Editing Andy Partridge (section)

===1980s===
[[File:Andy Partridge comic book.jpg|thumb|Partridge in the studio, c. 1988]]

In 1980, Partridge and producer [[John Leckie]] released a collection of XTC [[Dub music|dub]] remixes on Virgin Records called ''[[Take Away / The Lure of Salvage]]'', credited to "Mr. Partridge". Even though no other XTC member was involved with the album's production, he does not consider it a solo effort.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=xtcfans|author=Andy Partridge|number=446222514034053120|date=19 March 2014|title=THE CORRECTOR-TAKEAWAY/LURE OF SALVAGE was not a solo album,merely a dub record of XTC tracks,the band never attended}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtcfans/status/1120408030875725825 |title=WIKI CORRECTOR "Partridge has released one solo album on Virgin Records in 1980 called Take Away / The Lure of Salvage" It was not a 'solo' album. It was a dub record using previous XTC recordings, and adding poems/extra sounds and inter-editing songs together. Leckie was vital. |last=XTC |date=2019-04-22 |website=@xtcfans|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> Virgin Records rejected his request to issue it under the XTC banner as it would have counted toward their record contract.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=xtcfans |last=Partridge |first=Andy |author-link=Andy Partridge |number=1090247437124595712|title=WC-"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.|date= 29 Jan 2019}}</ref> In Japan, the record was hailed as a work of "electronic genius" and outsold all other XTC albums.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=George |first1=Harry |title=The Case of the Missing Andy Boy |magazine=[[Trouser Press]] |date=October 1983 |pages=26–29 |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/TrouserPress198310.html}}</ref>

Also in 1980, Partridge contributed guitar to [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]]'s album ''[[B-2 Unit]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hammond |first=Ryuichi Sakamoto, James |date=2015-10-09 |title=An introduction to Ryuichi Sakamoto in 10 records |url=https://thevinylfactory.com/features/the-many-faces-of-ryuichi-sakamoto-an-introduction/ |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=The Vinyl Factory |language=en-US}}</ref> and lead vocals and guitar to the track "Margaret Freeman" from [[The Residents]]' ''[[Commercial Album]]'', on which he was credited as "Sandy Sandwich".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Oliver |date=2016-09-23 |title=That time when XTC's Andy Partridge sang for the Residents |url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/that_time_when_xtcs_andy_partridge_sang_for_the_residents |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Dangerous Minds}}</ref>

Partridge's first job producing another artist was Peter Blegvad's 1983 album ''The Naked Shakespeare''.<ref name="Mojo1999" /> He said that his services were requested partly because Blegvad had heard a rumour that he had died in 1982.<ref name="Milano84"/>