War Child Vinyl Box Out Monday…tvotr Talk

And who’s gonna take the gun away?

A quick reminder to all you vinyl junkies out there that the instant collectable above, which we told you about last month, (01.29.2009 NEWS: LIMITED EDITION WAR CHILD 7 INCH 45 VINYL BOX SET DUE) is out on Monday.

The box holds fifteen heavyweight 7″ singles in plain white sleeves and it’s limited to 5,000 sets worldwide. That may sound like a lot, but when one considers how many of the participants are collectable, I’m sure the box won’t be available for very long at all.

The label above, which is on the flipside of TV On The Radio‘s version of “Heroes”, is from the box set and it’s of David Bowie’s original 1977 version of the song.

While we’re on the subject, Kyp Malone of TVOTR had this to say about the Bowie cover in an interview with Pitchfork

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Pitchfork: So were you intimidated to cover “Heroes” — one of the greatest songs of all time — for the War Child album?

KM: Since it is one of the greatest songs of all time I think it’ll stand on its own two feet regardless of whether or not Bowie’s doing it. I hope that we did it justice; I honestly haven’t listened to it since it’s been mixed because I actually did get intimidated after the fact.

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The band has also just announced a North American tour for which pre-sale tickets are on sale now.