28-514: Brilliant Live Adventures [1995–1999] is a box set by English musician David Bowie , released incrementally throughout late 2020 and early 2021 as a series of six live albums taken from various concerts performed in support of Outside (1995), Earthling (1997) and Hours (1999). Named after the Hours song "Brilliant Adventure", the box set contains a mix of edited single shows and compilations from multiple concerts. Initial pressings of
56-603: A "limited time offer"; and the " Star Wars Trilogy: The Definitive Collection" LaserDisc boxed set, which was one of the last home-video releases of the original trilogy before the special editions . In the context of streaming services such as Netflix , the term "boxed set" often refers, particularly but not exclusively in Commonwealth English , to a series or season where all episodes are available to watch on demand , either in addition to or in place of traditional scheduling . Hours Tour#David Bowie at
84-428: A box, hence 'boxed', and offered for sale as a single unit. Artists and bands with a long and successful career often have anthology or "essential" collections of their music released as box sets. These often include rare and never-before-released tracks. Some box sets collect previously released singles or albums by a music artist, and often collect the complete discography of an artist, such as Pink Floyd 's Oh, by
112-451: A certain composer or all works in a certain genre, like symphonies or chamber music , performed by a certain orchestra, ensemble or conductor. Well-known authors and artists who have written or produced several related books or portfolios of fine art photography or other artistic mediums whose work is considered historically, culturally, or socially significant may have certain works sold as box sets. For example, one can buy box sets of
140-501: A commemorative booklet about the films titled The Nightmare is Alive and more. Other notable boxed sets include the Dragon Ball "Dragon Box" sets, often considered to be the best release of the shows to date due to the high quality of the remasters and the plentiful number of features; the "Shirley Temple Little Darling" DVD collection, an 18-DVD boxed set of Shirley Temple films which were constantly advertised on TV for years as
168-692: A particular genre such as big band jazz , 1960s rock and roll , or opera . They generally feature a collection of various hits from some of the top artists of a particular genre. The scope of such box sets varies widely, with some genre-specific box sets (such as one featuring rock music) focusing on a specific style (for instance, guitar rock or " Summer of Love " music). Two of the companies best known for making box sets are Legacy Recordings and Rhino Records ; both have won multiple Grammy Awards . Prior to Rhino and Legacy, companies such as Time-Life Records and Reader's Digest also issued box sets. In rare cases, box sets contain all original material, such as
196-587: A recording of Bowie's show at the Phoenix Festival , Long Marston, England on the 20 July 1997. The concert was one from Bowie's Earthling Tour , in support of his Earthling album. It contains the first physical format release of Bowie's cover of Laurie Anderson ’s song " O Superman " (1981) with Gail Ann Dorsey on lead vocals. Something in the Air was announced on 24 February 2021 and released on 12 March. The concert, part of Bowie's short Hours Tour ,
224-466: Is a partial lyric from Bowie's 1970 song " All the Madmen ", which he repeated in his 1993 song " The Buddha of Suburbia ", and during the tour, a sign with this lyric hung above the stage. The second installment in the live album series, No Trendy Réchauffé , was announced on 9 November 2020. The physical format release was on 20 November 2020 with streaming from 12 March 2021. The album was recorded on
252-511: The American Express Blue Concert series transmitted on 7 December 1999, in addition to a simulcast radio broadcast by SFX Radio network on the same date, and eventually released on a promotional-only CD-R that pared the setlist down to 12 songs. The webcast, reportedly one of the first live streams of a concert, was fraught with issues and was described as going "not particularly smooth." This live release, sourced from
280-566: The CD single of "Survive"; the full concert was eventually released in 2020 as Something in the Air (Live Paris 99) . The concert is notable for being recorded one day after Bowie received the rank of Commander in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for his contributions to art and music. Something in the Air was released on CD and vinyl for the first time in early 2021, part of
308-747: The 11-disc set Blue Guitars by Chris Rea , In Search of The , a 13-disc set by Buckethead , or Klaus Schulze 's 10-disc set Contemporary Works I . Some box sets become best sellers, such as Led Zeppelin 's Led Zeppelin (1990), George Strait 's Strait Out of the Box (1995), Nirvana 's With the Lights Out (2004) and The Beatles ' twin The Beatles Stereo Box Set and The Beatles in Mono discography box sets (2009). In classical music, box sets often contain all works of
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#1732797594730336-611: The 13th December 1995 at the Big Twix Mix Show at the National Exhibition Centre (Hall 5) in Birmingham, UK and presents a slightly abridged festival-like-set list. "No Trendy Réchauffé" is a partial lyric from Bowie's 1993 song " Strangers When We Meet ", which appears on this album. The third installment is a re-release of Bowie's 1999 album LiveAndWell.com . Announced on 11 December 2020, it
364-567: The Air (Live Paris 99) and in 2021 with David Bowie At The Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99) . Bowie had released his album Hours in October 1999, and embarked on a short, mostly-promotional set of shows to promote the album. Prior to the album's release, on 21 August, Bowie and his band performed tracks for UK's Top of the Pops , and two days later on 23 August, they appeared on VH1's Storytellers , released in 2009 as VH1 Storytellers . For
392-514: The CD single of "Seven" (2000). The source for this release is the promotional CD-R and so once again this is an abridged recording. Five of the songs performed that night are missing: "Drive In Saturday"; "Cracked Actor"; "Ashes to Ashes"; "Repetition" and "Rebel Rebel". Box set A boxed set or (its US name) box set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in
420-549: The Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99) The Hours Tour was a small-scale promotional concert tour by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie comprising a handful of live performances and numerous television appearances in support of the album Hours in late 1999. Several live songs from the tour were included as b-sides to singles from the album, and concert recordings from the tour were released in 2020 as Something in
448-524: The Way and Discovery sets. Sometimes bands release expanded versions of their most successful albums, such as Pink Floyd's Immersion versions of their The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975) and The Wall (1979) boxes. Pink Floyd have also released The Early Years 1965–1972 box set, which features mostly unreleased material. Other music box sets compile different artists from
476-499: The album had already been available via streaming services since July 2020. The album was recorded on the 13th October 1995 at the Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas during Bowie's Outside Tour . The album is not a complete record of the show, five songs "Subterraneans"; "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)"; "Reptile"; "Hallo Spaceboy" and "Hurt" which Bowie performed with Nine Inch Nails are not included. "Ouvrez le Chien"
504-417: The case of Blade Runner and Alien Quadrilogy . One of the most popular boxed sets of all time is "The Nightmare on Elm Street Collection" released in 1999 by New Line Platinum Series , which contained the original seven films, a bonus DVD containing special features titled The Nightmare Series Encyclopedia , two pairs of 3-D glasses for the last ten minutes of Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare ,
532-663: The complete series, of a popular TV program, a collection of films by a well-known director or starring a well-known actor/actress, or a collection of films of a particular genre such as horror, sci-fi or westerns. Other criteria for boxed sets have included all films of a series such as the Star Wars series or the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and a selection of adaptions of a particular author such as Stephen King or Jane Austen . Some boxed sets contain different versions of one film, as in
560-446: The constituent albums sold out quickly, prompting label Parlophone to issue a second pressing to give more fans a chance to buy the albums on CD or vinyl. In October 2020, a series of six live concert albums was announced by label Parlophone . These six albums would be released individually over the coming months, collectively forming a box-set . Empty boxes to hold the set of CDs or vinyl albums are sold separately. The first album of
588-486: The launch of BowieNet Europe was made available as a live webcast . Tracks from the Top of the Pops performance on 21 August 1999 were made available in 2024 as part of Hours' 25th anniversary, as were official video recordings from Bowie's performance on Later... with Jools Holland from 4 December 1999. The Elysée Montmartre performance on 14 October 1999 was filmed and recorded with three songs later appearing on
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#1732797594730616-510: The live series Brilliant Live Adventures . These live versions of "Thursday's Child", "Survive" and "Seven" were previously released as b-sides to Bowie's 2000 single release of " Survive ". Something in the Air reached #16 on the UK album charts. In November 1999, Bowie performed a concert at the small Kit Kat Klub in New York to invitees and contest winners. This show was filmed as part of
644-432: The plays of Shakespeare , collection of J. R. R. Tolkien novels, or Ansel Adams photographic prints. There are now also digital boxed set collections, such as 21 Shades of Night . Films, television and other video programs on Blu-ray and DVD are sometimes sold as boxed sets, as were certain titles on the now-discontinued VHS and LaserDisc formats. Such a boxed set might include an entire season or seasons, or
672-635: The rest of the shows, guitarist Page Hamilton , founding member of Helmet , was drafted to replace Reeves Gabrels whose final performance and association with Bowie ended with the Storytellers performance. Rumours of a split were initially denied by both parties until a few months later when Gabrels guitarist admitted that he and Bowie had drifted apart . In October, Bowie appeared on the 25th season of Saturday Night Live and played " Thursday's Child " and " Rebel Rebel ". The Libro Music Hall, Vienna, performance on 17 October 1999, coinciding with
700-489: The series would be Ouvrez le Chien , and subsequent albums were announced separately. The first three albums were released by the end of 2020, with the final three arriving in early 2021. All six albums were described as "limited one run only pressings" with 4,000 Vinyl and 6,000 CDs of each album pressed. In addition, the albums would be made available online via music streaming services. The CD and vinyl versions of Ouvrez le Chien were released on 30 October 2020. However,
728-638: Was recorded on the 14th October 1999 at the Elysée Montmartre in Paris. Something In The Air has been available on streaming services since 2020, but this is the first time the recording was officially available on physical media. David Bowie At The Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99) was announced on 17 March 2021 for release on 2 April 2021. The concert, part of Bowie's Hours Tour , was recorded and filmed on 19 November 1999 in front of an invite-only audience of fans and contest winners. The recording
756-399: Was released on 15 January 2021. The album contains songs recorded during Bowie's 1997 Earthling Tour at a variety of venues. This marked the fourth release of this album, first given to BowieNet subscribers in 1999. The box set release lacks four remixes that previously appeared on a bonus disc in 2000. Announced on 29 January 2021 and released on 12 February 2021. Look at the Moon! is
784-483: Was webcast on 7 December 1999 as part of the American Express Blue Concert series via Liveonline.net and the audio recording was broadcast by SFX Radio network on the same date. An edited audio recording was officially released in 1999 as a 12-track promotional CD-R and three of the songs from the performance, "Seven"; "Something in the Air" and "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell", appeared on
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