BEING A GIRL (Brixton Academy 23/10/98). From Mansun's 'Closed for Business' 25 disc box set.

‘Being A Girl’ filmed live at Brixton Academy 23.10.98, part of the ‘Closed For Business’ 25th anniversary 25 disc deluxe box set.
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Released 27th November 2020

Concert film edited by Andy Lyth

Closed for Business contains remasters of the bands four original studio albums, single edits and B-sides, radio sessions and ten live discs including BBC broadcasts, demos, rarities and outtakes and a DVD featuring a live film from Brixton Academy, all BBC performances and the ‘Nobody Cares When You’re Gone’ documentary.

The box additionally includes a 160 page hardback book written by renowned music journalist Peter Doggett featuring newly discovered photos from fans and photographers around the world, a 112 page book documenting the official fanzines ‘Smelling The Roses, ‘Take It Easy’ & ‘Cult Of Positivity’, a 48 page studio book cataloguing newly discovers archival ephemera, 5 x12” art prints, 4 postcards and a handwritten ‘Closed For Business’ lyric sheet signed by Paul Draper.

The box follows the recent Kscope re-issues of their first two albums, 1997’s Attack Of The Grey Lantern and its 1998 follow-up, Six.

One of Britain’s most inventive and controversial band, Mansun emerged at the height of the Britpop movement, but quickly demonstrated an eclecticism and spiky intelligence that marked them out from their peers. Their astonishing work-rate and fearless ambition resulted in a torrent of remarkable records between 1995 and 2000, and attracted a committed fanbase that remains loyal to this day.

Mansun was the brainchild of Paul Draper, a prodigal songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Chester. Never an easy fit with the London music industry, they made their debut in 1995 with ‘Take It Easy Chicken’. This was a genuinely independent single: ‘we put the records in the sleeves ourselves’, Draper recalls. It caught the ear of Radio 1 legend John Peel, and by the end of the year, Mansun were being tipped for national success.

Closed For Business finally reveals the full scope of Mansun’s brief, tumultuous career. It brings together their original albums, the dozens of overlooked gems featured on their EPs, several discs of unissued demos and studio out-takes, BBC radio sessions, and full-length concert recordings. Paul Draper has also opened his archives to provide the raw material for the set’s unmatched collection of Mansun memorabilia, which includes handwritten lyric sheets for many of his finest songs. This box set finally does full justice to the vision of a band whose almost reckless disregard for the rules of the game reaped magnificent rewards.

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