NewsMansun / Closed For Business 24CD+DVD anniversary box set
25th anniversary mega-box • 24CD+DVD • Signed by Paul Draper
Kscope will later this year issue Closed For Business an enormous Mansun box set to mark 25 years since the band emerged onto the UK rock/pop scene. The 24CD+DVD collection features an enormous amount of audio/video content and comes with three books, art prints, postcards and a lyric sheet SIGNED by frontman Paul Draper.
Closed For Business features remastered versions of all four studio albums (Attack of the Grey Lantern, Six, Little Kix, and Kleptomania); five discs of single edits, EP tracks and B-sides (remastered); ten CDs of live performance including Sydney ’97, Glastonbury ’98; Reading Festival ’99 and V2000; a disc of Radio Sessions; four CDs of Demos and Rarities and a DVD with the Brixton Academy gig from 1998 and various TV appearances. Phew!
Mansun Closed For Business box set (click image to enlarge)
The box set includes a 160-page hardcover book written by renowned music journalist Peter Doggett (he wrote the fab Beatles book, ‘You Never Give Me Your Money’). This features photos from fans and photographers around the world, a tour history section, historical and newly commissioned interviews and a full discography.
On top of that there are two more books. A 112-page volume, documenting the official fanzines ‘Smelling the Roses’, ‘Take it Easy’ and ‘Cult of Positivity’ and a 48-page studio book cataloguing “newly discovered archival ephemera”.
Finally, this big lift-off lid collection includes five 12-inch art cards, four postcards and a handwritten ‘Closed For Business’ lyric sheet SIGNED by Paul Draper.
Closed for Business is released on 12 December 2020 (was 27 November). You can pre-order your copy from the SDE shop using this link or the button below.
As a special bonus, each SDE shop pre-order will come with a very limited ‘Wide Open Space Perfecto Mix’ CD single, which is totally exclusive to SDE (tracks are the seven-minute ‘Wide Open Space Perfecto Mix ‘ and ‘Wide Open Space Trouser Enthusiasts Hermaphrodite Circus Mix ‘). Only 500 of these were produced and there’s a small quantity left.
DISC 1: ATTACK OF THE GREY LANTERN
1 The Chad Who Loved Me 05:02
2 Mansun’s Only Love Song 05:55
3 Taxloss 07:02
4 You, Who Do You Hate? 03:06
5 Wide Open Space 04:30
6 Stripper Vicar 04:05
7 Disgusting 05:07
8 She Makes My Nose Bleed 03:55
9 Naked Twister 04:39
10 Egg Shaped Fred 04:11
11 Dark Mavis / An Open Letter To The Lyrical Trainspotter 14:40
DISC 2: SIX
1 Six 08:07
2 Negative 04:21
3 Shotgun 06:37
4 Inverse Midas 01:44
5 Anti Everything 02:25
6 Fall Out 03:47
7 Serotonin 02:33
8 Cancer 09:22
9 Witness To A Murder (Part 2) 03:06
10 Television 08:21
11 Special / Blown It (Delete As Appropriate) 05:32
12 Legacy 06:26
13 Being A Girl 00:07:59
DISC 3: LITTLE KIX
1 Butterfly (A New Beginning) 05:52
2 I Can Only Disappoint U 04:59
3 Comes As No Surprise 04:01
5 Love Is 04:37
6 Soundtrack 4 2 Lovers 04:10
7 Forgive Me 04:42
8 Until The Next Life 04:49
9 Fool 04:17
10 We Are The Boys 04:25
11 Goodbye 05:10
DISC 4: KLEPTOMANIA
1 Getting Your Way 04:32
2 Slipping Away 04:51
3 Keep Telling Myself 04:00
4 Harris 03:25
5 Love Remains 02:45
6 Cry 2 My Face 04:11
7 No Signal/No Complaints 04:54
8 Home 03:26
9 Fragile 03:42
10 Wanted So Much 03:23
The Dog From Two Doors Down (Hidden track)04:30
DISC 5: SINGLES, EPs, B-SIDES PART 1
1 Take It Easy Chicken (Manson single version) 04:24
2 Skin Up Pin Up 03:42
3 Flourella 04:25
4 Egg Shaped Fred 03:54
5 Ski-Jump Nose 03:46
6 Lemonade Secret Drinker 04:09
7 Thief 05:19
8 Drastic Sturgeon 03:24
9 The Greatest Pain 03:52
10 Moronica 04:33
11 Stripper Vicar 04:10
12 The Edge 03:15
13 The Duchess 04:29
14 An Open Letter To The Lyrical Trainspotter 04:02
15 No One Knows Us 03:41
16 Things Keep Falling Off Buildings 03:19
DISC 6: SINGLES, EPs, B-SIDES PART 2
1 Wide Open Space 04:32
2 Rebel Without A Quilt 04:09
3 Vision Impaired 02:39
4 The Gods Of Not Very Much 04:39
5 Moronica (Acoustic) 03:14
6 Lemonade Secret Drinker (Acoustic) 02:47
7 She Makes My Nose Bleed 04:05
8 The Most To Gain 02:20
9 The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail 04:40
10 Live Open Space 04:43
11 Drastic Sturgeon (Live) 03:18
12 She Makes My Nose Bleed (Acoustic) 03:33
13 Taxloss 07:19
14 Grey Lantern 02:04
15 The Impending Collapse Of It All 04:05
16 The Chad Who Loved Me / Ski Jump Nose (Live) 06:31
17 Wide Open Space (Acoustic) 04:17
18 Taxloss (Single Edit) 04:27
DISC 7: SINGLES, EPs, B-SIDES PART 3
1 Closed For Business 03:03
2 K.I.Double.S.I.N.G. 04:42
3 Everyone Must Win 05:38
4 The World’s Still Open 03:37
5 Dark Mavis (Acoustic) 05:00
6 Stripper Vicar (Live) 04:13
7 Legacy (Radio Edit) 05:56
8 Can’t Afford To Die 02:49
9 Spasm Of Identity 03:03
10 Check Under The Bed 04:10
11 GSOH 01:22
12 Face In The Crowd 03:43
13 Being A Girl (Part One) 02:00
14 Hideout 02:43
15 Railings 05:52
16 I Care 03:42
17 Been Here Before 04:10
DISC 8: SINGLES, EPs, B-SIDES PART 4
1 Negative (Edit) 03:45
2 When The Wind Blows 04:51
3 King Of Beauty 04:55
4 I Deserve What I Get 03:38
5 Take It Easy Chicken (Live) 09:33
6 Six (Single Version) 03:39
7 Church Of The Drive thru Elvis 03:02
8 But The Trains Run On Time 03:37
9 What It’s Like To Be Hated 03:25
10 Being A Girl (Parts One & Two) [Live] 04:52
11 I Can OnlyDisappoint U (Single Edit) 04:22
12 Decisions, Decisions 06:03
13 Repair Man 04:04
14 My Idea Of Fun 04:00
15 Golden Stone 04:35
DISC 9: SINGLES, EPs, B-SIDES PART 5
1 Electric Man (Single Edit) 04:16
2 The Drifters 04:31
3 The Apartment 04:11
4 Electric Man (Acoustic) 04:37
5 Fool (Edit) 03:33
6 I’ve Seen The Top Of The Mountain 05:05
7 Promises 05:28
8 Fade In Time 04:38
9 Black Infinite Space 04:43
DISC 10: TRIPLE J, LIVE AT THE WIRELESS, SYDNEY, 1/4/97
1 The Chad Who Loved Me 01:59
2 Ski Jump Nose 01:57
3 Open Letter To The Lyrical Trainspotter 00:38
4 Ski Jump Nose (Reprise) 01:08
5 Stripper Vicar 03:49
6 Mansun’s Only Love Song 05:26
7 Naked Twister 05:13
8 She Makes My Nose Bleed 03:42
9 Take It Easy Chicken 07:12
DISC 11 NYNEX ARENA, MANCHESTER – BBC RADIO ONE BROADCAST, 24/5/97
1 Stripper Vicar 04:09
2 Mansun’s Only Love Song 05:18
3 Taxloss 05:48
4 Naked Twister 05:02
5 Egg Shaped Fred 05:30
6 Wide Open Space 05:18
7 She Makes My Nose Bleed 03:33
8 Take It Easy Chicken 07:18
DISC 12: GLASGOW BARROWLANDS, 25/5/97
1 The Chad Who Loved Me 07:10
2 Stripper Vicar 04:19
3 Mansun’s Only Love Song 05:18
4 Taxloss 05:50
5 The Edge 04:19
6 Drastic Sturgeon 03:11
7 Naked Twister 04:55
8 Egg Shaped Fred 05:29
9 Wide Open Space 05:25
10 She Makes My Nose Bleed 03:56
11 Take It Easy Chicken 10:27
DISC 13: QUART FESTIVAL, KRISTIANSAND, NORWAY, 2/7/97
1 Stripper Vicar 04:35
2 Mansun’s Only Love Song 05:27
3 Taxloss 05:43
4 Naked Twister 05:09
5 Egg Shaped Fred 05:04
6 Take It Easy Chicken 05:27
DISC 14: GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 27/6/98
1 Everyone Must Win 05:02
2 Stripper Vicar 03:55
3 Mansun’s Only Love Song 05:36
4 Shotgun 06:30
5 Drastic Sturgeon 03:14
6 Wide Open Space 04:51
7 She Makes My Nose Bleed 03:35
8 Take It Easy Chicken 04:42
9 Taxloss 05:42
DISC 15: BRIXTON ACADEMY, 23/10/98
1 Negative 03:36
2 Being a Girl 04:28
3 Stripper Vicar 04:14
4 Everyone Must Win 04:46
5 Special/Blown It (Delete as Appropriate) 04:08
6 Shotgun 06:52
7 Wide Open Space 04:19
8 Television 07:00
9 Mansun’s Only Love Song 05:19
10 Six 06:21
11 She Makes My Nose Bleed 03:32
12 Taxloss 07:13
13 The Chad Who Loved Me / Drastic Sturgeon 06:38
14 Legacy 04:19
15 Take It Easy Chicken 07:08
DISC 16: MARGATE WINTER GARDENS, 24/1/99
1 Negative 03:53
2 Being a Girl 04:31
3 Stripper Vicar 04:19
4 Everyone Must Win 04:43
5 Special/Blown It (Delete as Appropriate) 03:52
6 Shotgun 06:44
7 Wide Open Space 04:18
8 Television 06:52
9 Mansun’s Only Love Song 05:25
10 Six 06:15
11 She Makes My Nose Bleed 03:34
12 Taxloss 07:27
13 The Chad Who Loved Me 03:53
14 Drastic Sturgeon 02:40
15 Legacy 04:24
16 Take It Easy Chicken 06:51
DISC 17: READING FESTIVAL, RADIO ONE BROADCAST, 29/8/99
1 Take It Easy Chicken 06:14
2 Stripper Vicar 03:56
3 Drastic Sturgeon 03:19
4 Being a Girl 05:06
5 Special/Blown It (Delete As Appropriate) 04:17
6 Everyone Must Win 05:10
7 Six 07:15
8 Ski Jump Nose 03:46
9 Mansun’s Only Love Song 05:53
10 Wide Open Space 05:03
11 She Makes My Nose Bleed 03:44
12 Taxloss 09:00
DISC 18: V2000, 19/8/00
1 Being a Girl 05:27
2 Comes As No Surprise 04:17
3 Stripper Vicar 04:15
4 Special/Blown It (Delete As Appropriate) 04:38
5 Electric Man 04:17
6 Love Is 04:26
7 Wide Open Space 04:35
8 She Makes My Nose Bleed 03:52
9 Taxloss 08:48
DISC 19: ONE LIVE IN CARDIFF, RADIO ONE BROADCAST, LAMACQ LIVE, 23/10/00
1 I Can Only Disappoint U 04:34
2 Being a Girl 02:10
3 The Chad Who Loved Me 05:14
4 Stripper Vicar 03:46
5 Comes As No Surprise 04:35
6 Electric Man 04:40
7 Love Is 04:44
8 Wide Open Space 04:26
9 Taxloss 10:04
10 Fool 04:30
11 Legacy 05:04
12 Special / Blown It (Delete As Appropriate) 04:22
13 Everyone Must Win 05:00
14 She Makes My Nose Bleed 04:21
15 Take it Easy Chicken 06:54
DISC 20: RADIO SESSIONS
Mark Radcliffe Radio One Session, 20/11/95
1 Drastic Sturgeon 03:22
2 Naked Twister 03:48
3 She Makes My Nose Bleed 04:04
Peel Session, BBC Radio One, 24/3/96
4 The Chad Who Loved Me 06:09
5 Ski Jump Nose 02:30
6 Lemonade Secret Drinker 03:13
7 Egg Shaped Fred 04:38
BBC Radio One Session, 23/9/97
8 Everyone Must Win 04:16
9 K.I.Double.S.I.N.G 03:25
10 The World’s Still Open 03:28
11 Lemonade Secret Drinker 03:14
12 Closed For Business 02:47
John Peel Special, BBC Maida Vale Studios, to celebrate 25 years of Festive 50, 19/12/00
13 Shot By Both Sides (sung by Chad) 03:38
DISC 21: DEMOS & RARITIES VOLUME ONE
1 Take It Easy Chicken (Unsigned Demo) 04:20
2 She Makes My Nose Bleed (Unsigned Demo) 03:59
3 Moronica (Unsigned Demo) 03:58
4 No One Knows Us (Demo) 03:31
5 Flourella (Demo) 04:17
6 Stripper Vicar (Demo) 04:05
7 Skin Up Pin Up (Demo) 04:02
8 Drastic Sturgeon (Demo) 03:25
9 Egg Shaped Fred (Demo) 05:10
10 Ski Jump Nose (Demo) 03:42
11 Things Keep Falling Off Buildings (Demo) 04:34
12 The Greatest Pain (Piano Take) 02:58
13 Naked Twister (Near Final) 03:51
14 Mansun’s Only Love Song (Full Length) 06:17
DISC 22: DEMOS & RARITIES VOLUME TWO
1 The Chad Who Loved Me (Near Final) 04:26
2 She Makes My Nose Bleed (Near Final) 04:01
3 Ski Jump Nose (Acoustic) 02:30
4 You, Who Do You Hate? (Demo) 02:59
5 Stripper Vicar (Parr St. Mix) 04:12
6 Closed For Business (Demo) 03:22
7 Anti-Everything (Extended Instrumental) 03:25
8 Grey Lantern (Alt Studio Version Take 2) 02:03
9 Television (Live) 07:08
10 Mansun’s Only Love Song 05:39
11 Taxloss (Live) 06:44
12 Everyone Must Win (Live) 05:00
13 Dark Mavis (Near Final) 07:34
DISC 23: DEMOS & RARITIES VOLUME THREE
1 Rock ‘n’ Roll Loser (Demo) 04:25
2 Watcher 03:37
3 An Open letter to a Lyrical Trainspotter (Take 2) 03:59
4 Way It Is (Demo) 04:57
5 The Impending Collapse Of It All (Demo) 04:21
6 She Makes My Nose Bleed (Unknown Acoustic) 03:25
7 Egg Shaped Fred (Acoustic) 02:49
8 Railings (Demo) 06:02
9 Promises (Demo) 05:23
10 Naked Twister (Unknown Acoustic) 03:03
11 South of the Painted Hall 03:18
12 The Drifters (Demo) 04:30
13 These Days 04:24
14 You, Who Do Hate? (Near Final) 03:06
DISC 24: DEMOS & RARITIES VOLUME FOUR
1 Things Keep Falling Off Bridges (Backing Track) 03:53
2 Flourella (Studio Monitor Mix) 04:20
3 The Greatest Pain (Alternative Mix) 04:17
4 Grey Lantern (Unreleased Studio Version) 02:59
5 Rebel Without A Quilt (Take 2) 06:22
6 I Wanted So Much 03:24
7 The Edge (Backing Track) 03:00
8 This Is My Home 03:44
9 Forgive Me (Demo) 05:42
10 Superstar (Demo) 03:41
11 Witness To A Murder (Part 1) 01:49
12 Chad’s Song (Guide) 04:15
13 King Of Beauty (Writing Session) 04:13
DISC 25: DVD
Brixton Academy (23/10/98) (80 mins)
1 Negative
2 Being a Girl
3 Stripper Vicar
4 Everyone Must Win
5 Special/Blown It (Delete as Appropriate)
6 Shotgun
7 Wide Open Space
8 Television
9 Mansun’s Only Love Song
10 Six
11 She Makes My Nose Bleed
12 Taxloss
13 The Chad Who Loved Me
14 Drastic Sturgeon
15 Legacy
16 Take It Easy Chicken
Top Of The Pops performances:
Wide Open Space (6/12/96)
She Makes My Nose Bleed (14/2/97)
Taxloss (9/5/97)
Closed For Business (17/10/97)
Legacy (10/7/98)
Being A Girl (4/9/98)
Six (12/2/99)
I Can Only Disappoint U (11/8/00)
Later With Jools Holland (14/6/97)
Wide Open Space
Mansun’s Only Love Song
Later With Jools Holland (21/10/00)
I Can Only Disappoint U
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I’m currently about 60% through this mammoth boxset and absolutely loving it. What is a shame is the original songs from disc 3 of Kleptomania that they left off. There are some classics on there that would have fit perfectly onto one of the 4 rarities and demos discs. Or even an extra disc? Anyway, it was a good excuse to give disc 3 of Kleptomania another spin.
Anyone any idea why they left these off, but added such rarities as South of the Painted Hall? Still a great release. My number 1 boxset for 2020.
“Great set. I am only disappointed they did not call it ‘I can only dissappoint u’.”
This.
And I can only hope I win the competitions I entered for this!
Just received this from the SDE shop. Thank you Paul. I wasn’t going to buy this but then I watched your unboxing video! You did it justice, it really is superb.
Good to hear… thanks Mike!
Does anybody know if there will be a stand-alone deluxe edition CD of Little Kix coming out, or is the only way to get it through the box set?
I believe there will be an expanded version of Little Kix, similar to the previous 2 albums. I think Paul Draper mentioned this in one of the videos about the box set. Would imagine it could be a year or so away though to stop people getting Mansuned out!
Thanks Philip, anyone know definitively?
Another question, is the box set using the exact same re-masters as the deluxe editions of Attack and Six? My copy of Grey Lantern says mastered 2018 by Jon Astley. Or are they new?
Safely received from SDE today, amazing box set and bonus CD, thank you Paul (S and D)!
Good to hear! If it feels a bit ‘quiet’ at SDE right now, then it *may* have something to do with us packing a lot of Mansun box sets :)
Delayed to December 12, I hope to get it before Christmas!
A pretty great collection… i love mansun since the 90s, and have all their cds, singles, tapes, and this is amazing…. i just wonder…. why it didn’t includes 4 acoustic songs released as b-sides of cassettes back in the 90s (egg shaped fred, ski jump nose, the acoustic collapse of it all and mansun’s only acoustic song)…. i think paul is wondering the same
Egg Shaped Fred and Ski Jump Nose are there, but not the other two. Also, did they never play the song Closed for Business live?
Triple J live set is awesome it was the first time i heard this band and still have the cassette recorded from radio!
Cant wait to hear this, many thanks ;)
Pre-ordered from SDE shop. I tend to go for 2-3 CD deluxe edition sets a lot of the time but this one is impossible to resist!! I have pretty much every release by Mansun but still so much new stuff here! And thanks Paul for the extra CD single, the Wide Open Space Trouser Enthusiasts remix was on the Being A Girl cassette single which I had but lost ages ago, this is a brilliant remix!
Ordered from SDE shop. Thanks Paul. Looks like an amazing set
Cheers!
Awesome value for money for that much content but even as a fan of the band I hope there’s a repackaged version of this down the line that excises all the live stuff to bring the price down to around a hundred for the albums, b-sides, rarities & beeb sessions, I’d be in for that…
One of my favourite pop combos from the 90s. Ordered from your shop and looking forward to November!
Thanks Richard.
Pop combo???
Decent price for a decent set and I ordered as soon as I could. Looking forward to the extra single. Not for everyone but it is always great imho when a band you like issues live sets at a reasonable price and saves you scrabbling everywhere for bootlegs.
Only sad there wasn’t an early Moles gig or two in there. They were great but never sure if they got recorded.
Not a big fan of Mansun but wow ! That’s a massive retrospective box set for a band that only made 4 studio albums. A very creative box set with the artwork and books. Kudos to people who curated this box set.
Mode (18 CD with all the studios albums of Depeche Mode but no additional CDs, tracks, demos, live or bonuses of any kind) looks pale compared to that. I know we’re not talking about same production (18 studios albums and probably 100+ singles instead of only 4 studio albums and less than 20 singles) but still, I applaud the effort made by Mansun and the label.
In order to have the same output for DM, you’d need to buy the Mode box, either the CD singles or 12″ singles box sets + at least 5 live shows on double CD (DM release one after almost every tour). Even if you did that for only DM’s first 4 albums, it would be pricey !
Great set. I am only dissappointed they did not call it ‘I can only dissappoint u’.
Another thought…is this possibly the best value uber box set? Bearing in mind a casual fan wouldn’t buy this (probably), and bearing in mind the cost of some SDE’s (hello Roxy Music, Macca), the fans know what they are getting, so 13 versions of …Chicken = fair enough. Plus the books, all the albums, live stuff, b-sides, sessions, DVD…And the repetition isn’t Floyd-esque (Blu-ray AND DVD if the same stuff in the same set), but different versions from different times in the bands history… It works out as, what £6 A disc? Mansun always were generous with bonus material back in the era of multipart CDs, and that seems to be continuing.
Is the lyric sheet actually handwritten or a print of handwritten lyrics signed by Paul Draper?
That latter I would imagine. Doubt he’s going to write out hundreds/thousands of lyric sheets one-by-one.
Do you need 5 live concerts? Well if you are a fan, yes you do. I’d take 20, if I were a fan.
I have about 30 Lilac Time / Duffy concerts from awful to very, very good and I cherish each and every one. If they were made available via some massive boxset I would be first in the queue. And that’s the point. There is the slightest difference between people who “like someone“ and “has all their records”, a phrase you see here often. But what they mean is I have the big ones and a couple of the smaller ones and I bought a single or two back in the day. I qualify as a fan. Well, yes and no. I doubt whether many on here are capable of being *that* kind of fan for more than one or possibly two artists. It would be very expensive for starters. For those who are slathering at the thought of 5 Mansun gigs as part of a 25 disc set I salute you, you lucky ducks! For those that don’t see the point of 5 gigs, we’ll this ain’t aimed at you is it? If you are thinking “why doesn’t band or artist X do this” then that’s why this isn’t squarely in your sights.
Good luck to those who see this as a no brainer. I envy you. I really do.
Can you imagine the inner turmoil if it was your group? If it was Kate Bush releasing a jam packed 25 disc retrospective? That’s how these guys feel right now. Jealous.
Perfectly put Chris.
Comments that highlight tracks/versions that are missing from releases are genuinely helpful. Complaints that a release has *too much* content (or just replying ‘Who?’, as Paul tweeted about) really aren’t.
Chris Squires…. really? Just buy one and you’ll be on board… and…. chill out :)
A nice comprehensive set for a great band. Alas, since I bought the original albums and EPs at the time, got sent the Mansun Demos CDs from Dark Dave back in the day, and recently got the the Six and Grey Lantern reissues (on vinyl and deluxe 5.1 sets), there’s not a whole lot in there that I don’t have (and ten live albums is about nine too many), so it’s not for me.
I’d recommend the set to anyone else who’s curious though!
Ordered from SDE as a birthday present to myself!
As someone with ‘prog-tinted’ tastes, I always liked Mansun and AOTGL still stands up as a stunning debut. I followed the band through the following single releases (Legacy is their best song imho), but the Six album left me a bit cold as it always seemed a bit all over the place to me. It was years later before I picked up Little Kix and I still really enjoy listening to it today, as it’s a great return to form.
A great price for this set (I look at it as £40 each for four 6 disc SDEs) which I can personally justify as I missed out on the recent SDEs of the first 2 albums
Cheers Stuart!
I only really know the superb Mansun’s Only Love Song. This is fantastic VFM for so much content.
Tempted, but I think I’ll hold out for the 50LP vinyl edition.
…is take it easy chicken a good song ? … (you get it thirteen times)
Of all of the “Britpop” bands of that era, Mansun was the proggiest and probably the best (also loved Suede). As an avid fan in the U.S., this was an immediate purchase for me regardless of shipping costs. Something that heavy is going to cost you…
Paul, does this include the fan b sides compilation ?
The track listings gives you the detail of what this includes.
Looking at some it does look to include this, but the fact this long out of print item being included isn’t being touted made me ask the question. I am more bulking at the 60 gbp to ship to canada…
This is tricky, doing some referencing, it does look the like it’s using the UK Six, not the US Six and some of the Japanese Six AVCD tracks are in too, in addition to CDs 2 and 3 of the Kleptomania, which have been disbursed over multiple cd’s in this set.
The Demo Tapes are in their, but the tracks have been re sequenced (I got some of the tapes to Dave back in the day – and I would hazard there are a few in Japan, still not on this compilation, unless Draper copied them before sending them out… )
The Reading Radio One version might be a different one (or a full set), as a shorter set was broadcast on 26 July 1999 on Lamacq live with an interview with Draper before they played it. The extra tracks here are Being a Girl – Special/Blown It (Delete As Appropriate) – Ski Jump Nose – She Makes My Nose Bleed.
And re the shipping, I know it’s big set Paul, but I have to factor in the extra $40 fees and duties that I know will also come with it. First world problems I know.
Love Mansun, and love AOTGL & Six. That said, in this climate, I can’t justify this – especially as I bought the SDEs of the first two albums in the last couple of years (inc. Six from this very site, thanks Paul). But no denying it’s a hell of a set, and I agree it’s a way out of not doing a 4-disc Little Kix SDE.
What I am curious about is the Brixton Six Tour DVD. In the Six SDE, PD talks about it as a separate project for a separate release. It’s held up as arguably the very peak of their powers, their greatest gig (remember, in ’98 they were voted best live act in MM & NME, I think). I wonder if a stand alone release will be forthcoming. Because I think that would sell very well…
Is it actually true that Mansun were voted ‘best live act’? (presumably in readers poll) I don’t remember that at the time and can’t find evidence of it now. Just curious to see it confirmed
While I am not a Mansun fan (not really familiar with much from that era – raising young kids at the time) I can appreciate that this must be very welcome for fans.
I hope some day that one of my favorites will get a similar treatment though to expand 4 albums to 24 CDs takes a lot of canojes IMO. Ten live shows to me is excessive as I am not a big fan of live albums and no matter how you look at it, it’s a lot to release for a 4-year period. Five live albums and 5 DVDs would have made more sense to me. But can’t beat that price. Or actually the 33 CD Donna Summer set sold for just £10 more.
Looking forward to seeing what gets done with the Blondie Box that was in the works.
I am also looking forward to seeing what they do with the rumoured Blondie box…………… We can hope that it will be something like this!
This is one of those posts where I wanna know every detail and simultaneously I’m thinking “how fast can I get this ordered!?!” So, ordered! Even with the £80 shipping to the US (ouch!!).
Are the track times for disc 10 correct? The first half of them look really short.
Yes, they are correct. Or that’s what the label supplied, anyway.
It’s possible these are parts of a live “medley” perhaps? Maybe they played short snippets of each track before segueing into the next? I loved finding out about Mansun’s time on the Isle of Man (where I live now) and their debut album launch where they renamed it the Isle of Man-sun…sadly that was before I lived here, but sounded like a good event, doing a signing in the HMV here then a gig that evening at a local hotel/casino. I got into them more around ‘Six’ but we’re definitely my favourite Britpop era group after Pulp. After a bit of deliberating, put my order in through SDE shop last night Paul – is the promo CD the same one available when you had the Attack of the Grey Lantern LP for sale? While I’ll duplicate this, I have a friend overseas who collects Mansun stuff so will gift it to him!
Thanks Peter. Yes, it is the same CD single. Had some left over, so thought I may as well put ’em in the hands of fans via this incentive.
Yes, its a medley
Wow. Thought it was a typo at first! 24cds! Really not sure, love mansun but am I really going to listen to all those (similar) live CDs and backing tracks?!… Bargain when you compare the output to Maccas deluxe campaign.
Hi Paul
Do you know how many KScope will be making of this box set.
No
I really want this, but I’m not sure I can justify this purchase. 10 live CDs, most of which look identical (I know they’re not identical, but how different can they really be?)
I’ve already bought Attack six times. Cassette and CD when it came out, then the 3 CD box, then the 4 disc one, twice, and the vinyl, plus Six twice, and the greatest hits, and Kleptomania.
I hate to say it, but I hope this will be available to stream. I think Paul Draper has had plenty of my money now!
One often sees comments here where people say “I must get around to listening to that boxset I bought 5 years ago” and suspect that this will be one of those in many cases…
Are you looking Depeche Mode? This is what your MODE box could have been like.
Well said .i bought MODE . Can’t believe people are saying they can’t justify the price ( current climate aside) on this set . It’s fantastic value for that amount of discs. DM issue 10 12” singles for £160 ! Admit I’m nuts on Mansun ( I’ve got 3o + copies of Lantern and Sx) but I’ll follow they’re releases ‘Right To The End Of The Earth’ .
I was inspired by the release of the MODE-box (which btw is currently available via Discogs for 430€ +) to look around for the 10 re-released studio albums that included the 5.1-mixes.
Over a few weeks i was able to locate all of them new at regular web-shops and added a copy of the “101”-DVD to get that in 5.1 as well.
All in all i paid less than 200€ for the lot AND have original artwork and surround mixes
For anyone wondering – i got the other three available 5.1-mixes (Playing The Angel, Sounds Of The Universe and Delta Machine) when they were originally released.
So i’m currently only missing out on “Spirit” where sadly there is no surround mix released so far.
Hi Paul
Sorry forgot to ask…..Is the Box Set with Signed Music Sheet limited to 500 or is it the SDE exclusive single that is limited to 500? Thanks so much in advance.
The CD single is limited to 500. Although we gave away quite a lot of them before so I think we have between 100 and 200 left over.
Hi Paul
Could you PLEASE hold a copy for me as PayPal need to VERIFY my New Debit Card and they don’t currently have any LIVE customer service agent working for them at the moment so, the verification has to be done via snail mail. Your cooperation in advance would be greatfully appreciated.
Would be glad to…
Hi Paul,
Is it a typo, or is “Good Intentions Heal the Soul,” the final track on Kleptomania, not included in this box set?
Probably a mistake with the track listing I was given. Can’t see that not being on there…
@Andre Salles:
The track listing @burningshed.com includes “Good Intentions Heal The Soul” as track 11 of “Kleptomania”, track length given including the hidden track “The Dog From Two Doors Down” is 26:12.
Nice but a lot of duplicated live stuff , the set list varies little . Also if it’s a mansun box set then all the signatures would be nice rather than just Paul Drapers or is he now Mr mansun ? Sorry if I sound churlish but they were a band and everyone brought something to the table .
I think there was a bit of a falling out with Mansun and Paul Draper effectively looks after the reissue stuff nowadays. As you say a full band signature would be cool but this is a bit of an embarrassment of riches for fans. That’s my Xmas present sorted!
Good luck tracking down the other three! I don’t believe even Paul Draper knows where they are. They weren’t really friends to begin with and things didn’t end well, to put it mildly!
Now THAT’S a box set! Looks absolutely spectacular. I love Mansun and even though they’re not anywhere near musical heroes of mine their output really was exceptional. I never ever buy cd’s – I’m strictly a vinyl man nowadays but couldn’t pass this up. Bought the vinyl reissues of Attack and Six and spin them quite often and I’ve wondered when the next two were due for the reissue treatment. Feel like that’s not going to happen now. Somehow glad there is not any vinyl option as I surely would have felt compelled to pay for that otherwise. Shudder to think what a – give or take – 35 disc vinyl set would have cost…
Happy to have ordered from SDE as well, and the added cd single is a nice bonus!!
@Marcus – There is “The Dead Flowers Reject” coming on vinyl for RSD with http://mansun.co.uk/the-dead-flowers-reject-exclusive-record-store-day-release-now-available-from-saturday-29th-august/
@CraigE Yeah saw that and will more than likely pick that up as well.
A shame there’s no TFI Friday performances on the DVD
Now that’s a proper box set!
Oh, and just to be clear I got my copy of the “Attack …” box from Paul so I have the SDE exclusive CD Single already as well ;)
Thanks for buying it originally, Matt.
I’m a little frustrated as, after buying the two recent SDEs, I went through Ebay and other sources to collect every single song they officially released by getting all the EPs, often in multiple formats. Seems like I should have saved some money and waited for this instead! ;) In reality, as I have all the official content (including the best 2 albums as HD versions) and rarely listen to live stuff I think I will give it a pass … but fair do’s, a spectacular set at a great price and would have snapped their arm off before I went on my Ebay mission (which I’m sure cost me more)!
For an item which is touted on Mansun’s own website as the “ultimate collection”, I find it somewhat ironic that SDE are selling this with item with an exclusive, bonus CD single… particularly in the light of castigating the McCartney organisation for their ‘Beautiful Night’ download which isn’t included in their own Flaming Pie monster release… I think if I was a Mansun fan who had ordered their copy from the band website you would be a tad miffed to find it wasn’t actually the ultimate because SDE had an extra item they wouldn’t be receiving. I like the SDE site and how to speaks for fans but this seems a contradiction against the very thing it, and others, were calling out all too recently.
Interesting attempt to contrast apples and oranges. Mansun fans have all the time in the world to purchase this wherever they wish – it doesn’t come out until November. If they want the SDE deal they can cancel their other order and go for it. The SDE listing and the Mansun one went up at roughly the same time, so it’s not like I’m late to the party. I don’t see how McCartney not putting a free download on CD in a £500 box set is similar to me, with my retailer hat on, giving away a CD single.
With my customer hat on your apple looks very much like an orange to me, Paul.
Well you haven’t done a very good job of explaining why, but please don’t bother, because I’m really too busy to get into some tedious point-scoring debate.
Yes, Paul – how dare you rip off Mansun fans by shamelessly giving them a free CD?
Missing tracks as far as I can see:
Taxloss (Lisa Marie Experience Remix) from Taxloss (cD1)
Wide Open Space (The Perfecto Mix) from Legacy (CD2)
The Impending Collapse Of It All (Acoustic) from the Legacy cassette
I Can Only Disappoint U (Perfecto Club Mix) from Electric Man (CD2)
Secrets, It’s Ok, Drones, Right to the End of the Earth plus two hidden tracks (Witness to an Opera and Thief (Alternative Version) and 2 demos (Love Is… and Love Remains) from Kleptomania
Also can’t see “Mansun’s Only Acoustic Song” from the ‘Being A Girl’ cassette on the tracklisting
Yep, it’s incredible this has been left of yet ANOTHER Mansun release. It was released on the Being A Girl cassette single, but is presumably from the same acoustic session as all the first album acoustic sets. So it could have been included on the original Parlophone AOTGL deluxe cd, the AOTGL boxset and the Six boxset. How bizarre for such an extensive boxset, this could be left off again! Draper even replied to someone on FB saying it’s be on, so he knows all about the track.
I think it might be track 10 disc 22 Johnny B
It’s not Mansun- The Complete Works. It’s the ‘ultimate ‘ box set . Remixes are lame anyway and easy to find as are the other tracks .
also skin up pin up feat apollo four forty from the spawn sountrack, since only version of it on this box set is a demo
This is how to do a superdeluxe boxset! Maybe the live shows will see vinyl versions later on……
Massive Mansun fan and I quickly ordered it from your site. Happy to bring business to SDE and very pleased to get the limited edition single. The box set is massive. Makes the super deluxe editions of the first two albums a bit redundant. Still, Draper’s packages are usually exceptionally well done. So looking forward to this.
Thanks!
Ordered! What an incredible box set, I had collected all the singles to get the b-sides but I’m glad to get them all in one place. The live material was enough tempt me, can’t wait to get listening to this.
One of my favourite bands, they should have been massive.
Ordered!
I get the feeling Paul didn’t really want to do standalone Little Kix and Kleptomania reissues, so this is the way to get that material out there.
Looks like I’m going to be saving up for a while as this is only a few weeks after the similar Divine Comedy box.
Ross can you confirm there will be no Little Kix deluxe version like the 1st two?
Does anyone know if a stand-alone re-issue of Little Kix will happen and when?
Wow! This is amazing! One of my favourite bands ever! Ordered already from SDE! Thanks Paul
My only observation (I won’t say complaint as that would seem churlish) is that this doesn’t have the remixes from the time on it, e.g. for Taxloss and I Can Only Disappoint You. Maybe they will all make it on to CD someday.
This is still amazing!
Wow! Not a fan but this is how to do a retrospective! Better than the inconsistent McCartney 10 year bore fest.
Now that Paul has notified us of this and the recently announced Prince box sets, I guess were not that far away from even bigger box sets? Lol…
“Dear valued customer, your order has shipped the first of 3 packages”.
This is amazing!!!