 | The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions: 1967-1969 by Fleetwood Mac
Buy used from: £67.58 1999, 6CDs of absolutely amazing blues and rocking, card repro sleeves, booklet, wads of previously unreleased. Love it. See detailed review of it & the 6 CDs contained within reviewed separately...
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 | Five Guys Walk Into A Bar... (4CD) by The Faces
Buy new: £30.98 / Used from: £24.52 2004, 4CDs of remastered album tracks, singles and b-sides, tasty outtakes and previously unreleased stuff. The only real rival to The Stones at the time. Boozy bliss baby!
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 | The Complete Studio Recordings by The Doors
Buy used from: £68.37 1999, 7CDs in superb card repro sleeves (even includes the Elektra inner bags), stunning remastered sound and all in a tasty sized box. Brilliantly done.
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 | Eddie Cochran - Somethin' Else! The Ultimate Collection by Eddie Cochran
Buy new: £129.09 2009, 8CDs + Massive Hardback Book. The legendary Bear Family label of Germany delivers yet again. It's costly for sure but this American Icon deserved it. See detailed review & attached discography..
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 | The Road Is Rocky: Complete Studio Masters 1956-1971 by Gene Vincent
Buy used from: £246.21 2005, 8CDs + Massive Hardback Book. The absolute business. Fans of "The Screaming End" have waited lifetimes for this. See detailed review & discography in the attached 'comment' section...
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 | Joshua Tree (Deluxe) by U2
Buy new: £16.78 / Used from: £8.95 2008, 2CD + 1DVD + Deluxe Packaging. Great remaster of a modern day classic. And about time too. See detailed review...
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 | Pirate Radio by The Pretenders
Buy new: £36.98 / Used from: £19.75 2006, 4CDs + 1DVD Long Box. Sensational remastering for the first time, great unreleased tracks and liner notes from Chrissie. I've always loved this ace band. Hugely underrated.
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 | Island Records Folk Box Set - Meet On The Ledge by Various Artists
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £9.42 2009, 3CD Mini Box, 44 Tracks. Stunning Denis Blackham remastering of overly familiar tracks - in many cases far better than what's on the market. Great booklet. See detailed review...
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 | Genesis 1970-1975 by Genesis
Buy new: £71.98 2008, Box 3 covering the extraordinary Gabriel years - really great remastering, but slightly iffy packaging - still a piece though. See detailed review...
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 | Island Records Reggae Box Set - War Ina Babylon by Various Artists
Buy new: £11.48 / Used from: £19.58 2009, Another 3CD Mini Box to celebrate 50 years of Island Records - this is the reggae/dub/ska trawl. Great tracks and booklet. See detailed review...
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 | Memorial Collection by Buddy Holly
Buy new: £9.58 / Used from: £13.88 2009, Finally after a near 20-year wait, a decent official MCA 3CD offering. Doubled with the "Rarities" 2CD set also 2009. Both very reasonably priced too. See detailed review...
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 | You Never Can Tell: The Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966 by Chuck Berry
Buy new: £35.19 2009, 2nd in Hip-O Select's trawl through his Chess label stuff. 4CDs, many previously unreleased, but a pricey import and some hate the presentation. See detailed review...
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 | Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues by Charley Patton
Buy new: £212.79 / Used from: £140.00 2001, 7CD Large Box + Detailed 78" Repro Interiors & Booklet. Revenent won awards for this set, probably one of the most beautifully presented overviews ever for a Blues Man. A thing of wonder.
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 | Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) by Ray Charles
Buy new: £68.48 / Used from: £54.29 2005, 7CDs + 1DVD, Stunning "Record Player" Shaped Packaging. Loads of exclusive unreleased tracks. His famous Newport live set & a great biopic film on the DVD. Genius indeed.
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 | Let the Good Times Roll: The Complete Decca Recordings 1938-54 by Louis Jordan
Buy new: £142.29 1994, 9CDs (originally 8CDs + 1LP). Bear Family. Includes 99 78"s & 7" singles (A&B) issued in the 40's & 50's. His influence and musical legacy is astonishing. See detailed review...
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 | Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia by Various Artists
Buy new: £59.19 / Used from: £32.58 2008. 4CD set from Sony/BMG. Vastly underrated Philadelphia International soul - Gamble & Huff - really great remastered sound - rare tracks. A bit of a rediscovery really...
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 | Beg Scream & Shout: The Big Ol' Box of '60s Soul by Various Artists
Buy used from: £129.00 1997, 6CD USA Rhino Set of 60's Soul in No'd 7" Carrier Case. There's an individual playing card for ALL tracks! Probably my fave soul box. Great sounds, stunning presentation.
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 | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 by Various Artists
Buy new: £70.98 / Used from: £59.99 1991, 8CDs, USA-only. One of the earliest and best soul boxes. Initially 7 individual CDs in 1987 with truncated tracks - upgraded to 8CDs in 12"x12" Box w Booklet. The soul voyage you must take...
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 | Take Me to the River: a Southern Soul Story 1961-1977 by Various Artists
Buy new: £29.98 / Used from: £109.53 2008, 3CDs in a HARDBACK BOOK with 75 Tracks. Great choices, remastering, 72-page liner notes, prev unreleased Take 1 of an Otis Redding gem. ACE have received praise up to the wazoo & rightly so...
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 | Forever Changing: The Golden Age of Elektra 1963-1973 by Various Artists
Buy new: £33.78 / Used from: £39.18 2006, 5CD DELUXE LARGE BOX VERSION. It was £170 when it came out, now £40. The hardback album-sized book is worth the price alone. You won't have 60% of the tracks either. Great listen, great read.
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 | Swamp Music: The Complete Monument Recordings by Tony Joe White
Buy new: £40.09 / Used from: £50.59 2006, 4CDs, Rhino Handmade Nod' to 5000. Features "Black & White", "Continued" & "Tony Joe" with 20+ unreleased & 7"-only releases. Great sound, booklet, funky as the High Sheriff of Calhoun Parrish..
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 | Unearthed by Johnny Cash
Buy new: £40.48 / Used from: £53.15 2004, 4CDs/B-of. The arguement for adding Johnny Cash to the 4 faces of Mount Rushmore starts here. Astonishingly good outtakes from the Rick Rubin/American Recordings period. More gems than Tiffanys.
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 | Playback by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Buy new: £44.49 / Used from: £27.06 1995. 6CD Long Box. 3 x HDCD Remasters of album tracks (beautiful sound quality) + 3CDs of previously unreleased. Petty & The Heartbreakers have always been the balls & this set does them justice.
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 | The Collection by Simon & Garfunkel
Buy new: £13.98 / Used from: £10.81 2008. 5CDs/1DVD. Dinky little box with card repros, all the albums remastered + bonus tracks. Beautiful sound quality & songmanship. The kind of peach you'd ignore & shouldn't. Less than a ten spot!
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![The Look of Love : The Burt Bacharach Collection [Box Set]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4123T8F9P8L._SL75_.jpg) | The Look of Love : The Burt Bacharach Collection [Box Set] by Burt Bacharach
Buy new: £36.69 / Used from: £19.87 1998. The original 3CD LONG BOX version from Rhino. The booklet has track-by-track annotation that's a work of art. Stunning sound and varied artists. Sweet B&D baby!
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