News 11 Oct 2012

Rage Against The Machine XX : 20th Anniversary Editions

By Paul Sinclair

American ‘alt-rock’ band Rage Against the Machine see their 1992 debut reissued in a variety of formats on 26 November 2012, including a lavish 20th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set.

Newly remastered for this anniversary release, Rage Against the Machine – XX will be available as a CD in three configurations

1) 20th Anniversary Edition Deluxe Box Set housing two CDs, two DVDs, one twelve-inch 180gm vinyl LP, one 40 page booklet and two-sided poster;
2) 20th Anniversary Special Edition featuring two CDs and a bonus DVD featuring six tracks in an oversized softpack; and
3) 20th Anniversary Edition single compact disc (with three bonus tracks).

180gm vinyl editions – a picture disc and a facsimile reproduction – of the original LP, remastered (no bonus tracks) will also be available.

Bonus audio material within these sets will include B-sides from the era (appended to remastered CD) and the original Rage Against the Machine demo tape (CD 2). The DVDs will feature the band’s free concert in Finsbury Park on June 2010, as well as other live performances and promo videos.

Details, track listings and pre-order links below.

Rage Against the Machine – XX (20th Anniversary Edition Deluxe Box Set 2CD/2DVD+vinyl)

2 x CDs + 2 x DVDs + 180gm LP

12″ lift-off box

40 page booklet

2 sided poster

CD 1 – Rage Against The Machine – Remastered

01. Bombtrack
02. Killing In The Name
03. Take The Power Back
04. Settle For Nothing
05. Bullet In The Head
06. Know Your Enemy
07. Wake Up
08. Fistful Of Steel
09. Township Rebellion
10. Freedom

Bonus Tracks (b-sides)

11. Bombtrack (live, taken from Bombtrack single)
12 Bullet in the Head (live, taken from Bullet in the Head single)
13. Take The Power Back (live, taken from Freedom single)

CD 2 – “The Original Demos” – first official commercial release (except where noted)

01. Bombtrack
02. Take The Power Back
03. Bullet in the Head
04. Darkness of Greed (previously released)
05. Clear the Lane (previously released)
06. Township Rebellion
07. Know Your Enemy
08. Mindset’s A Threat
09. Killing In The Name
10. Auto Logic
11. The Narrows
12. Freedom

DVD 1

“The Battle of Britain” – previously unreleased

FINSBURY PARK, LONDON ENGLAND (JUNE 6, 2010)
- 1. Testify
- 2. Bombtrack
- 3. People Of The Sun
- 4. Know Your Enemy
- 5. Bulls On Parade
- 6. Township Rebellion
- 7. Bullet In The Head
- 8. White Riot
- 9. Guerrilla Radio
- 10. Sleep Now In The Fire
- 11. Freedom
- 12. Killing In The Name

MUSIC VIDEOS
- “Killing in the Name” (1992)
- “Bullet in the Head” (1993)
- “Bombtrack” (1993)
- “Freedom” (1993)
- “Bulls on Parade” (1996)
- “People of the Sun” (1996)
- “No Shelter” (1998)
- “Guerrilla Radio” (1999)
- “Sleep Now in the Fire” (2000) – first official commercial release
- “Testify” (2000) – first official commercial release
- “Renegades of Funk” (2000) – first official commercial release
- “How I Could Just Kill a Man” (2000) – previously unreleased

LIVE MATERIAL FROM 1997 VIDEO COMPILATION – first time on DVD
- “The Ghost Of Tom Joad”
- “Vietnow” – Irvine, CA – 1997
- “People Of The Sun”
- “Bulls On Parade”
- “Bullet In The Head”
- “Zapata’s Blood” – Rock Am Ring Festival, Germany – 1996
- “Know Your Enemy”
- “Bombtrack”
- “Tire Me” – Reading Festival 1996
- “Killing In The Name” – Pink Pop Festival – 1994

DVD 2 – all previously unreleased

“First Public Performance”

CAL STATE NORTH RIDGE, CA (OCTOBER 23, 1991)
- 1. Killing In The Name
- 2. Take The Power Back
- 3. Autologic
- 4. Bullet In The Head
- 5. Hit The Deck
- 6. Township Rebellion
- 7. Darkness Of Greed
- 8. Clear The Lane
- 9. Clampdown
- 10. Know Your Enemy
- 11. Freedom

PINK POP 1994 – “Freedom”
VIC THEATRE 1993 – “Take the Power Back”
JC DOBBS 1993 – “Fistful of Steel”
SOUNDSTAGE PERFORMANCE 1992 – “Bombtrack”
Halfway House 1992 – “Wake Up”
Castaic 1992 – “Settle for Nothing”
San Luis Obispo 1992 – “Clear the Lane”
CWNN 1992 – “Untitled”
Zed’s Records 1992 – “Darkness of Greed”
NOMADS 1992 – “Wake Up”

Rage Against The Machine – XX (20th Anniversary Special Edition 2CD/DVD)

CD 1 – Rage Against The Machine – Remastered

01. Bombtrack
02. Killing In The Name
03. Take The Power Back
04. Settle For Nothing
05. Bullet In The Head
06. Know Your Enemy
07. Wake Up
08. Fistful Of Steel
09. Township Rebellion
10. Freedom

Bonus Tracks (b-sides)

11. Bombtrack (live, taken from Bombtrack single)
12 Bullet in the Head (live, taken from Bullet in the Head single)
13. Take The Power Back (live, taken from Freedom single)

CD 2 – “The Original Demos” – first official commercial release (except where noted)

01. Bombtrack
02. Take The Power Back
03. Bullet in the Head
04. Darkness of Greed (previously released)
05. Clear the Lane (previously released)
06. Township Rebellion
07. Know Your Enemy
08. Mindset’s A Threat
09. Killing In The Name
10. Auto Logic
11. The Narrows
12. Freedom

Bonus DVD:

Music Videos:
- · Killing In The Name
- · Bombtrack
- · Freedom
Take The Power Back (Vic Theatre) – previously unreleased
Bombtrack (Soundstage performance) – previously unreleased
Wake Up (Nomads) – previously unreleased

Rage Against The Machine – XX (20th Anniversary Edition – single CD version)

Single CD edition in a jewel case

Rage Against The Machine – Remastered

01. Bombtrack
02. Killing In The Name
03. Take The Power Back
04. Settle For Nothing
05. Bullet In The Head
06. Know Your Enemy
07. Wake Up
08. Fistful Of Steel
09. Township Rebellion
10. Freedom

Bonus Tracks (b-sides)

11. Bombtrack (live, taken from Bombtrack single)
12 Bullet in the Head (live, taken from Bullet in the Head single)
13. Take The Power Back (live, taken from Freedom single)

Rage Against The Machine – XX (Vinyl)

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