More Than You Can Chew

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Album Info

Release Date: 2023-02

Label: Madfish

Limited to 250 copies, and only available online from Burning Shed and the band's official store, the More Than You Can Chew boxset plus a numbered and individually signed (by Charles O’Connor) 514mm x 672mm poster of the Horslips’ second ever gig.

A 50th Anniversary 33CD/2DVD Super Deluxe box set.

Contains more than 500 audio tracks and features over 250 previously unreleased pieces and 4.5 hours of unreleased video.

Curated by Bert Jansch/John McLaughlin biographer (and longstanding Horslips fan) Colin Harper in close collaboration with the band members.

Audio, including most of the film audio, restored and (re)mastered by IFTA award-winning engineer Cormac O’Kane.

Also includes two albums new to any digital medium: Tryal (1983) by the Host (a post-Horslips band featuring Eamon, Johnny and Charles) and Breaking Star Codes (1983) by Barry Devlin.

Contents:

• 33 CDs containing 506 audio tracks 252 of which are previously unreleased
• 2 DVDs containing two documentaries - 4½ hours of previously unreleased material
• 262 page hardback historical book: 'On The Record'
• 88 page lyric book
• 5 vintage 8 x 10 photos each signed individually by all five members
• Folder of fan club facsimiles from the 1970s
• Reproduction concert poster - National Stadium, Dublin 1972

Audio/visual overview:

* 13 CDs - All the original 1972–80 albums in mini-LP slipcases, in their original form and newly mastered

* 1 CD - Tracks from the Vaults Vol.2 - All of the single mixes and non-album tracks not included on the original TFTV (1977) compilation plus previously unreleased outtakes

* 8 CDs - Previously unreleased live and rehearsal recordings 1973–80, including The Last Time – the final concert at the Ulster Hall 8/10/80 in full

* 3 CDs - Reunion-era albums

* 3 CD - RTÉ Sessions 1971–12 (almost all previously unreleased)

* 5 CDs - selected post-Horslips adventures::

1. Barry Devlin Breaking Star Codes (1983) - unreleased on CD;
2. The Host Tryal (1983) and non-album single sides (1983–85) - unreleased on CD;
3. Johnny Fean & Eamon Carr Live & Studio 1984-86 - A new self-curated anthology of previously unreleased solo, duo and Host recordings from the period;
4. Jim Lockhart Picking Up The Pieces - a new self-curated anthology of his TV/radio soundtrack music (1980s-00s) - almost all previously unreleased;
5. Charles O’Connor’s Resolution Suite Angel on the Mantelpiece (1995).

* DVD1 – The RTÉ Vault 1973–79 - c.160 minutes (50% previously unreleased material)

* DVD2 – The Reunion Era 2004–2019 - c.160 mins (95% previously unreleased material)