Box Set

Derek The Dane · V Deep

Box Set

suss · In the Long Grass

I doubt it myself - just a good time to cash in on the tour by putting all the reissues into one box. Great price though.

Would be great if it was a variation - some of the unobtainable (on CD) b-sides included maybe, but re-packaging the prev will cost more than the yield probably. I'm putting my money on it being the reissues in one box. Perhaps with updated sleeve notes?

A collector box of the 6 on vinyl with original inner sleeves etc would be good to have.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

suss wrote:
I doubt it myself - just a good time to cash in on the tour by putting all the reissues into one box. Great price though.
Would be great if it was a variation - some of the unobtainable (on CD) b-sides included maybe, but re-packaging the prev will cost more than the yield probably. I'm putting my money on it being the reissues in one box. Perhaps with updated sleeve notes?
A collector box of the 6 on vinyl with original inner sleeves etc would be good to have.

It could be the original albums, with absolutely no buggering around with track order. I'd go for that. But not the remasters. I already have two copies.

Style Council had one recently which was quite good with cardboard covers

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Classic-Album-Selection-Style-Council/dp/B00CTJPEJM/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1377974094&sr=1-1&keywords=Classic+Album+Selection

A vinyl collectors box would be lovely, but having just shelled out £130 for the suede one, my credit card could get maxed out very soon.

http://thequietus.com/articles/13201-suede-the-vinyl-collection

Mark L · Loudmouth

http://louderthanwar.com/boomtown-rats-re-release-all-6-albums-in-box-set-worth-reading-this-for-the-great-press-release/

Nice write-up by BP Fallon

Wonder what is meant by 'attendant bonus material'? Hope it's of the recorded variety.

Joke · The Dutch One

TRACKLIST 1
1.	Boomtown Rats - Lookin' After No. 1
2.	Boomtown Rats - Mary Of The 4Th Form
3.	Boomtown Rats - Close As You'Ll Ever Be
4.	Boomtown Rats - Neon Heart
5.	Boomtown Rats - Joey'S On The Streets Again
6.	Boomtown Rats - I Can Make It If You Can
7.	Boomtown Rats - Never Bite The Hand That Feeds
8.	Boomtown Rats - (She'S Gonna) Do You In
9.	Boomtown Rats - Kicks
10.	Boomtown Rats - Doin' It Right- Live Demo 1975
11.	Boomtown Rats - My Blues Away- Live Demo 1975
12.	Boomtown Rats - A Second Time- Live Demo 1975
13.	Boomtown Rats - Fanzine Hero- Live Demo 1975
14.	Boomtown Rats - Bare Footin'- Live In Dublin 1975
15.	Boomtown Rats - Mary Of The 4Th Form- Single Version

TRACKLIST 2
1.	Boomtown Rats - Like Clockwork
2.	Boomtown Rats - Blind Date
3.	Boomtown Rats - (I Never Loved) Eva Braun
4.	Boomtown Rats - Living In An Island
5.	Boomtown Rats - Don'T Believe What You Read
6.	Boomtown Rats - She'S So Modern
7.	Boomtown Rats - Me And Howard Hughes
8.	Boomtown Rats - Can'T Stop
9.	Boomtown Rats - (Watch Out For) The Normal People
10.	Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
11.	Boomtown Rats - Neon Heart- John Peel Radio Session
12.	Boomtown Rats - Do The Rat- B-Side
13.	Boomtown Rats - D.U.N. L.O.A.G.H.A.I.R.E- B-Side In Ireland
14.	Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap- Live In Stoke

TRACKLIST 3
1.	Boomtown Rats - Someone'S Looking At You
2.	Boomtown Rats - Diamond Smiles
3.	Boomtown Rats - Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)
4.	Boomtown Rats - Having My Picture Taken
5.	Boomtown Rats - Sleep (Fingers Lullaby)
6.	Boomtown Rats - I Don'T Like Mondays - Album Version
7.	Boomtown Rats - Nothing Happened Today
8.	Boomtown Rats - Keep It Up
9.	Boomtown Rats - Nice N Neat
10.	Boomtown Rats - When The Night Comes
11.	Boomtown Rats - Episode #3
12.	Boomtown Rats - Real Different - B-Side
13.	Boomtown Rats - How Do You Do ?
14.	Boomtown Rats - Late Last Night - B-Side
15.	Boomtown Rats - Nothing Happened Today - Live In Cardiff

TRACKLIST 4
1.	Boomtown Rats - Straight Up
2.	Boomtown Rats - The Elephants Graveyard
3.	Boomtown Rats - This Is My Room
4.	Boomtown Rats - Another Piece Of Red
5.	Boomtown Rats - Hurt Hurts
6.	Boomtown Rats - Please Don'T Go
7.	Boomtown Rats - Fall Down
8.	Boomtown Rats - Go Man Go!
9.	Boomtown Rats - Under Their Thumb Is Under My Thumb
10.	Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic - Album Version
11.	Boomtown Rats - Whitehall 1212
12.	Boomtown Rats - Mood Mambo
13.	Boomtown Rats - Cheerio
14.	Boomtown Rats - Don'T Talk To Me - B-Side
15.	Boomtown Rats - Arnold Layne - Recorded For Tv
16.	Boomtown Rats - Another Piece Of Red - Live In Portsmouth

TRACKLIST 5
1.	Boomtown Rats - He Watches It All
2.	Boomtown Rats - Never In A Million Years
3.	Boomtown Rats - Talking In Code
4.	Boomtown Rats - The Bitter End
5.	Boomtown Rats - The Little Death
6.	Boomtown Rats - A Storm Breaks
7.	Boomtown Rats - Up All Night
8.	Boomtown Rats - House On Fire
9.	Boomtown Rats - Charmed Lives
10.	Boomtown Rats - Skin On Skin
11.	Boomtown Rats - Say Hi To Mick
12.	Boomtown Rats - No Hiding Place - B-Side
13.	Boomtown Rats - House On Fire - 12" Dub Version
14.	Boomtown Rats - Up All Night - Long Version

TRACKLIST 6
1.	Boomtown Rats - Dave
2.	Boomtown Rats - Over And Over
3.	Boomtown Rats - Drag Me Down
4.	Boomtown Rats - A Hold Of Me
5.	Boomtown Rats - Another Sad Story
6.	Boomtown Rats - Tonight
7.	Boomtown Rats - Hard Times
8.	Boomtown Rats - Lucky
9.	Boomtown Rats - An Icicle In The Sun
10.	Boomtown Rats - Up Or Down
11.	Boomtown Rats - Dave - Single Version
12.	Boomtown Rats - Walking Down Town - B-Side
13.	Boomtown Rats - Precious Time - B-Side
14.	Boomtown Rats - She'S Not The Best - Home Demo

Joke · The Dutch One

... but I just realized that these are exactly the same as the remastered CDs that were released a couple of years ago...

manatthetop · In the Long Grass

Roll on Monday this is all great stuff (For any die hard fan anyway). Even a new ep can things get any better.

manatthetop · In the Long Grass

Count down starts today Even know, I know we all have the album's. But I think this is a nice thing to have. Again hope the ep is on cd

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

If you ordered on Amazon, it is an AutoRip, so you get ALL the mp3s included and will have them available from midnight, a day or two before the box arrives.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

In fact, in less than two hours...

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Just tried to download on my iPod. Paid for it and it doesn't work. I hope the purchase is on my iPhone and iMac too blah.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Well my ipad told it hadn't worked, but it does. Stupid device!! So here we go...

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

All the albums all present and correct on my Kindle Fire this morning. I started off with the box set was really enjoying them, and then remembered to download the Ratsh!t EP

I'm going back to listen to Don't Believe What You Read again, now that's what I call music.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

ArrGee wrote:
I'm going back to listen to Don't Believe What You Read again, now that's what I call music.

Ah, my faith is restored! I can just forget about the Ratsh!t EP. Maybe it's not really The Boomtown Rats.

manatthetop · In the Long Grass

I was like a child in a sweetshop today Just had to go into HMV Belfast and get this box set I Had ordered it on line But what the hell

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

I think it's a shame that these weren't the original albums with the original running order. Also it would have been better if the sleeves weren't gatefolds and ideally had replicas of the original inner sleeves. Still with the same issues as the remasters such as the wobbly start of I Can Make It If You Can and Gerry Cott pictured in V Deep.

But the big upside was getting all the Rats songs on mp3 via AutoRip for just over a tenner.

If only the Rats would do a Past Masters album that gathered all the other B-sides and omitted tracks (like House Burned Down)

manatthetop · In the Long Grass

Totally agree with you here. Like to see the songs that have yet to make it to cds. Born to burn to start of with

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

manatthetop wrote:
Totally agree with you here. Like to see the songs that have yet to make it to cds. Born to burn to start of with

I don't suppose it will ever happen, but an album of the original single mixes including B-sides would be superb. I don't think the reprise of the first verse in Mondays does anything for the song, the abridged middle sections of Clockwork and Someone's Looking make the songs sharper, Banana Republic is best in its 7" version, as is House on Fire and even the lyric amendment of Rat Trap which I prefer, even if others like the pus and grime should be available.

But I guess, it was more prudent to take the last set of remasters from eight years ago. I don't imagine most people bar pedants like myself would be that worried. Of course if you have the time and patience you can get all of this by ripping your vinyl, or just taking the soundtrack off the Someone's Looking DVD.

Mark L · Loudmouth

House on Fire & Banana Republic much better in single edit, so too is Mondays.

Disagree on SLAY, Clockwork - think better enlongated. Same goes for Graveyard, Drag me Down, Back to Boomtown.

House on Fire fades far too early in album format. Love the way repeating brassline changes key every so often towards the end of the single edit.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Mark L wrote:
House on Fire & Banana Republic much better in single edit, so too is Mondays.
Disagree on SLAY, Clockwork - think better enlongated. Same goes for Graveyard, Drag me Down, Back to Boomtown.
House on Fire fades far too early in album format. Love the way repeating brassline changes key every so often towards the end of the single edit.

Regardless of how good or bad they are, it would be good to have all the proper single mixes. And the b-sides. But I won't hold my breath.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

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A better greatest hits?

manatthetop · In the Long Grass

How did you get hold of this mate

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

It's on eBay

manatthetop · In the Long Grass

Ordered this in the post should have it for next Thursday. Many thanks for this wee info

suss · In the Long Grass

Word of warning - this 'promo' is nothing more than the 'classicrat****s' compilation relabelled.It doesn't contain the last 3 tracks listed, but seller is not highlighting that, merely that it's a 'mispressing' that has 16 tracks and not 10.

Fine if you want the hits compilation in disguise, but if not then I'd say there's a strong case for no quibbles refund.

manatthetop · In the Long Grass

thanks for the load down on this Suss. My son ordered me for xmass so a nice wee cheep present for him to buy £3.50 I think?

suss · In the Long Grass

Agreed. At that price you can't really go wrong, but having the 2 new tracks on a 'promo' for a box set that doesn't include them at all just seems wrong to me. Either extremely lazy PR or possibly a scam disc.

Either way the hits compilation at < £4 is not worth arguing over.

manatthetop · In the Long Grass

Agree

IrelandCalling · Never In A Million Years

Does the boxset include the liner notes with each album that came with the 2005 remasters?

The 2005 Remasters had some nice photos and notes

noelindublin · Loudmouth

IrelandCalling wrote:

Does the boxset include the liner notes with each album that came with the 2005 remasters?

The 2005 Remasters had some nice photos and notes

I'm not sure if they did as I did not buy the 6 album box set. I presume they included the same liner notes and artwork, though I'm not certain. Whatever spare cash I had I spend on going to see them in London and Birmingham,as well as both Dublin gigs and Chagstock in Devon.

That meant that I did not buy any of the live cd's of the concerts . I can always catch up with them later, but seeing the band live was more important.

-- Edited by noelindublin on Tuesday 3rd of December 2013 04:34:11 PM

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

IrelandCalling wrote:
Does the boxset include the liner notes with each album that came with the 2005 remasters?
The 2005 Remasters had some nice photos and notes

No. If you have the original remasters, then there isn't anything you haven't got there. Well, except the box. There are photos in the open gatefold, but not that great with a big wide white line of paper.

Great value if you don't have the remasters, but if I hadn't got all the MP3s with Amazon Auto Rip it would have been a waste.