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Exclusive: SDE takes a first look at the Mansun ‘Closed For Business’ box set
SDEtv takes an exclusive early peak at Closed For Business, the forthcoming career spanning Mansun box that features 24CDs and a DVD, plus a wealth of books and other content. Watch the video…
Closed for Business is released on 12 December 2020. Pre-order your copy from the SDE shop and using this link or the button below.
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.
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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Great vidclip…do want this but have to wait a coupla weeks…hope enough copies were made…question, in getting this set first, do I really need to get the 2 SDEs of Lantern & Six?? As there is no duplication of extras between those 2 and this behemoth, what would I be missing if I don’t get the earlier sets?? Just curious…like a few people here, I knew of the band…had the original US Lantern CD on Epic, but never saw them live & lost track of the band…but always liked them & Wide Open Space shoulda been a bigger US hit single, maybe along the lines of the Verve’s Bitter Sweet Symphony…maybe they are too close in name to Marilyn Manson for US comfort I don’t know…
Ordered Paul ,i had no intention of going anywhere near this
having decided to swear off mammoth box sets with too much duplication
through spurious multiple live takes .However, your unboxing swung it
as it looks too good to let go.Mr Draper owes you a thank you.
As a matter of interest it says strictly limited ,any idea how many will be made?
Thanks for the video Paul, can’t wait for it to arrive. Looks like a well put together archive of material. It’s interesting to see bands from the 90’s releasing super deluxe editions this year – Supergrass, Menswear and now Mansun.
Does it help that they all split up so it’s easier to look back at their careers and put something together? The good thing is that most of their audience is still alive to enjoy these sets.
Unlike some of the artists from the 60’s who waited 50+ years before going through their archives and release material. Why wait so long?
I wish my favourite artists would put that much thought, care and value into their superdeluxe retrospectives. The Supergrass one for example would have been better with more book content and outtake CDs.
Never really explored Mansun but they do seem to inspire devotion. An ex of mine went to a “Mansun Convention” once in Chester! I think they were held every year! That book compilation of fanzines is a great idea and suits a cult band. Fair play to all involved on this.
Paul, nothing to do with Mansun here but I have been intrigued to find out what the music is you use at the beginning of your SDE unboxing videos. My Shazam app. remains puzzled
Release of the year for me. This looks outstanding and I can’t wait to get my hands on it. Box set done properly. My mid/late 20’s self would be so jealous! Excellent vid Paul, many thanks!!
Had never heard of Manson (after my time) nor likely to ever buy any of these sets (costs plus time to listen to them and do them justice) but love the unboxing – fascinating to see what’s in these boxes and the varied ‘value’ of them all (this seems very fair at a $/unit level plus stuff). Thanks Paul
Oooh wow! I really liked Mansun a lot, I think they did well here in Norway (as perhaps proved by the inclution of a live CD from Kristiansand). I hope it doesn’t sell out too quickly, I’d love to get one if there’s any left over Christmas. Thank you for a great presentation, and quite possibly a huge great hole in my bank account! Now make one like this for Spaced as well!
Paul as always thanks for your videos, watching this makes it just a little bit harder to wait til I have more disposable income for this!!! This and that Divine Comedy box and the Bob Mould box set I just received are such good examples of how to treat the fans right that are in the market for these kind of collections. Keeping up hope this doesn’t go out of print any time soon!
Bloody hell thats my family not seeing me much over Christmas then! I was eager to see the books and they don’t disappoint. The AOTGL and Six special edition book sets look to be a great compliment, with no overlap of content or photographs…. #drools
Not a fan myself but I have to say they have put together a very impressive box set, the books look fantastic, a wealth of information, well done to all concerned, that is how a box set should be presented.
Thanks for a great unboxing video! Can’t wait.
It’s significant to apply the word “love” to a band and their music particularly one you were never lucky enough to see. I would like to express thanks to the person whose name I do not know with whom I had a conversation at a Pure Reason Revolution concert in Park Street, Bristol in 2007.
He said to me …”From what we’ve just talked about, you must love Mansun” but somehow wrapped up in following other bands they had come and gone much to my regret. Thanks to that guy!
Lantern and Six ….the last two progressive pop masterpieces of the 20th Century!
That looks great!! Can’t wait to have mine in my hands. CD’s not over yet. We know they said the same with vinyls. As long we keep on buying stuff like this there’ll still be CD players.
Long live Mansun, and long live The Kinks, and Depeche Mode, and The Beatles, and Elliott Smith, The Notwist, Tortoise and Grandaddy. Paul, Grandaddy is gonna released their fantastic Sophtware Slump in a 20th anniversary 4 vinyl edition. Whoever don’t know that record please give this masterpiece a try.
By the way… I was in Chelmsford, back in V2000. We spent the night with my gilrfriend in a tent that some people allowed us to stay because it was freezing. Thank you people. Being a spanish guy, I didn’t understand that in August could be such that intensive cold. And only to watch Mansun live. Years later I’ve discovered that one of my other loving bands were from Chelmsford, Nitzer Ebb.
Thank you Paul Draper, stay safe forever! I had the opportunity of reading the chat between you and that David N. concerning the domain of the site and everything about it. You even had to put up with Stove and what he sadly did. With everything you’ve been through we just have no option that applaude the way you are. It’s really amazing. If I were you maybe I would have erased him from this awesome box ; ). Congratulations. Probably all your feelings about that were expressed in your solo album. I think you are a shiny person, despite you are this kind of mate who can release a masterpiece at a young age. Undoubtedly someone special. With a record that will live forever.
SIX is something unique, and inspired a lot of musicians like myself. It’s a puzzle, a collage full of incredible ideas in every way. My brain is eternally thankful.
Amazed this is still available to pre-order. Such a slow seller given the content. I could have kept my trigger finger coiled and saved a few months interest on the wedge I spent ordering day one. Anyway, still excited for the release as it’s looks great. Shame tracks still missing but nothing a few £ on Discogs can’t find, remixes etc.
That is one awesome looking release for a group I have never heard of being mentioned, referred to, whispered about or remotely acknowledged. Who the hell are they? Haha
Ooooo so excited for this!
Thank you Paul for the unboxing and stocking this with the WOS CD single
Thank Paul, that’s a deep box for sure rather like the Pretty Things Bouquet From A Cloudy Sky in dimensions I think. It looks great. I am going to have to hold fire though, much as I’d like that bonus CD single. I pre-ordered the Supergrass SDL with Amazon @£170 where it stayed for a couple of months only to see it drop £40 the day after release (the day after I got mine). I have a feeling the same might apply here, so am waiting to see if there’s a saving to be made.
I am only able to watch the first few minutes! I want to look forward to receiving it on the 11th and then il watch it in full!
Looks like a lovely box fair play. Some of they’re b-sides were better than most other bands A sides at the time ‘Decisions, decisions’ a particular favourite for me.
Looking forward to this and will be checking the office heavy lifting online course imminently.
Please wrap it well
I would love a copy of this without the live element which i loathe.
Thanks Paul, good video and looks like the set has certainly been made with care and with the fan in mind. Hopefully you’ll be shipping mine to Canada soon ;-)
Looks outstanding!