Sell You Everything 1991–2014 Explained

Sell You Everything 1991–2014
Type:box
Artist:Buzzcocks
Cover:SellYouEverything.jpg
Released:29 May 2020
Recorded:1990–2014
Genre:Pop-punk[1]
Length:8:08:45
Label:Cherry Red
Producer:
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Sell You Everything 1991–2014 (sometimes listed with the subtitle Albums, Singles, Rarities, Unreleased) is an eight-CD box set by English rock band Buzzcocks, released on 29 May 2020 by Cherry Red Records.[2] [3] It compiles the band's post-reformation years, containing all their studio albums: Trade Test Transmissions (1993), All Set (1996), Modern (1999), Buzzcocks (2003), Flat-Pack Philosophy (2006), and The Way (2014). It also includes A Different Compilation (2011) – featuring re-recorded interpretations of classic Buzzcocks songs – and the entire 1991 Demo Album, home recordings from guitarist Steve Diggle's archive, demos, and rare B-sides and promotional only tracks.[4]

Omitted are the three bonus tracks on the Japanese version of All Set: "Holding Me Down", "Television World" and "Everyday Sky", although the first is included in re-recorded form as a Flat-Pack Philosophy B-side.

Critical reception

AllMusic called Sell You Everything 1991–2014 "beautifully packaged and assembled with obvious love and care," adding that "its only trouble is it focuses on a period in which [Buzzcocks] were good rather than great in the recording studio, and that makes it a tough sell for anyone outside of truly devoted fans, though those fans will probably be delighted." We Are Cult called the set "exhaustive", writing, "for any Buzzcocks aficionado, [it] contains enough in the way of new material to satisfy anybody's cravings."[5]

At The Barrier described it as a "veritable feast" but felt that "it's easy to get bloated on Buzzcocks and fail to appreciate the gems that surface. All the discs contain a handful of extra tracks although some may pipe up that too much of a good thing can leave one wanting less."[6]

Track listing

Adapted from the box set liner notes, except where noted.[7] Tracks with (*) asterisk are previously unreleased.

Disc one – The 1991 Demo Album

Production notesRecorded at Drone Studios, Manchester, England, November 1990 and February–April 1991. The 1991 Demo Album was originally circulated as Buzzcocks Demo LP on a promotional cassette in 1991. Tracks 14–17 recorded during the 1991 sessions, taken from a cassette. Tracks 18–21 produced by Buzzcocks, released on the Alive Tonight EP, April 1991.

Disc two – Trade Test Transmissions (1993)

Production notesTracks 1–16 produced by Ralph P. Ruppert at Eastcote Studios, London, England, March–April 1993; released June 1993. Tracks 17–19 produced by Buzzcocks at Falconer Studios, London, March 1994; released on the Libertine Angel EP, April 1994. Tracks 21–24 recorded on a home Portastudio by Steve Diggle, taken from a cassette.

Disc three – All Set (1996)

Production notesProduced by Neill King at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California, United States, November–December 1995; released May 1996. Tracks 14–17 are working versions taken from a cassette recording.

Disc four – Modern (1999)

Production notesProduced by Tony Barber at The Surgery, Barnet, England, June–October 1998; released September 1999. Tracks 15 and 16 produced by Tony Barber, August 1995; track 15 released on the compilation Long Agos and Worlds Apart – A Tribute to the Small Faces, August 1996; track 16 released as a promotional only 7" single under the pseudonym Stevie's Buzz, 1996.

Disc five – Buzzcocks (2003)

Production notesProduced by Tony Barber at Southern Studios, London, England, March–August 2002; released March 2003. Track 14 produced by Tony Barber at The Surgery, Barnet, August 1995. Track 15 from live webcast aboard pirate radio ship, September 1999. Track 16 recorded live in Toulouse, France, 2000.

Disc six – Flat-Pack Philosophy (2006)

Production notesProduced by Tony Barber at Southern Studios, London, England, 2004–2005; released March 2006. Tracks 15 and 16 engineered by Julian Standen.[8] Track 17 recorded at The Surgery, Barnet, England, 1996 (from the demos for Modern). Track 20 recorded at The Surgery, Barnet, England, 1998 (recorded for the film Last Days of the Post Office). Track 21 recorded live in Eindhoven, Holland, May 2000. Track 22 recorded live in the US, December 2000.

Disc seven – A Different Compilation (2011)

Production notesProduced by David M. Allen and Buzzcocks.

Disc-eight – The Way (2014)

Production notesProduced by David M. Allen and Buzzcocks at New Rose Studios and Great Eastern Studios, London, England; released May 2014. Tracks 11–14 released as bonus tracks for pledgers during The Way PledgeMusic campaign. Tracks 15–17 recorded on a home Portastudio by Steve Diggle, taken from a cassette recording.

Personnel

Buzzcocks
Additional musicians
Technical (box set)

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rowland. Jim. 28 May 2020. Über Röck Review. Über Röck. 30 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Clough. Jack. 26 May 2020. Buzzcocks: Out this week is Sell You Everything (1991–2014), a brand new boxset featuring the band's post-reformation years output!. Cherry Red Records. 30 March 2023.
  3. Web site: Ainscoe. Mike. 4 June 2020. Buzzcocks – Sell You Everything 1991–2014: Album Review. At The Barrier. 30 March 2023.
  4. Web site: Buzzcocks: Sell You Everything (1991–2014) Albums, Singles Rarities, Unreleased, 8CD Boxset. Cherry Red Records. 30 March 2023.
  5. Web site: Matts. Paul. 25 June 2020. 'Buzzcocks: Sell You Everything' reviewed. We Are Cult. 30 March 2023.
  6. Web site: Ainscoe. Mike. 4 June 2020. Buzzcocks – Sell You Everything 1991–2014: Album Review. Record Collector. 30 March 2023.
  7. Sell You Everything 1991–2014. Buzzcocks. 2020. Album liner notes. Cherry Red Records. CRCDBOX93.
  8. Reconciliation. Buzzcocks. 2006. CD single liner notes. Cooking Vinyl. FRY CD 286.
  9. Sell You Everything. Buzzcocks. 2006. CD single liner notes. Damaged Goods. DAMGOOD 263.
  10. Libertine Angel. Buzzcocks. 2004. CD single liner notes. Essential Records. essx 2038.

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