The XTC Bumper Book of Fun for Boys and Girls: A Limelight Anthology

"A sumptuous compendium... The most comprehensive and incisive book about XTC yet published" Dom Lawson, Prog Magazine. "The music publication of the year" Dave Jennings, Louder than War. "A delicious thing to dive in and out of" Iain Lee, Talk Radio. "Dotted throughout those original pages and some relaxed, genuinely insightful interviews; Partridge in particular is on outspoken form throughout. Fans new and old will pore over this." Jamie Atkins, Record Collector. "Varied, surprising and fun" Samantha Burke, Cent Magazine. The XTC Bumper Book of Fun for Boys and Girls is a celebration of Limelight, the classic 1980s fanzine about XTC, featuring the original copies published between 1982 and 1992 plus new material for 2017, including interviews with Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory and Terry Chambers. 2017 highlights include: • Andy Partridge on childhood, children and creativity • Colin Moulding and Terry Chambers on the art of the rhythm section • Dave Gregory on Drums and Wires, Black Sea and English Settlement • XTC on some surprising musical influences • Comedians Phill Jupitus, Kevin Eldon, Stewart Lee, Joanna Neary and Paul Putner on their favourite XTC songs • Clive Jackson of Doctor and the Medics on being produced by Andy Partridge • Belinda Blanchard on starring in the video for Dear God • Peter Mills on the link between Thomas Hardy and XTC "We had a couple of lifelines to the world and Limelight was one of them. I don't know how we would have breathed publicity-wise if it weren't for Limelight and The Little Express in Canada. It was an essential breathing tube for us. It was the paper-and-ink internet. Limelight was the internet with added staples." ANDY PARTRIDGE "Limelight and The Little Express did us proud in putting our name about in the early days." COLIN MOULDING More details: http://www.xtclimelight.com