Rhino UK writes:
Hi There
I hope you don't mind me submitting this as a story but i thought you would like to know that the full details and artwork for The Smiths Singles Box has now been posted on rhino.co.uk. The box will be available in UK stores from 8th December but will be shipping from Rhino.co.uk 3 weeks early on the 17th November. Feel free to email me if you have any questions or queries.
Many Thanks
Singles & Box press release Singles Boxset
www.rhino.co.uk offer: Get the Singles Box first from Rhino.co.uk! Not only will be shipping from 17th November, 3 weeks before it hits the shops, but the first 100 orders of the Singles Box will come with a free promo-only CD single of This Charming Man AND be entered into a draw to win a print of the cover image!
Rhino UK are proud to present “Singles Box”: a clamshell card box card box containing the first ten UK-issued singles in their original picture sleeves. What makes this particularly special is the two singles which are exclusive to this box set: These unique inclusions are the projected fourth single - “Still Ill” (which was pressed only as DJ promo “A” label) but was ultimately passed over and replaced by “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” along side the Dutch release of “The Headmaster Ritual” housed in it’s black & white “cowboy” sleeve – the rarest commercially issued Smiths’ single in any territory.
The box is completed with four contemporary badges, a poster featuring the single artworks as well as an authentication certificate that contains a unique redemption code for mp3 downloads of the tracks.
An absolute must have item for Smiths‘ fans, and limited to 10,000 copies only. All singles utilise the original production masters from the period.
The front cover image of the box was personally chosen by Morrissey. It features Joel Fabiani from the 1969 TV series "Department S", starring Peter Wyndgarde, Joel Fabiani and Rosemary Nicols.
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Update: 10/11 14:49 GMT: An anonymous person notes in the comments the boxset is available for
pre-order at Amazon.co.uk with a larger scan of the sleeve (uploaded here).
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too bad they are only shipping to UK addresses (Score:0)
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7" vynils? (Score:0)
Limited to just 10,000 (Score:1)
Expect heavily reduced items in FOPP in January...
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Re-package Re-Package..... (Score:0)
And a tacky badge too.....
Re-Package (times 100)
NOBODY has record players anymore - and if they have, they wouldn't play these singles anyway. So just another - totally - pointless release.
Pass.
Vile picture (Score:0)
But now it looks like any old "vintage" photo will do.
How very Vulgar.
recordstore ships to US (Score:1)
http://www.recordstore.co.uk/home.jsp?SearchField=CATEGORY&Search=thesmiths
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leather is murder (Score:0)
Department S(leazy) (Score:0)
Difficult to see the point of this one.
Goodbye Caryn Gough, hello Benny Hill! (Score:0)
What is Morrissey trying to say about The Smiths' with this image? Moz used to be much better at this sort of thing.
Why the big stink over vinyl? (Score:1)
Looks like a win/win to me, so why the fuss...
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Vinyl's not dead. (Score:1)
If you don't collect and have no interest in listening to the music you like this year in ten or twenty or thirty years, you can buy CDs or have fun with your hard-drive full of downloads. I'm doing that as well, but some things - like Smiths albums and singles - I like to own as vinyl.
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Morrissey's Blessing? (Score:1)
The artworks awful!
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Oh Dear (Score:1)
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great box cover (Score:1)
good choice Mozz
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Why not SOTS Deluxe on Vinyl? (Score:0)
just give me 1 answer (Score:1)
there will be a cd single of this charming man
is the only thing I read about on what material its'gonna released, but if it's original it'll
be vinyl, that's not hard to finf
but all the talks about remastered songs, well
i shall look in 2 hand store if theres authenic
vinylplayer in tha house, I might get 4 free,
so he can store 2 washingmachines, there's one
1 min. walk from me, well it at the other side of
the park,by the gasstation, so I'll buy me
saturdaynewspaper, and look for a stereo who can
play vinylrecords
second problem , Im Dutch so I have to order as soon as possible
3rd, why all this hurry for tracks I already got 3 times, some though
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Are they going to release another one??? (Score:0)
Incredible (Score:0)
UK only? (Score:0)
Any chance of a US release? Didn't think so.
Forgot my password, but I'm ssalefish comics, not an anonymous lurker/hater!
Box (Score:1)
I have a wonderful new record player and I love playing records, but the price it simply a rip-off when new 7" can be buy for £2.
It is a pity it doesn't include postcards instead of badges.
Personally, I find far more interesting (though expensive) going to music fairs to buy the original singles. I am just missing two, so I don't think I will buy this unoriginal box. They should live the memory of The Smiths alone instead of following the trends. No box-set would be more original! This is just to make money, obviously. Why not just a nice B-side compilation of all the singles on CD?
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Ho-Hum (Score:1)
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Morrissey Has Become A "Bear." (Score:1)
Soon, this vinyl crap will be all over ebay at half the price.
Anyone rushing out to buy this is a sucker.
Morrissey is starting to choose lame album covers that look like they were made by his naive fan-base. We've all seen them on bootlegs.
This cover selection is more evidence that artists really do have a shelf life.
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'Click to enlarge' ? (Score:0)
funny (Score:0)
I for one won't buy this because I don't need it.
The Cover (Score:1)
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Sense of style..... (Score:1)
film. I was worried for a second it might
have been a post modernist mod sporting a toupee......
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boxer set (Score:1)
I actually got quite excited when i read about the new Rhino compilation, thinking that those exclusive tracks that I only had on vinyl (Pretty Girls, Some Girls, Work, I Keep Mine Hidden, This Charming Man -dodgy mixes included) were going to see the light of day on cd. However, I now realise that once again some fuckwit is trying to fleece us all by releasing snippets. Only Pretty Girls and This Charming Man are on the "bonus" cd and no doubt next Xmas there will be another release with a smidgen of a tantalising taster.
As far as I'm concerned the last Smiths release was "Rank". I'm going to stick with that. Until my ipod starts to melt.
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CD Box Set (Score:1)
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We Are Kentish Town Mods (Score:0)
International orders (Score:0)
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Europe: £5.60
Rest Of World: £9.70
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Re:Reissue, Repackage, Repackage (Score:0)
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