Q. Hello Andy,
I've been into your music since about 2001 (I was born after 'Black Sea' came out, it's taken a while for me to catch up to your stuff) and now it's 2008 and I've gotten most of the XTC/Andy Partridge there is to get (within reason/availability here in the USA).


I'd like to ask, where should I go from here? (I'll mention that I have picked up on (and enjoyed) groups you've dropped in articles, 'Tony Williams' Lifetime', 'Blue Nile' and I'm already a fan of Beefheart, Beatles, Kinks, Wire, Talking Heads, This Heat, Random Hold, Can, etc - groups I know you know or I know you like)
I do enjoy seeking out things, but I thought, heck, ask Andy a question that he might actually enjoy answering (or not!?) and maybe I'll hear get to some stuff I wouldn't get to on my own.


Also, my girlfriend and I are planning a trip to England sometime in the near future.. Got any recommendations as far as records/CD shops go? I'd like to pick up some things that are harder/more expensive to pick up here in the US.


Thanks very much Andy,
Peter Mack

A. Peter Mack, Peter Mack, beat him on his sunburned back. How's it dangling? Right, here's a list of some stuff to check out:
Judee Sill - first two albums
Crazy World of Arthur Brown - first album
Miles Davis - Live Evil
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
The Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money and Uncle Meat
Patto - first two albums
Sonny Rollins - East Broadway Rundown
Bad Plus - These Are The Vistas
Charlotte Hatherley - Deep Blue
That should be enough to wet your brain for now. As for record shops in England, you've probably more chance of finding rocking horse faeces. They are so few and far between that I haven't seen one in years. Your best chance would be to buy the magazine Record Collector and follow up some of the many second hand shows they have advertised in there. Good hunting amigo.


Andy