Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers

Released24 September 1990

Recorded1977–1989

Length78:29

LabelVirgin Records

Compilation album by

XTC

Released

24 September 1990

Recorded

1977–1989

Length

78:29

Label

Virgin Records

XTC other chronology

Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80
(1990)

Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers
(1990)

BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
(1992)

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Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers is a compilation album of songs by the English rock band XTC, released in 1990 by Virgin Records. It brings together single B-sides, BBC sessions, soundtrack contributions, the A- and B-sides of both a Christmas single released under the pseudonym the Three Wise Men and solo single recorded by Colin Moulding as the Colonel, as well as other obscurities.

In an XTC catalog included with their 1992 album Nonsuch, frontman Andy Partridge explained the genesis of the project:^[1]

"So the world goes urrph! grunt! shifts gears and in comes the new technology of compact discs. Suddenly someone says, but what about all those vinyl B-sides, pseudo-name singles, film tracks and giveaways that are going to be lost forever? Embarrassed that this is the only reason the Rag And Bone compilation exists, it then goes and gets great critical reviews. Sometimes I can't figure you folks out!"

Track listing

Original release information adapted from CD liner notes.^[2]

All songs credited to XTC, unless otherwise indicated in parentheses.

All tracks are written by Andy Partridge, unless otherwise indicated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"Extrovert"		B-side of "Grass" UK 12-inch	3:35
2.	"Ten Feet Tall"	Colin Moulding	US single A-side	3:12
3.	"Mermaid Smiled"		Initial pressings of Skylarking	2:26
4.	"Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen" (The Colonel)	Moulding	UK single A-side	2:47
5.	"Respectable Street"		UK single A-side with new lyrics	3:05
6.	"Looking for Footprints"	Moulding	Free flexi disc with Flexipop UK magazine, issue No. 16	3:28
7.	"Over Rusty Water"		B-side of "No Thugs in Our House" UK single	1:28
8.	"Heaven Is Paved With Broken Glass"		B-side of "Ball and Chain" UK single	4:21
9.	"The World Is Full of Angry Young Men"	Moulding	B-side of "The Loving" UK 12-inch; Mummer outtake	3:39
10.	"Punch and Judy"		B-side of "Ball and Chain" UK single	2:42
11.	"Thanks for Christmas" (The Three Wise Men)	Partridge; credited to Balthazar, Kaspar, Melchior^[3]	UK single A-side	3:50
12.	"Tissue Tigers (The Arguers)"		B-side of "Senses Working Overtime" UK single	3:56
13.	"I Need Protection" (The Colonel)	Moulding	B-side of "Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen" UK single	3:40
14.	"Another Satellite" (BBC Sunday Live Show, 22-2-87)		B-side of "Dear God" UK 12-inch	4:20
15.	"Strange Tales, Strange Tails"		B-side of "Respectable Street" UK single; Go 2 outtake	2:18
16.	"Officer Blue"	Moulding	B-side of "Respectable Street" UK single	2:39
17.	"Scissor Man" (BBC Top Gear with John Peel, 8-10-79)		B-side of "Towers of London" UK two-pack bonus single	4:21
18.	"Cockpit Dance Mixture"		B-side of "Ball and Chain" UK 12-inch	6:02
19.	"Pulsing Pulsing"		B-side of "Making Plans for Nigel" UK single	1:35
20.	"Happy Families"		She's Having a Baby soundtrack	2:45
21.	"Countdown to Christmas Party Time" (The Three Wise Men)	Partridge; credited to Balthazar, Kaspar, Melchior^[4]	B-side of "Thanks for Christmas" UK single	4:12
22.	"Blame the Weather"	Moulding	B-side of "Senses Working Overtime" UK single	3:38
23.	"Take This Town"		Times Square soundtrack	4:08
24.	"The History of Rock 'n' Roll"		Miniatures various artists compilation	0:22

v t e XTC
Andy Partridge Colin Moulding Terry Chambers Barry Andrews Dave Gregory
Studio albums	White Music Go 2 Drums and Wires Black Sea English Settlement Mummer The Big Express 25 O'Clock Skylarking Psonic Psunspot Oranges & Lemons Nonsuch Apple Venus Volume 1 Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
Compilations	Waxworks: Some Singles 1977–1982 Beeswax: Some B-Sides 1977–1982 The Compact XTC Chips from the Chocolate Fireball Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers Drums and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77–89 Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977–92 Upsy Daisy Assortment Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions Coat of Many Cupboards Apple Box Psurroundabout Ride
Other albums	3D EP Homespun Homegrown Waspstrumental
Singles	"Statue of Liberty" "This Is Pop?" "Life Begins at the Hop" "Making Plans for Nigel" "Generals and Majors" "Towers of London" "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" "Respectable Street" "Senses Working Overtime" "Ball and Chain" "Wonderland" "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" "Thanks for Christmas" "All You Pretty Girls" "This World Over" "Wake Up" "Grass" "The Meeting Place" "Dear God" "Mayor of Simpleton" "King for a Day" "The Disappointed" "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" "Easter Theatre"
Other songs	"Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her" "Garden of Earthly Delights" "Wrapped in Grey"
Related media	A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC Fuzzy Warbles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Great Aspirations The Greatest Living Englishman Take Away / The Lure of Salvage Through the Hill XTC: This Is Pop Planet England
Other topics	Discography The Dukes of Stratosphear Ian Reid Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her (band)

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