The Smashing Pumpkins - Teargarden By Kaleidyscope Vol. I: Songs For A Sailor - Wooden box set with CD, 7" single + stone - CD box set - 2010

This lot contains one rare limited edition box-set of The Smashing Pumpkins: Teargarden By Kaleidyscope Vol. 1: Songs For A Sailor

Wooden box including 5 new tracks on
* Blue marbled 7" 45 rpm one track single sided
* 4-track CD EP
Plus:
2 stickers
Hand carved stone obelisk

Label: Martha's Music
Released in the USA, 2010

The first chapter in the Smashing Pumpkins' long awaited 44-song concept album featuring 5 new tracks.
This limited edition boxset includes a marbled vinyl 7" containing the previously unreleased "Teargarden" theme, 4-song EP CD and hand carved stone obelisk.

Note: the vinyl single is warped, but can be played without jumps.

Genre: Rock
Styles: Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, Indie Rock

Condition:
Wooden box NM
CD NM
7" Vinyl VG+ (warped)
Stickers EX
Obelisk M

Barcode: 811481 01191 7

Teargarden by Kaleidyscope is a music project by alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins that was started in late 2009 by frontman Billy Corgan following the second departure of original drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. The project initially was conceived as a 44-song concept album loosely inspired by the Tarot, with each song being released individually as a free download. By August 2018, after 34 tracks had been released, Corgan announced via Instagram that the project had been abandoned

The first physical EP, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope Vol. 1: Songs for a Sailor, consisting of a wooden box with the 4-song CD, a 7" vinyl record with one additional song, and a hand-carved stone obelisk, was released May 25 by Rocket Science Music. To promote Record Store Day in 2010, the band performed live at Amoeba Records, offered free blacklight posters to those who pre-ordered the first EP from their local record stores, and released two limited edition 7" singles containing the album's first four songs.[citation needed] "Widow Wake My Mind" was promoted as a radio single, with Corgan appearing on WKQX in Chicago and several major-market stations adding it to rotation. On April 20, 2010, the band performed the song live with an Up with People choir on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Initial Teargarden by Kaleidyscope tracks received generally favorable reviews. Spin's review of "Widow Wake My Mind" was positive, naming the song "a very pleasant surprise". Rolling Stone included it in their "hot list", calling it "[Corgan's] sweetest pop melody since Kennedy left MTV." Nokia's Inside Music review lauded the free download scheme that Billy Corgan has implemented: "I'm completely stunned that tunes of this quality are up for grabs free for the anticipated 5 year duration of this project." The review continued, praising the maturing drumming of Mike Byrne: "It's worth pointing out that 19–20 year old drummer Mike Byrne is beginning to show signs that he may well be capable of filling the horrific void of Jimmy Chamberlin's departure".