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This 9 CD set contains all of Siffres albums ndash LABI SIFFRE 1970, THE SINGER AND THE SONG 1971, CRYING LAUGHING LOVING LYING 1972, FOR THE CHILDREN 1973, REMEMBER MY SONG 1975, HAPPY 1975, SO STRONG 1988, MAN OF REASON 1991, and THE LAST SONGS 1998 ndash all in CD wallet facsimiles of the original album sleeves. Amongst 146 tracks are 44 bonus tracks, many making their debut on CD, and the Happy album is reissued here for the first time ever.Celebrated singersongwriter Labi Siffre released his selftitled debut album in 1970, issuing a further five albums during the 70s, scoring hit singles with It Must Be Love , Crying Laughing Loving Lying and Watch Me . Madness took their cover version of It Must Be Love to 4 in 1981, and its been a staple ingredient of celebrations ever since. Crying Laughing Loving Lying was covered by both Olivia NewtonJohn and Rod Stewart.After a break in the early 80s, Labi returned in 1987 with the antiapartheid anthem Something Inside So Strong UK 4, a song perennially appreciated around the world, and a favourite of Nelson Mandela. The song was covered by a gospel choir as a tribute to Rosa Parks. The So Strong album was followed by Man Of Reason and Labis last album The Last Songs . He remastered this album for this package, and also included two new versions.Labis music has been sampled many times. Most notably, I Got Thehellip was sampled by Eminem 1998 for his worldwide hit My Name Is , as well as by JayZ the year before. My Song was sampled by Kanye West for I Wonder in 2007, and The Vulture by Jazz Liberatorz featuring Aloe Blacc in 2003. More recently Labis original recordings have been featured in ads, including Bless The Telephone Tesco Mobile, My Song Puma, Superbowl LIV, and the University of Arizona and It Must Be Love CoOp recycling ad.The 32page booklet contains a new 7000word note based on interviews with Labi in 2020, as well as photos from his own collection, plus all the credits for the albums.Labi was recently the subject of a major BBC TV documentary, part of Alan Yentobs celebrated Imaginehellip series. The documentary attracted a lot of acclaim from all quarters, and also featured this box set, which Yentob described as fantastic . Labi Siffre Boxset is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £24.99 +P&P