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| The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness Super Deluxe Box Set |
 The Smashing Pumpkins released what would become one of the most iconic works of the decade: the sprawling double album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness. Now, thirty years later, the band is returning with a special deluxe reissue expanding on the original album, including eighty minutes of previously unreleased recordings from the 1996 tour in support of the album.Three new versions of Mellon Collie are now available via UMe. The album and live material has hit DSPs, while a four-disc deluxe edition CD package, featuring new liner notes written by Billy Corgan is also now available. The band has also put together a limited edition boxset essential for the diehard fans, including Mellon Collie and the 1996 Infinite Sadness tour audio on four CDs and six LPs, the new liner notes in a hardbound book, a custom tarot card deck, and seven frameable lithographs, all housed in a velvet slipcase with a cloth carrying bag. Included in all versions, the 1996 live material is a holy grail for longtime Pumpkins devotees. Only recently discovered, the recordings showcase the original lineup at the height of their powers. “Unearthing these live recordings from the original lineup’s true, last large-scale tour was a labour of love, and for me certainly a bittersweet as once we blew apart in 1996, we were never quite the same: be it emotionally, or spiritually,” says Corgan... Continue reading: The Smashing Pumpkins 30th Anniversary Reissue Of Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness Super Deluxe Box Set in News. |
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