David Bowie | I Can't Give Everything Away Box Set (2002-2016)
David Bowie 6. I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002 - 2016) is the sixth in a series of box sets spanning Bowie’s career from 1969.
The new set is the latest instalment in the award-winning and critically acclaimed series that includes "Five Years (1969 – 1973)", "Who Can I Be Now? (1974 – 1976)", "A New Career In A New Town (1977 – 1982)", "Loving The Alien (1983-1988)" and "Brilliant Adventure (1992-2001)."
I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002 - 2016) is an 18LP / 13CD collection named after the fan favorite closing track on ★ (BLACKSTAR), Bowie’s final studio album. The box set includes the albums released from 2002-2016, including Heathen, Reality, The Next Day, ★ (BLACKSTAR) and No Plan EP. Except for ★ (BLACKSTAR)" and No Plan EP all are newly remastered with input from David’s co-producer Tony Visconti.
Exclusive to each of the box sets are Montreux Jazz Festival and RE:CALL 6. The former was recorded on the 18th of July 2002 at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival and among the 31 tracks features a full performance bar one song of one of Bowie’s most revered albums, Low. RE:CALL 6 features 41 non-album / alternative versions / b-sides and soundtrack songs, including tracks never previously available on CD or vinyl over 3CDs and 4LPs.
The physical box sets accompanying book, 128 pages in the CD box and 84 in the vinyl set, feature previously unseen notes, drawings and handwritten lyrics from Bowie and photos by Sukita (who took the set’s cover shot), Jimmy King, Frank W. Ockenfels 3, Markus Klinko, Mark ‘Blammo’ Adams and more as well as memorabilia, technical notes about the albums from co-producer Tony Visconti and design notes from Jonathan Barnbrook.
The CD box set will include faithfully reproduced mini-vinyl versions of the original albums where applicable, and the CDs will be gold-coloured rather than the usual silver. The vinyl box set has the same content as the CD set and is pressed on audiophile quality 180g vinyl.
If you are still missing one of the previous box sets in your collection, you can find our David Bowie box sets here (unfortunately, not all box sets are available anymore).