THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: THE AEROPLANE FLIES HIGH Box Set (1996)

The Aeroplane Flies High is a five-disc box set released by rock band The Smashing Pumpkins in November 26, 1996. It contains expanded versions of the five singles from their album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and also included a 44 page booklet with pictures and writings by the band’s lead singer Billy Corgan, as well as lyrics.

A limited edition release, the box reached number 42 on the Billboard charts. Originally intended to be limited to 200,000 copies, Virgin Records produced more after the original run sold out due to overwhelming and unexpected demand. The album was remastered in 2013 under the supervision of frontman Billy Corgan and reissued on vinyl and as a CD/DVD box set.

Bullet with Butterfly Wings

1. Bullet with Butterfly Wings
2. Said Sadly
3. You’re All I’ve Got Tonight
4. Clones (We’re All)
5. A Night Like This
6. Destination Unknown (Missing Persons band)
7. Dreaming

1979

1. 1979
2. Ugly
3. The Boy
4. Cherry
5. Believe
6. Set the Ray to Jerry

Zero

1. Zero
2. God
3. Mouths of Babes
4. Tribute to Johnny
5. Marquis in Spades
6. Pennies
7. Pastichio Medley

Tonight, Tonight

1. Tonight, Tonight
2. Meladori Magpie
3. Rotten Apples
4. Jupiter’s Lament
5. Medellia of the Gray Skies
6. Blank
7. Tonite Reprise

Thirty-Three

1. Thirty-Three
2. The Last Song
3. The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right)
4. Transformer
5. The Bells
6. My Blue Heaven

The Smashing Pumpkins
Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar, piano, production, liner notes, mixing, illustrations
James Iha – guitar; vocals on “…Said Sadly”, “A Night Like This”, “The Boy”, “Believe”, and “The Bells”; production; engineering; mixing
D’arcy Wretzky – bass guitar, vocals on “Dreaming” and “The Bells”, production, engineering, mixing
Jimmy Chamberlin – drums

Additional musicians
Keith Brown – piano
Bill Corgan Sr. – guitar solo on “The Last Song”
Dennis Flemion – instruments on “Medellia of the Gray Skies”
Jimmy Flemion – instruments on “Medellia of the Gray Skies”
Nina Gordon – vocals on “…Said Sadly”
Chris Martin – piano
Eric Remschneider – cello on “The Bells”
Adam Schlesinger – piano on “The Bells”
Jonathan Melvoin – keyboards on CD 5 (Live 1996)

Production
Andy Chase – engineer
John Craig – illustrations
Pual Eledge – photography
Flood – production, engineering, mixing
Jeff Lane – mixing
Tommy Lipnick – engineering
Jeff Moleski – engineering, mixing
Tommy Moleski – engineering
Alan Moulder – production, mixing
J. Nicholas – mixing, mixing assistant
Frank Olinsky – art direction, design
Neil Perry – mixing
Claudine Pontier – engineering
Russ Spice – engineering
Howie Weinberg – mastering
Martin White – engineering
Yelena Yemchuk – photography, “Zero” cover art

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