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Driven By the Music (!?) is set to release 7 classic Donna Summer albums on the 1st December 2014; ‘The Wanderer’, ‘Donna Summer’, ‘Cats Without Claws’, ‘All Systems Go’, ‘Another Place And Time’, ‘Mistaken Identity’ and ‘I’m A Rainbow’. Each will be given the deluxe treatment and released as expanded re-mastered CDs, heavyweight vinyl and limited edition CD and LP Vinyl box sets.

The CD re-issues are packaged in sumptuous case-bound books, containing the original full album credits and acknowledgements, the lyrics, as included in the original Geffen and Atlantic LP Records and newly authored liner notes by noted US writers Christian John Wikane and Justin ‘Musicology’ Kantor. Also contains brand new collaborators interviews, as well as extracts from archive interviews with Donna Summer by Christian John Wikane.

The box set CD collection does include all of the individually created deluxe CD releases, so that no one will miss out on the bonus tracks, if they would prefer to buy the box set.

This is the store:

http://www.myplaydirect.com/donna-summe ... 3crSvI3KeA

I'm very suspicious about this CD project, because I have a feeling this will end up being a Tabu Reborn part II (Demon Music, with bonus tracks from vinyl).

Now here is my question: there is already a topic about the 3-disc CD set of Another Place and Time, but what I don't understand yet is if the bonus content is taken from master tapes or not. Even on the official Donna Summer Facebookpage there isn't any information about this, so I can't get any clarification as of yet. Anybody who can confirm this/can give any clarity about this issue?

I've been reading about the speculated inclusion of material from a second SAW project that was never released on this IAPAT reissue, but nothing seems to be included. I've been waiting for a decent treatment of Donna's 80s output and this looks pretty good,but I have to admit that I'm only so-so about the bonus tracks. All mixes seem to present, but wasn't there any material in the vault? I was particularly looking forward to more bonus material on The Wanderer, one of the best albums of the 80s. I was also hopfeful for more material from I'm A Rainbow. Oh well, maybe there's a treasure chest being reserved for a killer box set. The album I really have no interest in from this reissue project is IAPAT. I, for one, find SAW remixes to be tediously similar and entire albums they've produced to be childish after a few tracks. This was an odd aspect for a Summer album, since she was always one of the rare artists whose LP tracks were as good as or sometimes better than the hits.

Hi,
Is the box set still to be released in November or is it postponed till next year?