Rage Against The Machine’s debut album is 20 years old this November. To commemorate this, the label releasing it, Legacy are to issue a box set, titled ‘XX’. It will feature a remastered version of the record, plus some demos and gig footage (including that from their Finsbury Park gig in London back in 2010).
Fans of RATM can choose between the Deluxe Box Set’ (2 x CD, DVD, 12″, booklet, poster), ‘special edition’ (2 x CD, bonus DVD), and regular CD. The release will feature liner notes from Chuck D. The tracklistings are as follows.
There’s a lot of stuff here:
I.Rage Against the Machine – XX (20th Anniversary Edition Deluxe Box Set)
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’ (Finsbury Park, London, June 6, 2010 – previously unreleased)
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’
II. Rage Against The Machine – XX (20th Anniversary Special Edition) Oversized softpack
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
III. Rage Against The Machine – XX (20th Anniversary Edition) Jewel Case
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)
