Your Box Set Pet: The Complete Recordings 1980-1984

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Liner Note Author: Lois Wilson. Cleverly titled and packaged with reference to the band's cassette-only 1980 release, Your Box Set Pet: The Complete Recordings 1980-1984 bundles Bow Wow Wow's recorded works in a compact clamshell box. The two proper albums, the rampaging See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah! City All Over, Go Ape Crazy and only comparatively tame When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going, are expanded with contemporaneous 7" and 12" material. A third disc, titled "Singles, B-Sides & Remixes," is based off the compilation I Want Candy and rounds up the rest, including Your Cassette Pet. Fully remastered according to the Cherry Red label, it's a convenient, reasonably priced way to obtain the work of an exemplary new wave band who were modest only in the size of their catalog, and much more than a vehicle for manager Malcolm McLaren's button-pushing antics. Since the '80s, the band's studio output has been underserved by a confusing multitude of budget and off-brand compilations. Although non-album selections are mastered from vinyl, Your Box Set Pet still renders the previous reissues and compilations obsolete due to its dutiful assembly and accompanying booklet. ~ Andy Kellman