Public Image Ltd announced plans to reissue 1979's Metal Box and 1986's Album on October 28th. Both expanded albums will be issued as 4 CD and 4 LP super-deluxe box sets that include the original material as well as rare, live, and previously unreleased material. Metal Box will be issued in a square metal tin; Album will be issued in a square card box. Additionally each boxset will include a 72 page booklet, art-prints (LP version), and postcards (CD version). Note that the LP version does not include all the material on the CDs due to limited space, however PiL will be issuing download cards for the extra tracks.
View the tracklistings for the CD & LP editions below. Read more and pre-order the reissues via on PiL's store.
Metal Box superdeluxe boxset -- CD version
Disc 1: Metal Box Remastered album
01. Albatross
02. Memories
03. Swan Lake (Death Disco)
04. Poptones
05. Careering
06. No Birds Do Sing
07. Graveyard
08. The Suit
09. Bad Baby
10. Socialist
11. Chant
12. Radio 4
Disc 2: B-sides, mixes & radio sessions
01. Death Disco (7” edit)
02. Death Disco 12”
03. Half Mix / Megga Mix (b-side)
04. Death Disco - BBC TV, Top of the Pops July 12.7.72
05. Memories 12”
06. Another (b-side)
07. Poptones - BBCRadio 1, John Peel Sessions 1979
08. Careering - BBC Radio 1, John Peel Sessions 1979
09. 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)
Disc 3: Unreleased Mixes
01. Poptones (version 3) (unreleased)
02. Swan Lake (monitor mix)
03. Albatross (monitor mix) (alternative mix)
04. Swan Lake (“master”) (alternative mix) (unreleased)
05. Unknown INST Jam 1 (“Chant”) (unreleased)
06. Unknown Jam 2 (“Megachant”) (unreleased)
07. Music from an Oven (aka Memories) (unreleased)
08. Radio 4 (“symphony suite”) (unreleased)
09. Home is Where The Heart is (original mix) (unreleased)
10. Unknown INST 2 (unreleased)
Disc 4: Live at Manchester, Russell's Club (The Factory) 18/6/79 (unreleased)
1. Chant
2. Swan Lake (aka Death Disco)
3. Memories
4. Public Image
5. Annalisa
6. No Birds Do Sing
Metal Box superdeluxe boxset -- 4 LP edition
LP 1 Side 1:
Albatross
Memories
LP 1 Side 2:
Swan Lake (Death Disco)
Poptones
Careering
LP 2 Side 1
No Birds Do Sing
Graveyard
The Suit
LP 2 Side 2
Bad Baby
Socialist
Chant
Radio 4
LP 3: Live at Manchester, Russell's Club (The Factory) 18/6/79 (unreleased)
LP 3 Side 1
Chant
Swan Lake (aka Death Disco)
Memories
LP 3 Side 2
Public Image
Annalisa
No Birds Do Sing
LP 4: Rare Mixes & BBC Session
LP 4 Side 1
Swan Lake (monitor mix)
Albatross (monitor mix)
LP 4 Side 2
BBC Radio 1, John Peel Sessions 1979
Poptones
Careering
Chant
Album -- Super-deluxe 4 CD set:
CD 1: Remastered album
1. FFF
2. Rise
3. Fishing
4. Round
5. Bags
6. Home
7. Ease
CD 2: Live at Brixton Academy 27.5.86 (unreleased)
01. Kashmir
02. FFF
03. Low Life
04. Fishing
05. Poptones
06. Pretty Vacant
07. Banging the Door
08. Flowers of Romance
09. Bags
10. Round
11. Home
12. Public Image
13. Rise
14. Annalisa
CD 3: Various, mixes & outtakes etc
1. Things in E (aka Ease) (alternative Laswell mix) (1986) (unreleased)
2. Rise (7” edit)
3. Rise (instrumental)
4. Home (7” edit)
5. Rise (Bob Clearmountain remix)
6. Home - BBC TV, Old Grey Whistle Test 20/5/86 (audio)
7. Round - BBC TV, Old Grey Whistle Test 20/5/86 (audio)
Bonus Tracks
1.Time Zone - World Destruction (12”)
2.Time Zone - World Destruction (Industrial Remix)
CD 4: Original 1985 Album demos
01. Animal (unreleased)
02. Black Rubber Bags (aka Bags) (unreleased)
03. European Cars (aka Round) (unreleased)
04. Fairwell Fairweather Friend (aka FFF) (unreleased)
05. Pearls Before Swine (aka Fishing) (unreleased)
06. Things in E (aka Ease) (instrumental) (unreleased)
07. Ben Hur (unreleased) (instrumental) (unreleased)
08. Cats (unreleased) (instrumental) (unreleased)
09. Have a Nice Day (unreleased) (instrumental) (unreleased)
10. Untitled 3 (unreleased) (instrumental) (unreleased)
11. Pearls Before Swine (aka Fishing) (alternate mix) (incomplete) (unreleased)
Album 4LP super-deluxe boxset
LP 1: 'Album' studio album
Side 1
FFF
Rise
Fishing
Round
Side 2
Bags
Home
Ease
LP2: Original 1985 Album demos
Side 1:
Animal (unreleased)
Black Rubber Bags (aka Bags) (unreleased)
European Cars (aka Round) (unreleased)
Side 2:
Fairwell Fairweather Friend (aka FFF) (unreleased)
Pearls Before Swine (aka Fishing) (unreleased)
Things in E (aka Ease) (instrumental) (unreleased)
LP3: Various, mixes & outtakes etc 1
Side 1:
Things in E (Ease) (alternative Laswell mix) (unreleased)
Side 2:
Rise (7” edit)
Rise (instrumental)
Home (7” edit)
LP4: Various, mixes & outtakes etc 2
Side 1
Home - BBC Old Grey Whistle Test 20/5/86
Round - BBC, Old Grey Whistle Test 20/5/86
Rise (Bob Clearmountain remix)
Side 2
Time Zone - World Destruction (12”)
Time Zone - World Destruction (Industrial Remix)
Published August 31st, 2016
