The Pharcyde release box set for Record Store Day

Twenty years have loped by since the release of The Pharcyde’s exceptional Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde.

Delicious Vinyl are primed to release a limited edition box set, titled Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde: The Singles Collection. As The Daily Swarm outline, the set will drop on Record Store Day.

Fans of lucky primes will have plenty to shout about: the package contains seven 7″ records pressed on seven different colours of vinyl. The set also includes a 24-track 2xCD, including (ready?) seven instrumentals, five acapellas, six remixes and a rare bonus track; much of the above has never been released previously. The bundle also includes a 21″x28″ poster, a jigsaw puzzle, and thorough liner-notes and exclusive photographs of the band.

The L.A hip-hop group are one of the most fondly remembered outfits of the era. Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde, produced almost exclusively by J-Swift (who takes charge of the liner notes on the reissue), was a kaleidoscopic blend of soul, jazz and funk. Having lost Fatlip and SlimKid3 in the intervening years, The Pharcyde are currently ploughing on as a duo.