Category: Box Sets

‘Burning Britain’ box set to tell story of independent U.K. punk from 1980 to 1983

‘Burning Britain’ box set to tell story of independent U.K. punk from 1980 to 1983

Cherry Red Records next month will follow up 2016’s Action Time Vision: A Story of Independent U.K. Punk 1976-1979 with a second box set featuring 114 “indie punk classics, rarities and obscurities” spanning 1980 to 1983, and spread over four discs. See full tracklist here.

Public Image Ltd. to mark 40th anniversary with tour, ‘Rotten’ documentary and box set

Public Image Ltd. to mark 40th anniversary with tour, ‘Rotten’ documentary and box set

John Lydon’s reactivated Public Image Ltd. will celebrate its 40th anniversary this year with tours of the U.K., Europe and Japan, along with the release of a new documentary and a career-spanning box that are both titled “The Public Image Is Rotten,” the band announced today. See those tour dates here.

Four more Jazz Butcher albums compiled in upcoming ‘The Violent Years’ box set

Four more Jazz Butcher albums compiled in upcoming ‘The Violent Years’ box set

Fire Records next spring will follow up its collection of the first four albums by The Jazz Butcher, Pat Fish’s long-running U.K. indie-pop outfit, with a new box set called The Violent Years that compiles the next four LPs, all originally released on Creation Records between 1988 and 1991.

The Monochrome Set’s initial run to be compiled in ‘1979-1985: Complete Recordings’ box set

The Monochrome Set’s initial run to be compiled in ‘1979-1985: Complete Recordings’ box set

Tapete Records next year will release a box set compiling the complete recordings of the original six-year run of The Monochrome Set, a collection of 68 songs spread across six discs that collects the influential U.K. post-punk act’s first four albums and a host of singles. Check out the full tracklist.

5-disc, 100-song ‘Revolutionary Spirit’ box set to map sounds of Liverpool 1976-1988

5-disc, 100-song ‘Revolutionary Spirit’ box set to map sounds of Liverpool 1976-1988

Cherry Red Records will follow up this year’s Manchester-centric box set with one that examines the legacy of Liverpool’s scene from 1976 to 1988, a 5-disc, 100-song collection that will feature music by Echo & The Bunnmen, The Teardrop Explodes, OMD, Wild Swans, Icicle Works, The La’s and more.

The Fall’s 7-disc ‘The Singles 1978-2016’ box set to collect 117 A-sides and B-sides

The Fall’s 7-disc ‘The Singles 1978-2016’ box set to collect 117 A-sides and B-sides

Nearly four decades’ worth of singles — both A-sides and their accompanying B-sides — by the assorted lineups of Mark E. Smith’s pioneering post-punk outfit The Fall will be collected on a new 7-disc, 117-track box set from Cherry Red Records this November. See the full tracklist right here.

‘To the Outside of Everything’ 5-disc box set to chronicle U.K. post-punk from 1977 to 1981

‘To the Outside of Everything’ 5-disc box set to chronicle U.K. post-punk from 1977 to 1981

Cherry Red Records is preparing a 5-disc box set that will chronicle the U.K. post-punk scene from 1977 to 1981, collecting more than 100 songs from artists including Wire, The Slits, Joy Division, The Fall, Gang of Four, The Pop Group and many, many more. Check out the 111-song tracklist.

The The announces new 3-disc ‘Radio Cineola Trilogy’ box set, first concerts in 16 years

The The announces new 3-disc ‘Radio Cineola Trilogy’ box set, first concerts in 16 years

Matt Johnson will follow up the release of The The’s first new music in a decade with a busy fall that will include the release of a 3-disc box set chronicling his 12-hour “Radio Cineola” live broadcast in 2015, screenings of an accompanying documentary and The The’s first concerts in 16 years.

Hüsker Dü’s ‘Savage Young Dü’ 3CD/4LP box set revealed — and you can stream it now

Hüsker Dü’s ‘Savage Young Dü’ 3CD/4LP box set revealed — and you can stream it now

After dropping hints for months, Numero Group today finally revealed full details of their multi-disc Hüsker Dü box set Savage Young Dü, which collects new remasters of the punk/hardcore trio’s entire studio output from 1979 to 1982 — including 47 unreleased tracks. See the full tracklist here.

Numero Group blots out the sun with tease for Hüsker Dü box set ‘Savage Young Dü’

Numero Group blots out the sun with tease for Hüsker Dü box set ‘Savage Young Dü’

As eclipse fever swept across the U.S. this morning, reissue specialists Numero Group, seized the opportunity to offer the most explicit tease yet of their upcoming Hüsker Dü box set, sharing what appears to the cover art for the Savage Young Dü multi-disc release.

‘Gary Crowley’s Punk and New Wave’ box set compiles 77 lesser-known gems from ’77-’82

‘Gary Crowley’s Punk and New Wave’ box set compiles 77 lesser-known gems from ’77-’82

Demon Music Group next month will release a Nuggets-inspired 3CD box set compiled by longtime British radio host Gary Crowley that collects 77 tracks from 1977 to 1982, including “many rare, one-off singles which were very much in keeping with the DIY spirit of the times.”

The Jazz Butcher’s first 4 albums to be compiled in ‘The Wasted Years’ box set

The Jazz Butcher’s first 4 albums to be compiled in ‘The Wasted Years’ box set

Fire Records this fall will release a box set — or, rather, a “bookback” set, as the label’s dubbed it — called The Wasted Years that will collect the first four studio albums by The Jazz Butcher, the long-running U.K. indie-pop outfit helmed by Pat Fish. Check out a sampler with a track from each album.

The Jam’s 40th anniversary to be commemorated with 5-disc ‘1977’ box set

The Jam’s 40th anniversary to be commemorated with 5-disc ‘1977’ box set

The year of The Jam’s birth — 1977, the year punk broke — will be celebrated this fall with a 40th anniversary 5-disc box set, aptly titled 1977, that will include the band’s first two albums, a disc of demos, a collection of Peel session recordings and live tracks, and a DVD of TV appearances. Check out the full tracklist.