XTC - XTC At The Manor - BBC 1980 - 5/5
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- A documentary on the recording of "Towers of London" at The Manor, Virgin Records founder Richard Branson's Oxfordshire manor house estate.
Features XTC: Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory and Terry Chambers as well as Steve Lillywhite and a cameo from Sir Richard Branson.
Filmed on 22, 23 and 24 August 1980 and broadcast on 10 October 1980 on BBC2 Bristol.
The version of "Towers of London" recorded during the programme is NOT the album version. This documentary is actually a recreation as the song had been completed in July 1980. - Hudba
Fun fact: This was filmed only a few days before XTC's appearance in "Urgh! A Music War." Hence, the renditions of Respectable Street are very similar. Dang I love that song.
Thank you SO much for posting this! Have just dug out my vinyl copy of Black Sea. What an awesome record from an extremely underrated band. Thanks again! :)
Haven't seen this since the evening in 1980 when it was on TV. Loved it then.... loved it again today. Thanks.
If there was any justice in the world, Andy Partridge would be the multi-billionaire and Richard Branson would be scraping a living together selling music online, instead of the reverse.
XTC very underrated
Great stuff!
The beginningtime of the great Andy Patridge wow nice story.
Interesting documentary, but I wish the cameras had been around when they were making Skylarking. I imagine the atmosphere might have been a little less harmonious when Todd R was at the helm.
I just caught that. Y'know, "Hey! That's Brian Setzer." The Stray Cats first album wasn't out until '81, but per Wikipedia they were being courted by labels, including Virgin, in 1980.
i think that's brian setzer of the stray cats at the 5:01 mark.
You think right.
Full (without trout-related comments) version of the "Generals and Majors" vid at watch?v=LCW6Kte2o1A.
The woman at 6:14 certainly has flared trousers! Are they distress flares lol?
Who would have thought in 1980 that Richard Branson would be such a key figure in 2012 - and would have sold Virgin Records? Mind you, who could have thought we could watch videos like this on demand using computers the size of small books on our GPO lines and that there would be no 1949 Wireless Telegraphy Act?