Life Begins at the Hop (BBC Radio session, Kid Jensen show; 1979-05-21, broadcast 1979-05-31)

Name: Life Begins at the Hop
Duration: 4 min 20 s

~ Recording by XTC

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.2	Life Begins at the Hop	4:20	XTC	Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions	XTC	Album + Live	GB1998-11-16	Cooking Vinyl	COOK CD 152
1.2	Life Begins at the Hop	4:20	XTC	Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions	XTC	Album + Live	JP1998-12-02	Canyon International	PCCY-01309
1.2	Life Begins at the Hop	4:20	XTC	Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions	XTC	Album + Live	AU1998-12-04	Festival Records (Australian)	D 89943
1.2	Life Begins at the Hop	4:20	XTC	Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions	XTC	Album + Live	US1998-12-08	TVT Records	TVT 3240-2
Promotion
1.2	Life Begins at the Hop	4:20	XTC	What Do You Call That Noise?	XTC	Album + Compilation	US1998	TVT Records	TVT 3245-2P

engineer:	Nick Gomm
producer:	Bill Aitken (sound engineer and producer)
drums (drum set):	Terry Chambers (on 1979-05-21)
electric bass guitar [bass] and lead vocals:	Colin Moulding (on 1979-05-21)
guitar:	Dave Gregory (XTC) (on 1979-05-21) Andy Partridge (on 1979-05-21)
vocals:	Dave Gregory (XTC) (on 1979-05-21) Andy Partridge (on 1979-05-21)

recording of:	Life Begins at the Hop (on 1979-05-21: live)

lyricist and composer:	Colin Moulding