Comprehensive collection of material from Jeff Mangum's Neutral Milk Hotel. This expanded boxset includes both of the band's full length albums, On Avery Island and In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, along with a bevy of previously unreleased material. Their 1993 single "Everything Is" is repackaged as a 10" with two unreleased songs and the 7" for "Little Birds" and "Where You'll Find Me Now" includes different versions. The most interesting part of the boxset may be the Ferris Wheel On Fire 10", which includes acoustic recordings from 1992 - 1995 that Mangum had never released. This 2023 edition is newly expanded with the inclusion of the Live at Jittery Joe's picture disc LP and two giant foldout posters, all enclosed in a deluxe outer box.

• expanded 2023 edition, originally only available through the Neutral Milk Hotel online store
• 4xLP + 2x10" + 3x7" vinyl edition
  
• includes (2) giant foldout posters
• deluxe outer box enclosure
• limited edition
• contents: On Avery Island 2-LP gatefold, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea gatefold LP, Live at Jittery Joe's 12-inch picture disc, Everything Is 10-inch EP, Ferris Wheel on Fire 10-inch EP, 'Little Birds (Live)' b/w 'Little Birds (Demo)' 7-inch, 'Holland, 1945' b/w 'Engine' 7-inch, 'You’ve Passed' b/w 'Where You’ll Find Me Now' 7-inch
• music label: Merge Records 2023

reviewed by Hank Ohs 02/2023