Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box (4CD) (CD Box Set)

Metal Box (4CD)
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Released in 1979, Metal Box is the classic second album from Public Image Limited. The record was a departure from PiL's relatively conventional debut First Issue, and saw them moving to a more avant-garde sound characterised by John Lydon's cryptic vocals, propulsive dub-inspired rhythms led by bassist Jah Wobble, and an abrasive, "metallic" guitar sound developed by Keith Levene.

Now, the record is being reissued in this new 4CD box set, which features the original album alongside rare and previously unreleased material and a live disc. The set is issued in a square metal tin with an embossed PiL logo. Also included are a 72 page booklet, together with an exclusive poster and postcards.
Tracklist:

CD1:
1. Albatross
2. Memories
3. Swan Lake (Death Disco)
4. Poptones
5. Careering
6. No Birds Do Sing
7. Graveyard
8. The Suit
9. Bad Baby
10. Socialist
11. Chant
12. Radio 4

CD2:
1. Death Disco (7" edit)
2. Death Disco 12"
3. Half Mix / Megga Mix (b - side)
4. Death Disco - BBC TV, Top of the Pops July 12.7.72
5. Memories 12"
6. Another (b - side)
7. Poptones - BBCRadio 1, John Peel Sessions 1979
8. Careering - BBC Radio 1, John Peel Sessions 1979
9. Chant - BBC Radio 1, John Peel Sessions 1979
10. Poptones - BBC TV, Old Grey Whistle Test 5/2/80 (audio)
11. Careering - BBC TV, Old Grey Whistle Test 5/2/80 (audio)
12. Pied Piper (rare compilation - only track)

CD3:
1. Poptones (version 3)  (unreleased)
2. Swan Lake (monitor mix)
3. Albatross (monitor mix) (alternative mix)
4. Swan Lake ("master")  (alternative mix)  (unreleased)
5. Unknown INST Jam 1 ("Chant") (unreleased)
6. Unknown Jam 2 ("Megachant") (unreleased)
7. Music from an Oven (aka Memories) (unreleased)
8. Radio 4 ("symphony suite") (unreleased)
9. Home is Where The Heart is (original mix) (unreleased)
10. Unknown INST 2  (unreleased)

CD4:
1. Chant
2. Swan Lake (aka Death Disco)
3. Memories
4. Public Image
5. Annalisa
6. No Birds Do Sing

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