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Aerosmith was one of the most popular hard rock bands of the '70s, setting the style and sound of hard rock and heavy metal for the next two decades with their raunchy, bluesy swagger. The Boston-based quintet found the middle ground between the menace of the Rolling Stones and the campy, sleazy flamboyance of the New York Dolls, developing a lean, dirty riff-oriented boogie that was loose and swinging and as hard as a diamond. For the serious Aerosmith fan looking to obtain all of the band's classic releases for Columbia, 1994's Box of Fire is a quintessential purchase. Included are all of the band's 12 releases for their original record company, as well as a five-track bonus disc that features previously unreleased/hard-to-find songs (an absolute highlight of which is a killer reading of "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"). All of the albums have been remastered from the original source tapes using 20-bit technology, and the packaging is excellent -- each CD booklet is chock-full of classic photos and memorabilia from each specific album's era. Such Aero masterpieces as 1974's Get Your Wings, 1975's Toys in the Attic, and 1976's Rocks have only improved with age; and by listening back to such releases as Draw the Line and Night in the Ruts (which were both panned by critics when first issued), you'll discover many forgotten classics. Although not all of the albums consist of original material (three live albums and two greatest-hits packages are included in the set), Box of Fire is highly recommended despite its steep price. ~ Greg Prato, all media guide

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Tracklist

01. Make It
02. Somebody
03. Dream On
04. One Way Street
05. Mama Kin
06. Write Me A Letter
07. Movin' Out
08. Walkin' The Dog

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Original Release Date: January 13, 1973
Reissue: November 22, 1994 (September 1993)
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Columbia Records
Catalog No.: CK 66671 (CK 57360)


Tracklist

01. Same Old Song And Dance
02. Lord Of The Thighs
03. Spaced
04. Woman Of The World
05. S.O.S. (Too Bad)
06. Train Kept A-Rollin'
07. Seasons Of Wither
08. Pandora's Box

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Original Release Date: March 1, 1974
Reissue: November 22, 1994 (September 1993)
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Columbia Records
Catalog No.: CK 66672 (CK 57361)


Tracklist

01. Toys In The Attic
02. Uncle Salty
03. Adam's Apple
04. Walk This Way
05. Big Ten Inch Record
06. Sweet Emotion
07. No More No More
08. Round And Round
09. You See Me Crying

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Original Release Date: April 8, 1975
Reissue: November 22, 1994 (September 1993)
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Columbia Records
Catalog No.: CK 66673 (CK 57362)


Tracklist

01. Back In The Saddle
02. Last Child
03. Rats In The Cellar
04. Combination
05. Sick As A Dog
06. Nobody's Fault
07. Get The Lead Out
08. Lick And A Promise
09. Home Tonight

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Original Release Date: May 3, 1976
Reissue: November 22, 1994 (September 1993)
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Columbia Records
Catalog No.: CK 66674 (CK 57363)


Tracklist

01. Draw The Line
02. I Wanna Know Why
03. Critical Mass
04. Get It Up
05. Bright Light Fright
06. Kings And Queens
07. The Hand That Feeds
08. Sight For Sore Eyes
09. Milk Cow Blues

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Original Release Date: December 1, 1977
Reissue: November 22, 1994 (September 1993)
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Columbia Records
Catalog No.: CK 66675 (CK 57364)


Tracklist

01. Back In The Saddle
02. Sweet Emotion
03. Lord Of The Thighs
04. Toys In The Attic
05. Last Child
06. Come Together
07. Walk This Way
08. Sick As A Dog
09. Dream On
10. Chip Away The Stone
11. Sight For Sore Eyes
12. Mama Kin
13. S.O.S. (Too Bad)
14. I Ain't Got You
15. Mother Popcorn / Draw The Line
16. Train Kept A-Rollin'/Strangers In The Night

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Original Release Date: October, 1978
Reissue: November 22, 1994 (September 1993)
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Columbia Records
Catalog No.: CK 66676 (CK 57365)


Tracklist

01. No Surprize
02. Chiquita
03. Remember (Walking In The Sand)
04. Cheese Cake
05. Three Mile Smile
06. Reefer Head Woman
07. Bone To Bone (Coney Island White Fish Boy)
08. Think About It
09. Mia

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Original Release Date: November, 1979
Reissue: November 22, 1994 (September 1993)
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Columbia Records
Catalog No.: CK 66677 (CK 57366)


Tracklist

01. Dream On
02. Same Old Song And Dance
03. Sweet Emotion
04. Walk This Way
05. Last Child
06. Back In The Saddle
07. Draw The Line
08. Kings And Queens
09. Come Together
10. Remember (Walking In The Sand)

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Original Release Date: October, 1980
Reissue: November 22, 1994 (September 1993)
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Columbia Records
Catalog No.: CK 66678 (CK 57367)


Tracklist

01. Jailbait
02. Lightning Strikes
03. Bitch's Brew
04. Bolivian Ragamuffin
05. Cry Me A River
06. Prelude To Joanie
07. Joanie's Butterfly
08. Rock In A Hard Place (Cheshire Cat)
09. Jig Is Up
10. Push Comes To Shove

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Original Release Date: October 1, 1982
Reissue: November 22, 1994 (September 1993)
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Columbia Records
Catalog No.: CK 66679 (CK 57368)


Tracklist

01. Train Kept A Rollin'
02. Kings And Queens
03. Sweet Emotion
04. Dream On
05. Mama Kin
06. Three Mile Smile / Reefer Head Woman
07. Lord Of The Thighs
08. Major Barbra

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Original Release Date: April, 1986
Reissue: November 22, 1994 (September 1993)
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Columbia Records
Catalog No.: CK 66680 (CK 57369)


Tracklist

01. Back In The Saddle
02. Walk This Way
03. Movin' Out
04. Draw The Line
05. Same Old Song And Dance
06. Last Child
07. Let The Music Do The Talking
08. Toys In The Attic

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Original Release Date: June, 1987
Reissue: November 22, 1994 (September 1993)
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Columbia Records
Catalog No.: CK 66681 (CK 57370)


Tracklist

01. Rats In The Cellar
02. Lick And A Promise
03. Chip Away The Stone
04. No Surprize
05. Mama Kin
06. Adam's Apple
07. Nobody's Fault
08. Round And Round
09. Critical Mass
10. Lord Of The Thighs
11. Jailbait
12. Train Kept A Rollin'

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Original Release Date: November, 1988
Reissue: November 22, 1994 (September 1993)
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Columbia Records
Catalog No.: CK 66682 (CK 57371)


Tracklist

01. Sweet Emotion (1991)
02. Rocking Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu
03. Subway (Instrumental)
04. Circle Jerk (Instrumental)
05. Dream On (Symphonic version, MTV)

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Release Date: November 22, 1994
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Columbia Records
Catalog No.: CK 66895

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Starting with the band's self-titled debut, all the great albums that helped serve as inspirations for countless bands are here, including TOYS IN THE ATTIC, DRAW THE LINE, GET YOUR WINGS, and ROCKS. Beyond hits like "Walk This Way" and "Back in the Saddle" are nuggets like "Seasons of Wither", "Critical Mass", "No Surprize" and "Major Barbra". Live Aerosmith comes in the form of the unfiltered LIVE: BOOTLEG and the more sonically cleaned-up CLASSICS I and II. New versions of "Sweet Emotion" and "Dream On" make up the bonus disc along with a rollicking cover of "Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" and a pair of hard-hitting DRAW THE LINE-era instrumentals. Notes: 20-Bit Digital Mastering - Direct From First-Generation Source Tapes, Using State-Of-The-Art Super Bit Mapping. Housed In Deluxe Aero-Packaging: Complete With All The Original LP Artwork And Liner Notes.

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• Steven Tyler - vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, wood flute, piano, keyboards, bass, percussion
• Joe Perry - vocals, acoustic, electric 12-string, slide & lap steel guitars, bass, percussion
• Brad Whitford / Rick Dufay / Jimmy Crespo - guitar
• Tom Hamilton - guitar, bass
• Joey Kramer - drums, percussion, background vocals

Additional personnel: Michael Mainieri (conductor, arranger); Neil Thompson, John Lievano (guitar); Jack Douglas (mandolin, percussion); Paul Prestopino (banjo); Reinhard Straub (violin); George Young (alto saxophone); Lou Marini, Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); Lou Delgotto (baritone saxophone); David Woodford, Stan Bronstein, John Turi (saxophones); Randy Brecker (trumpet); Barry Rogers, Jon Pearson (trombone); Richie Supa, Scott Cushnie, Paul Harris (piano); Ray Colcord (keyboards); Mark Radice (keyboards, background vocals); Jay Messina (bass marimba); Karen Lawrence (background vocals)

Credits:
Engineer - Adrian Barber (tracks: CD1,CD8-01,CD12-05) , Caryl Weinstock (tracks: CD1,CD8-01,CD12-05) , Gary Lyons (tracks: CD7,CD8-10,CD12-04) , Godfrey Diamond (tracks: CD9,CD12-11) , Grey Russell (tracks: CD10) , Jack Douglas (tracks: CD2,CD6,CD8-02,CD9,CD12-10,12) , James A. Ball (tracks: CD10,CD11) , Jay Messina (tracks: CD2,CD3,CD4,CD5,CD6,CD8-02-08,CD12-01,02,06-10,12) , Lee DeCarlo (tracks: CD6) , Rod O'Brien (tracks: CD2,CD8-02,CD12-10,12) , Thom Panunzio (tracks: CD10) , Tony Bongiovi (tracks: CD9,CD12-11)
Mixed By - James A. Ball (tracks: CD11) , Michael Brauer* (tracks: CD13-03,04) , Paul O'Neill (tracks: CD11)
Producer - Adrian Barber (tracks: CD1,CD8-01,CD12-05) , Aerosmith (tracks: CD4,CD5,CD6,CD7,CD8-05-08,CD11,CD12-01,02,07,12) , Gary Lyons (tracks: CD7,CD8-10,CD12-04) , George Martin (tracks: CD8-09) , Jack Douglas (tracks: CD2,CD3,CD4,CD5,CD6,CD8-02-09,CD9,CD12-01-03,06-12) , Paul O'Neill (tracks: CD10,CD11) , Ray Colcord (tracks: CD2,CD8-02,CD12-10) , Steven Tyler (tracks: CD9,CD12-11) , Tony Bongiovi (tracks: CD9,CD10-08,CD12-11)
Remix - David Thoener (tracks: CD13-01)

CD1,CD8-01 & CD12-05 Recorded At Intermedia Sound, Boston, Mass.
CD2,CD3,CD4,CD5,CD7,CD8-02-08 & 10,CD12-01,02,04,07-08,10 & 12 Recorded At Record Plant Studios, NY.
CD4,CD8-05 & 06 Recorded At The Wherehouse, Waltham, Mass.
CD5,CD8-07 & 08, CD12-09 Recorded At The Cenacle, Armonk, NY.
CD6-01,08,12 & 13, Recorded Live In Indianapolis 7/4/77.
CD6-02 & 03 Recorded Live In Chicago 3/23/78.
CD6-04 Recorded Live In Boston 3/28/78.
CD6-05 Recorded Live In Boston 8/9/78.
CD6-06 Recorded Live At The Wherehouse, Waltham, Mass. 8/21/78.
CD6-07 & 16 Recorded Live In Detroit, 4/2/78.
CD6-09 Recorded Live In Louisville, 7/3/77.
CD6-10,CD12-03 Recorded Live In Santa Monica, 4/8/78.
CD6-11 Recorded Live In Columbus, 2/24/78.
CD6-13 & 14 Recorded Live In Boston, 4/23/73.
CD7,CD8-10,CD12-04 Recorded At Mediasound.
CD9,CD12-11 Recorded At The Power Station, NY & Criteria Studios, Miami, FL.
CD10 Recorded At Various Concerts Between 1997 & 1983. Mixed And Recorded By The Record Plant, NY.
CD11-01-03,05,06 & 08 Recorded Live At The Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Mass. 12/31/84.
CD11-07 Recorded Live At The Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA. 3/12/86.
CD11-04 Recorded Live At The California Jam, Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, CA.
CD13-01 Remix By David Thoener For The Release Of Pandora's Box.
CD13-02 Recorded For The 1987 "Less Than Zero" Soundtrack.
CD13-03,04 Two "Draw The Line" Instrumentals Previously Used As Non-LP Single B-Sides.
CD13-05 Special Symphonic Version Recorded For MTV & Has Never Appeared As Part Of An Aerosmith Package!

Recording information: 1972-1994
Mastered by Vic Anesini, May 1993.

Box Released: November 22, 1994
Number of Discs: 13
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Label: Columbia Records (Sony)
Catalog No.: CXK 66687



See also:
Done With Mirrors (1985/2005)
Pandora's Box (3CD Set, 1991)
O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits (2CD, 2002)