Virgin Records vs XTC

Brian and Murdock respond to a pointed question about their lack of coverage of a certain British power pop influence and unpack the story behind the big sound, bad manager, and public breakdown that would come to define them.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XTC

https://www.davegott.com/music/artist/xtc/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Partridge

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/20/my-dream-had-died-xtcs-andy-partridge-on-mental-illness-battling-the-music-industry-and-losing-his-muse

1989 Spin Article: https://books.google.com/books?id=h-bxxO5B-xsC&pg=PA92#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://chalkhills.org/articles/Onion19970619.html

https://www.popmatters.com/the-man-who-sailed-around-his-soul-2495729988.html?rebelltpage=2#rebelltitem2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Reid_(talent_manager)

Paris, 1982 stage walk-off: https://youtu.be/SSeB_2tz5NQ?si=O8gOx7XCPdpFWPTN

https://xtcbackporch.freeforums.net/thread/49/last-xtc-diego-april-1982

https://www.songsommelier.com/xtc

https://www.popmatters.com/xtc-coat-2496118960.html

https://www.facebook.com/jeffknet/photos/released-on-this-day-in-1992-nonsuch-is-the-tenth-studio-album-by-xtc-and-consid/411992064074102/

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/xtc-nonsuch/

https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072511/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/too-much-of-a-g