Take Away / The Lure of Salvage

Take Away and The Lure of Salvage are sides one and two, respectively, of the debut record by English musician Andy Partridge (credited as "Mr. Partridge"). Co-produced with John Leckie, the LP was released in February 1980 by Virgin Records and consists of dub remixes of tracks originally recorded by Partridge's band XTC. Each track is derived from the group's 1979 album Drums and Wires, except "Commerciality (Signal Ad)", which is a remix of the White Music outtake "Refrigeration Blues".[1] The back cover reads

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. All initial sound by XTC. Additional sound/lyrics by Andy Partridge. Put and take by John Leckie and Andy Partridge on 10/10/79. Alan Jakoby was the tapir. Destructed/constructed at Regents Park Recording Company. If you liked Go+ then this record weighs approximately the same amount.[2]

Take Away / The Lure of Salvage
Take Away front cover
Remix album by
Mr. Partridge
ReleasedFebruary 29, 1980 (1980-02-29)
Recorded
  • 1977–1979 (original tracks)
  • 10 October 1979 (overdubs)
GenreDub
LabelVirgin
ProducerJohn Leckie, Andy Partridge
Andy Partridge chronology
Take Away / The Lure of Salvage
(1980)		 Through the Hill
(1994)

Even though no other XTC member was involved with the album's making, Partridge does not personally consider it a solo effort.[3] Virgin rejected his request to issue it under the XTC banner as it would have counted toward their record contract.[4] The cover pictures on the album's back and front are taken from a post card of Jayne Mansfield in a swimming pool. The figures floating on the water are hot water bottles shaped like her, on the back cover some of which Partridge scribbled out. He made the LP totally royalty-free for a cost of £2000, and asked Virgin to set the price low. Virgin sold the album with the maximum price of £3.99 (equivalent to £17 in 2019).

In Japan, the record was hailed as a work of "electronic genius" and outsold all other XTC albums.[5] Keiichi Suzuki of Moonriders cited the album as an influence, particularly on the tracks he composed for the Mother video game series.[6] In 1990, Take Away and The Lure of Salvage were included on the compilation Explode Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80, along with the EP Go+.

Track listing

Side one – Take Away

  1. "Commerciality (Signal Ad)" (Andy Partridge) (3:08) – remix of "Refrigeration Blues" (White Music outtake; the lyrics were a poem called "Signal Ad (Saleable Futurity")
  2. "The Day They Pulled The North Pole Down" (Colin Moulding/Partridge) (3:50) – remix of "Heatwave" (using the backing tracks and slowing them down)
  3. "The Forgotten Language Of Light" (Partridge) (4:17) – remix of "Millions" (using the percussion tracks and adding guitar and ad-libbed vocals)
  4. "Steam Fist Futurist" (Partridge) (3:09) – remix of "Real by Reel" (using the backing tracks and adding various sounds)
  5. "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")
  6. "Cairo" (Partridge) (1:52) – remix of "Homo Safari" (sped up backing tracks adding keyboards, vocals and handclaps)

Side two – The Lure of Salvage

  1. "The Rotary" (Partridge) (3:21) – remix of "Helicopter" (improvised guitar/singing/yelling over drums, bass and percussion tracks)
  2. "Madhattan" (Moulding/Partridge) (3:17) – remix of "That Is The Way" (backing track with new sounds added)
  3. "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)
  4. "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)
  5. "New Broom" (Moulding/Partridge) (5:27) – remix of "Making Plans For Nigel" (new lyrics and sounds to the backing tracks)

Personnel

References
  1. Alksnis, Anita (March–April 1980). "XTC". Shades.
  2. Take Away / The Lure of Salvage (liner notes). Andy Partridge. Virgin Records. 1980.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Andy Partridge [@xtcfans] (19 March 2014). "THE CORRECTOR-TAKEAWAY/LURE OF SALVAGE was not a solo album,merely a dub record of XTC tracks,the band never attended" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. Andy Partridge [@xtcfans] (29 January 2019). ""Partridge made his solo debut with Take Away / The Lure of Salvage" Careful, it wasn't a 'solo album', it was a continuation of more dub experiments. Virgin didn't want it out as XTC, as it would have counted as a contractual album" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. George, Harry (October 1983). "The Case of the Missing Andy Boy". Trouser Press. pp. 26–29.
  6. Itoi, Shigesato (June 16, 2003). "『MOTHER』の音楽は鬼だった。" [Music of "MOTHER" was a demon]. 1101.com. Translation. Archived from the original on July 6, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
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