''Your Box Set Pet (The Complete Recordings 1980–1984)'' is a three-disc
box set
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Music
Artists and bands ...
compilation album by English
new wave band
Bow Wow Wow
Bow Wow Wow are an English new wave band, created by manager Malcolm McLaren in 1980. McLaren recruited members of Adam and the Ants to form the band behind 13-year-old Annabella Lwin on vocals. They released their debut EP '' Your Cassette ...
, released on 25 May 2018 by
Cherry Red Records
Cherry Red Records is a British independent record label founded in Malvern, Worcestershire by Iain McNay in 1978. The label has released recordings by Dead Kennedys, Everything But the Girl, The Monochrome Set, and Felt, among others, as well ...
.
Disc one of the set consists of their first full-length studio album for
RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also A ...
, ''
'' (1981), in its entirety, plus ten bonus tracks. The cover of the sleeve is the band's take on
Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet (, ; ; 23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
Born ...
’s ''
Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe'' that was used on the cover of the original album and the
EP ''
Last of the Mohicans
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It is the second book of the '' Leatherstocking Tales'' pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. '' The Pathfind ...
'' (1982).
Disc two consists of their second full-length RCA album, ''
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
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The phrase is an example of antimetabole.
The origin of the phrase has been attributed to various sources. It appears to come from American football par ...
'' (1983), in its entirety, plus eight bonus tracks.
The third disc, subtitled ''Singles, B-Sides & Remixes'', contains their debut single, "
C·30 C·60 C·90 Go
"C·30 C·60 C·90 Go" is the debut single by English new wave band Bow Wow Wow. It was written by Malcolm McLaren, Matthew Ashman, Leigh Gorman and Dave Barbarossa. Originally only released on cassette, it was the world's first-ever cassette ...
" (1980), all eight tracks from the ''
Your Cassette Pet
''Your Cassette Pet'' is the cassette-only debut mini-album by English new wave band Bow Wow Wow, released in November 1980 on EMI Records. It included a cover of the 1940 Johnny Mercer/ Rube Bloom pop hit " Fools Rush In".
Release
''Your Cass ...
''
mini-album
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(1980), and other singles and tracks recorded for
EMI Records
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prior to their move to RCA Records. The cover of the sleeve for this disc is a nude image of lead singer
Annabella Lwin
Annabella Lwin (born Myant Myant Aye, , 31 October 1966) is an Anglo-Burmese singer, songwriter and record producer best known as the lead singer of Bow Wow Wow.
Early life, family and education
Lwin was born in Rangoon, Burma to a Burmese fat ...
painted gold taken by Jim Varriale, previously used for the cover of the 1982 RCA compilation album ''
I Want Candy
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Original version ...
''.
The cover of the actual box set is a play on the cover of ''Your Cassette Pet'', with an old promo photo of Lwin added. It was issued in a clamshell case, and contains liner notes written by Lois Wilson of ''
Mojo
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*Mojo (African-American culture), a magical charm bag used in voodoo
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* MOJO HD, an American television network
* ''Mojo'' (play), by Jez Butterworth, made into a 1997 film
* '' ...
''.
While ''Your Box Set Pet'' was billed as the complete recordings of Bow Wow Wow, three tracks (the instrumentals "Bow Wow Wow", "Theme A" and a cover of the
Roy Orbison
Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician known for his impassioned singing style, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads. His music was described by critics as ...
-penned "Cast Iron Arm") that appeared on the 1993 EMI compilation ''
Girl Bites Dog - Your Compact Disc Pet'', were not included on this collection. The box set was compiled by Oli Hemingway, and all of the recordings were remastered by Fluid Mastering.
Track listing
References
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2018 compilation albums
Bow Wow Wow albums
Cherry Red Records compilation albums