Release Info:
Released on November 26th, 1996 as a 5 CD Box Set by Virgin Records America. Includes
33 songs: 28 b-sides not found on Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness; 5 bonus cover
songs plus a 44 page booklet.
Notable Names:
All songs written by Billy Corgan except: The Bells, Believe, The Boy, and Said Sadly by
James Iha;Tribute to Johnny written by Billy Corgan and James Iha; You're All I've Got
Tonight written by Ric Ocasek; Clones(We're All) by David Carron; A Night Like This by
Robert Smith; Destination Unknown by Dale and Terry Bozzio, and Warren Cuccurullo;
Dreaming by Deborah Harry and Chris Stein; and My Blue Heaven written by George Whiting
and Walter Donaldson. All songs produced by Billy Corgan, Flood, and Alan Moulder except:
Said Sadly by James Iha, Kerry Brown, and D'arcy; A Night Like This, The Boy, Believe, and
The Bells by James Iha and Kerry Brown; You're All I've Got Tonight, Clones(We're All),
Destination Unknown, Dreaming, Meladori Magpie, Rotten Apples, Jupiter's Lament, Medellia
of the Gray Skies, Blank, The Last Song, The Aeroplane Flies High, Transformer, and My
Blue Heaven, Mouths of Babes, Marquis in Spades, Pennies, and Pastichio Medley by Billy
Corgan. Box concept by Billy Corgan and Frank Olinsky. Art direction and design by Frank
Olinsky. Booklet photos by Yelena Yemchuk. Aeroplane drawing by Billy Corgan.
Recorded(When and Where):
Check the individual singles/songs for recording studios/dates, it would take forever to list
them all here.
Milestones:
It was certified platinum.
