4 CD set – UK Import
76 track deluxe 4CD clamshell box set containing The Vapors’ original albums ‘New Clear Days’ (1979) and ‘Magnets’ (1981) plus B-sides and single versions. Also includes 2 CDs of previously unreleased demos, rough mixes, alternative and live versions featuring their performance from The Rainbow on December 3, 1979.
Also featuring three songs – ‘Move’, ‘Secret Noise’ and ‘Caroline’ – that have never officially previously been released.
Formed in 1978 and “discovered” by The Jam’s Bruce Foxton and managed by Paul Weller’s Dad John, The Vapors signed to United Artists in 1979, their second single ‘Turning Japanese’ becoming an enormous international hit.
The band never repeated the same degree of commercial success as ‘Turning Japanese’ but developed a global following prior to their split in the early 1980s. With a fully illustrated 24-page booklet containing rare and previously unseen photos with a brand new annotation by Ed Piller.