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A doubly odd little note appeared while news gathering yesterday: a post at the Broadway World Web site noted a few upcoming box sets from Warner Music Group – the aforementioned Tim Burton/Danny Elfman box set, deluxe editions of new albums by adult contemporary stars Josh Groban and Michael Buble – and there was a strange little note at the end, for a vinyl box set devoted to pop-punk leviathans Green Day.

If that news sounded odd (or oddly familiar) to you – the band hasn’t much to promote, outside of the ongoing Broadway adaptation of their American Idiot LP, which Armstrong just starred in for a week – there’s a reason for that. Further research showed that the box – a set of 21 7-inch discs featuring singles, album tracks and B-sides from the band’s entire discography (including the early works on indie label Lookout! and some offerings from side projects The Network and Foxboro Hot Tubs) – was in fact released last year, a few months before The Second Disc existed. Why a Web site or label would intentionally or mistakenly lump a year-old box set with others that haven’t even been released yet is confusing at best.

But since this is a site dedicated to such nifty catalogue titles, and that big, bad holiday season is looming upon us, it only seems right that we pass the news along to you as a means of expanding someone’s collection for the end of the year. You can order it here and have a look at what awaits (or awaited, whichever the case may be) after the jump.

Green Day, Ultimate Collector’s 7″ Vinyl Singles Box (Reprise 517676-7, 2009)

Disc 1: 39/Smooth

1. Going to Pasalacqua
2. Road to Acceptance
3. Disappearing Boy

All tracks from 39/Smooth (Lookout!, 1990)

Disc 2: Slappy EP

1. Paper Lanterns
2. Why Do You Want Him?
3. 409 in Your Coffeemaker
4. Knowledge

Originally released as Slappy EP (Lookout!, 1990)

Disc 3: 1,000 Hours EP

1. 1,000 Hours
2. Dry Ice
3. Only of You
4. The One I Want

Originally released as 1,000 Hours EP (Lookout!, 1989)

Disc 4: Kerplunk Part I

1. 2000 Light Years Away
2. Welcome to Paradise (Different Version from Dookie)
3. Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?
4. Welcome to Paradise (Live from Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, FL – 3/11/1994)

Tracks 1-3 from Kerplunk (Lookout!, 1992). Track 4 from Live Tracks EP (Reprise, 1995)

Disc 5: Kerplunk Part II

1. Christie Road
2. One of My Lies
3. One for the Razorbacks
4. One of My Lies (Live from Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, FL – 3/11/94)

Tracks 1-3 from Kerplunk (Lookout!, 1992). Track 4 from Live Tracks EP (Reprise, 1995)

Disc 6: Sweet Children EP

1. Sweet Children
2. Best Thing in Town
3. Strangeland
4. My Generation

Originally released as Sweet Children EP (Skene!, 1990)

Disc 7: Dookie Part I

1. Longview
2. Welcome to Paradise
3. Coming Clean
4. Chump (Live from Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, FL – 3/11/94)

Tracks 1-3 from Dookie (Reprise, 1994). Track 4 from Live Tracks EP (Reprise, 1995)

Disc 8: Dookie Part II

1. Basket Case
2. When I Come Around
3. Having a Blast
4. When I Come Around (Live from Erhus Vejby Risskov Hall, Stockholm – 9/4/1995)

Tracks 1-3 from Dookie (Reprise, 1994). Track 4 from “Stuck with Me” single (Reprise, 1995).

Disc 9: Insomniac Part I

1. Geek Stink Breath
2. Stuck with Me
3. 86

All tracks from Insomniac (Reprise, 1995).

Disc 10: Insomniac Part II

Brain Stew/Jaded
Walking Contradiction
Brain Stew/Jaded (Live from Sporthall, Prague – 3/26/1996)
No Pride

Tracks 1-2 and 4 from Insomniac (Reprise, 1995). Track 3 from Bowling Bowling Bowling Parking Parking EP (Reprise, 1996).

Disc 11: J.A.R.

1. J.A.R.
2. Emeninus Sleepus

Track 1 from Angus: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Reprise, 1995). Track 2 from “Welcome to Paradise” single (Reprise, 1994).

Disc 12: Nimrod Part I

1. Hitchin’ a Ride
2. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
3. Scattered
4. Uptight

All tracks from Nimrod (Reprise, 1997).

Disc 13: Nimrod Part II

1. Redundant
2. Nice Guys Finish Last
3. Prosthetic Head
4. Nice Guys Finish Last (Live from The Electric Factory, Philadelphia – 11/4/1997)

Tracks 1-3 from Nimrod (Reprise, 1997). Track 4 previously unavailable.

Disc 14: Warning Part I

1. Minority
2. Warning
3. Hold On
4. Outsider

Tracks 1-3 from Warning (Reprise, 2000). Track 4 from “Warning” single (Reprise, 2000).

Disc 15: Warning Part II

1. Waiting
2. Macy’s Day Parade
3. Fashion Victim
4. Castaway

All tracks from Warning (Reprise, 2000).

Disc 16: Shenanigans

1. Desensitized
2. Do Da Da
3. Scumbag
4. Suffocate

Tracks 1 and 4 from “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” single (Reprise, 1997). Track 2 from “Brain Stew/Jaded” single (Reprise, 1996). Track 3 from “Warning” single (Reprise, 2000). All tracks later released on Shenanigans (Reprise, 2002).

Disc 17: The Network

1. Joe Robot
2. Money Money 2020
3. Roshambo

All tracks from Money Money 2020 (Adeline, 2003).

Disc 18: American Idiot Part I

1. American Idiot
2. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
3. She’s a Rebel
4. Shoplifter

Tracks 1-3 from American Idiot (Reprise, 2004). Track 4 from “American Idiot” single (Reprise, 2004).

Disc 19: American Idiot Part II

1. Holiday
2. Wake Me Up When September Ends
3. Letterbomb
4. Governator

Tracks 1-3 from American Idiot (Reprise, 2004). Track 4 from “American Idiot” single (Reprise, 2004).

Disc 20: Foxboro Hot Tubs

1. Mother Mary
2. She’s a Saint, Not a Celebrity

All tracks from Stop Drop and Roll!!! (Jingle Town, 2007)

Disc 21: 21st Century Breakdown

1. Know Your Enemy
2. 21 Guns

All tracks from 21st Century Breakdown (Reprise, 2009).