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When Primal Scream announced that they were going to tour their third album Screamadelica for its 20th anniversary last year, many thought it would be a bit wonky – half of today’s band didn’t play on the original LP and have barely covered much more than the hits live. However, it turned out to be a triumph. Now, on the back of that comes the long-awaited re-release/repackaging that the album has been crying out for, and Bobby and chums are taking it around the world this summer – it should be the highlight of any festival line-up.
Screamadelica very nearly didn’t happen, though. Had it not been for acid house and its accompanying refreshments, Primal Scream would probably now be hawking their retro rock-as-revolution wares around the pub backrooms of the UK. The key trigger was Andrew Weatherall’s encouragement, when he offered to remix a track off their previous self-titled album. That track – I’m Losing More Than I’ll Ever Have – was stripped back and jived up into what became Loaded, and when released, gave the band their biggest hit to date and pointed towards a whole new way of doing things. It changed not only the band’s fortunes, but life in general.
Inspired by their record collections, Bobby Gillespie and Andrew Innes took to samplers to create the music that was in their heads. Their palette expanded, Screamadelica gradually took shape over the next 18 months. Italo house, cosmic wayfaring, dub, country, gospel and blues all found their way into the mix, and mirrored the freeing of their minds.
Kicking off with the nearest to straightforward song here, Movin’ on Up, the journey leaps into the far-out with a dense and intense cover of Slip Inside This House, and heads down the rave-up with the joyous Don’t Fight It, Feel It. From then on, normal rules are abandoned when Higher Than the Sun, Weatherall’s Jesse Jackson-assisted Come Together monolith and the delicate head-rubs of Inner Flight and I’m Comin’ Down take over. Even two decades on, Screamadelica still sounds completely unlike anything else. Add to that the Dixie Narco EP with the sublime Carry Me Home and 10-plus minutes of Screamadelica, and it’s possibly the most perfect album ever.
The deluxe tin edition is a thing of actual beauty, with two additional CDs containing remixes and a live show from that period, along with a slipmat, t-shirt, book and double vinyl thrown in. It would make any old indie raver happy. Now, if they would like to afford 2000’s astonishing XTRMNTR the same treatment, then that will be quite literally a very good thing.
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To mark the 20th anniversary of this landmark record, the band have re-mastered the album with the help of their longtime friend and occasional collaborator, Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine.
Since its release in September 1991, the inaugural Mercury Prize-winning record has influenced countless bands and artists, been widely acclaimed by critics as one of the defining records of the 1990’s and as one of the most inventive albums of its generation - the album had a huge effect on 90s popular culture, bringing acid house and rock n roll to a unified mainstream audience that had until that point been disparate and underground.
CD1: RE-MASTERED ALBUM (RE-MASTERED BY PRIMAL SCREAM & KEVIN SHIELDS)
1. Movin’ On Up
2. Slip Inside This House
3. Don’t Fight It, Feel It
4. Higher Than The Sun
5. Inner Flight
6. Come Together
7. Loaded
8. Damaged
9. I’m Comin’ Down
10. Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts)
11. Shine Like Stars
CD2: LIVE IN L.A., 1992 (Tracklisting to follow)
CD3: SCREAMADELICA MIXES
Loaded
1. Farley Mix 7”
2. Loaded 7”
Come Together
3. Farley 7”
4. 7” Mix (Wetherall
5. Terry Farley Extended 12” Mix
6. Hypnotone Brain machine Mix
7. BBG Mix
Higher Than The Sun
8. Higher Than The Orb
9. Higher Than The Sun 12”
10. American Spring Mix
Don’t Fight It
11. 7” Edit
12. Graham Massey Mix
13. Scat Mix
14. High, High, High (Massey)
Bonus
1. I’m Losing More Than I Ever Had
2. Ramblin Rose
CD4: THE DIXIE NARCO EP (RE-MASTERED)
1. ‘Movin’ On Up’
2. ‘Stone My Soul’
3. ‘Carry Me Home’
4. ‘Screamadelica’
LP1 & 2: RE-MASTERED ALBUM – GATEFOLD 2LP
A1 ‘Movin’ On Up’
A2 ‘Slip Inside This House’
A3 ‘Don’t Fight It, Feel It’
B1 ‘Higher Than The Sun’
B2 ‘Inner Flight’
B3 ‘Come Together’
C1 ‘Loaded’
C2 ‘Damaged’
C3 ‘I’m Comin’ Down’
D1 ‘Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony in Two Parts)’
D2 ‘Shine Like Stars’
DVD (NTSC Format): ‘THE MAKING OF SCREAMADELICA’ DOCUMENTARY – 30 MINS
Includes brand new interviews with the band and a track by track analysis from those who were there.
BONUS VIDEOS
1. ‘Screamadelica’
2. ‘Movin’ On Up’
3. ‘Slip Inside This House’
4. ‘Don’t Fight It, Feel It’
5. ‘Higher Than The Sun’
6. ‘Come Together’
7. ‘Damaged’
8. ‘Loaded’
9. ‘Shine Like Stars’
10. ‘Inner Flight’
EXTRAS: MERCHANDISE
Original Tour T-shirt replicated by ‘Worn By’ (Size L)
50 Page Perfect Bound Book – crammed full of unseen photos and brand new interviews with the band on the making of the album.
12” DJ Slip Mat
Since its release in September 1991, the inaugural Mercury Prize-winning record has influenced countless bands and artists, been widely acclaimed by critics as one of the defining records of the 1990’s and as one of the most inventive albums of its generation - the album had a huge effect on 90s popular culture, bringing acid house and rock n roll to a unified mainstream audience that had until that point been disparate and underground.
CD1: RE-MASTERED ALBUM (RE-MASTERED BY PRIMAL SCREAM & KEVIN SHIELDS)
1. Movin’ On Up
2. Slip Inside This House
3. Don’t Fight It, Feel It
4. Higher Than The Sun
5. Inner Flight
6. Come Together
7. Loaded
8. Damaged
9. I’m Comin’ Down
10. Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts)
11. Shine Like Stars
CD2: LIVE IN L.A., 1992 (Tracklisting to follow)
CD3: SCREAMADELICA MIXES
Loaded
1. Farley Mix 7”
2. Loaded 7”
Come Together
3. Farley 7”
4. 7” Mix (Wetherall
5. Terry Farley Extended 12” Mix
6. Hypnotone Brain machine Mix
7. BBG Mix
Higher Than The Sun
8. Higher Than The Orb
9. Higher Than The Sun 12”
10. American Spring Mix
Don’t Fight It
11. 7” Edit
12. Graham Massey Mix
13. Scat Mix
14. High, High, High (Massey)
Bonus
1. I’m Losing More Than I Ever Had
2. Ramblin Rose
CD4: THE DIXIE NARCO EP (RE-MASTERED)
1. ‘Movin’ On Up’
2. ‘Stone My Soul’
3. ‘Carry Me Home’
4. ‘Screamadelica’
LP1 & 2: RE-MASTERED ALBUM – GATEFOLD 2LP
A1 ‘Movin’ On Up’
A2 ‘Slip Inside This House’
A3 ‘Don’t Fight It, Feel It’
B1 ‘Higher Than The Sun’
B2 ‘Inner Flight’
B3 ‘Come Together’
C1 ‘Loaded’
C2 ‘Damaged’
C3 ‘I’m Comin’ Down’
D1 ‘Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony in Two Parts)’
D2 ‘Shine Like Stars’
DVD (NTSC Format): ‘THE MAKING OF SCREAMADELICA’ DOCUMENTARY – 30 MINS
Includes brand new interviews with the band and a track by track analysis from those who were there.
BONUS VIDEOS
1. ‘Screamadelica’
2. ‘Movin’ On Up’
3. ‘Slip Inside This House’
4. ‘Don’t Fight It, Feel It’
5. ‘Higher Than The Sun’
6. ‘Come Together’
7. ‘Damaged’
8. ‘Loaded’
9. ‘Shine Like Stars’
10. ‘Inner Flight’
EXTRAS: MERCHANDISE
Original Tour T-shirt replicated by ‘Worn By’ (Size L)
50 Page Perfect Bound Book – crammed full of unseen photos and brand new interviews with the band on the making of the album.
12” DJ Slip Mat
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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The past few years have seen a host of classic albums repackaged and reissued to mark various anniversaries, but this amazing box set is most definitely the big daddy of `em all.
Put together to mark twenty years since the original release of the ground breaking "Screamadelica" in 1991, the box itself is made out of strong plastic, and after removing the lid it's time to dig in.
The contents are in layers and begin with the t-shirt packaged in a plastic bag. A circular slate grey card featuring the "Screamadelica" logo separates each item. The cards have a semi-circular indent so that you can fit a finger in and easily lift them out. Layer two features the 48 page booklet with a major interview with Bobby Gillespie and Andrew Innes, a piece by producer Andrew Weatherall plus loads of photos, and a detailed track listing of the CD's and LP's.
On layer three you will find a sealed set of art cards featuring detail from the sleeves of the "Screamadelica" singles. Below them is the first of the two remastered LP's. These are 180-gram pressings with pristine sound, and feature new labels. But be warned - they do not come with inner sleeves. A very bad decision! Sandwiched between the records is the DJ slip mat. The card that the records and mat sit on has a ribbon pull so that all can be lifted up and out with great ease. Below them sits a foam rubber tray holding all four CD's plus the DVD although you have to remove all four discs to get at the DVD! Again all the music has been supremely remastered by Primal Scream with help from the god-like Kevin Shields, whilst the DVD features a track-by-track breakdown of the album, and interviews with all the main protagonists, plus loads of promo videos. Every Primal Scream fan in the land is going to want one of these beauties, but you had better hurry as only 5000 copies have been made. Glorious stuff!
Put together to mark twenty years since the original release of the ground breaking "Screamadelica" in 1991, the box itself is made out of strong plastic, and after removing the lid it's time to dig in.
The contents are in layers and begin with the t-shirt packaged in a plastic bag. A circular slate grey card featuring the "Screamadelica" logo separates each item. The cards have a semi-circular indent so that you can fit a finger in and easily lift them out. Layer two features the 48 page booklet with a major interview with Bobby Gillespie and Andrew Innes, a piece by producer Andrew Weatherall plus loads of photos, and a detailed track listing of the CD's and LP's.
On layer three you will find a sealed set of art cards featuring detail from the sleeves of the "Screamadelica" singles. Below them is the first of the two remastered LP's. These are 180-gram pressings with pristine sound, and feature new labels. But be warned - they do not come with inner sleeves. A very bad decision! Sandwiched between the records is the DJ slip mat. The card that the records and mat sit on has a ribbon pull so that all can be lifted up and out with great ease. Below them sits a foam rubber tray holding all four CD's plus the DVD although you have to remove all four discs to get at the DVD! Again all the music has been supremely remastered by Primal Scream with help from the god-like Kevin Shields, whilst the DVD features a track-by-track breakdown of the album, and interviews with all the main protagonists, plus loads of promo videos. Every Primal Scream fan in the land is going to want one of these beauties, but you had better hurry as only 5000 copies have been made. Glorious stuff!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I also just recieved my boxset, and i am unbelievably happy with it. The packaging itself is a work of art alone, and will stand the test of time as it is made from a hard plastic material. The tracklistings are engraved into the base and the iconic artwork on the lid.
The audio quality is superb, the remaster has been perfectly done - not too much of a difference (it didnt need it!) but the sound quality is 10 x better than it ever was. The vinlys are all heavy weight, and sit well on the slip mat!
The book is a real treat for a fan like me, really intersting stories about the creation of the album from James Brown and the band and loads of behind the scenes photos from Grant Fleming.
T-shirt is a large, really good quality, and lucklily fits me a treat!
Really impressed with this, worth every penny and more.
The audio quality is superb, the remaster has been perfectly done - not too much of a difference (it didnt need it!) but the sound quality is 10 x better than it ever was. The vinlys are all heavy weight, and sit well on the slip mat!
The book is a real treat for a fan like me, really intersting stories about the creation of the album from James Brown and the band and loads of behind the scenes photos from Grant Fleming.
T-shirt is a large, really good quality, and lucklily fits me a treat!
Really impressed with this, worth every penny and more.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Just received the Screamadelica Box Set. Here are a few pointers to those thinking of buying this item. The quality of the remastering is very good, I noticed a difference whilst listening to it. There is little I can say about Screamadelica that has not been said by much more learned people but, what I will say is that this album influenced a generation of people of which I am one. Personally, I never tire of hearing the songs, particularly Damaged and Higher Than the Sun. The Dixie Narco EP is also included in the Box Set which is worthwhile and is often overlooked, so don't skip it, give it a blast. As for the remixes, they are a mixed bunch and some have dated better than others, so be warned. The live CD I enjoyed and I am not a great fan of certain live CDs, many being poor quality recordings.
As for the other goodies included there are the vinyl LPs which are great for anyone who still owns a turntable. One quibble though. It would have been nice if the LPs were in proper sleeves rather than between the cardboard separators. The Paul Cannel cards show the work of the late designer and great examples of his work. The t-shirt is reasonable quality, although anyone larger than a size large will be disappointed or seeking a diet book. The book included is well written by James Brown and is a good read and Bobby tells all about that time. There is also a DVD which deals with the Making of Screamadelica and is worth taking the time to watch.
On the whole, this is one of the best box sets I have purchased although the price might be a bit steep for many people.
As for the other goodies included there are the vinyl LPs which are great for anyone who still owns a turntable. One quibble though. It would have been nice if the LPs were in proper sleeves rather than between the cardboard separators. The Paul Cannel cards show the work of the late designer and great examples of his work. The t-shirt is reasonable quality, although anyone larger than a size large will be disappointed or seeking a diet book. The book included is well written by James Brown and is a good read and Bobby tells all about that time. There is also a DVD which deals with the Making of Screamadelica and is worth taking the time to watch.
On the whole, this is one of the best box sets I have purchased although the price might be a bit steep for many people.
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