Description
Label Review.
CD1: The Singles (21 tracks). CD2: Rarities & Remixes. DVD1: 20 promo videos. DVD2: Bonus materials featuring additional rare footage, including the seldom-seen early video ‘Rockin’ With My Radio’, extended and alternative takes, interviews and behind-the-scenes footage. Cherry Red.
Our Overview.
Play It Again, Sam: The Fox Box is the long-awaited, first-ever definitive retrospective of Samantha Fox’s musical career to date. Marking three decades since this undisputed icon of the 80s first topped the world’s charts. this lavish 2CD + 2DVD box set is replete with a fold-out double-sided poster, a set of button badges and a picture-packed 32-page booklet. This is an essential package for Sam’s army of Foxy fans and all self-respecting aficionados of 80s pop culture.The definitive Samantha Fox singles collection.
CD1 brings together every single released during her phenomenally successful Jive Records tenure for the very first time. From the unforgettable 1986 smash ‘Touch Me’ to the Stock Aitken Waterman favourite ‘Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now’ and the Full Force classic ‘Naughty Girls’, the succession of global hits which made Sam the only British female to score a hat-trick of Top 10s on both sides of the Atlantic during the 80s are all present and correct. Successes from the years since, including the dance floor favourite ‘Santa Maria’ and an irresistible cover of Blondie’s ‘Call Me’ with fellow 80s icon Sabrina, bring the story up to date. An exclusive, previously unheard bonus track, ‘You’ve Got Me Believing In Make Believe’, direct from Sam’s personal archive, rounds out the selection.
CD2 features many sought-after and previously unavailable rarities from throughout Sam’s career. Always eclectic and never just a ‘model-turned-singer’, she convinced as a rock chick one moment and a trend-setting dance diva the next. Here, her choice of collaborations ranging from legendary space rockers Hawkwind to acid house pioneer DJ Pierre sit alongside covers of favourite acts such as The Beatles, Donna Summer and ABBA. With B-sides, remixes, an updated take on ‘Touch Me’ and another exclusive track, ‘It’s You’, there is plenty to discover for diehard fans and newcomers alike.
Play It Again, Sam also boasts all of Sam’s classic videos to date, many of them on DVD for the very first time. In the age of MTV, Sam’s early success as a model immediately translated to the small screen in a series of memorable promos, helping to consolidate her chart success worldwide. DVD1 gathers together Sam’s iconic original videos, with DVD2 featuring additional rare footage, including the seldom-seen early video ‘Rockin’ With My Radio’, extended and alternative takes, interviews and behind-the-scenes footage.