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street fighting years: 7" promo single box set

  • 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)







street fighting years: mc promo box set

  • 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:








street fighting years: cd promo single box set

  • 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:








street fighting years 7" promo single

tracks
A1. Street Fighting Years(6:26)
B1. Wall Of Love(5:20)




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).








soul crying out 7" promo single

tracks
A1. Soul Crying Out(6:07)
B1. Take A Step Back(4:23)




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).








kick it in 7" promo single

tracks
A1. Kick It In(6:11)
B1. Let It All Come Down(4:56)




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).