Phil Collins Announces Face Value (Full Value) 45th Anniversary Box Set

The 4xLP deluxe box set arrives on September 18th and includes unreleased live recordings, rarities, demos and outtakes

Phil Collins is celebrating the 45th anniversary of his 1981 debut solo album Face Value with a new box set titled Face Value (Full Value).

Arriving on September 18th, the 4xLP deluxe vinyl box set includes the original Face Value album half-speed remastered at Abbey Road, plus rare and unreleased live recordings, demos and outtakes. The set also features a brand new interview with Collins in the liner notes conducted by journalist Tom Doyle.

As for the rarities and unreleased live recordings included in the box set, Collins has added stripped-back debut live performances of “In the Air Tonight” and “The Roof Is Leaking” from The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball, featuring himself and guitarist Daryl Stuermer. Fans will also get two previously unreleased live performances from Perkins Palace in 1982 and Irvine Meadows in 1985, an unreleased outtake of his experimental cover of The Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows,” and a previously unreleased full version of “Over The Rainbow,” which was only featured as an excerpt at the end of the original album. To celebrate the announcement, Collins has unearthed “You Know What I Mean” (Live, Perkins Palace 1982) as the first offering from Face Value (Full Value). Stream it below.

Meanwhile, Collins has readied a Blu-ray edition of Face Value with remastered audio, also out on September 18th. The Blu-ray release features brand new Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and stereo mixes of the album by Steven Wilson, with the Atmos also available digitally. Pre-orders for the vinyl box set and the Blu-ray edition are ongoing.

Face Value served as Phil Collins debut solo album back in 1981, released during a prolific period with his band Genesis. The opening track on the album is “In the Air Tonight,” now considered Collins’ signature song; Face Value also features the hit “I Missed Again” as well as a re-recording of Genesis’ 1980 track “Behind the Lines.” Collins previously celebrated the album’s 35th anniversary with a deluxe version in 2016 — titled Extra Values — containing more demos, rarities, and live recordings.

Collins is set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for the second time in November (he was previously inducted with Genesis), though he won’t be performing at the ceremony as he continues to recover from a variety of health issues.