''This Is the Devo Box'' is a seven-disc CD

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compilation of albums by

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new wave band

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, released only in Japan in 2008. It contains all six of the band's studio albums for

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, spanning the years 1978 to 1984, as well as a greatly expanded version of the 1981 ''

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'' EP, identical to the 1999

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CD release. The box features exclusive remasters by mastering engineer Isao Kikuchi and the albums are packaged in miniature LP sleeves with miniaturized versions of the original artwork and pack-ins. The box does not include

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, although this edition of the ''

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'' album includes the track " Working in the Coalmine," originally included as a bonus

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in some early pressings of the LP.

*'' Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!'' (1978) *''

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'' (1979) *''

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'' (1980) *''

'' (1981) *''

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'' (1982) *'' Shout'' (1984) *''

'' (1981/1999)

Record Store Day LP edition

An exclusive vinyl LP version of the box set was released by

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for

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2019. This edition was limited to 3,000 copies worldwide and does not include ''DEV-O Live''. Additionally, the outer box was red (as opposed to the original silver color of the CD edition) and each LP was pressed on different colored vinyl: yellow, purple, red, blue, gold and green, respectively.

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Contents

Record Store Day LP edition

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