Sigur Ros Detail Massive Agaetis Byrjun 20th Anniversary Reissue

Sigur Rs is commemorating the 20th anniversary of their breakthrough album, 1999s sublime gtis byrjun (A Good Beginning), with a massive reissue. The reissues will come in multiple formats as a 7-LP limited edition deluxe box set and in 4-CD and double vinyl versions on June 21st via Krunk Records and are available for pre-order via Sigur Rs website.

Demos, early song versions and live recordings comprise six sides of the vinyl box set. The band dove into its personal archive for the source material, surfacing long-ago forgotten recordings. Guided voice versions of Svefn-g-englar and the title track, an original speed version of Staralfur, an extended version of Vidrar vel til loftarasa and an oboe-featuring Olsen Olsen are among the variations found in the set. It also features then-untitled songs and B-sides.

The package includes a live recording of their June 12th, 1999 concert at slenska peran (Icelandic Opera House), which has been remixed by former keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson with Birgir Birgisson who originally recorded the performance. The 90-minute set also marked the final time their original drummer, gust Gunnarsson, would perform with the band. The band released Flugufrelsarinn from this set to coincide with the release.

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The vinyl limited edition box set comes in a linen-bound box and houses an 84-page cloth-bound book. Handwritten string arrangements, photos, artwork ideas and more pieces from the bands archive are among the contents. The first 1999 box set copies will be numbered. The full music offering will also be available in a 4-CD edition (one CD features the rarities and demos, two CDs span the concert and the final CD features the original album). The double vinyl version houses the original album, and comes with a download code for the demos and rarities and concert material.

gtis byrjun Limited Edition Box Set Track List

3 x LP Demos and Rarities

Side A
1. Svefn-g-englar (Live at Popp Reykjavk, 1998)
2. Starlfur (Original speed version)

Side B
1. Flugufrelsarinn (1998 Demo)
2. N batter (Instrumental)

Side C
1. Hjarta hamast (bamm bamm bamm) (1995 Demo)
2. Virar vel til loftrsa (Alternative ending)

Side D
1. Olsen Olsen (1998 Demo)
2. gtis byrjun (1998 Demo)

Side E
1. Hugmynd 1 (1998 Demo)
2. Hugmynd 2 (1998 Demo)
3. Hugmynd 3 (1998 Demo)

Side F
1. Debata mandire (Live at Laugardashll, 1999)
2. Rafmagni bi (From N batter EP, 2000)

2 x LP Live slenska peran 1999

Side A
1. Intro
2. Von
3. Syndir Gus

Side B
1. Flugufresarinn
2. Olsen Olsen
3. gtis byrjun

Side C
1. Virar vel til loftrsa
2. Svefn-g-englar
3. N batter