XTC / Besides (1LP Black Friday) Pre Order 27/11/2026

XTC  
Besides… (Vol. 1)  
Format: 1LP (200 gram vinyl) – Limited Record Store Day Black Friday First  
Catalogue No: APELP120B  
UPC No: 633367 799616

Not since 1982 has there been a collection of XTC’s singles available on LP. Now, for the first time on vinyl in over 40 years and newly transferred from the original master tapes, Besides… (Vol. 1) will be released as the first of three volumes of XTC B‑side singles on 200‑gram vinyl as a limited Record Store Day First for Black Friday 2026.

Each volume will be released to complement three volumes of general‑release A‑side singles collection LPs by Ape House over the next 12–18 months.

Andy Partridge says: “Why”, thought I, as a rabid teen record collector, “do many of my favourite bands, favourite tracks, seem to live on the B‑sides?” They still do, and in that tradition, let XTC demonstrate the fact.

Tracklisting

Side A  
She’s So Square  
Dance Band  
Hang On to the Night  
Heatwave  
Instant Tunes  
Homo Safari  
Bushman President  
Pulsing Pulsing  

Side B  
Don’t Lose Your Temper  
Smokeless Zone  
The Somnambulist  
Battery Brides (live from The Rainbow, 1979)  
Set Myself on Fire (live from The Rainbow, 1979)