Massive box set delivers hits, albums, rarities and more
Edsel are to release Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI a giant career-spanning 19-disc box set featuring British pop group Dead or Alive.
Curated by frontman Pete Burns and drummer/keyboard player Steve Coy, the set comprises eight albums, three of which (Fan The Flame (Part 1), Nukleopatra and Fragile) receive their UK debut release via this set (with new cover art).
The first four albums issued in the 1980s all feature here as two-CD sets, except 1985's Stock Aitken Waterman produced Youthquake (which spawned the mega-hit You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - which is a three-disc package. So this box delivers the original album track listings for each long-player, plus plenty of rarities, live recordings, alternate mixes and instrumental versions. In fact, it also contains 12 previously unreleased remixes and tracks from the band's vaults. 1987 greatest hits album Rip It Up is also present and correct (as a two-CD set)
In addition to these 17 CDs of audio, Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI comes with two DVDs - one full of promo videos and the other featuring a 1987 concert (Rip It Up Live in Japan) and a selection of UK TV appearances (including Top of the Pops, The Kenny Everett Television Show and Blue Peter).
The set is packaged as a deluxe casebound book and features a 4,000 words of sleeve notes from Pete Burns himself. Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI will also be available as a 10 LP vinyl box set (more detail on that soon) featuring the eight studio albums.
Amazon in the UK have an exclusive edition available (same price) which come with a SIGNED PRINT. These are limited to the first 750 units.
Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI will be released on 28 October 2016.
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In the box set:
'Sophisticated Boom Boom' (2CD)
'Youthquake' (3CD)
'Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know' (2CD)
'Rip It Up' (2CD)
'Nude'/'Nude Remade Remodelled' (2CD)
'Fan The Flame, Part 1' (1CD)
'Nukleopatra' (2CD)
'Fragile'/'Unbreakable - The Fragile Remixes' (3CD)
DVD1: Promotional videos
DVD2: 'Rip It Up Live' in Japan at the height of their international fame and a selection of UK TV appearances.
