Megadeth "Peace Sells... But Who's Buying (Deluxe Boxed Set)"

Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Megadeth, released on September 19, 1986, through Capitol Records. The project was originally handled by Combat Records, resulting in the original mix of the album being co-produced by Randy Burns. Capitol Records then bought the rights to the album and hired another producer named Paul Lani to mix it himself. The recording of the album was difficult for the band, because of the ongoing drug issues the members had at the time. Drummer Gar Samuelson and guitarist Chris Poland were fired shortly after the album's promotional tour for drug abuse, making it the last Megadeth album for Samuelson before his death and the last for Poland until he reappeared as a session musician on The System Has Failed. The title track, noted for its politically conscious lyrics, was released as the album's second single, but the band's first music video. The album's cover art, featuring the band's mascot Vic Rattlehead in front of a desolated United Nations Headquarters, was created by Ed Repka.

Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? is often regarded as a thrash metal classic, and as an album that gave prominence to extreme metal. It has been featured in several publications' best album lists, including Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and Martin Popoff's Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time. The album has been reissued several times over the years. In 2004, the album was remixed and remastered by Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine, with extensive liner notes detailing the album's background. In 2011, the three different versions were reissued as part of the album's 25th anniversary celebration. All of them with the exception of the 2004 mixes feature new remastering.

On July 12, 2011, the band re-released the album in both a 2-Disc reissue and a special 5-Disc + 3-LP box set, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the album. The reissue features liner notes written by Mustaine and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. The 25th anniversary re-release sold approximately 2,000 units in its first week of release.

The 25th Anniversary edition box set features five discs. Discs 1–3 all feature the original album, with disc 1 having the original mix (remastered version from 2011), disc 2 featuring the 2004 remix, and disc 3 featuring the Randy Burns mixes (several examples of which appear as bonus tracks on the album's 2004 release). Disc 4 features the same 1987 show available on the 2-disc set. Disc five contains both the original album (again, remastered version from 2011), and the above listed 1987 show in hi-resolution audio. The 25th anniversary 2 CD edition features the original album on disc one and a previously unreleased 1987 concert on disc two.

Original Album Remastered 2011   

1. Wake up Dead
2. The Conjuring
3. Peace Sells
4. Devils Island
5. Good Mourning / Black Friday
6. Bad Omen
7. I Ain't Superstitious
8. My Last Words

Remixed, Remastered Versions from 2004   

1. Wake up Dead
2. The Conjuring
3. Peace Sells
4. Devils Island
5. Good Mourning / Black Friday
6. Bad Omen
7. I Ain't Superstitious
8. My Last Words

Randy Burns Mixes Remastered 2011   

1. Wake up Dead
2. The Conjuring
3. Peace Sells
4. Devils Island
5. Good Mourning / Black Friday
6. Bad Omen
7. I Ain't Superstitious
8. My Last Words

Live at the Phantasy Theatre, Cleveland 1987

1. Intro
2. Wake up Dead
3. The Conjuring
4. Bad Omen
5. Rattlehead
6. Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good
7. Looking Down the Cross
8. My Last Words
9. Peace Sells
10. These Boots Were Made for Walkin'
11. Devils Island
12. Last Rites / Loved to Death
13. Mechanix

Original Album Remastered 2011 / Live at the Phantasy Theatre, Cleveland 1987   

1. Wake up Dead
2. The Conjuring
3. Peace Sells
4. Devils Island
5. Good Mourning / Black Friday
6. Bad Omen
7. I Ain't Superstitious
8. My Last Words
9. Intro
10. Wake up Dead
11. The Conjuring
12. Bad Omen
13. Rattlehead
14. Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good
15. Looking Down the Cross
16. My Last Words
17. Peace Sells
18. These Boots Were Made for Walkin'
19. Devils Island
20. Last Rites / Loved to Death
21. Mechanix

Original Album Remastered 2011   

1. Wake up Dead
2. The Conjuring
3. Peace Sells
4. Devils Island
5. Good Mourning / Black Friday
6. Bad Omen
7. I Ain't Superstitious
8. My Last Words

Live at the Phantasy Theatre, Cleveland 1987   

1. Intro
2. Wake up Dead
3. The Conjuring
4. Bad Omen
5. Rattlehead
6. Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good
7. Looking Down the Cross
8. My Last Words
9. Peace Sells
10. These Boots Were Made for Walkin'
11. Devils Island
12. Last Rites / Loved to Death
13. Mechanix

Consists of 4 different versions of the album on CD (discs 1-4), a DVD in audio format of the original album and live version of the album (disc 5), and the remastered and live album on vinyl (discs 6-7).

Includes two 8" x 10" photos, two 8½" x 11" reproduced vintage concert flyers, one reproduced vintage ticket stub, and a 20-page book with liner notes by Dave Mustaine and Lars Ulrich.

Box has a lenticular cover.

Recording information:

Recorded at the Music Grinder in Los Angeles, California.

Mixed at Can-Am Recorders in Tarzana, California.

Additional recording at Track Records and Rock Steady Studios in Los Angeles, California and at Maddog Studios in Venice, California from February 15th to March 20th, 1986.