Poison Girls - Persons Unknown The Complete Recorded History 7 CD box set
This limited-release seven CD box set brings together all of Poison Girls studio and live albums, plus all of the band’s singles released on the Xntrix, Small Wonder, Crass Records, Illuminated, and Upright labels. Also included are demo recordings of unreleased tracks from early in the band’s career, songs by spin-off duo That Famous Subversa, and live and home recordings from the final years of the band’s life—material that has never been released before. The box set includes a fully illustrated, full-color 96-page booklet that contains an exhaustive set of song lyrics and a succinct history of the band written by Rich Cross. The box set is sequenced by Rich Cross and Richard Famous and co-released by PM Press, Cooking Vinyl, Free Dirt, and Active Distribution.
Only 1000 box sets have been produced: 500 copies to Cooking Vinyl in the UK, and 500 to PM Press in the US. Once they are gone, they are gone.
DISC ONE: “Persons Unknown” single / Hex twelve-inch, Piano Lessons single / demo recordings 1978-79
DISC TWO: “Statement” flexi / Chappaquiddick Bridge LP / Dirty Work single
DISC THREE: Total Exposure LP, live 1981 / “The Offending Article”
DISC FOUR: Where’s the Pleasure LP / “Statement” (Orchestral version)
DISC FIVE: One Good Reason single / Not A Real Woman single / Seven Year Scratch LP—live tracks, 1983
DISC SIX: Songs of Praise LP / Happy Now single / live tracks 1984-85
DISC SEVEN: Price of Grain twelve-inch / Leytonstone studio recordings / Unreleased live recordings, 1987 / Songs by That Famous Subversa / “Statement” live, 1995 / “Persons Unknown”, live 2015
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