Wu-Tang Clan's seminal album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) will be released as a special 7" edition.
36 Chambers, which originally dropped back in 1993, is now being packaged as a hardback "Casebook," featuring the album's twelve full songs, divided into six 7 inch records. But here is the most notable surprise to come from the collection — a seventh bonus 7" of "Protect Ya Neck (Bloody Version)."
Contained in a premium leatherette outer slipcase the pack also includes a 56 page in depth liner notes book, with new RZA input and interviews; extensive research by journalist Chris Faraone; album lyrics; and rarely seen imagery from the Enter The Wu-Tang era. Also included is two Wu-Tang 45 adapters.
As RZA recalls to Faraone in the liner notes book:
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The release is a collaborative project between RZA and Get On Down, the same company behind GZA's incredible Liquid Swords chess box.
"[Considering] the trouble we were going through, being young black men in America trying to find our way, I definitely had the confidence that [making music] was the way out of it…When Loud announced that 36 Chambers went platinum, that right there was confirmation. I remember saying to myself that MC Hammer sold 10 million records, but that's 10 million people who still sleep. If Wu-Tang sold a million, that's a million people who woke up."
The first 1,000 orders will begin shipping in early December exclusively via Get on Down. Check out the tracklist below.
