XTC – Drums and Wires (LP, Virgin, 1979, V 2129)

The album that broke XTC into the mainstream, taking the band’s angular new wave sound and sharpening it with Steve Lillywhite’s punchy, drum-forward production. Includes the classic single Making Plans For Nigel, plus Helicopter, Day In Day Out, Roads Girdle The Globe, and Complicated Game. Instantly recognisable sleeve design by Nick de Ville with the iconic torn-paper XTC face motif.

Condition:

• Vinyl: Excellent — plays well, no marks.

• Sleeve: VG+ — light shelfwear/handling marks consistent with age, no seam splits or writing

• Housed in a poly sleeve

. No lyric inner. I can’t ever remember it having one.

From my own personal collection — original 1979 UK Virgin pressing, catalogue V 2129.

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