Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Samhain - Box Set (2000)

The Samhain Box Set was released in 2000, more than 13 years after Samhain effectively ceased recording and performing. The set's five CDs and one VHS tape compile nearly all of the band's original catalogue, newly remastered for the original mastertapes, and a wealth of previously unreleased material, the latter of which includes a live CD and a VHS video cassette of live footage.
Of Samhain's previous official releases, only the original mix of the Unholy Passion EP was not included in the Box Set; conjecture is that the original master tapes had been lost over the years, or were erased when Danzig re-recorded the guitar and some vocal tracks to those songs in June 1987.
The Box Set initially retailed at around $60.00 USD, and is now out of print. If pre-ordered online through distributor E-Magine Music's website, the first pressing of the Box Set was shipped two weeks prior to the street date, and was packaged with a bonus metal pin of the "scarecrow beast" character that appeared on Samhain T-shirts in the 1980s (similar to the one on the cover of the November-Coming-Fire album). In all pressings, each of the five CDs came in its own "mini-LP" sleeve within the box, but when they were re-released individually the following year, these sleeves were replaced with normal CD jewel-cases.
Source: Wikipedia


Tracklist:
Disc 1/Initium: 1. Intrium/Samhain, 2. Black Dream, 3. All Murder, All Guts, All Fun, 4. Macabre, 5. He-Who-Can-Not-Be-Named, 6. Horror Biz, 7. The Shift, 8. The Howl, 9. Archangel.
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Disc 2/Unholy Passion: 1. Unholy Passion, 2. All Hell, 3. Moribund, 4. The Hungry End, 5. Misery Tomb, 6. I Am Misery.
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Disc 3/Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire: 1. Diablos '88, 2. In My Grip, 3. Mother of Mercy, 4. To Walk the Night, 5. Birthright, 6. Let the Day Begin, 7. Halloween II, 8. November's Fire, 9. Kiss of Steel, 10. Unbridled, 11. Human Pony Girl.
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Disc 4/Final Descent: 1. Night Chill, 2. Descent, 3. Death... In Its Arms, 4. Lords of the Left Hand, 5. The Birthing, 6. Twist of Cain, 7. Lords of the Left Hand (2nd Version), 8. Trouble, 9. Possession.
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Disc 5/Samhain Live '85-'86: 1. All Hell, 2. Samhain, 3. The Shift, 4. The Howl, 5. Unholy Passion, 6. All Murder, All Guts, All Fun, 7. I Am Misery, 8. The Hungy End, 9. Horror Biz, 10. He-Who-Can-Not-Be-Named, 11. Black Dream, 12. Death Comes Ripping, 13. Mother of Mercy, 14. To Walk the Night, 15. Halloween II, 16. In My Grip, 17. London Dungeon, 18. Archangel.
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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gracias, amigo.

Now I just gotta hunt down that pin. That thing has got some tats.

Anonymous said...

i have been searching for this stuff for so long. Now that i found out i like to thank you so much, best wishes from Brasil!!

Anonymous said...

thanks a ton!

Anonymous said...

thaaaaaank youu!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

THANK YOU!!!
still works

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Awesome post, thanks for the 320 rips. The song "The Shift" skips on the first disc, though :[ Otherwise great!

Anonymous said...

AWESOME MAN !!!!!!!!

mil gracias (: