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THE CULT SONIC TEMPLE LIMITED EDITION DELUXE BOX SET 3 x COLOURED Vinyl LP Including B-Sides and "Live at Wembley" BBC Recordings DEMO CASSETTE TOUR EPHEMERA AND MORE NEW/SEALED
Catalog # : BBQ2151MXX Distributor: PIAS
2019 marks the 30th Anniversary of The Cult’s epic album ‘Sonic Temple’. To celebrate the anniversary, Beggars Arkive release The Cult ‘Sonic Temple’ as a deluxe box set, a 5CD set and double LP, which has been out of print for over 20 years. The sets both contain limited-release demos in addition to previously unreleased tracks.
Originally released in 1989, ‘Sonic Temple’ proved to be a pivotal moment for both band and the wider rock scene. Produced by the legendary Bob Rock (Metallica, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith), ‘Sonic Temple’ had four hit singles; ‘Fire Woman’, ‘Edie (Ciao Baby)’, ‘Sun King’ and ‘Sweet Soul Sister’.
The album catapulted The Cult into superstar status and remains their most commercially successful release. It has sold over 1.5 million copies in the US alone and was declared platinum in 1990. It made it to #10 on the Billboard charts and the abovementioned songs are all rock-radio staples to this day.
The Cult continue to record and tour and they have released six albums since ‘Sonic Temple’, the most recent being ‘Hidden City’ in 2016. They’ve been spending 2019 celebrating this album by performing it all over the world on a tour they’ve billed as A Sonic Temple.
The box set contains three pieces of vinyl and a cassette plus tour memorabilia and ephemera (replica of original laminate, backstage pass, original press releases and label copy and more). It’s numbered and limited to 3000 pieces worldwide and contains 46 tracks, which include 4 previously unreleased. LP1 and 2 contain the album as originally released. LP3 contains Live At Wembley recorded by the BBC and the cassette contains limited-release demos. Four of the live tracks are previously unreleased.
TRACKLISTING Sun King Fire Woman American Horse Edie (Ciao Baby) Sweet Soul Sister Soul Asylum New York City Automatic Blues Soldier Blue Wake Up Time For Freedom Medicine Train (From the Edie (Ciao Baby) single) The River (From the Sweet Soul Sister single) Bleeding Heart Graffitti (from the Edie (Ciao Baby) single) Messin' Up The Blues (from the Fire Woman single) Fire Woman (NYC Rock Mix) (from the Fire Woman CD EP) Edie (Ciao Baby) (Acoustic) (From The Heart Of Soul CD single)