Death Cab For Cutie-Barsuk Years [#'D LTD ED 180g 6LP & 2EP BOX SET] Autographed

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AUTOGRAPHED!

THIS SET Includes the 5 MIS-LABELED LP's + the 5 CORRECTLY labeled Vinyl LP's

180 Gram Vinyl! Deluxe Vinyl 6LP + 2EP Box Set!
Includes Early and Rare Releases Never Before Available on Vinyl!
Individually Numbered & Signed by the Band! Limited to 1,500 Copies!

Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, piano), Chris Walla (guitar, production, keyboards), Nick Harmer (bass) and Jason McGerr (drums). Death Cab for Cutie's music has been labeled as indie rock, indie pop, emo, and alternative rock, and is noted for its use of unconventional instruments as well as Gibbard's unique lyrical style. The group takes its name from a song by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band featured in The Beatles' 1967 film, Magical Mystery Tour.

Gibbard's first album, You Can Play These Songs with Chords, was released as a demo, leading to a record deal with Barsuk Records. It was at this time that Gibbard decided to expand the project into a complete band, and recruited band members to join. In 1998, the band released its debut album, Something About Airplanes, followed by We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes in 2000; both records were positively received in the indie community. Lineup changes ensued both before and after the release of the The Photo Album (2001), and the group's album Transatlanticism (2003) gained the band commercial success.

Death Cab for Cutie's music has been labeled indie rock, indie pop, emo, and alternative rock. Death Cab for Cutie's early work on You Can Play These Songs with Chords was described by Rolling Stone as "emotion through its lack of emotion". Pitchfork Media also remarked that the work on the cassette was "ultra-lo-fi". On Something About Airplanes the band's style remained similar, with some new instrumental work introduced; "flute, synth, or cello" were noted by Allmusic's Nitsuh Abebe. On We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes the band again expanded their use of unorthodox instruments, including organ and glockenspiel. Pitchfork Media called them a "gentle niche" in the current rock climate, compared with bands such as Modest Mouse and Built to Spill.

In an interview with Shave Magazine, Ben Gibbard commented on his song writing saying that he "never sit[s] down to write an album number one. I just kind of sit down and write songs and the theme kind of makes itself apparent. But I would never say I was writing about searching for something as much as just trying to document with every song where I am in that moment when I’m writing that song. If a theme kind of makes itself apparent in a record, it has more to do with the fact that just what’s been on my mind recently. So I guess clearly I have been and was and am, but it was never a conscious decision."

This deluxe box set contains all of Death Cab for Cutie's early albums and E.P.s, some never before available on vinyl. All the records from the original 1997 cassette-only “demo” You Can Play These Songs With Chords (originally released via the band’s first label, Bellingham, WA-based Elsinor) through 2001’s The Stability E.P. have been re-mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE, bringing the audio quality of those pressings up to that of the band’s ground-breaking classic 2003 opus (and final studio release via Barsuk) Transatlanticism, which is released on double vinyl. Three releases in the package (You Can Play These Songs With Chords, The Stability E.P., and The Death Cab for Cutie Forbidden Love E.P.) are available for the first time on vinyl, only as a part of this box – the entire set is pressed on hefty, beautiful 180-gram vinyl. Each release is packaged individually in its own jacket with the album’s original artwork, and then collected snugly in an individually-numbered cloth-bound box and signed by the band.

"Death Cab for Cutie's rise from small-time solo project to Grammy-nominated rock band is one of indie rock's greatest success stories. Launched in the bayside college town of Bellingham, Washington, the group was originally a side project for singer/guitarist Ben Gibbard, an engineering student at Western Washington University who split his time between school and music. Taking a break from his local power pop band, Pinwheel, Gibbard began recording an album's worth of solo material during the summer of 1997. Producer Chris Walla lent his help to the sessions, which resulted in an eight-song cassette entitled You Can Play These Songs with Chords. When the tape became a local hit, Gibbard reached into his circle of friends to form a band, hoping to play the new songs live... Gibbard's group rechristened itself Death Cab for Cutie... and signed a contract with the Seattle-based Barsuk Records within a year's time." - Andrew Leahey, allmusic.com

Features:
• Limited to 1,500 Copies
• 180 Gram Vinyl
• 6 LP & 2 EP Box Set
• Contains 5 LPs at 33rpm & 3 LPs at 45rpm
• Remastered by Roger Seibel at SAE (except Transatlanticism)
• 3 Releases Available for the First Time on Vinyl
• Each Release Individually Packaged & Held in Individually Numbered Cloth-Bound Box & Signed by the Band
• Layered Vellum Insert (Something About Airplanes)
• Original Full-Size Photo Inserts (The Photo Album)
• Full Size 12-Page Book Insert (Transatlanticism)
• Released by Two-Time Grammy Nominated Boutique Box Set Label, Artist In Residence

Musicians:
Benjamin Gibbard, lead vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
Nicholas Harmer, bass, guitar
Jason McGerr, drums, percussion
Chris Walla, guitar, backing vocals, piano, keyboards

Selections:
Tracks To Be Announced

LP1 - You Can Play These Songs With Chords - 33rpm, Exclusive to Box Set, Original Cassette Artwork

LP2 - Something About Airplanes - 33rpm, Die-Cut Jacket

LP3 - We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes - 33rpm, Die-Cut Jacket

EP1 - The Death Cab for Cutie Forbidden Love EP - 45rpm, Exclusive to Box Set

LP4 - The Photo Album - 33rpm

EP2 - The Stability EP - 45rpm, Exclusive to Box Set

LP5 & LP6 - Transatlanticism - 45rpm, Double Vinyl

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