Yorkey,

Good one ! Forgot about that one.

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Never been a fan of boxed sets. They are, usually, to pricey for me. Music journalists often praise them: I wonder if that has something to do with the fact that they get them for free and don't have to worry about the pricetags?

you can find a lot of them really cheap now. a lot of stuff on the sony/epic/columbia/legacy label is on sale now for less than $30.00. i just got a KANSAS boxst on amazon for $26.00

Nobody mentioned this one yet?

[en.wikipedia.org]

[www.amazon.com]



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I've really enjoyed the Sony/Columbia-Legacy Byrds set.

Also: mentioned on here recently, the Leonard Cohen set. Of course this was just a packaging of his first ten, or so, studio releases.

I'm a big honky-tonk fan, so I also love the Patsy Cline box set, which IIRC was done by the Country Music Hall of Fame, and overseen by Emmylou Harris.

The Beatles Stereo & Mono Boxsets, easily.

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The Faces - Five Guys Walk Into A Bar. No contest!

I agree, amazing set of songs in great order and the title is simply perfect..

James Brown - Star Time
Chuck Berry - The Chess Box

Some of you are looking at the music only. I think when it comes to judging which boxset you think is the best, look at the overall presentation. Packaging, liner notes, photos etc...There might be a band out there whose music you're not a fan of but their boxset might be very well put together.

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Bruce Springsteen - The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story. Phenomonal packaging! Also a great wealth of material!

Yes.

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Some of you are looking at the music only. I think when it comes to judging which boxset you think is the best, look at the overall presentation. Packaging, liner notes, photos etc...There might be a band out there whose music you're not a fan of but their boxset might be very well put together.

i agree and at the same time their are bands i love who have horrid boxsets because of packaging. i won't purchased the neil young archives because i heard a ton of packaging problems. also i want the newer THE BAND boxset but i hear about that packaging scratching the discs and don't know what it looks like to determine if i could get a version without scratched up discs

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I've really enjoyed the Sony/Columbia-Legacy Byrds set.

Also: mentioned on here recently, the Leonard Cohen set. Of course this was just a packaging of his first ten, or so, studio releases.

I'm a big honky-tonk fan, so I also love the Patsy Cline box set, which IIRC was done by the Country Music Hall of Fame, and overseen by Emmylou Harris.

which Byrds set? they have 2 but to be honest both are fantastic

Chess Blues
Chess Rhythm and Roll
Chuck Berry Chess Masters: Johnny B Goode (Complete 50's); You Never Can Tell (Complete Chess 60's) and Have Mercy (Complete Chess 70's). While the material does not stand with his Chess stuff, I'd like to see a box set of his Mercury Recordings from 1966-69.
Kinks Picture Book
Sinatra: vegas-gives us 4 shows from the chairman's various periods in Vegas.

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I've really enjoyed the Sony/Columbia-Legacy Byrds set.

Also: mentioned on here recently, the Leonard Cohen set. Of course this was just a packaging of his first ten, or so, studio releases.

I'm a big honky-tonk fan, so I also love the Patsy Cline box set, which IIRC was done by the Country Music Hall of Fame, and overseen by Emmylou Harris.

which Byrds set? they have 2 but to be honest both are fantastic

The four-CD set from 1990, simply called "The Byrds" [www.allmusic.com]



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I've really enjoyed the Sony/Columbia-Legacy Byrds set.

Also: mentioned on here recently, the Leonard Cohen set. Of course this was just a packaging of his first ten, or so, studio releases.

I'm a big honky-tonk fan, so I also love the Patsy Cline box set, which IIRC was done by the Country Music Hall of Fame, and overseen by Emmylou Harris.

which Byrds set? they have 2 but to be honest both are fantastic

The four-CD set from 1990, simply called "The Byrds" [www.allmusic.com]

cool i like that one and THEIR IS A SEASON

Spector's 'Back to Mono' is one I missed.

The Rolling Stones Singles Collection and The Who 30 Years Of Maximum R&B are standouts imo but they are probably better for a casual fan rather than a die hard who already has most of the stuff on there. The ELO boxset Afterglow was also good imo.

"Lyin' awake in a cold, cold sweat. Am I overdrawn, am I going in debt?
It gets worse, the older that you get. No escape from the state of confusion I'm in.

Good list by Gazza but missing "Star Time" by James Brown.

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KSIE
I've really enjoyed the Sony/Columbia-Legacy Byrds set.

Also: mentioned on here recently, the Leonard Cohen set. Of course this was just a packaging of his first ten, or so, studio releases.

I'm a big honky-tonk fan, so I also love the Patsy Cline box set, which IIRC was done by the Country Music Hall of Fame, and overseen by Emmylou Harris.

which Byrds set? they have 2 but to be honest both are fantastic

The four-CD set from 1990, simply called "The Byrds"
[www.allmusic.com]

Big problem with that one is they airbrush their own history.

Tom Petty did a very good box set.
Faces is superb.
Bowie "Sound and Vision" is interesting; many non released tracks.

Also got to mention "Voodoo Brew" and Voodoo Stew". Packaging and Music!

can someone who has THE BAND- A MUSICAL HISTORY boxset post some pics into this thread showing the inside of the packaging and the way the cd's/dvd are held in the set please?

can someone who has THE BAND- A MUSICAL HISTORY boxset post some pics into this thread showing the inside of the packaging and the way the cd's/dvd are held in the set please?

CDs are in rear of booklet housed much the same as the Some Girls Deluxe
set but in a much thicker cardboard .....



ROCKMAN

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can someone who has THE BAND- A MUSICAL HISTORY boxset post some pics into this thread showing the inside of the packaging and the way the cd's/dvd are held in the set please?

CDs are in rear of booklet housed much the same as the Some Girls Deluxe
set but in a much thicker cardboard .....

is it hard to get them in and out withot scratching the discs?

I can't believe all this fretting over packaging. Take the CDs out of the packaging, stick them in some cheap plastic jewel cases, throw the packaging away, and see the forest for the trees.

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I can't believe all this fretting over packaging. Take the CDs out of the packaging, stick them in some cheap plastic jewel cases, throw the packaging away, and see the forest for the trees.

thats cool but i see several reviews where people say the cd's were scratched when the boxset arrived. besides why do i have to purchase something that doesn't function?

The bootleg Satanic Sessions box sets.

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James Brown - Star Time
Chuck Berry - The Chess Box

Bingo.

Some of you are looking at the music only. I think when it comes to judging which boxset you think is the best, look at the overall presentation. Packaging, liner notes, photos etc...


Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues - The Worlds Of Charley Patton - Revenent Records
Released back in 2001...beautiful presentation... Patton's story...lyrics
....John Faheys book ..Patton's posters...CD of those he influenced...
7 CD's ... Only hassle are the four alternative tracks hidden away on discs 2 & 4

Goodbye Babylon - Dust To Digital - 2003
Massive 6CD set of Gospel housed in a wooden box....
Great straight-forward liner notes - Rare tracks in all gospel styles
White country gospel...Vocal groups .... acoustic....sermons...
Even comes with real cotton bolls....dunno how it gets thru customs

Wingless Angels - Limited Deluxe Set - Mindless Records 2010
Hemp covered booklet with 2CD's housed in wooden box similair to the
above Goodbye Babylon set ... cool leather bound book ...stickers..DVD

Rolling Stones - Some Girls - Super Deluxe Edition - AM Records2011
Wonderful set mainly because of original album..bonus material...repro 7"...DVD and class act 100 page book....

The Carter Family - In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain - Bear Family 2000
Pure class presentation honouring the Carters and their place in country music....12 CD's ....200 page book...story...lyrics..discography...rare photos One of Bear Family's finest....


Hank Williams - The Complete Mothers Best Recordings - Plus - TIME LIFE 2010
15 CD's of Hank's Mother's Best radio shows compliled from radio
acetates saved from a dumpster-bin by photographer Les Leverett (guy's a hero if ya ask me )...
Stunning to hear how Hank could one minute be foolin' around with announcer
or his band then slide into a pure country heart-breaker ....
The greatest country voice ever... A slice of history - Priceless stuff



ROCKMAN



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is it hard to get them in and out withot scratching the discs?

not really because of thick cardboard it's easy if you take your time..
There are many that are worse...
The Bear-Family series Dim Light- Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music leaps straight ta mind...
...............Man they are hard ta get out of sleeeeve esp when ya drivin'



ROCKMAN

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is it hard to get them in and out withot scratching the discs?

not really because of thick cardboard it's easy if you take your time..
There are many that are worse...
The Bear-Family series Dim Light- Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music leaps straight ta mind...
...............Man they are hard ta get out of sleeeeve esp when ya drivin'

thank sfor the info

Deep Purple-Listen,Learn,Read On and the CSN box as well as the Led Zeppelin SHM cd boxed set