PRE-ORDER ITEM : Expected January 1st 1970. This item will only be shipped to you on or after the official release date. Please note any orders containing pre-order items won't be shipped until all items are available, so please order this separately to avoid delays. Please remember that release dates are at the mercy of labels, distributors, and pressing plants and will change constantly.
Today, in the wake of the whole techno, trip hop and electronica revolution, it's almost standard for bands to comprise a pair of faceless technocrats, making the sort of sounds whose breadth and colour exceeds the imagination of most traditional guitar bands. Back in the early Eighties, however, such outfits were thin on the ground. Colourbox emerged from the diverse mix of musical cultures that formed the post-punk era, inevitably incorporating synthpop, indie, reggae, dub, soul and funk. They were dance pioneers in the pre-sampling era, where effects were painstakingly assembled in the studio, and from 1982 to 1986 they created an eclectic body of work incorporating their influences but imploded after the collaboration as M/A/R/R/S, on ‘Pump Up The Volume’, went to No.1, making them the only number one hit wonders that never bothered to release a follow-up recording. To celebrate their 30th anniversary it only seems right that 4AD finally release the ultimate Colourbox compilation. Entitled simply ‘Colourbox’ (and why not, the other albums are!), it is a 4CD box set of all their released studio recordings and mixes, sequenced by Martyn Young. CD1 is the 1985 album, ‘Colourbox’, and includes all the tracks from the free album that was included with the original 10,000 LPs. The second disc is the 7" singles and the third is the 12" mixes. The final disc has the 4 track mini-album, ‘Colourbox’, an unreleased early mix of ‘Arena’ and eight tracks recorded in session for the BBC.
