Editing Live Box (section)

==Background==
When Björk was pregnant with her daughter Ísadóra in 2002 she decided to start sorting through the hundreds of hours of live recordings she had collected from her tours.<ref>{{cite web| website=www.grapevine.is| year= 2010| title= A Conversation With Björk| url= http://www.grapevine.is/Music/ReadArticle/Music-Interview-A-Conversation-With-Bjork| access-date= 2010-08-21| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716083558/http://www.grapevine.is/Music/ReadArticle/Music-Interview-A-Conversation-With-Bjork| archive-date= 2011-07-16}}</ref> Assisted in the process by the head of [[Bad Taste (record label)|Smekkleysa]], Ásmundur Jónsson, they decided on the best performances from each of the tours to include on the live albums. This release of live material was initially confirmed by the inclusion of live tracks on the "[[It's in Our Hands]]" single in 2002, credited to the "Forthcoming album ''[[Vespertine Live]]''". This was followed by an announcement in 2003 of a distribution-deal with US record company [[Navarre Corporation|Navarre]] that would include "both CDs and DVDs".<ref>{{cite web|website= crave2ya.iespana.es |year=2010 |title=Live Box – History |url=http://crave2ya.iespana.es/specials/liveboxset/main.htm |access-date=2010-08-21 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Björk's official website later confirmed the release of a box set containing live recordings, not only from ''[[Vespertine]]'' but from the past ten years of Björk's solo career.<ref>{{cite web|website= bjork.com| year= 2010| title= bjork.com / news| url= http://bjork.com/news/?id=380;year=2003#news| access-date= 2010-08-21| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100918125935/http://bjork.com/news/?id=380;year=2003#news| archive-date= 2010-09-18| url-status= dead}}</ref> Björk only started to have [[soundboard recordings]] of her live shows from the [[Homogenic tour]] onwards, so the first two discs (''[[Debut Live]]'' and ''[[Post Live]]'') are made up primarily of the audio from the corresponding live DVDs. Shortly before the official release, a free download of "[[Hyperballad]]" from the ''Post Live'' disc was made available on the [[Abercrombie & Fitch|Abercrombie Vintage]] website.<ref>{{cite web|website=tonews.com |year=2010 |title=BEP-L Digest – 30 Jul 2003 to 31 Jul 2003 (#2003-212) |url=http://www.tonews.com/thread/972097/fa/music/sugarcubes/bepl_digest_30_jul_2003_to_31_jul_2003_2003212.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110717072418/http://www.tonews.com/thread/972097/fa/music/sugarcubes/bepl_digest_30_jul_2003_to_31_jul_2003_2003212.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-17 |access-date=2010-08-21 }}</ref> The originally announced track listing for ''Post Live'' included 18 tracks (the final version has 13), and so would have included nearly the full audio from the ''[[Live at Shepherds Bush Empire (Björk DVD)|Live at Shepherds Bush Empire]]'' DVD, from which the album takes most of its material.<ref>{{cite web|website= bjork.com|year=2010 |title=DVDs coming up and Live Box |url=http://bjork.com/news/?id=394;year=2003 |access-date=2010-08-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918131752/http://bjork.com/news/?id=394%3Byear%3D2003 |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}</ref>

The box set also includes a 36-page booklet featuring numerous photos and an in-depth conversation with Björk and Ásmundur in Björk's home, discussing her career, her recordings and her live tours. The box set was originally announced as a limited release of 30,000 copies, although it is still available for purchase. The individual live discs were later released separately in May 2004.<ref>{{cite web|website= bjork.com|year=2010 |title=Live albums and mini things |url=http://bjork.com/news/?id=464;year=2004#news |access-date=2010-08-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101021738/http://bjork.com/news/?id=464%3Byear%3D2004 |archive-date=2010-01-01 }}</ref>