Beatown" | 04:36 | |
10. | "This Is Pop?" | 02:40 | |
11. | "Dance Band" | 02:41 | |
12. | "Neon Shuffle" | 04:37 |
CD 4 (Live In Concert Hammersmith Palais 22.12.80):[]
No. | Title | Length | |
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1. | "Life Begins At The Hop" | 03:49 | |
2. | "Burning With Optimism's Flames" | 04:15 | |
3. | " Love at First Sight" | 03:07 | |
4. | "Respectable Street" | 03:37 | |
5. | "No Language In Our Lungs" | 04:53 | |
6. | "This Is Pop?" | 02:40 | |
7. | "Scissor Man" | 04:00 | |
8. | "Towers of London" | 05:24 | |
9. | "Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian)" | 04:36 | |
10. | "Living Through Another Cuba" | 04:44 | |
11. | " Generals and Majors" | 04:04 | |
12. | "Making Plans for Nigel" | 04:13 | |
13. | " Are You Receiving Me?" | 03:05 |