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LeeVing said:
Yeah..it's one of my favorites. It's nice to see them finally finishing off some of these XTC reissues this year.
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I think they have left, what, The Big Express & Mummer? I'm pretty sure after this next three all the others in the catalog, including Dukes..., have recent REs.

I appreciate the hyperbole, but there are definitely way more than two of us. But, I also take the point, whether intentional or not, that XTC are criminally slept on and not mentioned nearly enough. There are bands that are praised and praised because they have a handful of great albums; but if you look at a multi-decade career, they probably have some clunkers.

Not XTC! Andy and the boys put out consistently stellar records. Some are stronger than others but there is not a stinker in the bunch. A wall to wall great career (Ok, TBH Drums and Wires is where they really took off as far as great records, but White Music and Go2 were them getting their footing)

I also wonder what the "initial run" is that will include the extra 7" and if that will only be through Burning Shed?
 
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Lord Diaper Baby said:
I think they have left, what, The Big Express & Mummer? I'm pretty sure after this next three all the others in the catalog, including Dukes..., have recent REs.
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Yeah. They have to do White Music and Go 2 at some point, too, just for completists (like me) sake.

As good as these reissues have been, I kinda wish they'd also release the new Steve Wilson stereo mixes they've had on the blu rays on vinyl.
 
LeeVing said:
Yeah. They have to do White Music and Go 2 at some point, too, just for completists (like me) sake.

As good as these reissues have been, I kinda wish they'd also release the new Steve Wilson stereo mixes they've had on the blu rays on vinyl.
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Steve Wilson has become a prog remaster/remix darling. Although I'd put I'd use that word lightly w/ XTC.

Porcupine Tree is one of my all-time favorite groups so I don't mind that SW gets the work and he has been tasteful for the stuff he's done that I've been interested in.
 
Rob J Madin (You may know him as Brett Domino from his nerdy YouTube persona) made an instrumental funk cover album of some metal/nu metal songs and it's great.

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Lord Diaper Baby said:
I think they have left, what, The Big Express & Mummer? I'm pretty sure after this next three all the others in the catalog, including Dukes..., have recent REs.

I appreciate the hyperbole, but there are definitely way more than two of us. But, I also take the point, whether intentional or not, that XTC are criminally slept on and not mentioned nearly enough. There are bands that are praised and praised because they have a handful of great albums; but if you look at a multi-decade career, they probably have some clunkers.

Not XTC! Andy and the boys put out consistently stellar records. Some are stronger than others but there is not a stinker in the bunch. A wall to wall great career (Ok, TBH Drums and Wires is where they really took off as far as great records, but White Music and Go2 were them getting their footing)

I also wonder what the "initial run" is that will include the extra 7" and if that will only be through Burning Shed?
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I think the fact that they’ve never really had a live presence and haven’t been able to take advantage of continuing on the touring circuit and keeping their name out there has contributed to how underrated they are.
 
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Lord Diaper Baby said:
I think they have left, what, The Big Express & Mummer? I'm pretty sure after this next three all the others in the catalog, including Dukes..., have recent REs.

I appreciate the hyperbole, but there are definitely way more than two of us. But, I also take the point, whether intentional or not, that XTC are criminally slept on and not mentioned nearly enough. There are bands that are praised and praised because they have a handful of great albums; but if you look at a multi-decade career, they probably have some clunkers.

Not XTC! Andy and the boys put out consistently stellar records. Some are stronger than others but there is not a stinker in the bunch. A wall to wall great career (Ok, TBH Drums and Wires is where they really took off as far as great records, but White Music and Go2 were them getting their footing)

I also wonder what the "initial run" is that will include the extra 7" and if that will only be through Burning Shed?
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XTC is among my five favorite artists of all time.
 
McGlam said:
I think the fact that they’ve never really had a live presents and haven’t been able to take advantage of continuing on the touring circuit and keeping their name out there has contributed to how underrated they are.
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Which is tragic because by all rights they're (IMO) the logical post-punk continuation of the beatles. I have the transistor live box, which is great, but sadly all their live stuff just....stops. So there's no live anything after the period of Andy's breakdown.
 
Not exactly a huge demand given recent enough re-releases but Raising Sand Reissue (Plant & Krauss)

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Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (Target Exclusive, Vinyl)

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Also an REM album (Out of Time) I hadn't seen at Target before, though this may not be new

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R.E.M - Out Of Time (Target Exclusive, Vinyl)

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