New 7 inch Vinyl Box sets Vol 1 & 2 -Japan Only pre order (Read 2,074 times)

[knownoname]

Probably also going for these and having the added advantage that I have a friend that resides in Japan, checking with him right now if I can order to his place and pick it up during a Japan holiday in Spring 2025.

[mkoasis]

I’ve spent too much tracking down the original 7” and 12” singles! I’ve nearly got them all now. So I’ll give this one a miss.

[paulislive]

Oct 3, 2024 0:39:33 GMT -5 LSF said:

If it were the 12 inches with all the bsides this might be worth it.

That's actually an annoying trait about the original Creation 12" singles - they all left off one B-side. Insane, because they could have fit them all, but they put one track on the A-side and 2 on the flip. It was the smarter move in the 1990s - give the biggest bang for your buck on CD, cheapest format, drive sales that way. But I remember in like 1997 going into Dave's Records in Chicago (RIP) and seeing the 12" of "Cigarettes and Alcohol." I grabbed it immediately and didn't even look at the back... wasn't til I got home I realized it didn't include "Listen Up." If you go through the original 12" Creation singles, it's almost a fun game of "Who the f*ck decided which song to leave off?" The songs that never saw a vinyl release in the 90s (at least until "The Masterplan" came out) still makes me scratch my head. 

"Columbia" (Demo)
"Bring It On Down (Live)"
"Supersonic (Live)"
"Listen Up"
"Half the World Away"
"Headshrinker"
"Live Forever (Live)"
"The Masterplan"
"Cum on Feel the Noise"
"Heroes"
"Going Nowhere"
"Street Fighting Man"

Obviously a strong desire to leave the live versions and covers off the 12" single, but still... who looks at the "Whatever" B-sides and thinks, "Give 'em 'Slide Away' again." Or picks "Swamp Song" over "Masterplan," "I Am the Walrus" over "Listen Up," or either of the other two over "Going Nowhere." 

Arguably "The Masterplan" set caught the worst of these oversights, but it actually makes the Big Brother years more interesting vinyl wise because at least the 12-inch singles got everything, but none of those have been reissued. I don't think the 2000-08 releases will ever be viewed in the same esteem as the 1990s output, but deluxe editions of SOTSOG, HC and DBTT with the B-sides from the era would probably raise their profile a bit. They weren't still delivering "Masterplan" quality output, but I'll go to the mat for "Full On," "Shout it Out Loud," "Idler's Dream," "Pass Me Down the Wine," and "Let's All Make Believe."

[KyleBHome]

I did buy these but it was hard to stomach the HUGE postage costs. Absolutely ridiculous tbh and due to 1 per customer it stopped my usual "partner up and share postage with a mate" method.

I wasn't going to bother as I'd expected a UK release but my contact got confused with the cig box uk Ltd one (also daft high postage actually)

But I got the 3 boxsets, for once I feel this is a good set of different releases.