Album
Take Away / The Lure Of Salvage
1980 · Electronic, Rock
4 collectors on Gatefold own this

Take Away / The Lure Of Salvage is a Reggae album by Mr. Partridge, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 9 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Commerciality (Signal Ad)3:09
- A2The Day They Pulled The North Pole Down3:53
- A3The Forgotten Language Of Light4:18
- A4Steam Fist Futurist3:11
- A5Shore Leave Ornithology (Another 1950)5:34
- A6Cairo1:52
Side B
- B1The Rotary3:20
- B2Madhattan3:18
- B3I Sit In The Snow3:11
- B4Work Away Tokyo Day4:08
- B5New Broom5:28
Sound DNA
- Reggae
- Dub
- stripped-back
- hypnotic
- art school
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Destructed/constructed at Regents Park Recording Company.
This used to be some XTC records. It is now a collection of tracks that have been electronically processed/shattered and layered with other sounds or lyrical pieces.
If you liked 'Go+ (opens in a new tab)' then this record weighs approximately the same amount.
On 10.10.79 Alan Jakoby was The Tapir.
P 1980 Virgin Records Ltd.
C 1980 Virgin Records Ltd.
Side one – Take Away
"Commerciality (Signal Ad)" (Andy Partridge) (3:08) – remix of "Refrigeration Blues" (White Music outtake; the lyrics were a poem called "Signal Ad (Saleable Futurity")
"The Day They Pulled The North Pole Down" (Colin Moulding/Partridge) (3:50) – remix of "Heatwave" (using the backing tracks and slowing them down)
"The Forgotten Language Of Light" (Partridge) (4:17) – remix of "Millions" (using the percussion tracks and adding guitar and ad-libbed vocals)
"Steam Fist Futurist" (Partridge) (3:09) – remix of "Real by Reel" (using the backing tracks and adding various sounds)
"Shore Leave Ornithology (Another 1950)" (Partridge) (5:32) – remix of "Pulsing Pulsing" (using the backing tracks and adding various things with poetry inspired by Charlie Parker's "Ornithology")
"Cairo" (Partridge) (1:52) – remix of "Homo Safari" (sped up backing tracks adding keyboards, vocals and handclaps)
Side two – The Lure of Salvage
"The Rotary" (Partridge) (3:21) – remix of "Helicopter" (improvised guitar/singing/yelling over drums, bass and percussion tracks)
"Madhattan" (Moulding/Partridge) (3:17) – remix of "That Is The Way" (backing track with new sounds added)
"I Sit In The Snow" (Partridge) (3:12) – remix of "Roads Girdle the Globe" (slowed-down backing track of the bridge with poem and sounds added)
"Work Away Tokyo Day" (Moulding/Partridge) (4:05) – remix of "Red / Day In Day Out" (original beginning, then all nine of Barry Andrews' sax parts from "Red" played simultaneously, and "Day In Day Out" sped up with a new bass line)
"New Broom" (Moulding/Partridge) (5:27) – remix of "Making Plans For Nigel" (new lyrics and sounds to the backing tracks)
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andy PartridgePERFORMER , LYRICS BY
- XTC
4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 9 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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