There's a box set coming out on October 28th to accompany Bruce Cockburn's memoirs. As a long-time fan, I'm in. Not a lot that's new, though the organization of the discs looks interesting. Also, the live film from 2008 looks good.

Product Description
Sequenced as a companion piece to his simultaneously published memoirs, this limited edition 9 disc set includes
15 rare & previously unreleased songs, and a live in concert DVD - previously unreleased and the artists only full length concert video.

With a career that has spanned four decades and over 30 albums, producing an acclaimed body of work that has sold
over 2 million copies worldwide, Bruce Cockburn is revered by fans and fellow musicians alike as one of the most important songwriters of his generation.

His songs of romance, protest, and spiritual discovery are some of the most unusual to top the charts given their deep
lyrical insight Wondering Where The Lions Are , Call It Democracy , If A Tree Falls and If I Had A Rocket Launcher brought social discussion to the Top 40 airwaves in those decades of commercialism, influencing the likes of U2 and Pearl Jam to address social issues in their own music.

Highlights of this box set include
• Each box set is autographed and sequentially numbered
• 117 tracks including 16 rare and previously unreleased songs.
• Previously unreleased live DVD filmed over 3 shows in 2008
• 90+ page book featuring rare photos, extensive track information and liner notes by Nicholas Jennings
• 9 discs housed in a custom box

[tracklisting]DISC 1

1. The Charity Of Night 2. If A Tree Falls 3. Man of A Thousand Faces 4. One Day I Walk 5. Let Us Go Laughing 6. Bird Without Wings (previously unreleased) 7. Thoughts On A Rainy Afternoon 8. Sunwheel Dance 9. Foxglove 10. Going To The Country 11. It's An Elephant World (previously unreleased) 12. You Don't Have To Play The Horses 13. Creation Dream 14. Shining Mountain 15. Hills Of Morning 16. Change Your Mind 17. He Came From The Mountain 18. Musical Friends

DISC 2

1. Fall 2. Blues Got The World 3. Mama Just Wants To Barrelhouse All Night Long 4. All The Diamonds In The World 5. Rouler Sa Bosse 6. Don't Have To Tell You Why 7. Red Brother Red Sister 8. Gavin's Woodpile 9. Stolen Land 10. Lord Of The Starfields 11. Silver Wheels 12. Little Sea Horse 13. Celestial Horses 14. Feast of Fools 15. Can I Go With You 16. Wondering Where The Lions Are

DISC 3

1. Incandescent Blue 2. How I Spent My Fall Vacation 3. What About The Bond 4. Fascist Architecture 5. Rumours Of Glory 6. You Pay Your Money And Take Your Chance 7. All's Quiet On The Inner City Front 8. Justice 9. Broken Wheel 10. The Trouble With Normal 11. Tropic Moon 12. If I Had A Rocket Launcher 13. Waiting For A Miracle 14. Dust & Diesel 15. Yangui Go Home 16. Nicaragua

DISC 4

1. Peggy's Kitchen Wall 2. Santiago Dawn 3. Maybe The Poet 4. Lover's In A Dangerous Time 5. To Raise The Morning Star 6. People See Through You 7. Planet Of The Clowns 8. Berlin Tonight 9. Where The Death Squad Lives 10. Anything Can Happen 11. Call It Democracy 12. Gospel Of Bondage 13. Shipwrecked At The Stable Door 14. Radium Rain 15. Understanding Nothing

DISC 5

1. Tibetan Side Of Town 2. Child Of The Wind 3. Great Big love 4. One Of The Best Ones 5. Soul of A Man 6. Cry Of A Tiny Babe 7. Kit Carson 8. Indian Wars 9. A Dream Like Mine 10. Someone I Used To Love 11. All The Ways I Want You 12. Live On My Mind 13. Bone In My Ear 14. Listen For The Laugh

DISC 6

1. The Mines Of Mozambique 2. The Coming Rains 3. Pacing The Cage 4. Night Train 5. the Whole Night Sky 6. Strange Waters 7. The Embers Of Eden 8. Get Up Jonah 9. When You Give It Away 10. Mango 11. Last Night Of The World 12. Use Me While You Can 13. Put It In Your Heart

DISC 7

1. All Our Dark Tomorrows 2. Trickle Down 3. Postcards From Cambodia 4. You've Never Seen Everything 5. My Beat 6. Tried And Tested 7. Tell The Universe 8. This Is Baghdad 9. Mystery 10. Beautiful Creatures 11. The Light Goes On Forever


RARE AND PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DISC 8

1. Juan Carlos Theme 2. Waterwalker 3. My Hometown Avalon 4. Wise Users 5. Going Down The Road 6. The Whole Night Sky 7. Grinning Moon 8. Song For Touring Around The Stars 9. Come Down Healing 10. Mystery Walk (Instrumental) 11. The Trains Don't Come Here Anymore 12. Ribbon of Darkness 13. Turn Turn Turn 14. Honey Please Let The Deal Go Down

DVD Bruce Cockburn Live - The Slice O Life Tour Directed by Joel Goldberg Recorded May 15 - 17, 2008

1. Lovers In A Dangerous Time 2. Wait No More 3. How I Spent My Fall Vacation 4. Last Night of The World 5. If I had a rocket Launcher 6. Child Of the Wind 7. Night Train 8. Wondering where the lions are 9. If a tree falls 10. Mystery 11. King Kong 12. This Is Baghdad 13. Stolen Land 14. Pacing the Cage 15. Going To The Country 16. World of Wonders 17. Tibetan Side Of Town 18. The End Of All Rivers 19. Trouble With Normal 20. See You Tomorrow 21. Put it in your Heart 22. Tokyo[/tracklisting]
Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N2M14PI/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00N2M14PI/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00N2M14PI/?tag=imwan-21

Companion book:
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I jus need disc 8 and the dvd

the description says 16 rare and unreleased, but the rarities disc only has 14 songs on it? a quick glance through and i can't find the other 2.

and i sure hope that the rarities disc can be purchased separately at some point, especially for those of us who have the entire cockburn catalog.

Thanks, Linda! Just ordered the box and the book!

Please thank Bill, I just added the image and the link.

Thanks, Bill.

My pleasure. I'll buy this because I buy everything Bruce Cockburn related. If the bonus tracks from the re-issues are any indication, the new songs won't be that great anyway. It seems he used most of the good stuff on the original albums (though I do love the song I Want To Dance With You).

Ordered!

the amazon description say both '15' rare songs and '16' rare songs!

With apologies to Linda, that's a lot more expensive than buying a signed copy from the label: http://truenorth.labelstore.ca/releases ... x-set.html

It's 119 Canadian, which turned out to be 113 US.

I want to see what it turns out to be at Amazon Canada, which strangely doesn't have it up yet.

I noticed that. Are proof-readers that expensive?

Maybe it has something to do with the exchange rates; 16 songs Canadian=15 songs American

does anyone know a proofreader?

and even better yet....the "rarities and unreleased" disc has 14 songs!

I believe the dvd is already available separately.

This is a blown opportunity. There is so much amazing live stuff in the vaults. Cockburn is one of my top 20 artists, but I can't justify $113-$150 for 14-16 songs. And HTF can he leave Dialogue With The Devil off of a 9 disc box????!

If they do a hi-res edition, I'll have to revisit that stance.

I was thinking thinking the same about Dialogue.

as much as i like cockburn, i will not be buying this for a rarities disc.

if they sell the rarities separately.......i'm in.

I would be surprised if they sold the rarities disc separately. Bruce is pretty weird about these sorts of things. I only ordered this because I think Bruce is an under-appreciated artist and I want to support him. I could easily have just created my own CDs with nearly identical playlists. I don't expect much from the rarities discs because he tends to use the good stuff on his records and I have the one-offs. I am excited about the concert DVD though. I know Geff thinks it's out there already, but I've never seen it so it will be fun to watch the whole thing. I've seen him about 25 times, and I have about 50 boots of shows dating back to the 70s, and this will be a nice addition to my collection.

"Heh-heh! Cock - burn!"

I could swear I've seen the dvd on Amazon Canada; my memory is it was about $5 over my budget & I was going to wait for the price to come down. Is there another BC dvd I have it confused with?