Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers is a compilation album released in 1990. An odds and sods collection, it brings together B-sides, BBC sessions, soundtrack contributions, two singles released by XTC offshoots The Colonel and The Three Wise Men and other obscurities. It is notable for including some of the most eccentric numbers in their catalogue such as "Cockpit Dance Mixture", "Countdown to Christmas Party Time" and "History of Rock & Roll".
Track listing[]
All songs written by Andy Partridge unless otherwise indicated. All song credits to XTC unless otherwise indicated.
- "Extrovert" – 3:36
- "Ten Feet Tall" (Colin Moulding) – 3:13
- "Mermaid Smiled" – 2:27
- The Colonel - "Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen" (Moulding) – 2:48
- "Respectable Street" – 3:06
- "Looking for Footprints" (Moulding) – 3:30
- "Over Rusty Water" – 1:29
- "Heaven is Paved With Broken Glass" – 4:23
- "The World is Full of Angry Young Men" (Moulding) – 3:41
- "Punch and Judy" – 2:43
- The Three Wise Men - "Thanks for Christmas" (Balthazar/Kaspar/Melchior) – 3:52
- "Tissue Tigers (The Arguers)" – 3:58
- The Colonel - "I Need Protection" (Moulding) – 3:41
- "Another Satellite" – 4:21
- "Strange Tales, Strange Tails" – 2:20
- "Officer Blue" (Moulding) – 2:41
- "Scissor Man" – 4:23
- "Cockpit Dance Mixture" – 6:03
- "Pulsing, Pulsing" – 1:36
- "Happy Families" – 2:47
- The Three Wise Men - "Countdown to Christmas Party Time" (Balthazar/Kaspar/Melchior) – 4:14
- "Blame the Weather" (Moulding) – 3:40
- "Take This Town" – 4:10
- "History of Rock & Roll" – 0:21