XTC - Coat of Many Cupboards (Remastered) (2002)

Coat of Many Cupboards is a box set by English rock band XTC, released in 2002. It acts as an anthology of their 15 years on Virgin Records. It is their first compilation of any kind to include tracks by their alter-ego, the Dukes of Stratosphear. The set includes demo versions, live recordings, rehearsal tapes and other rarities, as well as band favorites. 41 of the total 60 tracks had never been released before this compilation. The set also includes a 60-page booklet with an essay by Harrison Sherwood.

Tracklist
Disc: 1
1 Science Friction (CBS Demo)
2 Spinning Top (Live @ Eric's, Liverpool - 1977)
3 Traffic Light Rock (Live @ Eric's, Liverpool - 1977)
4 Radios In Motion (From White Music)
5 Let's Have Fun (White Music out take)
6 Fireball XL5/Fireball Dub (White Music out take)
7 Heatwave Mk.2 Deluxe (White Music out take)
8 This Is Pop (Single version)
9 Are You Receiving Me? (Go 2 out take)
10 Things Fall To Bits (Go 2 out take)
11 Us Being Us (Go 2 out take)
12 Life Begins At The Hop (First rehearsal - extract)
13 Life Begins At The Hop (First recording, unused)
14 Making Plans For Nigel (Demo from Swindon Town Hall)
15 Ten Feet Tall (From Drums and Wires)
16 Sleepyheads (Drums and Wires out take)

Disc: 2
1 Meccanik Dancing (Live @ The Marconi Club, Sydney,1979)
2 Atom Age/Hang Onto The Night/Neon Shuffle (medley) (Live @ The Marconi Club, Sydney,1979)
3 Life Begins At The Hop (Unused US single recording)
4 Reel By Real (Unused single recording)
5 When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty (Unused single recording)
6 Helicopter (DJM version) Unused US single recording)
7 Towers of London (Rejected single recording)
8 Generals and Majors (Rehearsal tape)
9 No Language In Our Lungs (From Black Sea)
10 Sgt. Rock Is Going To Help Me (From Black Sea)
11 Paper and Iron (Live @ The Lyceum, London, 1980)
12 Crowded Room (Live @ The Lyceum. London, 1980)
13 Senses Working Overtime (Early work tape)=20
14 Snowman (Live @ The Hammersmith Odeon, 1981)
15 Ball and Chain (Unused single recording)

Disc: 3
1 Punch and Judy (Unused single recording)
2 Fly On The Wall (From English Settlement)
3 Yacht Dance (Live on The Old Grey Whistle Test,1982)
4 Jason and The Argonauts (From English Settlement)
5 Love On A Farmboy's Wages (Demo)
6 Wonderland (Home demo)
7 Ladybird (From Mummer)
8 All You Pretty Girls (Home demo)
9 Wake Up (Home demo)
10 The Everyday Story Of Smalltown (From The Big Express)
11 Grass (Demo)
12 Let's Make A Den (Home demo)
13 The Meeting Place (Home demo)
14 Dear God (Band demo)

Disc: 4
1 Brainiac's Daughter (from Psonic Psunspot version)
2 Vanishing Girl (from Psonic Psunspot version)
3 Terrorism (Home demo)=20
4 Find The Fox (Home demo)
5 Season Cycle (From Skylarking)
6 The Troubles (Home demo)
7 Mayor Of Simpleton (Early work tape)
8 King For A Day (Home demo)
9 Chalkhills And Children (From Oranges & Lemons)
10 The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead (Early home demo)
11 Omnibus (From Nonsuch)
12 The Disappointed (Home demo)
13 Bungalow (From Nonsuch)
14 Didn't Hurt A Bit (Nonsuch out take)
15 Books Are Burning (Live on the BBC's The Late Show, 1992)