Those made of money who want to go ahead and take the plunge into full
Chrome
activity could do worse than to go straight to
Chrome Box
. The original release of the
Box
in 1982 served as both an overview of the classic
Damon Edge
/
Helios Creed
lineup and the inclusion of some extra goodies. Four previously released albums appeared in full --
Alien Soundtracks
,
Half Machine Lip Moves
Blood on the Moon
, and the compilation
No Humans Allowed
. Also included were
Chronicles
and
Chronicles, Vol. 2
, containing what at the time was unreleased material from the band; those two collections were made available separately later. Many years later, after
had been reactivated by
Creed
following
Edge
's untimely passing, the band's new label,
Cleopatra
, continued its own sporadic reissue program with a full reprint and remastering of the
as a three-CD set. This version also has the advantage of including the three
tracks from the
Subterranean Modern
compilation on
Ralph Records
from 1979. These include a rather devolved version of
"(I Left My Heart) in San Francisco,"
which was specifically essayed by every other band on the original compilation as well. ~ Ned Raggett