MADFISH Working Our Way Back To You - The Ultimate Collection

FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS 'WORKING OUR WAY BACK TO YOU' - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION, 45 DISC SUPER DELUXE BOX SET LIMITED TO 2,500 COPIES. 44 CD's documenting a career from 1961 to 2016 featuring 31 newly remastered studio albums & all Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons' worldwide singles. Over 800 tracks including bonus live albums, demos, outtakes, B-sides & more. A replica triple foldout sleeve LP issue of 'The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette' (available for the first time ever on mono vinyl). A hard back coffee table book that tells the full story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons by long-time Seasons' expert Paul Sexton, including interviews conducted by Ken Sharp & contributions from Brian Wilson, Barry & Maurice Gibb & Billy Joel. A portfolio chronicling single & EP sleeves from around the world, including chart placings. A 'Collector's Notes' Book from Four Seasons Appreciation Society's Ken Charmer. Compiled with full co-operation & support of Frankie Valli & Bob Gaudio. With career sales of over 175 million records & their long-time membership of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons have inspired fans & enlightened the music world for more than sixty years. For the first time ever, Madfish presents the complete works of a collective who are, simply, one of America's most important pop groups ever. A quartet who sang about the everyday tragedies & victories that they shared with their audience. A group of the people, for the people. Rhythm & Blues was barely even pregnant with rock 'n' roll when a Jersey boy called Francesco Stephen Castelluccio, AKA Frankie Valli, took his first teenage steps in music. 'Working Our Way Back To You' chronicles his every stride through a career of 195 singles & 31 studio albums across 44 CD's & 1LP & a stunning multi-foldout reproduction of the original US packaging of 'The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette' vinyl album, in its original mono mix, available here for the first time ever. The package includes an extraordinary assemblage of unreleased treats, rare treasures & long-unavailable mixes, including much sought after tracks the group cut for Motown. The boxed set also includes a 144-page hardback book, a separate singles book showing a multitude of picture sleeves from around the world & a book of Collectors' notes, written by Four Seasons Appreciation Society's Ken Charmer. The hardback book, authored by lifelong Four Seasons fan Paul Sexton (presenter & producer of BBC Radio 2's four-part series Jerseybeat: The Four Seasons Story in 2008) follows the group's story from humble New Jersey beginnings to the opening of the award-winning Jersey Boys musical on Broadway. "I thought they were fantastic. The voice blend was fantastic. The competition helped me to get cracking. It inspired me." Brian Wilson "Frankie Valli is a fantastic singer. He was doing falsetto long before any of us were doing it. It was just another way of using another instrument for your songs." Maurice Gibb "There were a lot of life lessons in their music." Billy Joel "They made some of the greatest records ever. They were the biggest productions right there with Phil Spector & Motown." Stevie Van Zandt.