Frank Black Announces Epic Boxset

Edsel is proud to present 07-11, a new collection of recordings by legendary American singer-songwriter Black Francis. Best known as the frontman of iconic alternative rock band Pixies, Black Francis’ music has inspired generations of musicians from Nirvana to Radiohead. Compiled with the assistance of Black Francis himself, 07-11, released on 22^nd October,  gathers together eight albums from one of the most prolific periods of his career.

“This period of recordings marks a time when I felt free to write albums, or bodies of work, that were organised under the banner of a theme or unified concept… Some of the stories are incomplete or they mutate into each other. It is not always beginning, middle, and end with a moral (thank the gods!) Sometimes they are just flashes of the unexplained. ” – Black Francis.

This expansive new boxset features 129 tracks across nine CDs including five studio albums – ‘Bluefinger’ (2007), ‘Sv n F ng rs’ (2008), ‘The Golem’ (2010), ‘NonStopErotik’ (2010), and ‘Paley & Francis’ (2011). Plus, ‘Abbabubba’, a collection of B-sides, rarities and remixes, as well as two live albums ‘Live In Nijmegen’ and ‘Live At The Hotel Utah Saloon’ (which is released on CD for the very first time). 

 

All eight albums have been newly remastered for this release by Phil Kinrade at Alchemy Mastering at AIR.

Also includes a 40-page companion booklet featuring exclusive new artwork, along with an introduction and album-by-album liner notes by Black Francis himself.

 

To pre order the 07-11 box set go to: smarturl.it/BlackFrancis_07-11

Demon Records is also proud to continue presenting the new series of vinyl reissues from Black Francis / Frank Black.

 

On 10^th September  2021  the next two records in the series of 12 are released and both these titles have never before been available on vinyl. Each is lovingly issued on 140g coloured vinyl:  ‘Sv n F ng rs‘ will be available on white and orange split vinyl, and ‘Live in Nijmegen‘  as 2LPs on clear vinyl.

 

‘Sv n F ng rs‘ is a seven track mini album first released in 2007. For this album, Black Francis wrote around the idea of demigods, starting with Cú Chulainn of Eire, who apparently had seven fingers and seven toes on each hand and foot.

 

“It’s stripped down, minimal soloing, short, to the point, good for 20 minutes at a high rate of speed to get you the fuck out of town if only just.” – Black Francis. 

 

Captured in 2008 on the Bluefinger / Svn Fngrs tour, ‘Live in Nijmegen‘ features Black Francis backed by Jason Carter and Dan Schmid on ferocious performances of tracks such as ‘Threshold Apprehension’, ‘You Can’t Break A Heart And Have It’ and ‘Get Away Oil’.

“Every once in awhile, the sound person or who ever manages to get a decent live recording in and sometimes they luck out and the band plays pretty good, too. This is one of those nights”– Black Francis.

 

To pre order the Sv n F ng rs  vinyl go to: smarturl.it/BlackFrancis_Svn

To pre order Live in Nijmegen vinyl go to: smarturl.it/BlackFrancisNijmegen

The 07-11, box set track listing:

 

1. Captain Pasty

2. Threshold Apprehension

3. Test Pilot Blues

4. Lolita

5. Tight Black Rubber

6. Angels Come To Comfort You

7. Your Mouth Into Mine

8. Discotheque 36

9. You Can’t Break A Heart And Have It

10. She Took All The Money

11. Bluefinger

1. The Seus

2. Garbage Heap

3. Half Man

4. I Sent Away

5. Seven Fingers

6. Tale Of Lonesome Fetter

7. When They Come To Murder Me

1. Lake Of Sin

2. O My Tidy Sum

3. Rabbits

4. Wheels

5. Dead Man’s Curve

6. Corrina

7. Six Legged Man

8. Wild Son

9. When I Go Down On You

10. Nonstoperotik

11. Cinema Star

12. Lost Mi Love (Bonus Track)

13. Taint No Use (Bonus Track)

14. Rocket USA (Bonus Track)

15. The Grindsman (Bonus Track)

1. Miriam And Florian Theme (Version 2)

2. Makanujo

3. Bad News

4. The Flower Song

5. (Oh How I Wish I Could) Stay

6. The Word

7. Astaroth

8. The Obedient Servant

9. The Maharal

10. Little Stars Theme

11. Miriam And Florian

12. The Conjuring

13. Meet Me At The Ghetto Gates

14. Stars

15. Custom All The Way

16. You’re Gonna Pay

17. The Word (Reprise)

18. The Maharal (Reprise)

1. Curse

2. On The Corner

3. Magic Cup

4. Ugly Life

5. Seal

6. The Last Song

7. Crescent Moon

8. Deconstructed

9. Praise

10. Happy Shoes

1. Abbabubba

2. Serious Curious

3. II Cuchaiao

4. Alabaster

5. Rabbits

6. Dead Man’s Curve

7. Polly’s Into Me

8. The Seus (Infadels Remix)

9. Ghost Coming

10. The Water

11. The Seus (Chareles Normal Remix)

12. Do What You Want (Gyaneshwar)

13. Get Away Oil

14. The Sesus (Bloc Party Remix)

15. Virginia Reel

 

1. I Burn Today

2. Old Black Dawning

3. Bluefinger

4. Horrible Day

5. Do What You Want (Gyaneshwar)

6. Velouria

7. Tight Black Rubber

8. Space Is Gonna Do Me Good

9. Headache

10. Angels Come To Comfort You

11. All My Ghosts

12. The Water

13. Wave Of Mutilation

14. Massif Central

1. I Heard Ramona Sing

2. Bullet

3. Test Pilot Blues

4. The Holiday Song

5. She Took All The Money

6. Dead Man’s Curve

7. Brackish Boy

8. Sir Rockabye

9. Mr. Grieves

10. Your Mouth Into Mine

11. I’ll Be Blue

12. Broken Face

[with ‘Sister Isabelle’ snippet]

13. Nimrod’s Son

14. Jumping Beans

15. Cactus

1. Get Away Oil

2. I Sent Away

3. When They Come To Murder Me

4. Svn Fingers

5. Do What You Want (Gyaneshwar)

6. Halfman

7. All Around The World

8. (Talking)

9. Dead Man’s Curve

10. Bluefinger

11. (Talking)

12. Tight Black Rubber

13. Test Pilot Blues

14. Discotheque 36

15. Your Mouth Into Mine

16. She Took All The Money

17. Angels Come To Comfort You

18. Threshold Apprehension

19. Can’t Break Heart And Have It

20. (Talking)

21. Lolita

22. Captain Pasty

23. Band Intro

24. That Burnt Out Rock And Roll

 

Cat number: EDSL0096

Barcode: 740155729639