Blur • Blur 21 {The Box, 18 CD + 3DVD, Limited Edition} (2012)

A special edition from Blur to celebrate the 21st anniversary of their first single. There are 21 discs in total. 7 studio albums extended and remastered. 4 discs with rare recordings of the group, some of which have never been seen before.Blur formed in 1989 as Seymour in Colchester, composed of Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon (1989-2002, 2009- ), Alex James (2), and Dave Rowntree.
Blur's early releases (the singles "There's No Other Way", "Bang", "She's So High", "I Know", and the album "Leisure") were considered indie or alternative rock, heavily influenced by the danceable rhythms of "baggy" bands like The Stone Roses and noisepop bands like My Bloody Valentine, with strains of weirder ideas running throughout, like Syd Barrett (this was often more readily apparent on several single B-sides, where the group let loose its more atavistic, dark side). By 1992, the group was keen on reinventing themselves with a newer, smarter sound and sense of purpose, eschewing the sounds that were coming out of the U.S. specifically, and returning to a retro spectrum of British rock and pop music: British Invasion groups, Mod groups, Psychedelic Rock, even nostalgic music from World War II. They released their second album, "Modern Life Is Rubbish", in 1993, to moderate success and began attracting attention for their stubborn determination to lead Britain out of the miasma that was the grunge years.

Building on the qualified success of "Modern Life Is Rubbish" and its accompanying singles, and aided by groups like Suede, Blur rolled out the carpet for the Britpop cultural movement that would all but engulf the UK for two years, releasing in 1994 what was essentially seen by the general public as the Britpop flagship album, "Parklife". Everything changed culturally, and Blur was riding the crest of that cultural wave. Following rapidly on the heels of the tipping point that was "Parklife", the group's 1995 album "The Great Escape" was a vividly nervy and somewhat cartoonish version of the same formula. It left the group with a hangover that it determined it could only cure by taking several steps back from the Britpop sound and culture. The group re-embraced America, digging into influences like Pavement, Dinosaur Jr., The Pixies.

By the time Blur's fifth studio album, "Blur", came out in 1997, the group had all but severed ties from Britpop and were returning to the same noisy, somewhat spastic experimentalism that was a hallmark of their pre-Blur early days in the late 1980s as a indie artrock group Seymour, only this time the music informed by a broader range of influences. Subsequent albums "13" and "Think Tank" further increased the group's distance from Britpop, eventually encompassing a great diversity of sounds and influences from all over the globe. On February 19, 2015, Blur made a surprise announcement that they'd finished a new album, "The Magic Whip", to be made available to the public on April 25, 2015, and also released a new song, "Go Out".

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Tracklist :::
CD 1:
01. She's So High (4:46)
02. Bang (3:37)
03. Slow Down (3:11)
04. Repetition (5:26)
05. Bad Day (4:24)
06. Sing (6:01)
07. There's No Other Way (3:25)
08. Fool (3:14)
09. Come Together (3:52)
10. High Cool (3:38)
11. Birthday (3:50)
12. Wear Me Down (4:52)

CD 2:
01. I Know (Extended Mix) (6:31)
02. Down (5:59)
03. There's No Other Way (Extended Version) (3:59)
04. Inertia (3:49)
05. Mr. Briggs (3:59)
06. I'm All Over (2:00)
07. Won't Do It (3:20)
08. Day Upon Day (Live) (4:14)
09. There's No Other Way (Blur Remix) (4:57)
10. Bang (Extended Version) (4:26)
11. Explain (2:45)
12. Luminous (3:14)
13. Berserk (6:43)
14. Uncle Love (2:31)
15. I Love Her (Demo) (3:36)
16. Close (3:03)




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Tracklist :::
CD 1:
01. For Tomorrow (4:21)
02. Advert (3:45)
03. Colin Zeal (3:16)
04. Pressure On Julian (3:32)
05. Star Shaped (3:27)
06. Blue Jeans (3:55)
07. Chemical World / Intermission (6:34)
08. Sunday Sunday (2:38)
09. Oily Water (5:01)
10. Miss America (5:35)
11. Villa Rosie (3:55)
12. Coping (3:25)
13. Turn It Up (3:23)
14. Resigned / Commercial Break (6:13)

CD 2:
01. Popscene (3:15)
02. Mace (3:26)
03. Badgeman Brown (4:48)
04. I'm Fine (3:04)
05. Garden Central (6:00)
06. For Tomorrow (Visit To Primrose Hill Extended) (6:01)
07. Into Another (3:55)
08. Peach (3:58)
09. Bone Bag (4:04)
10. Hanging Over (4:28)
11. When The Cows Come Home (3:50)
12. Beachcoma (3:38)
13. Chemical World (Reworked) (3:45)
14. Es Schmecht (3:37)
15. Young And Lovely (5:03)
16. Maggie May (4:06)
17. My Ark (5:57)
18. Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Made For Two) (2:48)
19. Let's All Go Down The Strand (3:42)




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Tracklist :::
CD 1:
01. Girls & Boys (4:51)
02. Tracy Jacks (4:20)
03. End Of A Century (2:46)
04. Parklife (3:05)
05. Bank Holiday (1:42)
06. Badhead (3:26)
07. The Debt Collector (2:11)
08. Far Out (1:38)
09. To The End (4:05)
10. London Loves (4:15)
11. Trouble In The Message Centre (4:09)
12. Clover Over Dover (3:22)
13. Magic America (3:38)
14. Jubilee (2:48)
15. This Is A Low (5:17)
16. Lot 105 (1:19)

CD 2:
01. Magpie (4:16)
02. Anniversary Waltz (1:23)
03. People In Europe (3:28)
04. Peter Panic (4:22)
05. Girls And Boys (Pet Shop Boys 12'' Remix) (7:17)
06. Threadneedle Street (3:18)
07. Got Yer! (1:48)
08. Beard (1:45)
09. To The End (French Version) (4:06)
10. Supa Shoppa (3:02)
11. Theme From An Imaginary Film (3:35)
12. Red Necks (2:54)
13. Alex's Song (2:45)
14. Jubilee (Acoustic BBC Live Version) (2:33)
15. Parklife (Acoustic BBC Live Version) (3:00)
16. End Of A Century (Acoustic Version) (2:44)




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Tracklist :::
CD 1:
01. Stereotypes (3:11)
02. Country House (3:57)
03. Best Days (4:49)
04. Charmless Man (3:34)
05. Fade Away (4:19)
06. Top Man (4:01)
07. The Universal (3:59)
08. Mr. Robinson's Quango (4:01)
09. He Thought Of Cars (4:16)
10. It Could Be You (3:13)
11. Ernold Same (2:07)
12. Globe Alone (2:23)
13. Dan Abnormal (3:24)
14. Entertain Me (4:19)
15. Yuko And Hiro (5:24)

CD 2:
01. One Born Every Minute (2:19)
02. To The End (La Comédie Featuring Françoise Hardy) (5:06)
03. Ultranol (2:43)
04. No Monsters In Me (3:38)
05. Entertain Me (Live It!) Remix (7:17)
06. The Man Who Left Himself (3:23)
07. Tame (4:47)
08. Ludwig (2:24)
09. The Horrors (3:18)
10. A Song (1:45)
11. St Louis (3:14)
12. Country House (Live At Mile End) (4:58)
13. Girls & Boys (Live At Mile End) (5:03)
14. Parklife (Live At Mile End) (3:43)
15. For Tomorrow (Live At Mile End) (7:02)
16. Charmless Man (Live At Budokan) (3:22)
17. Chemical World (Live At Budokan) (4:12)
18. Eine Kleine Lift Musik (4:19)




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Tracklist :::
CD 1:
01. Beetlebum (5:05)
02. Song 2 (2:01)
03. Country Sad Ballad Man (4:50)
04. M.O.R. (3:27)
05. On Your Own (4:26)
06. Theme From Retro (3:37)
07. You're So Great (3:36)
08. Death Of A Party (4:34)
09. Chinese Bombs (1:25)
10. I'm Just A Killer For Your Love (4:12)
11. Look Inside America (3:50)
12. Strange News From Another Star (4:03)
13. Movin' On (3:43)
14. Essex Dogs (8:10)

CD 2:
01. All Your Life (4:12)
02. A Spell (For Money) (3:30)
03. Woodpigeon Song (1:43)
04. Dancehall (3:11)
05. Get Out Of Cities (4:03)
06. Polished Stone (2:43)
07. Bustin' + Dronin' (6:32)
08. M.O.R. (Road Version) (3:02)
09. Swalows In The Heatwave (2:33)
10. Death Of A Party (7'' Remix) (4:19)
11. Cowboy Song (4:07)
12. Beetlebum (Live Acoustic) (4:34)
13. On Your Own (Live Acoustic) (4:11)
14. Country Sad Ballad Man (Live Acoustic) (4:44)
15. This Is A Low (Live Acoustic) (3:32)
16. M.O.R. (Live In Utrecht) (3:18)
17. Death Of A Party (Live In Utrecht) (4:16)
18. Song 2 (Live In Utrecht) (2:07)




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Tracklist :::
CD 1:
01. Tender (7:41)
02. Bugman (4:48)
03. Coffee & TV (5:59)
04. Swamp Song (4:37)
05. 1992 (5:29)
06. B.L.U.R.E.M.I. (2:52)
07. Battle (7:44)
08. Mellow Song (3:57)
09. Trailerpark (4:27)
10. Caramel (7:38)
11. Trimm Trabb (5:38)
12. No Distance Left To Run (3:28)
13. Optigan 1 (2:34)

CD 2:
01. French Song (8:21)
02. All We Want (4:33)
03. Mellow Jam (3:56)
04. X-Offender (Damon / Control Freak's Bugman Remix) (5:38)
05. Coyote (Dave's Bugman Remix) (3:50)
06. Trade Stylee (Alex's Bugman Remix) (5:58)
07. Metal Hip Slop (Graham's Bugman Remix) (4:16)
08. So You (4:11)
09. Beagle 2 (2:54)
10. Tender (Cornelius Remix) (5:23)
11. Far Out (Beagle 2 Remix) (3:58)
12. I Got Law (Demo) (2:43)
13. Music Is My Radar (5:29)
14. Black Book (8:31)




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Tracklist :::
CD 1:
01. Ambulance (5:09)
02. Out Of Time (3:51)
03. Crazy Beat (3:15)
04. Good Song (3:09)
05. On The Way To The Club (3:48)
06. Brothers And Sisters (3:47)
07. Caravan (4:36)
08. We've Got A File On You (1:02)
09. Moroccan Peoples Revolutionary Bowls Club (3:03)
10. Sweet Song (4:01)
11. Jets (6:25)
12. Gene By Gene (3:49)
13. Battery In Your Leg / Me, White Noise (11:35)

CD 2:
01. Money Makes Me Crazy (Marrakech Mix) (2:53)
02. Tune 2 (3:48)
03. The Outsider (5:14)
04. Don't Be (2:40)
05. Morricone (4:50)
06. Me, White Noise (Alternate Version) (6:44)
07. Some Glad Morning (4:19)
08. Don't Be (Acoustic Mix) (2:39)
09. Sweet Song (Demo) (3:50)
10. Caravan (Zoë Ball XFM Session) (4:15)
11. End Of A Century (Zoë Ball XFM Session) (2:41)
12. Good Song (Zoë Ball XFM Session) (3:31)
13. Out Of Time (Zoë Ball XFM Session) (3:36)
14. Tender (Zoë Ball XFM Session) (6:21)




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Tracklist :::
CD 1:
01. Dizzy (Seymour Rehearsal & Demo) (3:34)
02. Mixed Up (Seymour Rehearsal & Demo) (3:52)
03. Birthday (Seymour Demo) (4:33)
04. Sing (To Me) (Sing Demo, Released To Fan Club Dec 1999) (5:29)
05. Fool (Seymour 4 Track Demo, 30 July 1999) (2:37)
06. She's So High (Seymour Rehearsal) (11:33)
07. Won't Do It (Demo, Released To Fan Club April 2002) (3:12)
08. I Know (Falconer Studio Demo) (3:56)
09. Repetition (Falconer Studio Demo) (5:13)
10. High Cool (7'' Master) (3:40)
11. Always (I'm Fine Early Version) (2:58)
12. Come Together (Demo, Released To Fan Club April 2002) (3:34)
13. I'm All Over (Demo) (1:52)
14. Wear Me Down (Demo) (5:33)

CD 2:
01. I Love Her (Alternate Version) (3:40)
02. Popscene (1991 Demo) (3:45)
03. Beached Whale (4 Track Demo June 1992) (3:24)
04. Death Of A Party (Demo Released To Fan Club August 1996) (3:41)
05. Pap Pop (4 Track Demo Recorded June 1992) (2:25)
06. Pressure On Julian (Demo) (4:27)
07. Colin Zeal (Demo) (3:32)
08. Sunday Sunday (Demo) (2:12)
09. Never Clever (Demo, Released On Food Compilation 'Food 100' In 1997) (2:52)
10. Advert (Demo) (3:45)
11. Star Shaped (Demo) (3:05)
12. She Don't Mind (Blue Jeans Demo) (3:52)
13. Coping (Andy Partridge Version) (3:22)
14. Sunday Sleep (Sunday Sunday Andy Partridge Version) (3:31)
15. Seven Days (Andy Partridge Version) (3:42)
16. Kazoo (Turn It Up Early Version) (3:16)
17. The Wassailing Song (7'' Giveaway At Hibernian Club Gig, Fulham On 16 December 1992) (3:24)
18. When The Cows Come Home (Demo) (3:26)
19. For Tomorrow (Mix 1 - Early Demo) (4:15)
20. Magpie (Early Demo) (2:05)




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Tracklist :::
CD 1:
01. Parklife (Demo) (3:09)
02. Clover Over Dover (Demo) (2:55)
03. Jubilee (Demo) (2:51)
04. One A Minute (One Born Every Minute Demo) (2:14)
05. Badhead (Demo) (3:07)
06. Far Out (Electric Version) (3:17)
07. The Debt Collector (Demo) (2:12)
08. Trouble In The Message Centre (Demo) (3:37)
09. Red Necks (Take 1) (2:46)
10. Red Necks (Take 2) (1:00)
11. Alex's Song (Demo) (3:10)
12. Cross Channel Love (Home Demo) (3:17)
13. Ernold Same (Demo) (1:20)
14. Saturday Morning (Demo) (4:33)
15. Hope You Find Your Suburb (Eine Kleine Lift Musick Full Band Demo) (4:13)
16. Rico (Fade Away Demo) (5:08)
17. Bored House Wives (Entertain Me Early Version) (4:57)

CD 2:
01. Beetlebum (Demo) (3:00)
02. On Your Own (Mario Caldato Jr Mix) (4:21)
03. Woodpigeon Song (Original Full Length) (3:01)
04. Battle (Jam, Mayfair Studios 11 August 1998) (5:46)
05. Caramel (Ambient) (7:47)
06. So You (Alternative Version) (3:46)
07. Squeezebox (Music Is My Radar Alternative Version) (6:34)
08. Jawbone (Black Book Alternative Version) (5:33)
09. ''1'' (3:39)
10. ''3'' (4:50)
11. Sir Elton John's Cock (1:24)
12. Avoid The Traffic (1:30)
13. Money Makes Me Crazy (Deepest Darkest Devon Mix) (2:29)
14. Don't Bomb When You're The Bomb (Previously Released On A 7'' Promo) (3:59)
15. Nutter (2:42)
16. Piano (3:19)
17. Kissing Time (Marianne Faithfull Featuring Blur) (5:39)
18. Fool's Day (3:29)
19. Under The Westway (Early Version) (4:18)




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DVD 1 - Showtime - Live At Alexandra Palace, 7 October 1994
01. Lot 105
02. Sunday Sunday
03. Jubilee
04. Tracy Jacks
05. Magic America
06. End Of A Century
07. Popscene
08. Trouble In The Message Center
09. She's So High
10. Chemical World
11. Badhead
12. There's No Other Way
13. To The End
14. Advert
15. Sup Shoppa
16. Mr Robinson's Quango
17. Parklife
18. Girls & Boys
19. Bank Holiday
20. This Is A Low

DVD 2 - The Singles Night - Live At Wembley Arena, 11 December 1999
01. I Know
02. She's So High
03. There's No Other Way
04. Popscene
05. For Tomorrow
06. Chemical World
07. Girls & Boys
08. To The End
09. Parklife
10. End Of A Century
11. Country House
12 . The Universal
13. Charmless Man
14. Beetlebum
15. Song 2
16. On My Own
17. MOR
18. Tender
19. Coffee & TV
20. No Distance Left To Run

DVD 3 - Live 13 & Bonus Footage
Live 13 :
01. BLUREMI
02. No Distance Left To Run
03. Tender
04. Battle
05. Beetlegum
06. Bugman
07. Trimm Trabb
08. Mellow Song
09. Song 2

Bonus Tracks :
10. Seymour - Dizzy
11. Blur - There's No Other Way (BBC Live Version) (1st TV Performance)
12. Blur With Françoise Hardy - To The End (La Comédie) (French Promo Video)
13. Blur - It Could Be You (Japanese Promo Video)
14. Blur - Music Is My Radar (Promo Video)
15. Blur - Out Of Time (Promo Video)
16. Blur - Crazy Beat (Promo Video)
17. Blur - Good Song (Promo Video)

Add. information :
Live 13 : full show previously unreleased.
Bonus Tracks :
Tracks 1-4 previously unreleased.
Track 5 previously available to download.
Track 6-8 previously available on CD / DVD singles.