The Libertines - Up The Bracket (20th Anniversary Deluxe Boxset) (LP)

2-LP, 2-Singles, 2-CD, 1-DVD, 1-MC

Rock

To celebrate the release of their amazing debut album "Up The Bracket", The Libertines are releasing a 20th Anniversary Edition in various formats via Rough Trade.

In addition to a remaster of the original album "Up The Bracket" produced by Mick Jones (The Clash), "Live at the 100 Club" is also included.

"Up The Bracket" came like a raging bull into a tired post-Britpop china store, introducing the world to The Libertines, a new band of London bohemians whose ragged tunes, red military tunics, opium-laced poetry and "live now pay never" lifestyle defined the Millennial angst of the early noughties

At the heart of the band is the blood brotherhood between the rickety Music Hall Jagger/Richards, Peter Doherty and Carl Barat, ably supported by the rock solid rhythm twins John Hassall and Gary Powell. Any bookie worth his salt would have bet that this quartet would survive more than a month or two, considering they were living life on the edge. But now, two decades later, our Byronic heroes, though older and wiser, are still fighting the good fight and making music that is just as vital as their debut. The faith, talent and zeal Doherty spoke of in their first manifesto have served them well

"Up The Bracket," rightfully considered one of the best albums of the noughties, was originally released by Rough Trade Records on October 21, 2002. The album, a heady stew of indie rock, skiffle, blues, dub and English bucolic pop, was a tremendous boost to a largely redundant music scene, helping to inspire the rebirth of guitar music and influencing countless artists who followed in its wake. "Up The Bracket," produced by The Clash's Mick Jones, takes you on a wondrously poetic journey into the band's mythical world and their fevered dreams of Albion, a land of seedy glamour, freedom, equality, brotherhood, gin palaces and chip shops. Pete, Carl, Gary and John created a timeless British rock'n'roll classic that is as relevant today as when it was released.

"Up The Bracket" (Remastered) and "Live at the 100 Club."

To celebrate the release of their amazing debut album, "Up The Bracket," The Libertines are releasing a 20th Anniversary Edition in a variety of formats via Rough Trade.

In addition to a remaster of the original "Up The Bracket" album produced by Mick Jones (The Clash), the Super Deluxe Edition features a remarkable 65 previously unreleased recordings, including many original demos, radio sessions and live recordings documenting the making of "Up The Bracket," as well as a live recording from 2002's 100 Club, and includes a 60-page book with a foreword by Matt Wilkinson, new interviews with the band by Anthony Thornton and many unseen photos and memorabilia.

Tracklist:

LP
1. Vertigo
2. Death On The Stairs
3.  Horrorshow
4. Time For Heroes
5. Boys In The Band
6. Radio America
7. Up The Bracket
8. Tell The King
9. The Boy Looked At Johnny
10. Begging
11. The Good Old Days
12. I Get Along

LP
1. Horrorshow
2. Vertigo
3. The Delaney
4. What A Waster
5. Begging
6. Time For Heroes
7. Death On The Stairs
8. Boys In The Band
9. I Get Along

Single 7"
1. Up The Bracket – Original Audio not remastered
2. Boys in the Band – Original Audio not remastered

Single 7"
1. Time For Heroes – Original Audio not remastered
2. The 7 Deadly Sins (Demo) – Original Audio not remastered

CD
1. Up The Bracket – Take 4
2. Vertigo – Take 2
3. Ha Ha Wall – Take 1
4. Horror Show – Take 3
5. Bangkok – Take 1
6. Time For Heroes – Take 3
7. Begging – Take 1
8. What A Waster – Take 1
9. Breck Road Lover – Take 1
10. Never Never – Take 2
11. Tell The King – Take 1
12. The Domestic – Take 1
13. Don’t Talk To Me -Take 1
14. The Wolfman – Take 2
15. Radio America – Take 2
16. The Good Old Days – Take 1
17. 7 Deadly Sins – Take 3
18. Sweets – Take 4
19. Mocking Bird – Take 6
20. Boys In The Band – Take 1
21. Skag & Bone Man – Take 2

CD
1. Vertigo – Demo
2. The Boy Looked At Johnny - Demo
3. Death On The Stairs - Demo
4. Horror Show - Demo
5. All At Sea (Misty) - Demo
6. Wolfman - Demo
7. Plan A – Demo
8. Up The Bracket – Evening Session
9. Boys In The Band – Evening Session
10. Time For Heroes – Evening Session
11. I Get Along/mayday – Evening Session
12. Jo Whiley – Christmas Live Lounge
13. Skag & Bone Man – Up The Bracket B-Side
14. The Delaney - Up The Bracket B-Side
15. Plan A - Up The Bracket B-Side
16. General Smuts (Demo) – Time For Heroes B-Side
17. Bangkok (Demo) – Time For Heroes – B-Side
18. Mr. Finnegan (Demo) – Time For Heroes B-Side
19. Sally Brown (Demo) – Time For Heroes B-Side
20. 7 Deadly Sins (Demo) – Time For Heroes B-Side
21. Up The Bracket – Live at The ICA – 3/6/02
22. Mayday – Live at Nottingham Rock City – 30/10/02
23. Begging - Live at Divan Du Monde, paris – 7/11/02
24. The Boy Looked At Johnny – Live at Divan Du Monde, Paris – 7/11/02
25. Death On The Stairs – Alt Guitar Version

MC
1. I Get Along – 12/01 – Nomis Demo
2. Time For Heroes – 12/01 – Nomis Demo
3. Never Never – 12/01 – Nomis Demo
4. Horror Show – 12/01 – Nomis Demo
5. Boys In The Band – 12/01 – Nomis Demo
6. Up The Bracket – 01/02 – Nomis Demo
7. Begging - 01/02 – Nomis Demo
8. What A Waster - 01/02 – Nomis Demo
9. Skint & minted - 01/02 – Nomis Demo
10. General Smuts - 01/02 – Nomis Demo
11. Bangkok - 01/02 – Nomis Demo
12. Mayday - 01/02 – Nomis Demo
13. Mr Finnegan - 01/02 – Nomis Demo
14. Tell The King – 25/1/02 - Demo
15. Death On The Stairs – 25/1/02 – Demo
16. Time For Heroes – 1/3/02 - Demo
17. I Get Along – 1/3/02 - Demo
18. Horror Show – 1/3/02 – Demo
19. Boys In The Band – 1/3/02 - Demo
20. General Smuts – 1/3/02 – Demo