Album: Music Bank [box set]
Original release date: Oct. 26, 1999
Label: Columbia

Personnel:

• Layne Staley - vocals, guitar
• Jerry Cantrell - guitar, vocals
• Mike Starr - bass
• Mike Inez - bass
• Sean Kinney - drums, Liner Notes, Concept, Supervisor, Direction, Production Concept
• Chris Cornell - Assistant guitar, lyrics, vocals on Right Turn
• Mark Arm - Assistant vocals on Right Turn
• Jeff Beck - Graphic Design (that's not THE Jeff Beck, by the way)
  
• Peter Cronin - Photography
• Paul Hernandez - Photography
• Dennis Keeley - Photography
• Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
• Jonathan Meyer - Graphic Assistant
• Peter Fletcher - Compilation Producer, Foreword
• Neil Zlozower - Photography
• Jeffrey Mayer - Photography
• Catherine Wessel - Photography
• Karen Moskowitz - Photography
• Michael Simpson - Package Supervision
• Mary Maurer - Art Direction, Design
• Chris Cuffaro - Photography
• Doug Erb - Design
• Danny Clinch - Photography
• Steffan Chirazi - Liner Notes
• Marty Temme - Photography
• Brandy Flower - Design
• Christopher Wray-McCann - Photography

 Track list (copy/paste from wikipedia, thanks :P ):

Disc one

#	Title	Length	Writer(s)	Notes
1	"Get Born Again"	5:26	Cantrell/Staley	Taken from Nothing Safe: Best of the Box
2	"I Can't Have You Blues"	4:01	Cantrell	1988 demo, previously unreleased
3	"Whatcha Gonna Do"	2:54	Cantrell/Staley	1988 demo, previously unreleased
4	"Social Parasite"	4:22	Cantrell	1988 demo, previously unreleased
5	"Queen of the Rodeo"	4:39	Staley/J. Silver	Live, previously unreleased
6	"Bleed the Freak"	3:32	Cantrell	1988 demo, previously unreleased
7	"Killing Yourself"	2:38	Cantrell/Staley	1988 demo, previously unreleased
8	"We Die Young"	2:32	Cantrell	Taken from Facelift
9	"Man in the Box"	4:46	Cantrell/Kinney/Staley/Starr	Taken from Facelift
10	"Sea of Sorrow"	5:20	Cantrell	1988 demo, previously unreleased
11	"I Can't Remember"	3:43	Cantrell/Staley	Taken from Facelift
12	"Love, Hate, Love"	6:26	Cantrell/Staley	Taken from Facelift
13	"It Ain't Like That"	4:38	Cantrell/Kinney/Starr	Taken from Facelift
14	"Confusion"	5:44	Cantrell/Staley/Starr	Taken from Facelift
15	"Rooster"	5:47	Cantrell	1991 demo, previously unreleased
16	"Right Turn"	3:14	Cantrell	Taken from Sap
17	"Got Me Wrong"	4:10	Cantrell	Taken from Sap

 Disc two

#	Title	Length	Writer(s)	Notes
1	"Rain When I Die"	6:02	Cantrell/Kinney/Staley/Starr	Taken from Dirt
2	"Fear the Voices"	4:58	Cantrell/Staley/Starr	Previously unreleased
3	"Them Bones"	2:29	Cantrell	Taken from Dirt
4	"Dam That River"	3:09	Cantrell	Taken from Dirt
5	"Sickman"	5:30	Cantrell/Staley	Taken from Dirt
6	"Rooster"	6:14	Cantrell	Taken from Dirt
7	"Junkhead"	5:11	Cantrell/Staley	1992 demo, previously unreleased
8	"Dirt"	5:17	Cantrell/Staley	Taken from Dirt
9	"God Smack"	3:51	Cantrell/Staley	Taken from Dirt
10	"Iron Gland"	0:44	Cantrell	Taken from Dirt
11	"Angry Chair"	4:47	Staley	Taken from Dirt
12	"Lying Season"	3:21	Cantrell/Staley	Previously unreleased
13	"Would?"	3:28	Cantrell	Taken from Dirt
14	"Brother"	4:27	Cantrell	Taken from Sap
15	"Am I Inside"	5:08	Cantrell/Staley	Taken from Sap
16	"I Stay Away"	4:14	Cantrell/Inez/Staley	Taken from Jar of Flies
17	"No Excuses"	4:16	Cantrell	Taken from Jar of Flies

Disc three

#	Title	Length	Writer(s)	Notes
1	"Down in a Hole"	5:38	Cantrell	Taken from Dirt
2	"Hate to Feel"	5:16	Staley	Taken from Dirt
3	"What the Hell Have I"	3:57	Cantrell	Remix, from Last Action Hero soundtrack
4	"A Little Bitter"	3:52	Cantrell/Kinney/Inez/Staley	Remix, from Last Action Hero soundtrack
5	"Grind"	4:45	Cantrell	Taken from Alice in Chains
6	"Again"	4:02	Cantrell/Kinney/Staley	Tattoo of Pain remix, previously unreleased in the United States
7	"Head Creeps"	6:27	Staley	Taken from Alice in Chains
8	"God Am"	4:07	Cantrell/Inez/Kinney/Staley	Taken from Alice in Chains
9	"Frogs"	8:17	Cantrell/Inez/Kinney/Staley	Taken from Alice in Chains
10	"Heaven Beside You"	5:29	Cantrell/Inez	Taken from Alice in Chains
11	"Nutshell"	4:29	Cantrell/Inez/Kinney/Staley	Unplugged, taken from Unplugged
12	"The Killer Is Me"	5:18	Cantrell	Unplugged, taken from Unplugged
13	"Over Now"	5:53	Cantrell/Kinney	Unplugged, taken from Unplugged
14	"Died"	6:06	Cantrell/Staley	Previously unreleased

Singles:
"Get Born Again"
"Fear the Voices"

Billboard Top 200 peak: #123

 

This massive box set contained an enhanced fourth disc which included videos, pics, a game, a handsome booklet, and the interactive material that was originally released on the special edition of _Jar of Flies_. If you have this beautiful set, appreciate. If not, go out and get it!

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I AM RIFUGIUM: PRESIDENT OF EARTH.

Supreme box set, some real gems in here. Love those early demos; especially "Social Parasite", and they've been cleaned up so well too. Also "Lying Season" is quite the treat. The booklet is something any AIC fan will treasure with Jerry's notes on songs and some fantastic rare photos. "Get Born Again" is one of my all time fave AIC songs and I also love "Died". I really like the diection AIC were going with these songs. I always wish when I listen to them if only they could have put out one last album from these sessions, it could have been their best ever. As it is I can only imagine, and it makes me treasure these final songs and this fantastic box set even more...

the definition of sexy

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Evacuate, assemble here

http://www.last.fm/user/BlackSession323

....this was a sweet goodbye to their original contract.....it's like ALL of it got handed to us all at once......and along with this was the gem of a final interview with all four members on Rockline....for too long, there was little news, little happening with the guys, then this & the bonus (new) songs.......I know this is expensive, but worth every penny to get one for yourself.....

And the video footage that goes along with it, that ya have to get separately..... 

It's like the whole platter of Alice, all at once

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My personal favorite is Disc # 3. 

I Can't Have You Blues, and Lying Season are my favorites from their early stuff.

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I've got all three disc on my new Nano!

Once, I misplaced one of the disc that finally reappeared so just in case this happens again (for now) I've got it coverd. I was pretty upset that I misplaced it.

I bought my collection new off eBay a few years back so it wasn't too expensive.

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I'm just see through faded super jaded!!

For starters, I like the mini storage area in the  bottom of the box.

he he 

 

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RIP Layne. The music lives on..........

PittsburghSmoker:

For starters, I like the mini storage area in the  bottom of the box.

he he 

 

Hmmmm. . . . 

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"For every star is formed in fire, and so it goes for you. And every face along your path, sees your heart is true." DuVall/Constantine

Now the question is: What do you put in the mini storage of that box? Hummm??

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I'm just see through faded super jaded!!

Back to the music. The demos are neat to listen to, hardcore AIC fans have played all their CD's to death so it was neat to hear some of the bands very early recordings demo style. Some of the tale end Glam days stuff gives me a chuckle once in a while. You can see where some later studio polishing really did the justice to a few of these songs. I like the demo of Junkhead, it just seems so loud and powerful, much more so that some of the regular tracks, the drums seem cranked up a notch, feels more raw, but in a good way. It was interesting to hear the original "still usin' like me" changed ultimately to "still doing like me."

It was also nice to be introduced to Fear The Voices and Lying Season on this boxed set. The Again remix is very interesting, I guess there is atleast one other remix of Again available out there but I have not heard it.

Ofcourse, peppered in are a ton of tracks from the regular albums. When you look at the intro post in this thread, it is somewhat amazing to see Jerry Cantrell's heavy hand in creating many of these songs. It is a bit overwhelming. This is a great set that gives an interesting longitudinal history of the band. The maturation of the band is evidenced as the discs play. AIC's albums were all a bit different from each other but when presented in a big package, you can get a sense of how diverse this band and allows you to step back, and see how much of an impact this band made in a relatively short period of time.  

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RIP Layne. The music lives on..........

I have the Music Bank Videos.  OMG, it is the best.  All the guys look really sexy.  My favorite video is "Down in the Hole".    I also have Nothing Safe-Best of the Box which I listen to everyday and night.   I am planning on purchasing the Music Bank also.

I got that DVD too and now I have those videos on my Nano. I'd have a hard time saying one was my favorite but I do like 'Again' cause that was the first song they played when I saw them live!

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I'm just see through faded super jaded!!

I went and purchased the Music Bank.  Luckily they had only one set left.  I guess luck was on my side.  I listened to all the cd's when I got home.  OMG, they were so good.  Now, I want to purchase the MTV Unplugged video, but at least I am content. 

lake211, I know all the video's are good, but that particlular video has Jerry lying on a cot with his shirt open...he looks so good, as do they others.

Yep! I got the Unplugged too! But back to Music Bank video collection................Layne l@@ks right *hot* rockin' those shades in the 'Down in a Hole' video. Don't know which way like liked his hair better........the curls, dreads or the close cut!? Hhhhmmmm?

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I'm just see through faded super jaded!!