As the Morrissey fan site Morrissey-Solo points out, Rhino is preparing to release a gigantic box set containing basically everything the Smiths ever did. The set, titled The Smiths Complete – Deluxe Collectors Box Set, features remastered versions of eight albums (on CD and vinyl), as well as reproduced versions of 25 (yes, you read that correctly, 25) 7″ singles, and all sorts of other stuff. Seriously, it’s gigantic. I’s limited to 3000 copies worldwide and expected to ship October 3.
Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr and Frank Arkwright remastered all the music from its original tape sources. The set includes all four of the band’s studio albums (1984’s The Smiths, 1985’s Meat Is Murder, 1986’s The Queen Is Dead, 1987’s Strangeways, Here We Come) alongside the 1988 live LP Rank and the compilations Hatful of Hollow (1984), The World Won’t Listen (1987), and Louder Than Bombs (1987). All are included on mini-LP gatefold-style CDs and 180-gram vinyl.
It also contains 25 7″ singles. And as if that wasn’t enough, there’s also a 36″ x 24″ poster of the band’s album and single cover art, The Complete Picture DVD of their music videos, an eight-page 12″ booklet of expanded liner notes, 12″ prints of the cover art for all eight albums, and a code to digitally download the whole shebang. The Rhino site lists all of the 7″ singles included in the set here.
The eight albums will also be available as a CD box set and a limited edition vinyl box set.
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