PIL PUBLIC IMAGE METAL BOX
  £   26
  $   34

 


£ 26 Sold For
Oct 8, 2007 Sold Date
Oct 1, 2007 Start Date
£   2 Start price
10   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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This is a chance to get your hands on a complete PIL Metal Box

The box contains 3 x 12" records in great condition each with original circle paper dividers in-between also the paper insert white with red printing titling the tracks and credits etc.

The tin is in a un-dented condition but has lost its shine over the years! (but at 28 years old what can we expect)

 Track listing

 Metal Box

The track listing for the original release is as follows:

  1. "Albatross"
  2. "Memories"
  3. "Swan Lake"
  4. "Poptones"
  5. "Careering"
  6. "No Birds"
  7. "Graveyard"
  8. "The Suit"
  9. "Bad Baby"
  10. "Socialist"
  11. "Chant"
  12. "Radio 4"

"Swan Lake" is an alternate version of the earlier PiL single "Death Disco".

"Graveyard" is an instrumental version of "Another", the B-side of the "Memories" single.

Metal Box was the second album by Public Image Ltd. and released in 1979 by Virgin Records. The title refers to the album's original packaging, which consists of a metal 16mm film canister embossed with the band's logo and containing three 12" records. The album was reissued in 1980 as a double album titled Second Edition.

The production of Metal Box was key to the highly abstract, avantgarde nature of this album, characterized by a huge low-end bass sound inspired by dub music, a unique, "metallic" guitar sound (guitarist Keith Levene played aluminium-constructed guitars), and amplified by the sonic impact of the original release format as 12", 45rpm records. In 2003, the album was ranked number 469 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

The Metal Box packaging was innovative and surprisingly inexpensive, costing little more to the label than the cost of printed sleeves for equivalent 12" releases (although Virgin did ask for a refund of 1/3 of the band's advance due to the cost). After an initial release of 60,000 units, the album was re-released in 1980 as Second Edition, a double LP with a gatefold sleeve.I do also have this copy and if your interested please contact me or wait for the listing ...

The tin still also has the sticker on the base (Metal 1)


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