COMPLETE CHRIS BELL [BOXED SET]

After co-founding and subsequently leaving Big Star, the world only received two tracks of new music from Chris?Bell during his lifetime-a 1978 single on the Car Records label run by Chris Stamey (dB's, Sneakers) titled?I Am The Cosmos b/w You And Your Sister. Before co-founding Big Star, Bell played with several bands in?Memphis, and though much music was recorded, nothing was released.?The early Chris Bell-related recordings were compiled by Omnivore in a CD/Digital release titled Looking Forward:?The Roots Of Big Star, released in July 2017. Those recordings now make their vinyl debut in the fi rst two LPs of?The Complete Chris Bell as Looking Forward: The Roots Of Big Star and Rock City - See Seven States.?Bell's post-Big Star recordings have long been well-known as an album fi rst compiled by Rykodisc in 1992, and?titled I Am The Cosmos. In September 2017, Omnivore issued the original I Am The Cosmos tracks on LP, newly?remastered and cut at Ardent Studios. Also released at the same time was a comprehensive 2-CD/Digital deluxe?edition of the album, including all known post-Big Star recordings. The freshly remastered I Am The Cosmos vinyl?is included in The Complete Chris Bell as the third LP with the additional recordings from the 2-CD deluxe edition?making up the two volumes of Outtakes & Alternates as LPs 4 & 5 with all the material making its vinyl debut.?Rounding out The Complete Chris Bell is an exclusive sixth LP that will only be available in the boxed set. It?includes a never-before heard 1975 interview with Barry Ballard. Ballard interviewed Bell in London, and has?graciously allowed the use of his original tape for the transfer and restoration so it could be included in this set.?Bell's remarks on everything from his solo recordings to Big Star are revelatory!?The Complete Chris Bell was produced and compiled by Grammy'*'-Award winner, Cheryl Pawelski, Ardent Studios'?Adam Hill and Grammy'*'-nominated producer, Alec Palao. It was freshly remastered by Grammy'*'-Award winning?engineer, Michael Graves, and the vinyl cut on the original lathe at Ardent Studios in Memphis by Chris Jackson?and Adam Hill.?Liner notes are by co-producer, Alec Palao, and Bob Mehr (music critic for the daily Memphis newspaper The?Commercial Appeal, and author of the New York Times Best Seller Trouble Boys: The True Story Of The?Replacements). The booklet also features previously unseen photos and memorabilia, plus a special excerpt?from the forthcoming HoZac Books release There Was A Light: The Cosmic History Of Chris Bell And The Rise?Of Big Star by Rich Tupica.?The Complete Chris Bell boxed set will be a one-time pressing with individual volumes potentially broken out in?the future as demand warrants (excluding the 1975 London Interview LP which will be exclusive to the boxed set).?The entire project was developed with the oversight of the Estate of Chris Bell and should serve as the defi nitive?collection of the massively infl uential Chris Bell!??Looking Forward:?The Roots Of Big Star?SIDE ONE:?1. All I See Is You?2. Looking Forward?3. The Reason?4. Oh My Soul (Backing Track)?5. Feeling High (Alternate Backing Track)?SIDE TWO:?1. Feeling High?2. Sunshine?3. Psychedelic Stuff?4. A Chance To Live?5. Germany (Backing Track)?6. All I See Is You (Alternate Backing Track)?Rock City?See Seven States?SIDE ONE:?1. Think It's Time To Say Goodbye?2. I Lost A Love?3. The Wind Will Cry For Me?4. My Life Is Right?5. Lovely Lady?SIDE TWO:?1. The Answer?2. Introduction?3. Sunday Organ?4. The Preacher?5. Shine On Me?6. Try Again (Original Mix)*?I Am The Cosmos?SIDE ONE:?1. I Am The Cosmos? (Original Single Version)?2. Better Save Yourself?3. Speed Of Sound?4. Get Away?5. Make A Scene?SIDE TWO:?1. Look Up?2. I Kinda Got Lost?3. There Was A Light?4. Fight At The Table?5. I Don't Know?6. Though I Know She Lies?7. You And Your Sister? (Original Single Version)??Outtakes & Alternates,?Volume 1?SIDE ONE:?1. I Am The Cosmos (Extended Alternate Version)?2. Better Save Yourself (Alternate Mix)?3. Speed Of Sound (Alternate Version)?4. Get Away (Alternate Version)?5. You And Your Sister (Alternate Version)?SIDE TWO:?1. Make A Scene (Alternate Mix)?2. Look Up (Acoustic Movie Mix)?3. Fight At The Table (Alternate Mix)?4. I Don't Know (Alternate Version)?5. Speed Of Sound? (Alternate Version Backing Track)?Outtakes & Alternates,?Volume 2?SIDE ONE:?1. You And Your Sister (Acoustic Version)?2. Untitled Acoustic Instrumental (Movie Mix)?3. Stay With Me - with Keith Sykes?4. In My Darkest Hour - with Nancy Bryan?5. So Long Baby (aka Clacton Rag)?6. Fight At The Table? (Outtake Track With Partial Vocals)?SIDE TWO:?1. You And Your Sister (Country Underdub Mix)?2. Get Away (Outtake Track)?3. Better Save Yourself (Outtake Track)?4. I Am The Cosmos (Alternate Backing Track With Piano)?5. Untitled Electric Instrumental (Movie Mix)?Interview With Barry Ballard,?London 1977?SIDE ONE:?1. Interview, Part 1*?SIDE TWO:?1. Interview, Part 2*?2. Though I Know She Lies (Movie Mix)?3. I Am The Cosmos (Acoustic Mix)? * Previously unissued