Format Details: 25 Disc Deluxe Box Set
Format Details: Rsd 2021 Colour 12"
Release Date: 18 December 2020
Label: Kscope
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 25
Barcode: 802644954653
Description
25TH ANNIVERSARY 25 DISC DELUXE BOX SET THE ULTIMATE MANSUN COLLECTION
'Closed For Business' finally reveals the full scope of Mansun's tumultuous career. It brings together their original albums, the dozens of overlooked gems featured on their EP's, unissued demos and studio out-takes, BBC radio sessions, and full-length concert recordings. Paul Draper has also opened his archives to provide the raw material for the set's unmatched collection of Mansun memorabilia, notes, lyrics and previously unheard recordings. This box set finally does full justice to the vision of a band whose almost reckless disregard for the rules of the game reaped magnificent rewards.
• All 4 original albums remastered • Single edits, EP tracks and b-sides CDs remastered • Ten Live discs featuring concert, festival and radio broadcasts including Glastonbury, Reading Festival, BBC broadcasts and live shows from Australia & Norway • Radio session, Demos, Rarities & Outtakes discs • DVD - Featuring the first ever official live film, from Brixton Academy + all BBC performances from Top of the Pops and Later... with Jools Holland, plus the "Nobody Cares When You're Gone" documentary • 160-page hard back book written by renowned music journalist Peter Doggett featuring newly discovered photos from fans and photographers around the world, tour history section, historical and newly commissioned interviews, full discography • 112-page book documenting the official fanzines Smelling the Roses, Take it Easy and Cult of Positivity • 48-page studio book cataloguing newly discovered archival ephemera • 5 x 12" art prints • 4 x postcards • Handwritten "Closed for Business" lyric sheet signed by Paul Draper
Description
MANSUN 'CLOSED FOR BUSINESS' COLOUR 12" COLLECTING RARE TRACKS FROM THE SEVEN EP FOR THE FIRST TIME ON VINYL EXCLUSIVELY FOR RECORD STORE DAY FOLLOWING CAREER SPANNING BOXSET
Mansun were one of the most iconic and innovative British bands of the late 90's. Having signed to the legendary record label Parlophone (home to The Beatles, Radiohead and Sigur Ros) they released four albums 'Attack of the Grey Lantern' (1997), 'Six' (1998), 'Little Kix' (2000) and the compilation 'Kleptomania' following the band's split – as well as a popular and now rare series of EP's. Kscope, having now acquired this impressive catalogue, are running a thorough a reissue series that delves into a treasure trove of previously hard to find audio and visual material.
2020 saw the release of the critically acclaimed career spanning 25-disc box set 'Closed For Business'. Following on from this set is another treat for fans with more rarities released for Record Store Day 2021.
This new 12" brings together tracks previously available across the formats for the bands 'Seven EP' release in 1997. The music on the EP reveals a transitional sound for the band, in which the club-crossover brit-pop style of their earliest work is left behind in favour of a more organic sound, one closer to progressive rock and post punk. It also features the first collaboration between the group and Magazine frontman Howard Devoto in 'Everyone Must Win'.
'Closed For Business (Seven EP)' is released on 12" vinyl for RSD21 through Kscope on 12th June 2021.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Tangerine Dream
Bruce Soord
Trifecta
Mansun
The Pineapple Thief
Ozric Tentacles
Ozric Tentacles
Ozric Tentacles
Mansun
Mansun
Mansun
Mansun
Mansun
