While Yep Roc won't get any awards for the graphic design of Robyn Hitchcock's new box set, I Wanna Go Backwards, they make up for lack of aesthetics with pure volume of bonus tracks. They begin their reissue series with expanded editions of Black Snake Diamond Role, I Often Dream of Trains and Eye, which when purchases seperately still have a nice hunk of bonus tracks (about 8 tracks a disc). However, if you were to purchase them together, perhaps in this box set, you would also receive While Thatcher Mauled Britain Part 1 & 2, a new two-disc collection of b-sides, outtakes and home demo recordings. This collection will be available on CD, as well as one pressing on vinyl (on 8 LPs). NOTE: The language is such that I'm not 100% sure whether the vinyl box set will get the expanded tracks on the original releases...My best guess leads me to believe you won't - 3 original LPs + 5 LPs comprising the 57 tracks of While Thatcher - Wouldn't the original releases need a second record to fit everything? To add to the confusion, I'm not quite sure as to whether you get an autographed poster when you order the CD...their description actually leads me to believe that it's only with the vinyl box set (which IS double the price). Well, if you are a Hitchcock fan, you're at least going to get 57 extra tracks when you buy either box set...perhaps as high as 70+.
This release does leave me thinking about the Ryan Adams reissues some record label will do years from now...talk about another guy with a closet full of unreleased material...I'd better start saving now.
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