Virgin Records vs XTC

Brian and Murdock respond to a pointed question about their lack of coverage of a certain British power pop influence and unpack the story behind the big sound, bad manager, and public breakdown that would come to define them. See the RNRSG on YouTube Visit the show on Instagram Visit the show on Facebook Sign up for Brian's daily FIVE SONGS email! (It's free!) SHOW NOTES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XTC https://www.davegott.com/music/artist/xtc/index.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Partridge https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/20/my-dream-had-died-xtcs-andy-partridge-on-mental-illness-battling-the-music-industry-and-losing-his-muse 1989 Spin Article: https://books.google.com/books?id=h-bxxO5B-xsC&pg=PA92#v=onepage&q&f=false http://chalkhills.org/articles/Onion19970619.html https://www.popmatters.com/the-man-who-sailed-around-his-soul-2495729988.html?rebelltpage=2#rebelltitem2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Reid_(talent_manager) Paris, 1982 stage walk-off: https://youtu.be/SSeB_2tz5NQ?si=O8gOx7XCPdpFWPTN https://xtcbackporch.freeforums.net/thread/49/last-xtc-diego-april-1982 https://www.songsommelier.com/xtc https://www.popmatters.com/xtc-coat-2496118960.html https://www.facebook.com/jeffknet/photos/released-on-this-day-in-1992-nonsuch-is-the-tenth-studio-album-by-xtc-and-consid/411992064074102/ https://ultimateclassicrock.com/xtc-nonsuch/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072511/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/too-much-of-a-god-thing/Content?oid=902571 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonsuch_(album) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panayiotou_v_Sony_Music_Entertainment_(UK)_Ltd. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Moulding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Partridge