Apple Venus Volume 1
Album by XTC
Release	February 17, 1999
Recorded	January–August, 1998 at various locations
Genre	Pop rock
Length	50 min 9 s
Label	Idea Records
Producer(s)	Haydn Bendall, Nick Davis
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
XTC chronology
Nonsuch (1992)	Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999)	Wasp Star (2000)

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Track listing

All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted. Andy Partridge (born November 11, 1953 in Malta) is a founding member, guitarist and chief songwriter of the new wave rock/pop group XTC. In addition to his work with XTC, Partridge has released demos of his songs under his own name in the Fuzzy Warbles album series. ...

1. "River of Orchids"
2. "I'd Like That"
3. "Easter Theatre"
4. "Knights in Shining Karma"
5. "Frivolous Tonight (Colin Moulding)
6. "Greenman"
7. "Your Dictionary"
8. "Fruit Nut" (Moulding)
9. "I Can't Own Her"
10. "Harvest Festival"
11. "The Last Balloon"

Colin Moulding (born August 17, 1955, in Swindon, Wiltshire, England) is a founding member of the new wave rock/pop group XTC, its second songwriter, vocalist, and bassist. ...

Personnel

Musicians

• Colin Moulding - vocals, bass
• Andy Partridge - vocals, guitars

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Additional musicians

• Dave Gregory - piano, keyboards, keyboard programming, guitars, backing vocals
• Prairie Prince - drums, percussions
• Guy Barker - trumpet and flugelhorn solo on "The Last Balloon"
• Steve Sidwell - trumpet solo on "Easter Theatre"
• Nick Davis, Haydn Bendall - extra keyboards
• Mike Batt - orchestral arrangements for "Greenman" and "I Can't Own Her"
• All arrangements played by The London Sessions Orchestra under their leader Gavin Wright

Dave Gregory (born September 21, 1952, in Swindon, Wiltshire, England) was the lead guitarist of the new wave rock/pop group XTC from immediately prior to the recording of the Drums and Wires LP in 1979 to his leaving the band in 1999. ... This article is about the modern musical instrument. ... The term synthesiser is also used to mean frequency synthesiser, an electronic system found in communications. ... A backup vocalist is a vocalist that sings in harmony with the lead vocalist, with other backup vocalists, or alone but in the background of a song. ... Prairie Prince is a rock drummer. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Percussion instruments are music instruments played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped, hence the percussive name. ... The trumpet is the highest brass instrument in register, above the tuba, euphonium, trombone, sousaphone, and french horn. ... Flugelhorn- this is a standard 3-valved Bb model. ... Mike Batt Mike Batt (born February 6, 1949 in Southampton, UK) is a UK-based songwriter/musician/producer. ...

Technical

• Haydn Bendall - original production, engineering
• Nick Davis - additional production, engineering, mix
• Barry Hammond, Alan Douglas - recording engineers
• Simon Dawson - mix assistance
• Tim Young - mastering