Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers

Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers
Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers
Compilation album by XTC
Released	24 September 1990
Recorded	1977-1989
Length	78:29
Label	Virgin Records
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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. It brings together single B-sides, BBC sessions, soundtrack contributions, the A- and B-sides of both a Christmas single released by offshoot group The Three Wise Men and solo single recorded by Colin Moulding as The Colonel,^[1] as well as other obscurities.

Track listing[]

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	3:39
10.	"Punch and Judy"		B-side of "Ball and Chain" UK single	2:42
11.	"Thanks for Christmas" (The Three Wise Men)	Balthazar, Kaspar, Melchior	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 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	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)	Balthazar, Kaspar, Melchior	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

^ Farmer, Neville "XTC Song Stories", Hyperion, 9/98

[1] Farmer, Neville "XTC Song Stories", Hyperion, 9/98

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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)
EP	3D EP
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
Singles	"Science Friction" "Statue of Liberty" "This Is Pop?" "Are You Receiving Me? "Life Begins at the Hop" "Making Plans for Nigel" "Ten Feet Tall" "Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down" "Generals and Majors" "Towers of London" "Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen" "Take This Town" "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" "Respectable Street" "Senses Working Overtime" "Ball and Chain" "No Thugs in Our House" "Great Fire "Wonderland" "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" "Thanks for Christmas" "All You Pretty Girls" "This World Over" "Wake Up" "The Mole from the Ministry" "Grass" "The Meeting Place" "Dear God" "You're a Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)" "Mayor of Simpleton" "King for a Day" "The Loving" "The Disappointed" "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" "Easter Theatre" "I'd Like That" "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" "Where Did the Ordinary People Go?"
Album tracks	"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 Homespun Homegrown Instruvenus Take Away / The Lure of Salvage Waspstrumental XTC: This Is Pop Planet England
Other topics	Discography The Dukes of Stratosphear Idea Records Ian Reid Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her (band) TC&I "XTC vs. Adam Ant"