21
years since the release of their debut album Leisure in 1991, Blur's body of work has been personally compiled by the
band and gathered together in one box, due for release by Parlophone on
July 30 (the next day in North America).
All
seven studio albums are collected with over 5½ hours of unreleased
material including 65 previously unreleased tracks and more than twice
as many rarities, 3 DVDs, a collector's edition book featuring rare and
unseen photos and a new and exclusive interview with the band, and a
special limited edition 7-inch vinyl featuring a track recorded
under the band's original name, Seymour. The box will also include a
digital download code for the albums and all bonus material.
The
collection - which sees the first five albums re-mastered by Frank
Arkwright in Abbey Road Studios - has been fully overseen by Graham
Coxon and producer Stephen Street.
Highlights
of the box include early versions of tracks recorded for Leisure, bare
bones early demos of the classic singles 'For Tomorrow' and 'Beetlebum',
previously unheard songs 'Saturday Morning' and 'Hope You Find Your
Suburbs' and never released sessions with Bill Laswell and the legendary
session with XTC's Andy Partridge.
Other rarities are 'Don't Bomb When
You're The Bomb', 'The Wassailling Song' and 'Fools Day' which appear on
CD for the first time. DVD material includes Live at Alexandra Palace
1994 and Live at Wembley 'The Singles Night' 1999.
In
addition to the 21-disc Deluxe Box Set, all 7 studio albums will be
available individually, each with a second disc of b-sides, previously
hard-to-find tracks and exclusive bonus material.
A
vinyl box set will also be available, with six of the seven albums on
double-vinyl, highlighting iconic artwork and visuals from Banksy, David
Shrigley and Graham Coxon among others. The vinyl box set will include a
download code to access all of the bonus material digitally. Each of
the 7 LPs will also be available separately on heavyweight vinyl.
For full track-listing and a complete list of all bonus material and rarities please visit www.blur.co.uk/blur21
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