According to consequence.net, Alice in Chains seminal 1992 album titled, Dirt, is receiving a 30th anniversary vinyl reissue and boxset to celebrate. The news comes right after the band launched their tour along with Bush and Breaking Benjamin. The tour started on August 13th in Syracuse, New York, and will run through October 8th in Mansfield, Massachusetts, tickets are still available via Ticketmaster. Dirt was also recently certified five times platinum by the RIAA and was actually overdue for a vinyl repress, being out of print for the past few years. It will also be the first time that the album has been issued on double vinyl for maximum fidelity. On top of having standard issue black vinyl and other color variants due to arrive on September 23rd, the band will also be selling a collectible box set that is set to ship around the end of October. The box set will sell for $275, and will include the double-LP pressing of Dirt on translucent orange vinyl, a CD containing the remastered audio, four show posters, a 24 inch square poster that features the album cover and band photo, four reimagined Dirt album cover prints, an 80 page Dirt hardcover book with never before seen pictures, a resin figure of the album cover model that fits atop vinyl records on your turntable, and five 7 inch vinyl singles, (“Them Bones,” “Down in a Hole,” “Rooster,” “Angry Chair,” and “Would?”). You can currently preorder the standard vinyl or box set at the Alice in Chains merch store online.
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Alice in Chains Announce Dirt 30th Anniversary Reissue and Box Set
