street fighting years: 7" promo single box set
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- As a promotional item, Virgin pressed up the album on 7" singles
collected into a white box-set.
- It was given the catalogue number Virgin SMBOX1 (although that doesn't appear on the box itself).
- It comprised of three special promotional 7" pressings in custom sleeves which were
Street Fighting Years/Wall Of Love (Virgin S 1),
Soul Crying Out/Take A Step Back (Virgin S 2) and
Kick It In/Let It All Come Down (Virgin S 3).
- It's a matter of argument between collectors whether this box-set should include three or
five singles. Some argue that dealers
added the commercial pressings of The Ballad Of The Streets EP and
This Is Your Land to bulk out the release and
therefore charge more. Others argue the box-sets always included five singles.
- Therefore you'll usually find this box-set described as containing three or five singles.
- As far as I'm concerned, the three single box-set falls woefully short of covering the
entire album, and the five single variant is probably the legitimate version. That said,
it still doesn't cover the entire album; the box-set fails to include
Biko and the last minute addition
When Spirits Rise.
- It was pressed in sufficient numbers that it's still possible to find copies today.
Whether you take the three single or five single version is up to you.
- It's far more common than the cassette and CD versions of the box-set which are
extremely rare by comparison.
- The box contains:
- The Ballad Of The Streets EP commercial 7" (optional)
- This Is Your Land commercial 7" (optional)
- Street Fighting Years promotional 7" single (see below)
- Soul Crying Out promotional 7" single (see below)
- Kick It In promotional 7" single (see below)
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street fighting years: mc promo box set
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- For many years, the box-set packed with 7" singles was thought to be the only version. Gradually
cassette versions slowly appeared; these featured the same box, but contained the commercial cassette of
the album instead of the custom 7" singles.
- These box-sets are extremely rare, far rarer than the version with the custom 7" singles.
- The box contains:
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street fighting years: cd promo single box set
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- For many years, the box-set packed with 7" singles was thought to be the only version. Gradually
CD versions slowly appeared; these featured the same box, but contained the commercial CD of
the album instead of the custom 7" singles.
- These box-sets are extremely rare, far rarer than the version with the custom 7" singles.
- The box contains:
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street fighting years 7" promo single
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tracks
catalogue
Virgin S 1
S 1 A-1U-1-Q2//S 1 B-1U-1-Q2
format
7" with silver injected labels with full colour sleeve.
release date
May 1989
additional information
This promotional single was only available as part of the Street Fighting Years 7" Promo Box Set (see above).
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soul crying out 7" promo single
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tracks
catalogue
Virgin S 2
S 2 A-1U-1-Q2//S 2 B-1U-1-Q2
format
7" with silver injected labels with full colour sleeve.
release date
May 1989
additional information
This promotional single was only available as part of the Street Fighting Years 7" Promo Box Set (see above).
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kick it in 7" promo single
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tracks
catalogue
Virgin S 3
S 3 A-1U-1-Q2//S 3 B-1U-1-Q2
format
7" with silver injected labels with full colour sleeve.
release date
May 1989
additional information
This promotional single was only available as part of the Street Fighting Years 7" Promo Box Set (see above).
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