Everything Must Go 20th Anniversary Boxset

[junkymotown]

Is there a single new or unreleased track on the whole set? I always look forward to some "previously unheard demo" or some other obscure dealy with these. But there's nowt there.

Compared to the GT box set or even the Holy Bible one, this doesn't seem as good...

[Son of Stopped]

Originally Posted by Dancing Kirby

The 2-disc version has a Nynex live album as opposed to the DVD.

http://store.manicstreetpreachers.co...tpac-pre-order

Those dirty little completist-taunting, gotta-catch-em-all trolls.

Ordered! At last, a professional recording of them as a live three piece!

[Routine Builder]

Did you order the special Naysmythless version?

[andy]

It looks gorgeous

The aesthetic from the EMG period is my fave

The uniform nature of the singles sleeves and the no image

It's very sterile but cool

[andy]

Originally Posted by junkymotown

Is there a single new or unreleased track on the whole set? I always look forward to some "previously unheard demo" or some other obscure dealy with these. But there's nowt there.

Compared to the GT box set or even the Holy Bible one, this doesn't seem as good...

There is the documentary

[Son of Stopped]

Originally Posted by Routine Builder

Did you order the special Naysmythless version?

I meant guitar 3 piece! I remembered there were four people on stage when I logged off!

[andy]

The only thing which would have made this better is if they had got SSO remixes of every track on the album as I love the SSO remixes

[andy]

DVD is feature length - so excited for this!

[someone, somewhere, soon]

box set looks nice, but there's nothing there i don't already have; already got all the tracks, the album on vinyl, and Everything Live on the Japanese DVD... doubt i'd watch the feature more than once too... if anything, i'd be more after the official release of the Nynex audio on the standard issue.

...but then, the box is only £45 on Amazon (unsigned), so not exactly bank-breaking for a nice looking shelf-filler to sit alongside the GT and THB boxes...

[darkanddivine]

Originally Posted by Routine Builder

Did you order the special Naysmythless version?

Question is, when was Naysmith invented?

[AK47]

At least its not a godawful shoebox ala PFAYM - christ that thing takes up space.

[Manicben]

I think in an ideal world where I had money to burn I'd be first in line. It looks a nice set. But to be honest, in the real world, this is another in a growing line of nostalgia trips for the band.

I can't help but feel that the band need to be relevant again, and are in-fact relevant again. Constantly complaining that bands don't say anything anymore. And they've got plenty to oppose right now. But they're putting energy into these nostalgia trips.

[Porco]

Originally Posted by AK47

At least its not a godawful shoebox ala PFAYM - christ that thing takes up space.

And, disappointingly, it didn't even contain any shoes.

[andy]

Originally Posted by Manicben

I think in an ideal world where I had money to burn I'd be first in line. It looks a nice set. But to be honest, in the real world, this is another in a growing line of nostalgia trips for the band.

I can't help but feel that the band need to be relevant again, and are in-fact relevant again. Constantly complaining that bands don't say anything anymore. And they've got plenty to oppose right now. But they're putting energy into these nostalgia trips.

I agree for GT. I think that was unnecessary as it was an artistic and commercial failure. Yes, there are gems, but as a complete body of work there is a lot of filler. Also, for a band of the manics stature at that time, the amount of time and money made available to them was unwarranted and wasted.

EMG however is an artistic high point. Not a single filler track. Great power and poignancy in each track. Delicate moments and balls to the wall riffage. So EMG deserves to be remembered and celebrated. It was the album which made them big, but should have made them huge (which TIMTTMY finally did). The fact adfl was kept if the top spot by some crap (can't remember which kept it off number 1) is a travesty.

THB, while not my fave album, also deserves to be remembered. If EMG is the best of the manics mark 2, then THB is the best of the manics mark 1.

[Jimi A]

Originally Posted by Porco

And, disappointingly, it didn't even contain any shoes.

Nothing else in 2016 has made me laugh as much as that.

My shoebox and t shirt still haven't been opened. For some reason I can convince myself it's an investment if I keep it like that.