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VARIOUS ARTISTS PAY CLOSE ATTENTION Limited Deluxe Four LP Lidded Box Set + DVD
Overview:
· XL Recordings release ‘Pay Close Attention’, a label
history-spanning compilation album. The album documents and celebrates the key releases and moments from the 25 year history of the Londonbased, independent record label.
· In the ‘Pay Close Attention’ sleevenotes, XL owner Richard Russell writes: “XL Recordings is a collaborative endeavour, and many people have contributed to its evolution. In the song ‘Out Of Space’, Liam Howlett of The Prodigy provided a
blueprint when he sampled Kool Keith of Ultramagnetic MC’s rapping these words: “Pay Close Attention”. And whilst XL has never had any outside ownership, Gil Scott-Heron advised me not to even consider XL an “independent”, because everything is connected. Part 1 of this compilation are the roots of XL; underground music, made for DJs. These roots
are still growing. Part 2 features some of the singular
talents who have taken the label further than we ever
envisioned. There is no unifying genre; hopefully the thread of originality is evident though.”
· Available as a deluxe four LP lidded boxset that includes a poster and a bonus 10 track NTSC Region 0 DVD featuring such iconic footage as The Prodigy’s ‘Firestarter’ video, Michel Gondry’s ‘Fell In Love With A Girl’ (for The White Stripes) and Adele performing ‘Someone Like You’ at The Brits.
Featured Tracks:
Disc: 1
1. DJ’s Take Control – SL2
2. Out of Space – The Prodigy
3. Don’t Go (Kicks Like a Mule Remix) – Awesome 3
4. Sweet Harmony – Liquid
5. Piper – Jonny L
6. Gabriel (Feat. Peven Everett) (Live Garage Mix) – Roy Davis Jr.
7. Destiny – Dem 2
8. Anytime – Nu-Birth
9. Jump ‘N’ Shout – Basement Jaxx
10. I Luv U – Dizzee Rascal
11. Igloo – Wiley
12. Hater – Various Productions
13. Talkin’ the Hardest – Giggs
14. Wildfire (Feat. Little Dragon) – SBTRKT
15. All Under One Roof Raving – Jamie xx
Disc: 2
1. Firestarter – The Prodigy
2. F**k the Pain Away – Peaches
3. Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes
4. I Feel Just Like a Child – Devendra Banhart
5. Once Around the Block – Badly Drawn Boy
6. Seventeen Years – Ratatat
7. Paper Planes – M.I.A.
8. The Eraser – Thom Yorke
9. New York Is Killing Me – Gil Scott-Heron
10. Wierd Fishes/arpeggi – Radiohead
11. Yonkers – Tyler, the Creator
12. Sea Within a Sea – The Horrors
13. BTSTU (Edit) – Jai Paul
14. Please Forgive My Heart – Bobby Womack
15. Angels – The xx
16. Too Much – Sampha
17. Step – Vampire Weekend
18. Easy Easy – King Krule
19. Rolling in the Deep – Adele
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