New York, NY (Top40 Charts) On December 2, A&M/UMe is set to release Humble Pie: The A&M CD Box Set (1970-1975), a comprehensive 8CD collection that spans the illustrious early-1970s career of one of rock's most beloved and influential British bands.
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The all-inclusive A&M CD Box Set (1970-1975) collection is an expanded 8CD version of the comparable 9LP A&M Vinyl Box Set (1970-1975) that was released in 2017, albeit now containing newly remastered versions of seven classic Humble Pie albums. The CD Box Set also comes with an additional, eighth bonus disc consisting of 14 rare B-sides and other rarities not part of the Vinyl Box Set, including five previously unreleased tracks. Also featured in this new 8CD collection are a hardback book with all-new essay, rare photos, and other memorabilia. Meanwhile, the limited-edition eCommerce 8CD edition includes an exclusive lithograph.
A shorter, digital-only companion version dubbed The A&M Rarities (1970-1975) contains the aforementioned 14 bonus tracks found on Disc 8 of the full CD Box Set, none of which have been made available digitally until now.
Anyone who preorders Humble Pie's The A&M Rarities (1970-1975) as of today, October 7, will immediately receive the instant grat track "Big
Black Dog," the band's very first A&M single that was also a non-album track. "Big
Black Dog" will also be able to stream across all digital service providers. Preorder The A&M Rarities (1970-1975) HERE.
Humble Pie was an early rock supergroup forged in the county of Essex in England in the autumn of 1968 by
Peter Frampton, the lead singer and lead guitarist with The Herd, along with drummer Jerry Shirley. Steve Marriott, the legendary lead singer of The Small Faces, then joined in January 1969, along with bassist Greg Ridley from Spooky Tooth. When Frampton left in 1971 to pursue a successful solo career, guitarist Clem Clempson stepped in, and the band carried on through 1975 before going their separate ways.
Each of the seven timeless Humble Pie albums released on A&M Records built upon the collective DNA each seasoned bandmember brought to the table following their first two albums on the Immediate Records label in the UK. July 1970's Humble Pie opened the door with the likes of Frampton's gentle "Earth And Water Song" and a thunderous cover of Willie Dixon's "I'm Ready." March 1971's Rock On continued to lay down the band's blues-rock calling card with signature tracks like "
Shine On" and "Stone Cold Fever." November 1971's double-live Performance: Rockin' The Fillmore is generally acknowledged as being one of the greatest live albums of all time, featuring the barn-burning, album-closing nine-minute version of "I Don't Need No Doctor" that became an instant FM radio classic. March 1972's Smokin' was the band's first album to feature Clempson on guitar, highlighted by Marriott's perpetually pleading AOR favorite, "30 Days In The Hole." April 1973's Eat It was an ambitious double album with a different feel for each of its four sides, shifting from straight-ahead rock ("Get Down To It") to R&B (Ike & Tina Turner's "
Black Coffee") and then acoustic numbers ("
Summer Song"), ultimately followed by a live side to close things out ("Up Our Sleeve"). February 1974's Thunderbox is flush with a mixture of originals (the gnarly title track) and covers (Ann Peebles' "I Can't Stand The Rain"). Finally, the band's A&M Records swan song, February 1975's Street Rats, balanced rough-hewn originals (Marriott's "Road Hogs") with gritty covers (Chuck Berry's "Rock 'N' Roll Music").
No matter how you slice it, Humble Pie's storied legacy remains intact with fans and the band's contemporaries alike to this very day, and the comprehensive A&M CD Box Set (1970-1975) 8CD collection reminds us all just how Smokin' great this legendary band truly was.
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HUMBLE PIE: THE A&M CD BOX SET (1970-1975) [8CDs]:
Disc One: HUMBLE PIE
Live With Me
Only A Roach
One Eyed Trouser-Snake Rumba
Earth And Water Song
I'm Ready
Theme From Skint
Red Light Mamma, Red Hot!
Sucking On The Sweet Vine
Disc Two: ROCK ON
Shine On
Sour Grain
79th And Sunset
Stone Cold Fever
Rolling Stone
A Song For Jenny
The Light
Big George
Strange Days
Red Neck Jump
Disc Three: PERFORMANCE: ROCKIN' THE FILLMORE
Four Day Creep
I'm Ready
Stone Cold Fever
I Walk On Gilded Splinters
Rolling Stone
Hallelujah (I Love Her So)
I Don't Need No Doctor
Disc Four: SMOKIN'
Hot 'N' Nasty
The Fixer
You're So Good To Me
C'mon Everybody
Old Time Feelin'
30 Days In The Hole
Road Runners 'G' Jam
I Wonder
Sweet Peace And Time
Disc Five: EAT IT
Get Down To It
Good Booze And Bad Women
Is It For Love?
Drugstore Cowboy
Black Coffee
I Believe To My Soul
Shut Up And Don't Interrupt Me
That's How Strong My Love Is
Say No More
Oh, Bella (All That's Hers)
Summer Song
Beckton Dumps
Up Our Sleeve
Honky Tonk Women
Road Runner
Disc Six: THUNDERBOX
Thunderbox
Groovin' With Jesus
I Can't Stand The Rain
Anna (Go To Him)
No Way
Rally With Ali
Don't Worry, Be Happy
Ninety-Nine Pounds
Every Single Day
No Money Down
Drift Away
Oh La-De-Da
Disc Seven: STREET RATS
Street Rat
Rock 'N' Roll Music
We Can Work It Out
Scored Out
Road Hog
Rain
There 'Tis
Let Me Be Your Lovemaker
Countryman Stomp
Drive My Car
Queens And Nuns
Disc Eight: BONUS TRACKS (B-Sides & Rarities):
Big
Black Dog (First A&M Single)
Mister Ring (German B-side)
I Don't Need No Doctor (Edit)
Chopper (With The Blackberries)
You've Been In Love Too Soon (With The Blackberries)
Twist And Shout (With The Blackberries)
Don't Change On Me (With The Blackberries)
The Outcrowd (B-Side)
Funky To The Bone (From UK Version Of Street Rats)
Tell Me The Truth (previously unreleased)
Gimme Some Lovin' (previously unreleased)
Illegal
Smile (previously unreleased)
Hurts So Good (previously unreleased)
She Belongs To Me (instrumental/vocal/final vocal)
