Bristol band The Pop Group‘s 1979 debut album ‘y’ is being reissued as a multi-disc deluxe vinyl. The band released two albums before going their own separate ways in 1981 and the acclaimed debut has now been remastered from the original tapes and cut at half speed at Abbey Road Studios for the 40th anniversary.
The vinyl box is a four-record set on black vinyl. The bonus materials include a 10-track album called "Alien Blood" – which features never heard material from the archive including embryonic versions songs like of ‘Thief of Fire’ – and "Y Live", a live album which features performances from a variety of locations including New York, Manchester and Brussels. The other vinyl record features the single is She Is Beyond Good And Evil. The box set also includes a 12-inch 40-page booklet, 3 posters and 2 signed art prints.