NewsKilling Joke / The Singles Collection 1979-2012 super deluxe box
English post-punk band Killing Joke will release a greatest hits set on 15 April 2013 which will be available in three formats. The Singles Collection 1979 – 2012 will be offered as a download, a 3CD set and an exclusive (and expensive) Super Deluxe Edition.
The 3CD set will be a digipack with 33 singles over 2CDs and a bonus disc of unreleased studio recordings on the third disc. This will be a limited release that will revert to a standard 2CD retrospective once the initial 3CD run is sold out.
The Super Deluxe Edition offers the singles as individual CDs with some B-sides in addition to the bonus CD with unreleased studio tracks plus a host various other items.
The super-deluxe limited edition package includes:
- • a hand-numbered hinge lid ‘cigar box’ made from black lined rigid board finished with matt print retrospective artwork;
- • 33 career spanning CD singles plus select B-Sides in full colour card wallets featuring original artwork;
- • a rarities disc including previously unreleased studio tracks;
- • a 32 page perfect bound book including rare photos, archive notes, band commentary;
- • a poster designed and hand signed by long time Killing Joke artist, Mike Coles, printed on 250gsm silk art;
- • an aluminium screw top branded cigar tube containing original wrappers of cigars smoked by Jaz Coleman and Paul Raven during the recording of Hosannas From The Basements Of Hell.
Track listings have not been issued as yet, but this super deluxe box set is only available to pre-order via direct-to-consumer specialist PledgeMusic – the closing date for orders is Monday 4 February 2013 (which allows for production of the box set, with delivery in April).
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I would like to know how to pre-order this and a price for US dollars! I want to buy one no matter the price but need US dollars figures.
everyone keeps saying its expensive but no one seems to know the price
33 CDs is correct, although they may have as few as 2 tracks per CD, so £8 per CD sounds a lot if that is the case (it may not be). Hopefully we’ll have a track listing soon…
Massive Killing Joke fan but I’m on the fence with this one…I definitely will buy the 3-cd set but really want to see the track listing before I commit to the super deluxe box.
The singles collection is long overdue and the rarities disc is the big draw…there’s alot in the vaults that hasen’t seen the light of day and their latest LP had two unreleased tracks that floated around out there that were as good or better than anything released on the mighty 2012!
Also, the band is releasing a NEW LP in late 2013, will be undertaking a full world tour and there is a Youth dub mix deluxe set ready to be released.
Although the price is high for the über box, I think it will hold 33 CD’s or am I reading this incorrectly? If so then the price per CD is around £8 which is fair..