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Blur

Blur 21 : The Box

One of the most successful and enduring bands the UK has ever produced Blur need no introduction, their 20 UK Top 20 singles and 5 UK No 1 albums speak for themselves. 21 years on from their debut album Leisure, Blur have now come of age and to celebrate this milestone the Blur 21 campaign will present all seven of their studio albums expanded - and the first five remastered - for the first time on 2CD, download and LP, together with a 21 disc super deluxe box set charting the history of one the UK’s most important bands.

BOX INFO:

Blur 21: The Box is the ultimate and definitive anthology of Blur’s incredible career. Spanning 21-discs and including over 5 ½ hours of previously unreleased material, Blur 21: The Box collects together the remastered and expanded editions of all the albums, four discs of Blur rarities, three DVDs of live performances and rarities, a collectable 7’’ single and a hard-bound book - all housed in a super-deluxe material-covered box. Each box will also include a code to download all the audio contents as high-quality mp3s. Contents include:

Remastered and expanded studio albums:

Blur’s first five studio albums have now been remastered and expanded from the original tapes by Frank Arkwright (The Smiths, Arcade Fire, New Order, Joy Division), with the remastering overseen by legendary producer, Stephen Street. All seven albums come with an accompanying disc of bonus material, in all covering a wealth of b-sides, little-heard gems, alternative mixes, live tracks, demos, rare tracks, acoustic versions, Fan Club singles and previously unreleased radio sessions.

4 CDs of Blur rarities:

Gathering together a massive 65 previously unreleased tracks (in all over 3 ½ hours of previously unreleased material) the four rarities CDs exclusive to The Blur Box are a treasure-trove of tracks selected from the Blur vault and band member’s own archives. The rarities discs start with Seymour (Blur’s previous band name) demos and rehearsals showing the track writing process of early Blur songs, as well as the earliest known recordings of many other Blur classics. Continuing chronologically into the Modern Life Is Rubbish era, CD two of the rarities includes demos of tracks that never went on to be fully recorded and have remained unheard to this day (Beached Whale and Pap Pop) and the aborted Andy Partridge (XTC) session, recorded for Modern Life Is Rubbish before the band returned to the producer of their debut record, Stephen Street. CD three of the rarities covers the Parklife and The Great Escape era, bringing together more demo versions, a snap-shot of a band enjoying themselves in the studio with the two takes of Rednecks, the Alex James penned Alex’s Song now returned to its intended speed, the never fully recorded or released Cross Channel and the vocal version of previously instrumental Eine Kleine Lift Musik, entitled here as Hope You Find Your Suburb. The fourth and final CD of Blur rarities covers the remainder of the band’s career, presenting for the first time a jam from Mayfair Studios of the track Battle, a Bill Laswell session at Sarm Studios (which gives the first indication of the direction Damon would later take with Gorillaz), the infamously named Sir Elton John’s Cock, other never-developed session recordings and a collection of later non-album released Blur tracks.

3 DVDs of live performances and rarities:

The 3 DVD set (exclusive to the Blur Box) collects together Showtime, the classic Parklife era live show (complete with frilly lampshades on stage) from Alexandra Palace on 7th October 1994, the previously unreleased 1 ½ hour long Singles Night show from Wembley on 11th December 1999 and an entire DVD of Blur video rarities, which include a band-made video for the Seymour track Dizzy, Blur’s first ever TV performance on BBC Eggs & Baker, a recording of Blur and Francoise Hardy performing To The End in Abbey Road’s Studio 2 (previously unreleased outside of France) and the Japanese promo for It Could Be You.

Collectable 7’’ Single:

A 7’’ single of the previously unreleased Seymour track Superman (recorded in December 1989 at The Square in Harlow, Essex), housed in an Food Records replica bag.

Hard-bound Blur book:

High-quality hard-back book charting the history of Blur with extensive liner notes based on a brand new interview with the band and previously unseen photos from throughout the band’s career.

Tracklist

• CD1 - LEISURE REMASTERED:
  1. She's So High
  2. Bang
  3. Slow Down
  4. Repetition
  5. Bad Day
  6. Sing
  7. There's No Other Way
  8. Fool
  9. Come Together
  10. High Cool
  11. Birthday
  12. Wear Me Down
  CD2 - LEISURE BONUS MATERIAL:
  1. I Know (Extended Mix)
  2. Down
  3. There's No Other Way (Extended Version)
  4. Inertia
  5. Mr Briggs
  6. I'm All Over
  7. Won't Do It
  8. Day Upon Day (Live)
  9. There's No Other Way (Blur Remix)
  10. Bang (Extended Version)
  11. Explain
  12. Luminous
  13. Berserk
  14. Uncle Love
  15. I Love Her (Demo Version) (Fan Club Single)
  16. Close (Fan Club Single)
  CD3 - MODERN LIFE IS RUBBISH REMASTERED:
  1. For Tomorrow
  2. Advert
  3. Colin Zeal
  4. Pressure On Julian
  5. Star Shaped
  6. Blue Jeans
  7. Chemical World
  8. Intermission
  9. Sunday Sunday
  10. Oily Water
  11. Miss America
  12. Villa Rosie
  13. Coping
  14. Turn It Up
  15. Resigned
  16. Commercial Break
  CD4 - MODERN LIFE IS RUBBISH BONUS MATERIAL:
  1. Popscene
  2. Mace
  3. Badgeman Brown
  4. I'm Fine
  5. Garden Central
  6. For Tomorrow (Visit to Primrose Hill Extended Version)
  7. Into Another
  8. Peach
  9. Bone Bag
  10. Hanging Over
  11. When the Cows Come Home
  12. Beachcoma
  13. Chemical World (Reworked)
  14. Es Schmecht
  15. Young and Lovely
  16. Maggie May
  17. My Ark
  18. Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Made for Two)
  19. Let's All Go Down the Strand
  CD5 - PARKLIFE REMASTERED:
  1. Girls and Boys
  2. Tracy Jacks
  3. End of a Century
  4. Parklife
  5. Bank Holiday
  6. Bad Head
  7. The Debt Collector
  8. Far Out
  9. To the End
  10. London Loves
  11. Trouble in the Message Centre
  12. Clover Over Dover
  13. Magic America
  14. Jubilee
  15. This Is a Low
  16. Lot 105
  CD6 - PARKLIFE BONUS MATERIAL:
  1. Magpie
  2. Anniversary Waltz
  3. People in Europe
  4. Peter Panic
  5. Girls and Boys (Pet Shop Boys 12'' Remix)
  6. Threadneedle Street
  7. Got Yer!
  8. Beard
  9. To The End (French Version)
  10. Supa Shoppa
  11. Theme From An Imaginary Film
  12. Red Necks
  13. Alex's Song
  14. Jubilee (Acoustic) (BBC Radio 1 Session, 1994) *
  15. Parklife (Acoustic) (BBC Radio 1 Session, 1994) *
  16. End Of A Century (Cadena 40 Principales Acoustic Version)
  . * PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
  CD7 - THE GREAT ESCAPE REMASTERED:
  1. Stereotypes
  2. Country House
  3. Best Days
  4. Charmless Man
  5. Fade Away
  6. Top Man
  7. The Universal
  8. Mr Robinson's Quango
  9. He Thought of Cars
  10. It Could Be You
  11. Ernold Same
  12. Globe Alone
  13. Dan Abnormal
  14. Entertain Me
  15. Yoku and Hiro
  CD8 - THE GREAT ESCAPE BONUS MATERIAL:
  1. One Born Every Minute
  2. To the End (La Comedie) (Feat. Francoise Hardy)
  3. Ultranol
  4. No Monsters in Me
  5. Entertain Me (Live It!) (Remix)
  6. The Man Who Left Himself
  7. Tame
  8. Ludwig
  9. The Horrors
  10. A Song
  11. St Louis
  12. Country House (Live at Mile End)
  13. Girls and Boys (Live at Mile End)
  14. Parklife (Live at Mile End)
  15. For Tomorrow (Live at Mile End)
  16. Charmless Man (Live At The Budokan)
  17. Chemical World (Live At The Budokan)
  18. Eine Kleine Lift Musik
  CD9 - BLUR REMASTERED:
  1. Beetlebum
  2. Song 2
  3. Country Sad Ballad Man
  4. M.O.R.
  5. On Your Own
  6. Theme from Retro
  7. You're So Great
  8. Death of a Party
  9. Chinese Bombs
  10. I'm Just a Killer for Your Love
  11. Look Inside America
  12. Strange News from Another Star
  13. Movin' On
  14. Essex Dogs
  CD10 - BLUR BONUS MATERIAL:
  1. All Your Life
  2. A Spell (For Money)
  3. Woodpigeon Song
  4. Dancehall
  5. Get Out of Cities
  6. Polished Stone
  7. Bustin' + Dronin'
  8. M.O.R. (Road Version)
  9. Swallows in the Heatwave
  10. Death Of A Party (7'' Remix)
  11. Cowboy Song
  12. Beetlebum (Live Acoustic Version)
  13. On Your Own (Live Acoustic Version)
  14. Country Sad Ballad Man (Live Acoustic Version)
  15. This Is A Low (Live Acoustic Version)
  16. M.O.R. (Live In Utrecht)
  17. Death Of A Party (Live In Utrecht)
  18. Song 2 (Live In Utrecht)
  CD11 - 13:
  1. Tender
  2. Bugman
  3. Coffee and TV
  4. Swamp Song
  5. 1992
  6. B.L.U.R.E.M.I
  7. Battle
  8. Mellow Song
  9. Trailerpark
  10. Caramel
  11. Trimm Trabb
  12. No Distance Left to Run
  13. Optigan I
  CD12 - 13 BONUS MATERIAL:
  1. French Song
  2. All We Want
  3. Mellow Jam
  4. X-Offender (Damon/Control Freak's Bugman Remix)
  5. Coyote (Dave's Bugman Remix)
  6. Trade Stylee (Alex's Bugman Remix)
  7. Metal Hip Slop (Graham's Bugman Remix)
  8. So You
  9. Beagle 2
  10. Tender (Cornelius Remix)
  11. Far Out (Beagle 2 Remix)
  12. I Got Law (Demo)
  13. Music Is My Radar
  14. Black Book
  CD13 - THINK TANK:
  1. Ambulance
  2. Out of Time
  3. Crazy Beat
  4. Good Song
  5. On the Way to the Club
  6. Brothers and Sisters
  7. Caravan
  8. We've Got a File On You
  9. Moroccan Peoples Revolutionary Bowls Club
  10. Sweet Song
  11. Jets
  12. Gene By Gene
  13. Battery in Your Leg
  14. Me, White Noise (Hidden Track)
  CD14 - THINK TANK BONUS MATERIAL:
  1. Money Makes Me Crazy (Marrakech Mix)
  2. Tune 2
  3. The Outsider
  4. Don't Be
  5. Morricone
  6. Me, White Noise (Alternate Version)
  7. Some Glad Morning (Fan Club Single)
  8. Don't Be (Acoustic mix)
  9. Sweet Song (demo)
  10. Caravan (XFM Session, October 2003) *
  11. End Of A Century (XFM Session, October 2003) *
  12. Good Song (XFM Session, October 2003) *
  13. Out Of Time (XFM Session, October 2003) *
  14. Tender (XFM Session, October 2003) *
  . * PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
  CD15 - RARITIES 1 (SEYMOUR & LEISURE ERA):
  1. Dizzy (Seymour Rehearsal & Demo)
  2. Mixed Up (Seymour Rehearsal & Demo)
  3. Birthday (Seymour Demo) *
  4. Sing (To Me) (Sing Demo) (Fan Club Single)
  5. Fool (Seymour 4-Track Demo) *
  6. She’s So High (Seymour Rehearsal) *
  7. Won’t Do It (Demo) (Fan Club Single)
  8. I Know (Falconer Studio Demo) *
  9. Repetition (Falconer Studio Demo) *
  10. High Cool (7” Master) *
  11. Always (I’m Fine Early Version) *
  12. Come Together (Demo) (Fan Club Single)
  13. I’m All Over (Demo) *
  14. Wear Me Down (Demo) *
  . * PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
  CD16 - RARITIES 2 (MODERN LIFE IS RUBBISH ERA):
  1. I Love Her (Alt Version) *
  2. Popscene (1991 Demo) *
  3. Beached Whale (4-Track Demo) *
  4. Death Of A Party (Demo) (Fan Club Single)
  5. Pap Pop (4-Track Demo) *
  6. Pressure On Julian (Demo) *
  7. Colin Zeal (Demo) *
  8. Sunday Sunday (Demo) *
  9. Never Clever
  10. Advert (Demo) *
  11. Star Shaped (Demo) *
  12. She Don’t Mind (Blue Jeans demo) *
  13. Coping (Andy Partridge version) *
  14. Sunday Sleep (Sunday Sunday Andy Partridge Version) *
  15. 7 Days (Andy Partridge Version) *
  16. Kazoo (Turn It Up Early Version) *
  17. The Wassailing Song (The 7” Giveaway at Hibernian Club, Fulham)
  18. When The Cows Come Home (demo) *
  19. For Tomorrow (Mix 1 – Early Demo) *
  20. Magpie (Early Demo) *
  . * PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
  CD17 - RARITIES 3 (PARKLIFE & THE GREAT ESCAPE ERA):
  1. Parklife (Demo) *
  2. Clover Over Dover (Demo) *
  3. Jubilee (Demo) *
  4. One A Minute (One Born Every Minute Demo) *
  5. Badhead (Demo) *
  6. Far Out (Electric Version) *
  7. The Debt Collector (Demo) *
  8. Trouble In The Message Centre (Demo) *
  9. Rednecks (Take 1) *
  10. Rednecks (Take 2) *
  11. Alex’s Song (Demo) *
  12. Cross Channel Love (Home Demo) *
  13. Ernold Same (Demo) *
  14. Saturday Morning (Demo) *
  15. Hope You Find Your Suburb (A.K.A. Eine Kleine Lift Musik Vocal Demo) *
  16. Rico (Fade Away Demo) *
  17. Bored House Wives (Entertain Me Early Version) *
  . * PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
  CD18 - RARITIES 4 (BLUR, 13, BEST OF & THINK TANK ERA):
  1. Beetlebum (Demo) *
  2. On Your Own (Mario Caldato Jr Mix) *
  3. Woodpigeon Song (Original Full Length) *
  4. Battle (Jam, Mayfair Studios 11 August 1999) *
  5. Caramel (Ambient Version) *
  6. So You (Alternative Version) *
  7. Squeezebox (Music Is My Radar Alternative Version) *
  8. Jawbone (Black Book Alternative Version) *
  9. “1” (Bill Laswell Session, 2000) *
  10. “3” (Bill Laswell Session, 2000) *
  11. Sir Elton John’s Cock *
  12. Avoid The Traffic *
  13. Money Makes Me Crazy (Deepest Darkest Devon Mix)
  14. Don't Bomb When You’re The Bomb *
  15. Nutter *
  16. Piano *
  17. Kissin’ Time
  18. Fool's Day
  . * PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
  DVD1 - SHOWTIME: LIVE AT ALEXANDRA PALACE, 7 OCTOBER 1994:
  1. Lot 105
  2. Sunday Sunday
  3. Jubilee
  4. Tracy Jacks
  5. Magic America
  6. End Of A Century
  7. Popscene
  8. Trouble In The Message Centre
  9. She's So High
  10. Chemical World
  11. Bad Head
  12. There's No Other Way
  13. To The End
  14. Advert
  15. Supa Shoppa
  16. Mr Robinson's Quango
  17. Parklife
  18. Girls And Boys
  19. Bank Holiday
  20. This Is A Low
  DVD2 - THE SINGLES NIGHT – LIVE AT WEMBLEY, 11 DECEMBER 1999:
  1. I Know *
  2. She's So High *
  3. There's No Other Way *
  4. Popscene *
  5. For Tomorrow *
  6. Chemical World *
  7. Girls And Boys *
  8. To The End *
  9. Parklife (With Phil Daniels) *
  10. End Of A Century *
  11. Country House *
  12. The Universal *
  13. Charmless Man *
  14. Beetlebum *
  15. Song 2 *
  16. On Your Own *
  17. M.O.R. *
  18. Tender *
  19. Coffee & TV *
  20. No Distance Left To Run *
  . * PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
  DVD3 - RARITIES:
  1. B.L.U.R.E.M.I (Live 13 at London Depot, 10 March 1999) *
  2. No Distance Left To Run (Live 13 at London Depot, 10 March 1999)
  3. Tender (Live 13 at London Depot, 10 March 1999)
  4. Battle (Live 13 at London Depot, 10 March 1999)
  5. Beetlebum (Live 13 at London Depot, 10 March 1999) *
  6. Bugman (Live 13 at London Depot, 10 March 1999) *
  7. Trimm Trabb (Live 13 at London Depot, 10 March 1999) *
  8. Mellow Song (Live 13 at London Depot, 10 March 1999) *
  9. Song 2 (Live 13 at London Depot, 10 March 1999) *
  10. Seymour: Dizzy *
  11. There’s No Other Way (BBC Eggs & Baker) (Blur's 1st TV Performance) *
  12. To The End (La Comedie) Feat. Francoise Hardy (French Promo Video)
  13. It Could Be You (Japanese Promo Video) *
  14. Music Is My Radar (Promo Video)
  15. Out Of Time (Promo Video)
  16. Crazy Beat (Promo Video)
  17. Good Song (Promo Video)
  . * PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
  7'' SINGLE (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED):
  1. Superman (Recorded December 1989 at The Square in Harlow, Essex)