Rufus Wainwright House of Rufus Box Set
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Description
House of Rufus is a collection of six studio albums, two live albums (one being a double album), four additional albums of previously unreleased material, and six DVDs recorded by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, reissued as a 19-disc box set in the United Kingdom on July 18, 2011. Wainwright's official site claimed that the collection "spans Rufus' entire career and represents the most complete collection of Rufus Wainwright recordings to date."
The box set's title commemorates his five-night residency of the same name at London's Royal Opera House during July 18–23, 2011. Only 3,000 copies were produced for worldwide distribution. The collection contains "hard-to-find" tracks and is encased in a red velvet-covered book.
The box set contains six studio albums: Rufus Wainwright (1998), Poses (2001), Want One (2003), Want Two(2004), Release the Stars (2007), and All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu (2010). Each of the albums contain material that was not released previously. Also included are two live albums—the Grammy-nominated 2007 double album Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall, and Milwaukee at Last!!!, released in 2009—each with previously unreleased tracks, along with four additional albums of rarities and six DVDs. Musicians described as "friends and family members" who appear on one disc of collaborations include Kate & Anna McGarrigle, The Pet Shop Boys, Teddy Thompson, Martha Wainwright, and Loudon Wainwright III. Another disc contains demo tracks from the tape which earned Wainwright a recording contract. DVD recordings include: Live at the Fillmore, Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live from the London Palladium, Milwaukee at Last!!!, a collection of Release the Starscommentary and live performances, All I Want and Prima Donna: The Making of an Opera. House of Rufus contains approximately thirty unreleased or "hard-to-find" tracks. The collection is encased in a "red velvet-covered 90-page hardback book" featuring lyrics, photos and liner notes by Neil Tennant, Linda Thompson, Lenny Waronker, Martha Wainwright, and Rufus himself. Wainwright dedicated the box set to publicist Barbara Charone, "without whom it wouldn't have been possible".
The item comes without the posters.
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