Smiths Catalog Reissued in Elaborate Box Set
Rhino Records is preparing to release an elaborate box set featuring virtually everything the Smiths ever recorded. The Smiths Complete – Deluxe Collectors Box Set, which is scheduled to hit stores on October 3rd, will include remastered versions of all eight of the band's full-length releases on both CD and vinyl, reproductions of all 25 of their 7-inch singles, a DVD featuring all of their music videos, extensive liner notes and miscellaneous posters and artwork. All of the LPs and singles in the set will be pressed on top-quality 180-gram vinyl.
Rhino will also release a CD and vinyl box sets featuring the eight records – all four of the band's studio albums, the 1988 live disc Rank and the singles compilations Hatful of Hollow, The World Won't Listen, and Louder Than Bombs – without any bonus material.