Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. I Wanna Be Adored
2. She Bangs The Drums
3. Waterfall
4. Don't Stop
5. Bye Bye Bad Man
6. Elizabeth My Dear
7. (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister
8. Made Of Stone
9. Shoot You Down
10. This Is The One
11. I Am The Resurrection

Disc 2:

1. Elephant Stone
2. Full Fathom Five
3. The Hardest Thing
4. Going Down
5. Guernica
6. Mersey Paradise
7. Standing Here
8. Simone
9. Fools Gold (9.53)
10. What The World Is Waiting For
11. One Love (Full Length)
12. Something's Burning (Full Length)
13. Where Angels Play

Disc 3:

1. I Wanna Be Adored
2. She Bangs the Drums
3. Waterfall
4. Bye Bye Badman
5. Sugar Spun Sister
6. Shoot You Down
7. This Is The One
8. I Am Resurrection
9. Elephant Stone
10. Going Down
11. Mersey Paradise
12. Where Angels Play
13. Something's Burning
14. One Love
15. Pearl Bastard (Previously Unreleased)

Disc 4:

1. Elizabeth My Dear (vinyl)
2. (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister (vinyl)
3. Made Of Stone (vinyl)
4. Shoot You Down (vinyl)
5. This Is The One (vinyl)
6. I Am The Resurrection (vinyl)
7. Elizabeth My Dear (vinyl)
8. (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister (vinyl)
9. Made Of Stone (vinyl)
10. Shoot You Down (vinyl)
11. This Is The One (vinyl)
12. I Am The Resurrection (vinyl)

Disc 5:

1. Fool\x{2019}s Gold 9.53 (vinyl)
2. What The World Is Waiting For (vinyl)
3. One Love (Full Length)(vinyl)
4. Something\x{2019}s Burning (Full Length)(vinyl)
5. Where Angels Play (vinyl)

Disc 6:

1. Elephant Stone (vinyl)
2. Full Fathom Five (vinyl)
3. The Hardest Thing (vinyl)
4. Going Down (vinyl)
5. Guernica (vinyl)
6. Mersey Paradise (vinyl)
7. Standing Here (vinyl)
8. Simone (vinyl)

Disc 7:

1. The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses - 20th Anniversary Re-Master (USB)
2. The Stone Roses: The B-Sides & Non Album Singles (USB)
3. The Stone Roses: The Lost Demos (USB)
4. 5 PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD backwards tracks: Untitled 1, Untitled 2, Untitled 3, Untitled 4, Untitled 5 (USB)
5. Videos: The Making Of Fools Gold + 5 x promotional single videos (USB)
6. Ringtones (USB)
7. Wallpapers (USB)
8. 48 page digital booklet

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2580 in Music
• Released on: 2009-08-10
• Number of discs: 6
• Formats: CD, Box set
• Dimensions: 9.02 pounds

CD Description
In August 2009, marking the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the release of the legendary eponymous debut album by The Stone Roses, Sony Music release the definitive super deluxe limited edition collectors boxset. Originally released in May 1989, The Stone Roses is often cited as THE greatest album of all time. This release is homage to this landmark British rock album on which every track has become an iconic classic - "I Wanna be Adored", "She Bangs The Drums", "Made Of Stone", "I Am The Resurrection"… Original producer John Leckie has returned to the studio for the first time in 20 years with Ian Brown to produce a re-mastered version of the album for the very first time.
The Collectors Editon is 3CD/3LP/DVD/ 2GB USB/ 1 book /6 art prints
A super deluxe 12” album folder, slipcased with embossing and gold foil, wrapped in classic John Squire artwork throughout.
Boxset includes the re-mastered album, re-mastered Extras (including all AA’s and B Sides) PLUS album of LOST DEMOS (including one previously unheard track!)
• 180 gsm heavyweight vinyl’s
• Lemon shaped USB containing all audio, promo videos, ringtones, wallpapers, previously unseen John Leckie home video footage of the recording of Fools Gold and five previously unheard ‘Backwards’ tracks! • 48-page bound book, crammed full of unseen photos and brand new notes from the band, John Leckie, those involved 20 years ago and high profile fans of the album telling their stories of it, including Noel Gallagher, Mark Ronson, Tim Burgess, Bobby Gillespie and many, many more
• 6 x 12” John Squire single art prints of "I Wanna Be Adored", "She Bangs The Drums", "Elephant Stone", "Fools Gold", "I am The Resurrection" & "Made Of Stone"

Customer Reviews

A respectful celebration of one of the greatest albums of all time
There's a lot of negative noise about this product here, and I can understand people's gripes: there are a great number of excellent `Collector's Editions' or `Special Editions' that aren't bloated to the extent that this is and, more's to the point, don't come with a similarly bloated price tag. The Collector's Edition of Happy Mondays' `Bummed' is a particularly fine (and appropriate) example. But that said, I've bought this 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition of The Stone Roses debut and do love it - and would highly recommend it to you. It is however most definitely a luxury purchase: what you effectively get is the same content three times - on CD/DVD, vinyl and USB - along with a commemorative book and prints of John Squire's cover art, all wrapped up in a beautifully presented package. It is excessive, and if such excess turns you off then you should opt for one of the other, cheaper editions - or head to your preferred download site and pick off the tracks you want individually.

The album itself is of course a masterwork and doesn't need any further eulogising here. I first bought it on the day it was originally released back in May 1989, along with The Cure's `Disintegration' which was released the same week. I remember going home and listening to `Disintegration' first which, although good, is heavy going to say the least. I then put the Roses' album on and - BAM! - it was like throwing open the windows and letting the sunshine flood in. I was in love from that point on - a love that endures to this day.

The re-master by John Leckie and Ian Brown is the biggest reason to buy this: it's superb. Totally respectful of the original production, it just beefs it up and cleans it up so that the album and collected b-sides and singles sound as fresh as if they were recorded yesterday. If you love these songs, then you should get your hands on these re-mastered versions, whether you choose to buy this or one of the other editions, or download them. (It is a shame that it's only on this premium-priced Collector's Edition that you can get your hands on both the original album and collected B-sides and singles on CD - quite deliberate no doubt, because I'm sure many would have settled for this if it had been available as a discreet package.)

The demos are an interesting curiosity, but in all likelihood you'll listen to them once and then pop them back in the box never to re-emerge. `Pearl Bastard' - the previously unreleased song available here for the first time albeit in demo form - is okay but does sound a bit like `Sugar Spun Sister' which might suggest why it never saw the light of day.

The DVD is a nice addition to the overall package but doesn't offer anything new. You'll probably have seen the Empress Ballroom gig - you get this and a selection of promo videos which are frankly unremarkable. A `nice to have', but you can live without it.

You also get the album, extras and demos on heavy-duty vinyl - and they're also on the lemon-shaped USB along with some of the video content and a selection of ringtones. The main benefit of the USB is that it offers convenience - you don't have to rip the tracks off of the CDs in order to listen to them on your MP3 player - but that's pretty much it. One interesting point to note however: the `Extras' (b-sides/singles) CD contains the 12 inch version of `Elephant Stone', but on the USB you get the 7 inch version. I'm guessing this was a mistake - but I'm quite glad of it, because both versions have their separate merits.

The book that comes as part of the package is very good, but doesn't offer any particularly fresh insight. The contribution from John Leckie is the most interesting because his story isn't as oft told as those of the other contributors. John Robb's intro is fairly typical of these kind of things, and you get the usual stuff from Ian Brown and Mani, whilst Reni provides a poem and some art. John Squire is painfully conspicuous by his absence. The book also includes contributions from 'famous' names such as Noel Gallagher etc talking about their love of the Roses and how they were influenced by them. Some of these appear to be new, whilst some old, but all quite interesting.

So, overall I would say that whilst the constituent elements of the package don't individually offer anything particularly new/desirable (the re-master aside), the whole package does amount to more than the sum of its parts and provides a monolithic and suitably respectful monument to what is one of the greatest albums ever recorded. It is a luxury though, so I would suggest to anyone who doesn't want to part with the cash to buy the standard edition of the re-mastered album and download the singles/b-sides. However if you're as daft as me and have a deep and abiding love for the Stone Roses, then I would heartily recommend this to you.

Right, I'd better start saving now for whatever Silvertone are planning for the 25th anniversary...

The Resurrection
I agree that this is an expensive purchase. BUT lets be honest if you dont want to shell out nearly £80 then dont. People are giving this album one star based on the cost, thats just nonsense. This is the best debut album EVER I dont care about silvertone, I care about good music. This is a piece of british musical history. One day i'll give to my kids and if they don't like it they could put it on ebay and get £20 for it and buy a beenie hat and a pair of flairs.

Does the sound of a barrel being scraped improve with a remaster?
Make no bones about it - The Stone Roses is one of the finest albums ever made. Virtually every track is a classic and the album is a production masterpiece (if only for what they managed to achieve with Brown's legendarily weak vocals!). If this was a £10 remaster it would have 5 stars!

However Silvertone have now spent 20 years milking the masterpiece to death with 6 more albums from the band including:

- A collection of B-sides and singles (well worth the purchase to be fair)
- A collection of remixes (a few gems, a lot of filler)
- A collection of demos (no redeeming features)
- A "complete" collection (mostly compiled from the above with one or two additions)
- A 10th anniverary reissue (4 tracks off Turns of Stone making up the "bonus disc"
- An even more "complete" collection with some tracks from the Geffen years

I suppose a pedant could argue that a decent remaster of The Stone Roses and an expanded remaster of Turns into Stone with all the non-album tracks may be due but a £99 box set is taking the mickey!

Do we need six more backwards tracks? The ones such as Don't Stop with forward vocals work well but the others such as Full Fathom Five and are pretty pointless additions to their canon. Anyone who had heard the bonus disc of Complete Stone Roses (try You Tube) will know that there can't be anything decent left or we would have heard it by now.

We certaintly don't need any more demos - Garage Flower grates on the ears and highlights what a genius John Leckie must have been to hear the potential and get it to vinyl.

Anyone with £99 to spare could surely find something better from the last 20 years to blow it on?