Apple Box
Apple Box is a box set by XTC compiling Apple Venus Volume 1 and Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) along with their respective demo albums Homespun and Homegrown. It is the third box set of their career following Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions and Coat of Many Cupboards, released by Idea Records.
Track listing
UK CD: IDEACD 007
All songs written by Andy Partridge, except where noted.;Apple Venus Volume 1
- "River of Orchids" – 5:53
- "I'd Like That" – 3:50
- "Easter Theatre" – 4:37
- "Knights in Shining Karma" – 3:39
- "Frivolous Tonight – 3:09
- "Greenman" – 6:17
- "Your Dictionary" – 3:14
- "Fruit Nut" – 3:01
- "I Can't Own Her" – 5:26
- "Harvest Festival" – 4:15
- "The Last Balloon" – 6:39
- "Playground" – 4:17
- "Stupidly Happy" – 4:13
- "In Another Life" – 3:35
- "My Brown Guitar" – 3:51
- "Boarded Up" – 3:23
- "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" – 3:44
- "We're All Light" – 4:39
- "Standing in for Joe" – 3:42
- "Wounded Horse" – 4:11
- "You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful" – 4:18
- "Church of Women" – 5:06
- "The Wheel and the Maypole" – 5:55
- "River of Orchids" – 4:10
- "I'd Like That" – 4:47
- "Easter Theatre" – 4:52
- "Knights in Shining Karma" – 3:38
- "Frivolous Tonight – 3:06
- "Greenman" – 6:01
- "Your Dictionary" – 3:14
- "Fruit Nut" – 2:44
- "I Can't Own Her" – 5:06
- "Harvest Festival" – 5:17
- "The Last Balloon" – 5:17
- "Playground" – 4:25
- "Stupidly Happy" – 3:45
- "In Another Life" – 2:02
- "In Another Life" – 3:44
- "Some Lovely" – 3:57
- "Boarded Up" – 2:56
- "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" – 2:36
- "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" – 0:39
- "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" – 3:33
- "We're All Light" – 1:14
- "We're All Light" – 4:32
- "Standing in for Joe" – 2:41
- "Standing in for Joe" – 3:34
- "Wounded Horse" – 4:22
- "You and the Clouds Will Still Be Beautiful" – 3:46
- "Lie for a Lie" – 1:43
- "Church of Women" – 4:36
- "The Pot Won't Hold Our Love" – 1:38
- "Everything Decays" – 2:26
- "The Wheel and the Maypole" – 5:33
- "Spiral"
- "Say It"
Personnel
- Peter Ashworth – photography
- Ian Cooper – mastering
- Steve Gullick – photography
- Valerie Phillips – photography
- Andrew Swainson – design
''Apple Venus Volume 1''
;XTC- Dave Gregory – piano, keyboards, keyboard programming, guitars, backing vocals
- Colin Moulding – vocals, bass guitar
- Andy Partridge – vocals, guitars
- Mike Batt – orchestral arrangements for "Greenman" and "I Can't Own Her"
- Haydn Bendall – keyboards
- Guy Barker – trumpet and flugelhorn solo on "The Last Balloon"
- Nick Davis – keyboards
- Prairie Prince – drums, percussion
- Steve Sidwell – trumpet solo on "Easter Theatre"
- All arrangements played by The London Session Orchestra under their leader Gavin Wright
- Haydn Bendall – original production, engineering
- Nick Davis – additional production, engineering, mix
- Simon Dawson – mix assistance
- Alan Douglas – recording engineer
- Barry Hammond – recording engineer
- Tim Young – mastering
''Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)''
;XTC- Colin Moulding – vocals, bass guitar
- Andy Partridge – vocals, guitar
- Caroline Dale – cello
- Nick Davis – keyboards
- Simon Gardner – flugelhorn
- Patrick Kiernan – violin
- Peter Lale – viola
- Holly Partridge – backing vocals on "Playground"
- Prairie Prince – drums
- Chuck Sabo – drums
- Kate St. John – oboe
- Matt Vaughn – programming
- Gavin Wright – violin
- Haydn Bendall – recording engineering
- Nick Davis – producer, mixing, recording engineering
- Simon Dawson – mix engineer
- Alan Douglas – recording engineering
- Barry Hammond – recording engineering
- Bob Ludwig – mastering