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 | | Not only does the set include Samhain's four recordings on four separate discs--"Initium," "Unholy Passion" (which has, incidentally, been out-of-print since the late eighties), "November-Coming Fire" and "Final Descent"--but also a previously unreleased, live double-CD which features two performances, one from NYC in 1985, and another from Chicago's Metro in 1986. |
 | | Every record has been, like the tracks from the Misfits' box set, digitally remastered and recording flaws erased; for those out there who, like myself, clung to the cassette of "Initium/Unholy Passion" until the sound was worn off the tape, the collective of CDs sounds like they were recorded yesterday. |
 | | And as if the unreleased live CDs weren't enough, the box set includes a video version of both shows, with the New York set reminiscent of a show at any old, tiny, punk-rock venue, and with the band besmeared in crimson at the Metro show. |
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