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XTC interview disc for Skylarking
Feb. 4th, 2011 06:47 pmToday I found an interview disc (on vinyl) from the release of Skylarking. According to the sheet still tucked inside the sleeve, the album was designed to be played by radio stations. It consists of four segments around 15 minutes long each. Between songs there is Andy weaving anecdotes about each of the songs (recorded at his house).
Todd Rundgren (who produced the album) makes an appearance right before "Dear God." He tells us that Andy brought "Another Satellite" to the sessions after Todd had settled on what tracks would appear. Todd wasn't thrilled with adding the song because he didn't think it fit into the album's concept. But Andy won the day and some undisclosed person with the label decided "Another Satellite" could be added if "Dear God" was removed. I had heard about the circumstances of "Dear God" being added later, but never about it originally being removed.
I also discovered that the reason why I dislike "The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul" was actually Todd's idea. What makes me skip the song half the time is the brass horns and their late 50's/early 60's-style big band jazz sound. That was totally Todd's idea after hearing the demos Andy sent. Andy said the demo was recorded as "Leonard Cohen on a bad day" and was a bit confused by Todd's idea originally but came to love it once he heard it.
What has me the most pleased about the album is that I wasn't expecting all of the songs to be heard in their entirety. I thought I'd just hear bits that may or may not directly correspond to the info Andy was sharing as part of the interview. The producers of this interview disc did a nice job, indeed.
X-posted on own journal and thedisappointed
Todd Rundgren (who produced the album) makes an appearance right before "Dear God." He tells us that Andy brought "Another Satellite" to the sessions after Todd had settled on what tracks would appear. Todd wasn't thrilled with adding the song because he didn't think it fit into the album's concept. But Andy won the day and some undisclosed person with the label decided "Another Satellite" could be added if "Dear God" was removed. I had heard about the circumstances of "Dear God" being added later, but never about it originally being removed.
I also discovered that the reason why I dislike "The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul" was actually Todd's idea. What makes me skip the song half the time is the brass horns and their late 50's/early 60's-style big band jazz sound. That was totally Todd's idea after hearing the demos Andy sent. Andy said the demo was recorded as "Leonard Cohen on a bad day" and was a bit confused by Todd's idea originally but came to love it once he heard it.
What has me the most pleased about the album is that I wasn't expecting all of the songs to be heard in their entirety. I thought I'd just hear bits that may or may not directly correspond to the info Andy was sharing as part of the interview. The producers of this interview disc did a nice job, indeed.
X-posted on own journal and thedisappointed
