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

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

It was £23 when I clicked on the link. Must have been a mistake. You snooze, you lose!

Yeah there's the trace of that deal at the bottom of this page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_17?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=bob+dylan+bootleg+series&sprefix=bob+dylan+bootleg%2Cpopular%2C365&crid=136KSJEGRIMZO but it seems to have gone up in ten minutes.

Ah well. I got one.

Not Amazon, but Cherry Red have a 20% off box sets sale on at the moment -

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/our-christmas-sales-start-now-get-20-off-selected-box-sets-vinyl/

I got Close To The Noise Floor, which is early UK industrial and electronic post-punk - there's also a European box and they are releasing a US one next year which I'm looking forward to.

Also got Alien Sex Fiend first 4 albums and Red Lorry Yellow Lorry discography (apparently this fixes the horrible mastering issues from the previous RLYL box set, and has everything not just the 1st 2 albums and singles, although tbh I only really like the 1st 2 albums and singles) so it's a goth Christmas for me. Got Alternative TV 77-80, Cock Sparrer 77-87 and Membranes discography. I haven't bought much music lately so I splurged a bit.

That RLYL box is really good. I was totally unfamiliar and became kind of a fan:

https://burningambulance.com/2017/02/20/red-lorry-yellow-lorry/

Hmm I see there's still some tracks sourced from crackly records, I read somewhere else that wasn't the case on this box, oh well. Your review makes me want to listen to the 3rd album again anyway, I think I only listened to it once and it didn't grab me.

That Alternative TV box was long overdue. There's some great pogo punk and even better mind-warping stuff in there!

the RLYL masters in question were lost in a fire, IIRC

11 CDs of Boulez conducting Schoenberg for 15 quid:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Schoenberg-Opere-Orchestrali-11-CD/dp/B00AK3X3U6/

Lagavulin for £40 (in a box) for Prime Day.

They (seem to) have Can live in Brighton, lp version, £15 or thereabouts..

Thought I'd tell yer cuz I like yer.

Didn't know about this thread. I've bought a bunch of these:

https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=eight+classic+albums&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Discontinued ones can be expensive, but all the ones I've ordered--Stanley Brothers, Lightnin' Hopkins, etc.--have been under $15.

Mark, cheers for the tip! :)

Here's hoping!

Complete works of Maurice Ravel, 21 CDs, $36: https://www.amazon.com/Ravel-Complete-RAVEL-COMPLETE-WORKS/dp/B08B7LNDSN/
Messiaen edition, 25 CDs, $52: https://www.amazon.com/Olivier-Messiaen-20th-Anniversary/dp/B06X16D4V9/
Ligeti: Masterworks - 9 CDs, $30 (this is the "Ligeti Edition" set in bare-bones packaging): https://www.amazon.com/Masterworks-Various/dp/B07MCW81MK/

Note that the Ligeti set doesn't include several essential pieces, so get the "Ligeti Project" 5-CD set also.

Can - Live in Brighton

I've only seen a vinyl version that is a three lp, gold vinyl box.

It's now down to £13 on Amazon

.. Which means, because I plumped for it on Friday night, I'm guaranteed this lower price.

Unless they sack it...

One possibly cautionary thing to note about that Can set: all the reviews for that release appear to be for the Stuttgart set. I mention this because if you take advantage of this loophole (and I might), you may end up with Stuttgart instead

Well, that's fine too