A hardback book with 2CDs and DVD.This image-laden high-quality hardback book comes with dustjacket and integral wallets containing two CDs and one DVD a marvellously multi-media combination that tells the story of the Decline album in compelling audio-visual style.The CDs feature the acclaimed original Decline album and B-sides from the Decline era. The DVD features live BSP footage from the UK and Japan, alongside Decline-period videos and bonus features. Please note: the Handbook narrative and images are completely different to those in the book in the Compleat box-set. Text by Roy Wilkinson, author of the acclaimed BSP-themed memoir Do It For Your Mum. Stuart Maconie on Do It For Your Mum: As different from the usual rock biography as British Sea Power are from the usual rock band. Funny, literate, touching, ambitious and engaging. A quirky, brilliant story quirkily, brilliantly told.The Sunday Times on the Decline reissues: This remarkable debut, available in multiple formats, sets out their stall enticingly They were and still are one of the countrys best.Q magazine on the Decline reissues: A work of uncommon range and depth. When superfan Peter Dr Who Capaldi calls this still-resonating LP Simply exhilarating its hard to disagree. ****All purchases come with free instant downloads of exclusive demo recordings of Black Ops with Liberace (The Lonely) and The Smallest Church In Sussex (Piano).One for BSP completists and for those who recognise the chance to lay in an early and most instructive yuletide gift. Acquire the box-set and hardback book in one bargain transaction, then secure both in your extensive BSP archive? Or pass on the hardback book as a delightful present for a BSP novice? Please note: the Handbook narrative and images are completely different to those in the book in the Compleat box-set. For full respective content descriptions please see entries on the Compleat box-set and BSP Handbook.MOJO on the Decline reissues: Stirring Blake-ian musical visions Re-released across various formats featuring demos and rarities, its an alternative Britain that BSP conjure. In Remember Me and Carrion they offer two bona fide contemporary classics whose poetic potency has diminished not a jot. ****DISC 1 Original Album1. Men Together Today2. Apologies to Insect Life3. Favours in The Beetroot Fields4. Something Wicked5. Remember Me6. Fear Of Drowning7. The Lonely8. Carrion9. Blackout10. Lately11. A Wooden HorseDISC 2 B-sides1. Alberts Eyes2. Moley and Me3. The Smallest Church in Sussex4. Salty Water5. Strange Communication6. Birdy7. Heavenly Waters8. A Lovely Day Tomorrow9. Apologies to Insect Life (Russian Rock demo)10. The Scottish Wildlife Experience11. No Red Indians12. Good Good BoysDISC 3 BSP On Film1. Fear Of Drowning 2. Apologies to Insect Life 3. The Spirit of St Louis 4. Childhood Memories 5. Favours in The Beetroot Fields 6. Blackout 7. A Lovely Day Tomorrow 8. Lately 9. Rock In A 10. Apologies to Insect Life 11. The Spirit of St Louis 12. The Scottish Wildlife Experience 13. Rock In A 14. The Spirit of St Louis 15. Apologies to Insect Life 16. Carrion (Chalk Cliff edit) 17. Carrion (Black Down edit) 18. Childhood Memories 19. Remember Me 20. Good Rocking Tonight 21. Nobles Funtime