Phil Collins ‘Both Sides’ Gets 30th Anniversary Box Set

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Phil Collins’ fifth solo studio album, Both Sides, has been reissued as a special edition 5-LP box set in celebration of its 30th anniversary. The expanded collection, Both Sides (All The Sides), arrived September 20, 2024, via Rhino. It’s available in the U.S. here and in the U.K. here.

This deluxe edition contains the remastered full original album, cut at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, and is a compendium of early demo tracks from the recording of the album as well as rarities from the singles originally released on the album – “Both Sides of the Story,” “Everyday” and “We Wait and We Wonder.” Both Sides (All The Sides) brings this full collection together with live tracks from the era, such as “Can’t Turn Back the Years,” “Both Sides of the Story” taken from Collins’ MTV Unplugged performance, “Doesn’t Anybody Stay Together Anymore” and more, as one release for the first time on vinyl. The set is housed in a slipcase with picture sleeves and a 16-page booklet containing newly written and extensive liner notes by journalist Michael Hann.

More from the July 11 announcement: Proclaimed by Collins as his most personal album to that point in his career, Both Sides, originally released in 1993, was written, performed and produced entirely by Collins at his home studio in just six weeks. In a 2016 interview with The Guardian, Collins named it as his “favorite album from a songwriting and creative perspective,” going on to reveal how “… the songs just streamed out of me, and as a writer, that’s the kind of thing that you dream of.”

Upon its original release, the album reached No. 1 in the U.K. and throughout Europe has gone on to be a global multi-platinum seller.

As written by Hann in his notes, “Time has magnified its virtues, and perspective has amplified its truths. Both Sides may not have been the monster hit its predecessors were, but it might be the most important record in the Phil Collins discography.”

Also announced is Live From the Board: Official Bootleg, a limited-edition 10-inch vinyl for Record Store Day 2024 Black Friday (Nov. 29). This four-track EP was originally released in 1995 and features songs recorded on the “Both Sides” tour in 1994 under the artist name Phil Collins & The Indescribable Din. It features the tracks “Sussudio,” “Easy Lover,” “Separate Lives” and “My Girl.”

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