Xtc -Nonsuch (200 Gramm Vinyl) -Panegyric LP Grooves.land/Playthek

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Disc 01
01. "The ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"
02. "My Bird Performs"
03. "Dear Madam Barnum"
04. "Humble Daisy"
05. "The Smartest Monkeys"
06. "The disappointed"
07. "Holly Up On Poppy"
08. "Crocodile"
09. "Rook"

Disc 02
01. "Omnibus"
02. "That Wave"
03. "Then She Appeared"
04. "War Dance"
05. "Wrapped in grey"
06. "The Ugly Underneath"
07. "Bungalow"
08. "Books are burning"

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Nonsuch is the ninth in a series of XTC Classics to be issued on a 200 gram vinyl edition. The album has been mastered by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering with input from Andy Partridge & is fully approved by XTC. The album is the most requested vinyl reissue by the band as it was only on vinyl for a short period towards the end of the first vinyl era and was, as a result, never available as a decent quality pressing and was poorly presented in a single sleeve. The sleeve has been restored to its original quality with the gold coloured overlay - and expanded to a gatefold to accommodate both the weight of the vinyl & the inclusion of song lyrics. -

Double 200gm vinyl LP pressing. Nonsuch has been mastered by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering with input from Andy Partridge and is fully approved by XTC. Nonsuch, XTC's tenth album, was recorded in 1991 and originally issued in March 1992. It was a top 30 album in the UK (#28) and Top 100 album in the USA (#97), where it also made it to #1 in the, then significant, College album chart. It was also Grammy nominated in the 'Alternative albums' category in 1992. The album was recorded at Chipping Norton studios in 1991 and initially produced by Gus Dudgeon - best known for his work with Elton John - when the team of Steve Lillywhite and Hugh Padgham proved unavailable. Disappointed with the final mixes, the band moved to Rockfield Studios where the album was successfully completed by Nick Davis. Following the slow burn success of the 1986 album Skylarking, 1989's Oranges & Lemons had proved successful in the UK and US charts, so there was a general expectation that Nonsuch would take the band to the next level of mainstream success, especially when early critical response proved encouraging. 'The Disappointed' duly entered the Top 40 in the UK and 'The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead' was prepared as the follow-up. A third planned single - the song that Virgin had always earmarked as the one to push the album to a wider audience - 'Wrapped in Grey', was prepared for release but cancelled.

Recorded at Chipping Norton Studios, Oxfordshire, England, July - October 1991. Mixed at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, South Wales, November - December 1991. This edition remastered at Loud Mastering. Published by BMG Front cover image from John Speed's Map of Surrey 1611. ? 1992, The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Virgin Records Limited under licence to Ape House Limited. © 2020 Ape House Ltd. Made in the EU.

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APELPX110

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