XTC- Live Boots - Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 17th April 1981

Label: Ape House

Reissued 7/17/2026

2CD release of the new official XTC bootleg series titled 'Live Boots' First of the series kicks off with one of the band's renowned gigs from Emerald City, New Jersey in April 1981. 2CD set cut by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering. Sleevenotes from all four original band members - Partridge / Moulding / Gregory & Chambers. A 200 gram double LP version of this gig was released on April 18th 2026, exclusively via Record Store Day, and now, due to popular demand, a 2CD version will be made available in mid-June 2026. This is the first of a planned series of XTC official bootleg releases titled 'Live Boots' which draws from the band's archives with minimal audio restoration undertaken by cutting engineer Jason Mitchell working with Andy Partrdige.

Track listing:

1. Real By Reel
   
2. Life Begins at the Hop
   
3. When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty
   
4. Respectable Street
   
5. SGT. Rock Is Going to Help Me
   
6. No Language in Our Lungs
   
7. Ball and Chain
   
8. Paper and Iron
   
9. Love at First Sight
   
10. Roads Girdle the Globe
    
11. Scissor Man
    
12. Towers of London
    
13. Burning with Optimism's Flames
    
14. Making Plans for Nigel
    
15. Living Through Another Cuba
    
16. Generals and Majors
    
17. This Is Pop
    
18. Helicopter
    
19. Statue of Liberty
    
20. Outside World