Phil Collins announces ‘Both Sides’ 30th anniversary box set with demos and rarities

From the NME.

Phil Collins has announced a 30th anniversary box set of his 1993 album ‘Both Sides’, due for release on September 20th via Rhino Records.

The lavish box set comes with five vinyl records – two of which are the original album remastered at half-speed by Abbey Road Studios’ Miles Showell, and three feature demos, B-sides and live recordings from that era.

Some of the rarities included are recordings from Collins’ 1994 MTV Unplugged set, which has yet to be issued officially as a live album, along with B-sides like ‘Don’t Call Me Ashley’, ‘Rad Dudeski’, and ‘For a Friend’.

‘Both Sides’ is notable in Collins’ discography for having been self-produced and recorded by him at The Farm, the now-defunct recording studio owned by his band Genesis. Collins performed all instruments on the record.

The release also includes newly written liner notes by journalist Michael Hann. “Time has magnified its virtues, and perspective has amplified its truths. ‘Both Sides’ may not have been the monster hit its predecessors were, but it might be the most important record in the Phil Collins discography,” writes Hann in a liner notes excerpt shared by Rhino Records.

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Alongside the announcement of ‘Both Sides (All the Sides)’ is the reveal of ‘Live From the Board: Official Bootleg’, a limited-edition 10” vinyl due for release later this year on Record Store Day’s Black Friday edition.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Phil Collins Both Sides comes a Deluxe Edition of the album as a 5LP boxed set. The release contains tracks that have previously not been on vinyl from the 2016 re-issue CD, additional none album tracks Demos, Live tracks and B-sides from singles around the original release back in November 1993.

The 5LP features a gatefold sleeve for the original album plus 3 x single sleeves, all with printed inner bags featuring a transcribed interview with Phil done at the time and all will be housed in a rigid slip case.

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