Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Opening Speech
  0:50
• 2
  Life Begins at the Hop
  4:19
• 3
  Scarecrow People
  4:13
• 4
  Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her
  4:21
• 5
  Ten Feet Tall
  2:53
• 6
  Garden of Earthly Delights
  5:33
• 7
  Runaways
  4:41
• 8
  When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty
  3:07
• 9
  I'm Bugged
  3:35
• 10
  Another Satellite
  4:20
• 11
  You're the Wish You Are I Had
  3:24
• 12
  Crosswires
  2:10
• 13
  Roads Girdle the Globe
  5:04
• CD 2
• 1
  No Thugs in Our House
  5:24
• 2
  One of the Millions
  4:26
• 3
  Real by Reel
  3:48
• 4
  The Meeting Place
  3:08
• 5
  Meccanic Dancing
  2:36
• 6
  Poor Skeleton Steps Out
  3:27
• 7
  Into the Atom Age
  2:27
• 8
  The Rhythm
  2:55
• 9
  This World Over
  4:32
• 10
  Snowman
  4:42
• 11
  Dance Band
  2:40
• 12
  Making Plans for Nigel
  4:06
• 13
  Jason and the Argonauts
  5:43
• CD 3
• 1
  Radio's in Motion
  3:21
• 2
  Crosswires
  2:06
• 3
  Science Friction
  3:34
• 4
  Statue of Liberty
  2:58
• 5
  The Rhythm
  2:55
• 6
  I'll Set Myself on Fire
  3:27
• 7
  Newtown Animal in a Furnished Cage
  1:55
• 8
  All Along the Watchtower
  5:58
• 9
  Beatown
  3:24
• 10
  This Is Pop
  2:37
• 11
  Dance Band
  2:49
• 12
  Neon Shuffle
  4:32
• CD 4
• 1
  Life Begins at the Hop
  3:55
• 2
  Burning With Optimism's Flame
  4:29
• 3
  Love at First Sight
  3:03
• 4
  Respectable Street
  3:52
• 5
  No Language in Our Lungs
  4:58
• 6
  This Is Pop
  2:49
• 7
  Scissor Man
  4:58
• 8
  Towers of London
  5:13
• 9
  Battery Brides
  7:20
• 10
  Living Through Another Cuba
  3:29
• 11
  Generals and Majors
  4:37
• 12
  Making Plans for Nigel
  4:21
• 13
  Are You Receiving Me?
  3:16

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Release credits

• Andy Partridge
  drum machine [11], guitar [1.2-13, 2.1-13, 3.1-7, 3.9-12, 4.1-13], harmonica [8], keyboard [2.2-3, 2.6, 1.13], lead vocals [2.1, 2.3, 2.5-7, 2.9-10, 2.13, 3.1, 3.3-4, 3.7, 3.9-10, 3.12, 1.3-4, 1.6, 1.8-11, 1.13, 4.2, 4.4-10, 4.13], spoken vocals [1], vocal [2.2, 2.4, 2.8, 2.11-12, 1.2, 1.5, 1.7, 1.12, 3.2, 3.5-6, 3.8, 3.11]
• Barry Andrews
  keyboard [3.1-12, 2.5, 2.7-8, 2.11, 1.9, 1.12], vocal [2.5, 2.7, 1.9, 1.12]
• Bill Aitken
  producer [1.2, 1.8, 2.12]
• Chris Lycett
  producer [3, 5, 9]
• Colin Moulding
  bass [1-13], electric bass guitar [1.2-13, 2.1-13, 3.1-12], lead vocals [4.1, 4.3, 4.11-12, 3.2, 3.5-6, 3.11, 2.2, 2.4, 2.8, 2.11-12, 1.2, 1.5, 1.7, 1.12], vocal [1.4, 1.6, 1.8-11, 1.13, 3.1, 3.3-4, 3.7-10, 3.12, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5-7, 2.9-10, 2.13]
• Dave Dade
  engineer [1.1, 1.5, 1.9, 1.12-13, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7-8, 2.11, 3.9]
• Dave Gregory
  drum machine [2, 6], guitar [1.2-8, 1.10, 1.13, 2.1-4, 2.6, 2.9-10, 2.12-13, 4.1-13], keyboard [1.3-4, 1.7-8, 1.10-11, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.9-10, 2.12-13], vocal [1.2, 1.4-8, 1.10-11, 1.13, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.10, 2.12-13]
• Jeff Griffin
  producer [1-2, 4, 6-8, 10-12]
• John Sparrow
  producer [1.7, 2.1, 2.10, 2.13]
• Malcolm Brown
  producer [1.9, 1.12, 2.7, 2.11]
• Mike Robinson
  engineer [1.7, 2.1, 2.10, 2.13]
• Nick Gomm
  engineer [2.12, 1.2, 1.8]
• Pete Watts
  producer [1.3, 1.6, 2.2, 2.6]
• Phil Ross
  producer [2.4, 1.10]
• Ted de Bono
  engineer [1.3, 1.6, 2.2, 2.6], producer [1.4, 1.11, 2.9]
• Terry Chambers
  drums (drum set) [2.1, 2.3-5, 2.7-13, 4.1-13, 3.1-12, 1.2, 1.5, 1.7-9, 1.12-13]
• Tim Durham
  engineer [1.3, 1.6, 2.2, 2.6]
• Tony Wilson
  producer [3.9, 1.1, 1.5, 1.13, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8]
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Issues

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  Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions

  4x CD
  16 November 1998
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  Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions

  4x CD
  2 December 1998
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  Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions

  4x CD
  4 December 1998
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  Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions

  4x CD
  8 December 1998