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Generals and Majors: Steven Wilson Remixes XTC’s ‘Black Sea’ (UPDATED WITH TRACK LIST)

October 10, 2017 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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Sgt. Rock (or is that Steven Wilson?) is going to help XTC fans this season with the fifth in an ongoing series of remixes of the beloved Swindon band’s albums for Virgin Records: 1980’s Black Sea.

XTC’s fourth album (and second with the lineup of singer/guitarist Andy Partridge, singer/bassist Colin Moulding, guitarist/keyboardist Dave Gregory and drummer Terry Chambers) was almost immediately praised by critics upon its release, thanks to a potent brace of catchy, frenetic, barbed pop/rock songs (mostly written by Partridge, save for two by Moulding). Singles like “Generals and Majors,” “Towers of London” and “Sgt. Rock is Going to Help Me” were melodic hits built for pogoing; all three hit the U.K. Top 40, with “Sgt. Rock” at No. 16, their highest-charting single at the time. The Steve Lillywhite-produced album was the band’s first Top 20 at home, and at No. 41 became the group’s highest-charting album in America.

Following remixed and expanded reissues of Nonsuch (1992), Drums and WIres (1979), Oranges and Lemons (1989) and Skylarking (1986) between 2013 and 2016, Wilson (with the approval of Partridge) has remixed the album from the original multitrack masters in both standard stereo and 5.1 surround sound. The CD/Blu-ray set follows the “virtual box set” format of the previous titles, with additional bonus audiovisual content. Thus far, that content has been confirmed as:

  • The stereo mix in 24bit/96khz LPCM audio and 5.1 surround mix in LPCM and DTS HD Master Audio
  • Eight additional songs from the album sessions in stereo and 5.1 surround (also mixed by Wilson), including an unreleased Colin Moulding song, “Ban The Bomb,” and the non-album single “Take This Town”
  • A presentation of the original album and bonus tracks in their original stereo mixes
  • Bonus mixes and instrumental versions overseen by Wilson
  • Demos
  • The music videos for “Towers Of London, “Generals and Majors” and “Respectable Street”

The CD portion will feature the new stereo mix and bonus tracks. Packaging includes new notes and interviews with all four band members and album engineer Hugh Padgham. The set is pre-orderable now through the band’s Ape House label store with a street date of November 10; orders from that store will include a postcard signed by Chambers. Fans can also pre-order from Amazon and check out the expanded CD track list below.

Black Sea: Definitive Edition (Ape House APEBD104, 2017)

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  1. Respectable Street
  2. Generals and Majors
  3. Living Through Another Cuba
  4. Love At First Sight
  5. Rocket From a Bottle
  6. No Language In Our Lungs
  7. Towers Of London
  8. Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins)
  9. Burning With Optimism’s Flames
  10. Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)
  11. Travels In Nihilon
  12. Respectable Street (Single Version)
  13. Smokeless Zone
  14. Don’t Lose Your Temper
  15. Take This Town
  16. Ban The Bomb
  17. Towers of London (Early Version)
  18. The Somnambulist
  19. A History Of Rock ‘N’ Roll – Andy Partridge

Tracks 1-11 from Virgin LP V 2173, 1980
Track 12 from Virgin single VS 407, 1981
Tracks 13-14 and 18 from “Generals and Majors” double single – Virgin VS 365, 1980
Track 15 from Times Square soundtrack – RSO 2658 145, 1980
Track 17 possibly from A Coat of Many Cupboards – Virgin 72438 11900 2 9, 2002
Track 19 from Miniatures: A Sequence of Fifty-One Tiny Masterpieces Edited by Morgan-Fisher – Pipe Records 2, 1980

Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray, CD Genre: Rock Tags: XTC

Mike Duquette

Michael Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he discovered there was more than one version of John Williams' soundtrack to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, with bylines on catalog at Discogs, City Pages and Ultimate Prince and credits on titles including the Grammy-winning 'Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic.' Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with an ever-expanding collection of music.

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