12 CD + DVD Box Set – released by Bear Family
12 CD (312 tracks) & DVD, Clothbound slipcase plus clothbound hardcover book, ca. 240 pages, full color
DVD NTSC, 16:9, code-free, stereo, 150 min. – A FILM BY Joe Lauro
- The music sounds much better on this box set than it ever has before due to the brilliant remastering from the original tapes.
- A lot of new material has been added including unreleased alt takes, undubbed and unedited masters, and instrumental backing tracks.
- Also for the first time anywhere we present some of Fats’s biggest hits as they were originally recorded, not sped-up for release.
- The completely revised book contains a wealth of previously unpublished images, track-by-track musical commentary by the producers, as well as updated and extended notes by Fats biographer Rick Coleman.
- The box also includes an acclaimed video documentary on Fats’s life and music.