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Release Date: 2010Labels: Rise Above Records, Rise Above Relics
Limited edition four CD mini LP box set containing the three released albums plus the unreleased debut album. Plus forty page booklet and a sticker. Contains the albums "Death Of A Country (1971)", "Bang (1972)", Mother/Bow To The King (1972)", and "Music (1973) + Bonus Material".Tracks 1-1 to 1-6 previously unissued ( LP "Death Of A Country" )
Tracks 2-1 to 2-8 originally released as US LP " Bang " ( 1972 ) [Capitol Records ST 11015]
Tracks 3-1 to 3-8 originally released as US LP " Mother / Bow To The King " ( 1972 ) [Capitol Records SMAS 11110]
Tracks 4-1 to 4-11 originally released as US LP " Music " ( 1973 ) [Capitol Records ST 11190]
Tracks 4-12 & 4-13 originally released as US single B and A-side ( 1974 ) [Capitol Records 3816]
Track 4-14 previously unissued
Track 4-1 Windfair is spelled Windfare on the box set but Windfair on the individual CD album.
The album "Death Of A Country" was recorded August 1971 at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida. Bang recorded " Death of a Country " for Capitol Records, which was immediately rejected, considered to be sounding too underground and not commercial enough.
The album "Bang" was recorded December 1971 at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida.
The album "Mother/Bow To The King" was recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida. However, the tracks "Keep On" and "Idealist Realist" were recorded at The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California.
The album "Music" was recorded and mixed at The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California.