Home / Music / Virgin marketed the Dukes of Stratosphear as a lost 60s band — they were XTCMusic linernotes album music the-dukes-of-stratosphearVirgin marketed the Dukes of Stratosphear as a lost 60s band — they were XTCVirgin publicised the Dukes as a mysterious late-1960s group whose recordings had been recently discovered. The fact that they were actually XTC was kept quiet. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesThe Dukes of Stratosphear's 25 O'Clock outsold XTC's The Big Express — the side project beat the main act25 O'Clock was released on April 1, 1985, by the Dukes of StratosphearJohn Leckie produced 25 O'Clock.The Dukes of Stratosphear was XTC in psychedelic disguise — funny names includedTango in the Night featured all five classic Fleetwood Mac membersExploreAlina Ibragimova's Bach recording spans two discsCome Away with Me won eight GrammysBillie Eilish cleaned up at the 62nd Grammys — Album of the Year and more for When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We GoToto IV won six Grammys in 1983Hysteria kept Mötley Crüe on the radio for over a yearPrevious Visions was Grimes' first album on 4AD, released February 2012Next Tomorrow's Harvest took Boards of Canada seven years to finish