Oh Mr Amazon, with this cheap box set / bargain item, etc...

just bought this 4 CD tom petty live thing for $10 http://www.amazon.com/Live-Anthology-4-CD/dp/B002P4VUNU/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1454003594&sr=1-1&keywords=tom+petty+live

That set made me turn from a guy who liked Tom Petty to a man with a Petty problem.

I dig the cover of that Siouxsie box, which is a rarity for those things.

well i never.
was about to mention the cover.
most of these cheap-n-cheerful boxes just have mini pics of the albums.
not often they have special artwork.

Thanks for the heads up on that Petty live set. That's a great price.

http://www.francemusique.fr/sites/default/files/styles/image_ppale_full/public/asset/images/2015/11/dutilleux_centenary.jpg

Recent Erato Dutilleux box is ~£15 at the moment. Annoyingly for me there is some overlap with the previous Erato box, but this includes stuff like the DG Hannigan/Salonen 'Correspondances'. Looks very similar to the DG box but that's about three times as expensive - not sure exactly how they compare.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dutilleux-Centenary-Various-Artists/dp/B014E89QBW/

Kind of surprised they didn't airbrush out the cigarette in his hand, but then again he lived to the age of 97 so

Bought this over the weekend:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RMBmfgdOL.jpg

It doesn't include the album Moon Germs, so I had to grab that separately. Still, wound up getting six albums for $35; that's not bad.

There's a new 'Five Classic Albums' bargain box for Scott Walker coming out on the 8th. (Scott 1 through 4 + Til The Band Comes In). What I would like to figure out is if it uses the remasterings from the box set of a couple years ago, which I don't like and don't want, or the individually released remasterings from around 2000 or so, which sound way better to me. I have Boy Child and Scotts 3 and 4 from that series but wouldn't mind sweeping the other ones up if those are the remasterings the new 5 Albums box uses. But I'm defaulting to the assumption it uses the most recent ones.

Prince Blu Ray Movie collection is sold out in US atm

> There's a new 'Five Classic Albums' bargain box for Scott Walker...
> What I would like to figure out is if it uses the remasterings from the box set of a couple years ago, which I don't like

i have this. how can i tell which version it is.

it is Universal though. are they still using their audible watermarking? (oh apparently it doesn't affect cds)

cddb has just identified Scott 4 as "[RM 2000]" which i take to mean "Remastered 2000", but i'm not sure i trust cddb given that it didn't know Scott 3.

The recent remasters have a noticeably narrower soundstage than the prior remasters to my ears... I guess you would need to have both to compare in order to know which they used for the new set. There were no telltale bonus tracks to either edition.

Bought an 11CD box of Shostakovich symphonies this week for $45.

Got my eye on Fields Of Nephilim, Steve Hackett, Devin Townsend and Rick Wakeman boxes. There's some Hawnwind boxes but there's not much in them.

Hawkwind

Interesting to see that that American troubadour Townes Van Zandt set is going through some sources fro about £12 again. I don't think it was last time I looked. Had half thought about it for my brother's girlfriend last Xmas.
Good set anyway.
& somebody's talking about it at the top of the thread.

15 CDs of Springsteen 1978 radio shows for 20 quid is insane.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-1978-Radio-Broadcasts-Box/dp/B0182RI9A0/

Or £16 , apparently.

I mean, Bruce seems an OK bloke but I don't really dig his oev. Who else b available?

dear mark g, is the solo 'b' in your post a polite version of 'bloody' ?

'Who else has radio / live box sets available for prices along these lines?'

dear mark g : xx

sorry i was being an arse.

Jonathan Richman, maybe?

I don't know why he comes to mind..

New Model Army - Original Album Series has really shot up in price. Left it on my wishlist assuming it would stay cheap.

Not sure if this is a temporary error but you can get the 33 disc DG Strauss complete operas for £11 atm.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Strauss-Complete-Operas-box/dp/B00G4PV0H2/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1491690898&sr=1-1&keywords=strauss+complete+operas

That is quite a deal - it's $117 in the US. But I don't need any Strauss operas at the moment.

Anton Webern: Complete Works: Op. 1 - Op. 31 (3CD box set) (Boulez et al) £7.27

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anton-Webern-Complete-Works-Op/dp/B00EC0VW3S

I recently got The Ligeti Project (5CDs) for £9.99 but it's gone up to £15.99 in the interim >:(

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00N9JCAQQ?tag=shtv.uk-21

Captain Beefheart, Sun Zoom Spark, 4 Lp box set, £22

Wow. That's a fantastic set at an even better price.

I find these days you need to buy deluxe reissue CDs really fast because they go out of print and all of a sudden go from being $8.99 from ZOverstocks to $59.99 from a third party. Like, that's going to happen with the recent batch of Saint Etienne deluxe reissue CDs, I can feel it.

Didn't it already? Those St. Etienne 2CDs were straight reissues of the 2CDs from a few years back, IIRC.

Xpost true, I had to run to get that Scott Walker set a couple years ago. It's out as a cheaper thing now, but hey.

Still there, UK Daytime dudes..

Not Amazon, but this is an amazing price for this.

https://www.zoom.co.uk/product/the_1966_live_recordings_bob_dylan_box_set_cd

and if I didn't already have most of them would be tempted by this box set of Doors CDs for £13:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0052FG750?tag=ho01f-21

That Dylan one has changed to £100 now (from £23 yesterday), it must have been a mistake. Sold out as well.

Well, I'm expecting mine...

I'm a cheap CD fan, but somehow I can't bring my snobby self to buy one of those "album series" sets.

Sometimes it's the only way a label can afford to keep some albums on-catalogue

I'm a cheap CD fan, but somehow I can't bring my snobby self to buy one of those "album series" sets

I have, like, two dozen of them, and am at the point where I kinda resent artists who have enough albums on one label to qualify, but don't have cheapo catalog boxes. Like, fuck you, Prong, your albums are not worthy of individual purchase this far down the line, but I would buy a 5CD box of your old stuff in a heartbeat.

all my CDs go in big ol wallet / case things anyway (barring the ones that have exceptionally cool packaging) so the bargain sets are perfect for me

I adore those box sets. I'm still listening to all the ones I bought 3-4 years ago. Just started my Delius box set too.

Agree with Unperson. Really hate it when they don't include bonus tracks, I held off from the King Diamond box set for that reason. So many great bands could have a great little box set.

Did anyone here get their 1966 live box from Zoom?

What about you guys? The Dylan one..

No, I guess...

I lurk here. Hi. I got it, stated price, in 2 days. Contact them maybe?

Yeah, got mine too.

I did contact them, they did say they ran out of stock but I could keep my order on-file for when they get some more in.

They seemed sincere enough, but I'm doubting. I'll give it a couple of months..

.. Just got here, hray!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BOB-DYLAN-Bootleg-Vols-VINYL/dp/B01N06NL1R

The first Bob Dylan "Bootleg" series, Vols 1-3 (actually five LPs - no me neither) = £23

£45