Career-spanning anthology includes a DVD & CD of rarities
A Very British Synthesizer Group: The Anthology is a new four-disc super deluxe overview of Sheffield's electronic pioneers The Human League.
With almost 40 year of activity under their belt, this new collection seems well balanced with the first disc two discs containing largely original single versions of all their 45s, from 1978's non-album debut Being Boiled to the radio edit of Sky (taken from 2011's Credo).
The third CD is packed with previously unreleased early versions of 17 songs, and the DVD which completes this set is crammed full with promo videos and, more interestingly, twenty-one their appearances on the BBC, including rare early appearances of the Oakey/Marsh/Ware line-up on BBC 2's Mainstream and on Top of the Pops (promoting the Holiday 80 EP).
The four-disc super deluxe will come with a 58-page book with a new essay by David Buckley and a cut-down two-CD edition (featuring just the singles) will be available, along with a half-speed remastered triple-LP vinyl edition (containing the tracks on the two-CD set). The vinyl comes with a download code.
A Very British Synthesizer Group: The Anthology will be released on 18 November 2016. They will support this release with a UK tour in December.
UPDATE: The 3CD+DVD is ?45 on HMV at the moment (UK shipping only).
