RUFUS WAINWRIGHT HOUSE OF RUFUS 19 DISC BOX SET NEW
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STUNNING RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
HOUSE OF RUFUS
19 DISC BOX SET
BRAND NEW STILL IN ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP !
This 19 disc box set all housed in a beautiful, red velvet encased, 90 page hardback book containing; rare and unseen photos, Rufus’ early hand drawn tour posters, handwritten lyrics, four art prints and other memorabilia, extensive sleeve notes with interviews with Neil Tennant, Martha Wainwright, Linda Thompson and Lenny Waronker and an introduction by Rufus.
Setting aside the six studio albums (from 1998's Rufus Wainwright to 2010's All Days Are Night: Songs for Lulu, all here with a handful of additions), which are notable for their increasing lavish production frills and ambition, the three live albums and the six DVDs (from live footage to documentary fare), it's best to spotlight the four bonus albums, because these are the revelations. Take the first, the vocal/piano demos that won Rufus his initial record deal. His tremulous delivery is operatic by comparison to the rock/pop pack but Rufus didn't always come on like he was reinventing the term 'rococo'. Among the demos are Get Out Of Town and Sweet Repose, unreleased stunners that betray his show tune soul.
Rufus Rarities is similarly pared back, as if he doesn't usually want to be seen without full slap. The unreleased cover of folk-blues standard St James Infirmary, underpinned by just acoustic guitar and banjo, and the simply strummed Patience Is a Virtue is the Rufus nobody dreamt existed. Close behind is the barroom savvy of (rare Japanese bonus track) A Bit of You. Even the Rufus at the Movies CD eschews orchestral luxury, none more so than his version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah from Shrek. Hearing him tackle He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (from Zoolander) and not smother it to death is startling.
That leaves the Family and Friends CD. The Wainwright/McGarrigle clan dominate but there's room for Teddy Thompson and Antony Hegarty tracks where Rufus was the guest. Time and time again, with space and constraint, he shines. And even when he soars, to tear-pricking effect on David Byrne's Au Fond Du Temple Saint, there's a direct connection at heart. Rufus in rococo mode is a wonder to behold, but if there's a place to head after the opera writing and red velvet packaging, it's right here.
--Martin Aston
CD Description
This beautifully packaged 19 disc box set spans Rufus’ entire career and represents the most complete collection of Rufus Wainwright recordings to date. It contains:
Six studio albums; Rufus Wainwright, Poses, Want One, Want Two, Release the Stars and All Days Are Night- Songs for Lulu, now all with additional previously unreleased bonus material.
Two concerts on CD; Milwaukee at Last!!! and the legendary Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall (2CD) now with previously unreleased songs from the shows
Four additional CDs; Disc One features previously unreleased songs and rarities. Disc Two contains many of the songs Rufus has recorded for soundtracks including "Hallelujah" from the film Shrek. Disc Three is drawn from Rufus’ collaborations with friends and family members such as Leonard Cohen, Teddy Thompson, Loudon Wainwright III, Martha Wainwright, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, The Pet Shop Boys, and Burt Bacharach. Disc Four is made up of the demos from the tape which secured him his first record deal.
Six DVDs; Live at Fillmore, Rufus Does Judy at the London Palladium, Milwaukee at Last!!!, Release The Stars album commentary and live performance. Two feature length documentaries; All I Want and Prima Donna, the Making of An Opera.
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