{"product_id":"xtc-live-boots-live-at-emerald-city-1981","title":"XTC LIVE BOOTS Live at Emerald City 1981","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"u_1922333210 dmNewParagraph\" data-element-type=\"paragraph\" id=\"1922333210\" data-version=\"5\" data-anim-extended=\"eyJkZXNrdG9wIjp7InRyaWdnZXIiOiJlbnRyYW5jZSIsImFuaW1hdGlvbiI6ImZhZGVJbiIsInJldmVyc2UiOmZhbHNlfX0=\" data-anim-desktop=\"fadeIn\" data-binding=\"W3siYmluZGluZ05hbWUiOiJ0ZXh0IiwidmFsdWUiOiJkeW5hbWljX3BhZ2VfY29sbGVjdGlvbi5Nb3JlIEluZm9ybWF0aW9uIn1d\" data-diy-text=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eNew official XTC bootleg series titled ‘Live Boots’ planned from 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLive Boots LPs exclusive to Record Store Day\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst of the series kicks off with one of the band’s renowned gigs from Emerald City, New Jersey in April 1981\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2LP set cut by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering and pressed on 200-gram audiophile vinyl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew notes from all four original band members – Partridge \/ Moulding \/ Gregory \u0026amp; Chambers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eXTC – Live at Emerald City, Cherry Hill New Jersey, 17th April 1981\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eListening to this electric performance from April 1981 – for all of its sonic imperfections seems to confirm that status,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003emaking it even harder to accept that, within a year, XTC would play its final gigs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eXTC at that time was a performing machine capable of creating megawatts of excitement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAndy Partridge comments that “we were tighter than a firefly's fundament that night, even more astounding was the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eadrenaline-soaked speed we took every song at”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReleased exclusively via Record Store Day, this 200-gram heavyweight (double) LP is the first time the concert will be\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eofficially available on vinyl and is also the first of a planned series of XTC official bootleg releases titled ‘Live Boots’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u0026amp; drawn from the band’s archives with minimal audio restoration undertaken by cutting engineer Jason Mitchell working with Andy Partrdige.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":55506677006712,"sku":null,"price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0342\/2497\/files\/30Tj-JYUWyYoVXMTdxkBBwvCjTAVIyDgDej8PJb4S7w-1920w.webp?v=1773950640","url":"https:\/\/www.southrecordshop.com\/products\/xtc-live-boots-live-at-emerald-city-1981","provider":"South Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}