Aerosmith's 1991 album, "Pandora's Box," is a comprehensive collection of the band's early work, spanning from their formation in the early '70s up until their commercial breakthrough in the late '80s. The three-disc set includes previously unreleased demos, live recordings, and rare tracks that showcase the band's evolution from bluesy hard rockers to arena-filling powerhouses.
The first disc, titled "Let the Music Do the Talking," features the band's earliest material, including demos recorded in 1972 and 1973. The tracks showcase the raw energy and bluesy swagger that would become Aerosmith's trademark sound. Standout tracks include "Make It," "One Way Street," and "Mama Kin," which would later become a fan favorite.
The second disc, "Sweet Emotion," covers the band's commercial peak in the late '70s and early '80s. The disc includes classics like "Dream On," "Sweet Emotion," and "Walk This Way," as well as deeper cuts like "Kings and Queens" and "No More No More." The disc also includes a previously unreleased live version of "Toys in the Attic" that captures the band's explosive live energy.
The third disc, "Ain't That a Bitch," features rarities and unreleased tracks from the band's archives. Highlights include the hard-driving "Rock in a Hard Place (Cheshire Cat)" and the bluesy "I'm Down," a cover of The Beatles classic. The disc also includes a live version of "Train Kept A-Rollin'," which showcases the band's improvisational skills and ability to engage a crowd.
Soul Saver (Previously Unreleased Rehearsal From The "Toys In The Attic" Sessions)
0:53
Sharpshooter
5:30
Big Ten Inch Record
04:02
On The Road Again (Rehearsal Pre-Production Jam)
3:36
Draw The Line
3:43
Last Child (Remix)
3:52
Jailbait
4:38
South Station Blues
4:9
Kings and Queens
5:31
Back in the Saddle
04:49
All Your Love
5:27
Walkin' The Dog (Live Radio Broadcast WKRQ, Cincinnati)
3:13
Draw The Line (Remix)
3:43
Three Mile Smile
3:44
When I Needed You
2:34
Rattlesnake Shake (Live Radio Broadcast WKRQ, Cincinnati)
10:28
Movin' Out
5:42
Soul Saver (Rehearsal)
0:53
Toys In the Attic
3:5
Write Me A Letter (Live Version)
4:18
Circle Jerk
3:44
Chip Away At The Stone (Previously Unreleased Alternate Version)
4:06
On The Road Again (Previously Unreleased From The "Aerosmith" Sessions)
3:36
Shit House Shuffle (Previously Unreleased Rehearsal)
0:35
Major Barbara (Alternate Version)
5:04
Helter Skelter
3:10
Pandora's Box
5:42
Chip Away The Stone (Alternate Version)
4:06
Lord of the Thighs
7:12
Milkcow Blues
4:14
Walkin' The Dog (Unreleased Live Radio Broadcast)
3:13
Riff and Roll
03:18
No More No More
4:32
Riff & Roll (Jam)
3:16
Riff & Roll
3:16
Draw the Line
3:42
Walk This Way
3:39
Round And Round
5:02
Last Child
3:52
Krawhitham
3:58
Downtown Charlie
2:32
Seasons of Wither
5:38
Rattlesnake Shake (Unreleased Live Radio Broadcast)
10:28
I Live In Connecticut (Unreleased Rehearsal)
0:56
Seasons Of Wither
5:39
Let It Slide
2:53
All Your Love (Previously Unreleased)
5:27
Same Old Song and Dance
3:52
Chip Away the Stone
4:5
Major Barbra
5:4
Toys In The Attic
3:05
On the Road Again
3:35
Big Ten-Inch Record
4:0
Round and Round
5:2
Chip Away The Stone (Previously Unreleased Alternate Version)
4:06
Same Old Song And Dance
3:53
Walkin' The Dog
3:13
Shit House Shuffle (Rehearsal)
0:35
I Wanna Know Why (Unreleased Live Version)
3:04
You See Me Crying
5:11
I Live In Connecticut (Rehearsal)
0:56
Nobody's Fault
4:21
Write Me A Letter (Unreleased Live Version)
4:18
Krawhitham (Previously Unreleased Instrumental)
3:59
No Surprize
4:25
Train Kept A Rollin'
5:33
Major Barbara
5:05
Shit House Shuffle
0:36
[Untitled Hidden Track]
03:44
Pandora's Box
5:42
Adam's Apple (Unreleased Live Version)
4:48
On The Road Again
3:36
Rats In the Cellar
4:5
Sweet Emotion
4:34
Chip Away The Stone
4:06
One Way Street
7:0
Rattlesnake Shake
10:27
I Wanna Know Why
3:4
Lick and a Promise
3:4
Let It Slide (Previously Unreleased)
2:54
Bone To Bone
Write Me a Letter
4:17
Bone to Bone (Coney Island White Fish Boy)
2:59
Make It
3:45
Adam's Apple (Live Version)
4:48
Rats In The Cellar
4:06
Movin' Out
5:41
Milk Cow Blues
4:13
Mama Kin
4:25
Write Me A Letter
4:18
Bone To Bone (Coney Island Fish Boy)
2:59
Lord Of The Thighs
7:13
Nobody's Fault
4:22
Lord Of The Thighs ("TEXXAS JAM" Live Recording)
7:13
Riff & Roll
3:16
I Live in Connecticut
00:56
Bone To Bone (Coney Island White Fish Boy)
2:59
Downtown Charlie (Unreleased Jam)
2:35
Helter Skelter (Previously Unreleased)
3:13
I Wanna Know Why ("TEXXAS JAM" Live Recording)
3:04
Come Together
3:44
Krawhitham (Instrumental)
3:59
Major Barbara (Previously Unreleased Alternate Version)
5:05
I Live In Connecticut
0:55
Cheese Cake
4:14
Kings And Queens
5:31
Rats in the Cellar
04:07
Big Ten-Inch Record (Unreleased Live Version)
4:01
Train Kept a Rollin'
5:33
Back In The Saddle
4:40
Critical Mass
4:51
Soul Saver
0:52
Walkin' the Dog
3:13
Downtown Charlie (Jam)
2:35
Kings And Queens (Live Version)
5:31
Kings And Queens (Unreleased Live Version)
5:31
Movin' Out (Alternate Version)
5:42
Adam's Apple
4:48
Lord Of The Thighs (Unreleased Live Version)
7:13
Riff & Roll (Unreleased Jam)
3:16
Dream On
4:25
Adam's Apple
4:48
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487480 2
C3K 86567
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C3K 67995
C3T 46209
COL 487480 2, 02-487480-10
887654295620
MHCP 336~338
COL 487480 2
SRCS 5737-9
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Compilation
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Booklet Style
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Companies
Role
Company
Copyright (c)
Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p)
RSO Records, Inc.
Manufactured By
Columbia Records
Recorded At
CBS Studios, New York
Remastered At
Sony Music Studios, New York City
Pressed By
DADC, Pitman
Distributed By
Sony Music
Remixed At
Sony Music Studios, New York City
Glass Mastered At
DADC Austria
Record Company
Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
Credits
Role
Credit
A&R
Michele Galman
Art Direction
Mick Rock
Photography By
Mick Rock
Compilation Producer
Don DeVito
Coordinator
Barbara McDonough
Design
Judy Virsinger
Directed By
Gary Pacheco, Keith Garde, Steve Berkowitz
Executive-Producer
David Krebs, Steve Leber
Liner Notes
David Wild
Remastered By
Vic Anesini
Bass
Tom Hamilton (tracks: 1-2 to 3-10, 3-12, 3-14 to 3-19)
Drums
Joey Kramer (tracks: 1-2 to 3-10, 3-12, 3-14 to 3-19)
Flute
Steven Tyler
Harmonica
Steven Tyler
Lead Guitar
Brad Whitford (tracks: 1-4, 1-11, 1-15, 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-8, 2-11, 2-14, 3-1, 3-11), Joe Perry (tracks: 1-2 to 1-6, 1-10, 1-11, 1-13 to 2-2, 2-4 to 2-9, 2-12, 2-16, 3-9, 3-10, 3-13, 3-14, 3-16 to 3-18)
Lead Vocals
Steven Tyler (tracks: 1-2 to 2-2, 2-4 to 3-10, 3-12, 3-14 to 3-19)
Percussion
Joey Kramer
Rhythm Guitar
Brad Whitford (tracks: 1-2 to 1-6, 1-10, 1-11, 1-13 to 2-2, 2-4 to 2-9, 2-12, 2-16, 2-14, 2-16 to 2-18)
Artwork
Hans Neleman
Project Manager
Gary Pacheco
Remix
Vic Anesini
Notes
This Box set is the Long Box version and comes with : 3 x CD Albums, 64 page booklet containing photos, quotes, lyrics, discography & history of the band.
1-1 Recorded At CBS Studios, NYC, 10/05/66.
1-2,3,4,5,6,11 From The Album "Aerosmith" ( 1973 )
Recorded At Intermedia Studios, Boston, 1972.
1-7,8,9,12 From The Album "Get Your Wings" ( 1974 )
Recorded At The Record Plant Studios, NYC, 73/74.
1-10 Recorded On Tour In Boston 11/76.
1-13,14 Recorded At WKRQ, Cincinatti, 1971.
1-15 & 2-8,9 Recorded Live At The TEXXAS JAM, Cottonbowl, Dallas, 1978.
2-1,2,4,5,6,7,13 From The Album "Toys In The Attic" ( 1975 ) Recorded At The Record Plant Studios, NYC, Feburary, 1975.
2-3,12 Recorded At The Cenacle, Armonk, NY ,77'.
2-10,11,14,15 & 3-19 From The Album "Rocks" ( 1976 )
Recorded At The Wherehouse, Waltham , Mass. & The
Record Plant Studios, NYC Feb-March 1976.
2-16 Recorded On Tour In Indianapolis, IN, 7/4/77.
2-17,18 & 3-2 From The Album "Draw The Line" ( 1977 )
Recorded At The Cenacle, Armonk, NY & The Record Plant Studios, NYC, June-October 1977.
3-1 Recorded Live On Tour In Boston 3/28/78.
3-3 Recorded At The Wherehouse, Waltham, Mass. 79'
3-4,5,6,7,8 From the Album "Night In The Ruts" ( 1979 ). Recorded At Media Sound & Record Plant Studios, NYC, May-August 1979.
3-9 From the Album "Greatest Hits" ( 1980 )
Recorded At The Wherehouse, Waltham, Mass. 8/21/78
3-10 Recorded At Record Plant Studios, NYC, 1978
3-11 From the Album "Whitford/St. Holmes" ( 1981 )
Recorded At Axis Studios, Atlanta, GA, 1980-81.
3-12 Recorded At Record Plant Studios, NYC, 1979
3-13 From The Album "I've Got The Rock N' Rolls Again" ( 1981 ). Recorded At Media Sound, NYC, 1979.
3-14 Recorded At Power Station, NYC, 1981.
3-15 From The Album "Rock In A Hard Place" ( 1982 )
Recorded At Power Station, NYC & Criteria Studios, Miami, FL, 1982.
3-16 Recorded At The Power Station, NYC, 1971.
3-17 Recorded At Long View Farms, Mass. 1978.
3-18 Recorded At Great Northern Studios, 1975.
3-20 Unlisted Hidden Track.
Track 1-13 was actually written by Peter Green although credited to Griffith/Gilmore on this release.
"Pandora's Box" is a must-have for any Aerosmith fan or anyone interested in the evolution of classic rock. The collection provides a comprehensive overview of the band's early years and highlights their ability to write timeless, riff-driven rock songs. Despite some unevenness in sound quality and song selection, the collection is a testament to Aerosmith's enduring legacy and their place in the pantheon of rock and roll.