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Apple Box is a box set by XTC compiling Apple Venus Volume 1 and Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) along with their respective demo albums Homespun and Homegrown. It is the third box set of their career following Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions and Coat of Many Cupboards, released by Idea Records.

Track listing

UK CD: IDEACD 007

All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.

Apple Venus Volume 1
  1. "River of Orchids" – 5:53
  2. "I'd Like That" – 3:50
  3. "Easter Theatre" – 4:37
  4. "Knights in Shining Karma" – 3:39
  5. "Frivolous Tonight (Colin Moulding) – 3:09
  6. "Greenman" – 6:17
  7. "Your Dictionary" – 3:14
  8. "Fruit Nut" (Moulding) – 3:01
  9. "I Can't Own Her" – 5:26
  10. "Harvest Festival" – 4:15
  11. "The Last Balloon" – 6:39
Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
  1. "Playground" – 4:17
  2. "Stupidly Happy" – 4:13
  3. "In Another Life" (Moulding) – 3:35
  4. "My Brown Guitar" – 3:51
  5. "Boarded Up" (Moulding) – 3:23
  6. "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" – 3:44
  7. "We're All Light" – 4:39
  8. "Standing in for Joe" (Moulding) – 3:42
  9. "Wounded Horse" – 4:11
  10. "You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful" – 4:18
  11. "Church of Women" – 5:06
  12. "The Wheel and the Maypole" – 5:55
Homespun
  1. "River of Orchids" – 4:10
  2. "I'd Like That" – 4:47
  3. "Easter Theatre" – 4:52
  4. "Knights in Shining Karma" – 3:38
  5. "Frivolous Tonight (Moulding) – 3:06
  6. "Greenman" – 6:01
  7. "Your Dictionary" – 3:14
  8. "Fruit Nut" (Moulding) – 2:44
  9. "I Can't Own Her" – 5:06
  10. "Harvest Festival" – 5:17
  11. "The Last Balloon" – 5:17
Homegrown
  1. "Playground" – 4:25
  2. "Stupidly Happy" – 3:45
  3. "In Another Life" (Excerpt of original demo) (Colin Moulding) – 2:02
  4. "In Another Life" (Jug band version) (Moulding) – 3:44
  5. "Some Lovely" – 3:57
  6. "Boarded Up" (Moulding) – 2:56
  7. "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" (Early 'other song' cassette idea) – 2:36
  8. "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" (Tamla version excerpt) – 0:39
  9. "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" – 3:33
  10. "We're All Light" (Early cassette idea) – 1:14
  11. "We're All Light" – 4:32
  12. "Standing in for Joe" (Lounge version) (Moulding) – 2:41
  13. "Standing in for Joe" (Moulding) – 3:34
  14. "Wounded Horse" – 4:22
  15. "You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful" – 3:46
  16. "Lie for a Lie" (Cassette demo) – 1:43
  17. "Church of Women" – 4:36
  18. "The Pot Won't Hold Our Love" (Early cassette idea) – 1:38
  19. "Everything Decays" (Early cassette idea) – 2:26
  20. "The Wheel and the Maypole" – 5:33

Purchase of the box set also provides instructions for downloading two non-album XTC tracks:

  1. "Spiral" (Partridge)
  2. "Say It" (Moulding)

Personnel

  • Pete Ashworth – photography
  • Ian Cooper – mastering
  • Steve Gullick – photography
  • Valerie Phillips – photography
  • Andrew Swainson – design

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC
Additional musicians
Production
  • Haydn Bendall – original production, engineering
  • Nick Davis – additional production, engineering, mix
  • Simon Dawson – mix assistance
  • Alan Douglas – recording engineer
  • Barry Hammond – recording engineer
  • Tim Young – mastering

Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)

XTC
Additional musicians
Production

Homespun and Homegrown

References

  1. ^ McClintock, J. Scott. Apple Box at AllMusic
  2. ^ Pitchfork Media review
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