This looks pretty sweet.




Pixies superfans are in for a real treat with Minotaur, the previously reported gargantuan box set that rounds up the band's studio recordings and videos with a live DVD, new artwork, and a book. Now, we've got the rundown of Minotaur's contents, as well as a glimpse inside the set, which is available for presale starting today at the Artist in Residence website. It will ship to buyers between late September and mid-October.

Minotaur will be available as a $175 Deluxe Edition and a $495 Limited Edition (not $450, as previously reported). The Limited Edition is pictured at the top of this story. Here's what the Deluxe Edition looks like:



In a Minotaur press release, Pixies drummer David Lovering says, "It's beyond my expectations. I thought it was going to be your typical box set, but it's monstrous, I've never seen anything like it." And indeed, this thing is pretty astounding. Packaged by designer Vaughan Oliver and photographer Simon Larbalestier (the team behind all of the Pixies' original artwork), with brand new artwork for everything, it looks like something that belongs in a museum, rather than a record shop. The Limited Edition weighs 25 pounds and stands two feet tall. 25 pounds and two feet tall! Be careful that it doesn't fall on any small children or pets!

Here's what's in the Deluxe Edition, all stuffed inside a "custom dual-chambered slipcase":

* Come on Pilgrim (1987), Surfer Rosa (1988), Doolittle (1989), Bossanova (1990), and Trompe le Monde (1991) on 24k gold-plated CDs, mastered for 5.1 surround sound
* Come on Pilgrim (1987), Surfer Rosa (1988), Doolittle (1989), Bossanova (1990), and Trompe le Monde (1991) on DVD/Blu-Ray discs, mastered for 5.1 surround sound
* DVD/Blu-Ray of a previously unreleased 1991 performance at Brixton Academy in London
* DVD/Blu-Ray of every Pixies video
* 54-page art book


Seems like a hell of a lot, right? Well, the Limited Edition includes everything that's in the Deluxe Edition PLUS:

* Come on Pilgrim (1987), Surfer Rosa (1988), Doolittle (1989), Bossanova (1990), and Trompe le Monde (1991) on 180-gram virgin 12" vinyl, cut from the original analog tapes
* Faux fur hardcover 96-page art book
* Two 48" X 36", double-sided, fold-out, four-color wall posters
* A 22" X 14" Giclée print of brand new Larbalestier photo


Whew! Only 3000 copies of the Limited Edition will be made, but all of them will be signed by all four Pixies and Oliver. Oh, and the whole shebang comes housed in a "custom clamshell container that resembles the Monolith from the classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey," according to a press release.

$495

SOLD!

Why would a wall poster be double-sided?

why would i want three versions of the same album? im sure the art book would be pretty cool. all in all this is a big waste

hold the phone did you say "custom dual-chambered slipcase"? this changes everything

wow. my friend who is a big 4AD fanatic also (naturally) loves Vaughn Oliver. this might be too much for him to resist.

why would a person want the same exact thing on CDs and DVD/bluray?
serious question.

so who is actually going to be getting this thing

i wouldn't mind picking up those 5 vinyls... individually/cheaper

i never replaced my cassette versions of these albums, so now might be the time? no way i'd do the limited edition, but the deluxe might be the way to go. i do have a birthday coming up.

but i already know i'm gonna be dropping some $$$ on that stone roses 20th anniversary special edition BS too. i am a sucker for these things.

this will happen 4-5 months after the boxset hits.

i wouldn't mind grabbing the CDs individually/cheaper. Somehow my collection lacks any Pixies material at the moment.

its more like an expensive art book

Aren't they already on vinyl? I thought I saw them at the record store the last time I went.

Don't your walls have 2 sides?




This little exchange with yourself made me LOL.

It sure is. Conan showed it last night and it was like he was holding a tombstone.

I'll be putting it on my Christmas list with little chance of getting it. It looks damned good though, so I might have to spring for it myself.

I just watched their performance earlier and saw him hold up the box. Insane.