Metal Box (Super Deluxe Edition)
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Public Image Limited
Metal Box (Super Deluxe Edition)
[ Universal Music / 4 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 13 January 2017
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With all lyrics written by John Lydon 'Metal Box' was recorded with original PiL members Keith Levene and Jah Wobble. Original drummer Jim Walker had left, to be replaced by a succession of drummers. 'Metal Box' came out less than a year after PiL's debut 'Public Image: First Issue' yet it was nothing like its predecessor. Things had changed, and so had PiL. While outside pressures mounted PiL channeled their energies (negative and positive) into a record that would set them apart back in 1979, and indeed today in 2016. Whether it be John's powerful and passionate vocals; Keith's wailing guitar and melodic synths; Wobble's sub-disco reggae basslines; or the crashing rhythm that holds it all together, 'Metal Box' has many strengths. The album was originally released as 3 x 45rpm 12" singles, housed in a metal 'film' canister. As made by 'The Metal Box Company' in London's East End; hence the name. The deluxe edition includes rare and unreleased mixes from the recording sessions, along with B-sides and BBC sessions, plus a live recording from a now legendary unplanned show at Factory Records Russell Club in Manchester arranged on the day of a Granada TV appearance.
This version is issued in a square metal tin, with embossed PiL logo. Includes 72 page booklet, exclusive poster and postcards.
Tracks:
Disc 1
1. Albatross (2009 Remaster)
2. Memories (2009 Remaster)
3. Swan Lake (2009 Remaster)
4. Poptones (2009 Remaster)
5. Careering (2009 Remaster)
6. No Birds (2009 Remaster)
7. Graveyard (2009 Remaster)
8. The Suit (2009 Remaster)
9. Bad Baby (2009 Remaster)
10. Socialist (2009 Remaster)
11. Chant (2009 Remaster)
12. Radio 4 (2009 Remaster)
Disc 2
1. Death Disco (7" Edit)
2. Death Disco (12'' Remix)
3. 1/2 Mix Megamix
4. Death Disco (Live On Top Of The Pops / 1972)
5. Memories (Edit)
6. Another (Edit)
7. Poptones (BBC John Peel Session)
8. Careering (BBC John Peel Session)
9. Chant (BBC John Peel Session)
10. Poptones (Live On The Old Grey Whistle Test / 1980)
11. Careering (Live On Old Grey Whistle Test / 1980)
12. Pied Piper
Disc 3
1. Poptones (Version 3)
2. Swan Lake (Monitor Mix)
3. Albatross (Monitor Mix / Alternate Mix)
4. Swan Lake (Master / Alternate Mix)
5. Unknown (Instrumental Jam 1 / Chant)
6. Unknown (Jam 2 / Megachant)
7. Music From The Oven (aka Memories)
8. Radio 4 (Symphony Suite)
9. Home Is Where The Heart Is (Original mix)
10. Unknown (Instrumental Jam 2)
Disc 4
1. Chant (Live At Manchester Russell Club)
2. Swan Lake (aka Death Disco / Live At Manchester Russell Club)
3. Memories (Live At Manchester Russell Club)
4. Public Image (False Starts / Live At Manchester Russell Club / 1979)
5. Annaslisa (Live At Manchester Russell Club)
6. No Birds Do Sing (Live At Manchester Russell Club)
