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Matchbox 20 Exclusive/Limited Edition 7 Vinyl Boxset (20 Yr Anniversary) 26/5000.

Extremely hard to find, collectors edition, limited pressing Matchbox 20 - 20 year anniversary box set. Buyer receives everything shown in the photos above. As seen, this is set #26 of 5000. These were delayed several times before being released.

Plays well (for the most part, one disc was poorly pressed and has a small scratch on the vinyl and skips during the first track) every other vinyl plays well. There is a photo showing the scratch on the above mentioned vinyl. I received the box set with the vinyl in this condition. Entire box set has only been listened to once. Besides this issue on the one side of the vinyl, there are no other/further issues that I found while listening to the record on my turntable.

The following is the description used when (pre)ordering the box set through their website:

“Matchbox Twenty is looking back with a new box set. On November 20, the band will release the simply-titled 20, a new 7-LP vinyl collection containing all five of their studio albums plus Exile on Mainstream Revisited, a "reimagined" version of the 2007 compilation Exile on Mainstream now featuring numerous rare tracks making their first appearance in the vinyl format.

The box includes:

Yourself or Someone Like You (1996);

Mad Season (2000; 2 LPs, new to vinyl);

More Than You Think You Are (2002, new to vinyl);

Exile on Mainstream Revisited (2007/2020; 2 LPs); and

North (2012, new to vinyl).

The albums in 20 were all met with tremendous success. 1996's Yourself or Someone Like You reached 12x Platinum status in the United States and yielded hit singles including "Push," "3 AM," and "Real World." Mad Season, from 2000, was hotly-anticipated and entered (and peaked) the Billboard 200 at No. 3 while earning a 4x Platinum certification. Its lead single "Bent" went to No. 1 on the Hot 100, Adult Top 40, and Mainstream Top 40 charts; "If You're Gone" also topped the Adult Top 40 and reached No. 5 on the Hot 100 and No. 4 on the Mainstream Top 40. More Than You Think You Are (2002) edged the band in a more rock-oriented direction after the pop sounds of Mad Season and peaked within the top ten of the Billboard 200. Matchbox Twenty's final album with guitarist Adam Gaynor, it yielded three successful singles including "Disease," "Unwell," and "Bright Lights." The band's last album to date, 2012's North, entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1; lead single "She's So Mean" performed within the U.S. top 40.

The 2007 compilation Exile on Mainstream, which originally featured seven new tracks plus fan favorites and hits, has been rethought for this box. It includes all seven of those recordings (including the cover of The Kinks' "Come Dancing," originally a download exclusive) but the hits have been dropped in favor of eight rarities from various international and one-off releases.

While the Orlando, Florida-formed, Rob Thomas-fronted band hasn't recorded an album since 2012, they remain committed to touring; a 2020 tour co-headlining with The Wallflowers was delayed (hopefully) to 2021 as a result of COVID-19. The 20 box set is limited to 5,000 individually numbered units. It includes a 12 x 12" 24-page booklet including photos, liner notes, and a career retrospective by Billboard journalist Melinda Newman.

20 is currently exclusive to Matchbox 20's online store, and pre-orders are open now at the link below for its November 20 release.

Matchbox Twenty 20 (Atlantic, 2020)

LP 1: Yourself or Someone Like You (Lava/Atlantic/Melisma 92721, 1996)

Real World

Long Day

3AM

Push

Girl Like That

Back 2 Good

Damn

Argue

Kody

Busted

Shame

Hang

LP 2-3: Mad Season (Lava/Atlantic/Melisma 83339, 2000)

Angry

Black & White People

Crutch

Last Beautiful Girl

If You're Gone

Mad Season

Rest Stop

The Burn

Bent

Bed of Lies

Leave

Stop

You Won't Be Mine

LP 4: More Than You Think You Are (Atlantic/Melisma 83612, 2002)

Feel

Disease

Bright Lights

Unwell

Cold

All I Need

Hand Me Down

Could I Be You

Downfall

Soul

You're So Real

The Difference

LP 5-6: Exile on Mainstream Revisited

How Far We've Come

I'll Believe You When

All Your Reasons

These Hard Times

If I Fall

Can't Let You Go

Come Dancing

You & I & I

Never Going Back Again (this track is the area/song where the scratch is located and skips throughout the song)

Suffer Me

So Sad, So Lonely

Waiting on a Train

I Don't Wanna Be Loved

I Believe in Everything

Straight for This Life

Help Me Through This

LP 5, Tracks 1-6 from Exile on Mainstream - Atlantic/Melisma 297340, 2007

LP 5, Track 7 from iTunes pre-order edition of Exile on Mainstream

LP 5, Track 8 from digital deluxe edition of Mad Season

LP 6, Track 1 from Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours - Lava/Atlantic 83054, 1998

LP 6, Track 2 from EP - Lava/Atlantic 83701, 2003

LP 6, Track 3 was a hidden track on More Than You Think You Are

LP 6, Tracks 4 and 6-7 from European deluxe edition of North - Emblem/Atlantic 7567876254, 2012

LP 6, Track 5 from Target-exclusive edition of North - Emblem/Atlantic 532264-2, 2012

LP 6, Track 8 from Japanese edition of North - Emblem/Atlantic WPCR-14643, 2012

LP 7: North (Emblem/Atlantic 531746, 2012)

Side One

Parade

She's So Mean

Overjoyed

Put Your Hands Up

Our Song

I Will

Side Two

English Town

How Long

Radio

The Way

Like Sugar

Sleeping at the Wheel”

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