Later next month, we’ll commemorate the 20th anniversary of The Verve’s 1997 masterpiece Urban Hymns, their third studio album that spawned the unforgettable anthems “Lucky Man,” “The Drugs Don’t Work,” “Sonnet,” and of course, the ubiquitous “Bitter Sweet Symphony.”

Universal Music is kicking off the celebration a few weeks early by unveiling a jaw-droppingly expansive “super-deluxe” edition of the seminal LP in multiple formats this Friday, September 1st. The multi-disc/LP releases contain a veritable treasure trove of remastered original tracks, B-Sides, and never-before released live sessions. The CD bundle also includes an exclusive, jam-packed DVD. The full contents of the CD package are listed below (and the vinyl package details can be viewed here):

CD1: Urban Hymns (remastered album)
“Bitter Sweet Symphony”
“Sonnet”
“The Rolling People”
“The Drugs Don’t Work”
“Catching The Butterfly”
“Neon Wilderness”
“Space And Time”
“Weeping Willow”
“Lucky Man”
“One Day”
“This Time”
“Velvet Morning”
“Come On”

CD2: B-sides
“Oh Lord I Guess I’ll Never Know”
“Country Song”
“Bitter Sweet Symphony (James Lavelle Remix)”
“So Sister”
“Echo Bass”
“Three Steps”
“The Drugs Don’t Work” [original demo]
“The Crab”
“Stamped”
“Never Wanna See You Cry”
“Bitter Sweet Symphony (MSG Version)”
“The Longest Day”
“Lucky Man (Happiness More Or Less)”

CD3: B-sides (continued), plus two session tracks issued in 2004
“Bitter Sweet Symphony” [extended version]
“This Could Be My Moment” [session track issued in 2004]
“Monte Carlo” [session track issued in 2004]

Previously unreleased BBC Evening Session, 27 August 1997
“Life’s An Ocean”
“A Man Called Sun”
“The Drugs Don’t Work”
“On Your Own”
“So Sister”

CD4: Live At Haigh Hall, 24 May 1998 (previously unreleased)
“This Is Music”
“Space And Time”
“Catching The Butterfly”
“Sonnet”
“The Rolling People”
“Neon Wilderness”
“Weeping Willow”
“The Drugs Don’t Work”
“Lucky Man”
“Life’s An Ocean”
“Velvet Morning”
“Bitter Sweet Symphony”

CD5: Previously Unreleased
Haigh Hall encore:
“One Day”
“History”
“Come On”

Further live material (Washington/Brixton/Manchester, 1997/98)
“A New Decade” [9.30 Club, Washington, DC, 3 November 1997]
“The Rolling People” [Brixton Academy, London, 16 January 1998]
“On Your Own” [Brixton Academy, London, 16 January 1998]
“History” [Brixton Academy, London, 16 January 1998]
“The Drugs Don’t Work” [9.30 Club, Washington, DC, 3 November 1997]
“Slide Away” [Manchester Academy, Manchester, 11 August 1997]
“A Man Called Sun” [9.30 Club, Washington, DC, 3 November 1997]
“A Northern Soul” [9.30 Club, Washington, DC, 3 November 1997]
“Space And Time” [Brixton Academy, London, 16 January 1998]
“This Is Music” [Manchester Academy, Manchester, 11 August 1997]
“Weeping Willow” [9.30 Club, Washington, DC, 3 November 1997]
“Stormy Clouds” (and “Reprise”) [Manchester Academy, Manchester, 11 August 1997]

DVD
The Video 1996-1998 documentary, first time on DVD

Previously unreleased Later… With Jools Holland appearance, 1 November 1997
“Lucky Man”
“Life’s An Ocean”
“The Drugs Don’t Work”
“Bitter Sweet Symphony”

Previously unreleased Live At Haigh Hall
“This Is Music”
“Space And Time”
“Catching The Butterfly”
“Sonnet”
“The Rolling People”
“Neon Wilderness”
“Weeping Willow”
“The Drugs Don't Work”
“Lucky Man”
“Life’s An Ocean”
“Velvet Morning”
“Bitter Sweet Symphony”
“One Day”
“History”
“Come On”

Promo videos
“Bitter Sweet Symphony”
“The Drugs Don’t Work”
“Lucky Man”
“Lucky Man” (US version)
“Sonnet”

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