We're delighted to announce the forthcoming release of a limited-edition boxed set celebrating the family archive of the legendary Dundonian singer, songwriter, artist and actor Michael Marra.
The online allocation of the boxed set is now available to pre-order HERE while stocks last.
Please note this is a pre-order item due for release 27th September, 2024.
The box will also be available from the physical Assai shops in Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow on that date.
The edition of 250 boxes is a collaboration between Eddie Summerton, DOJ City Audio Print Publishing and Assai Records.
Contents include:
- A 200-page hard back, full colour book focusing on Michael’s archive of artworks and handwritten songs. The book also gathers in voices of 14 writers connected by a shared song, story, love and life - Val McDermid, Jim Crumley, Anna Newell, Brian Cox, Frank Gilfeather, Lesley Riddoch, Andrew Wasylyk, Lorraine Wilson, Loudon Wainwright III, Martin McCardie, Phill Jupitus, Roddy Woomble, Saint Andrew, Gerry Hassan, and Liz Lochhead.
- A newly produced vinyl LP collecting 14 unreleased demos and home recordings compiled by Michael’s son Matthew. The collection spans 35 years of songwriting and features early versions of classic album tracks, alongside rarely heard and previously unheard songs.
- A publication illuminating Peggy Marra’s never-seen-before collection of over 35 years of newspaper cuttings reviewing Michael’s fascinating stage life.
- A booklet featuring a Michael Marra / Saint Andrew song collection, with handwritten notes and translations by Michael and Saint Andrew.
- A reprint of Michael Craig’s From the Overgate to Anchorage newsletter, originally produced in 1996.
- A hand printed t-shirt featuring Michael’s own Fair Isle design.
- An edition of six postcards of Michael’s artworks.
- A full colour poster of the legendary Frida collage, and a signed full colour poster of Calum Colvin’s artwork for the Candy Philosophy album cover.
- A signed screen print from the original artwork by Pat Santos for the Gaels Blue album cover.
