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

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

Same, I only have Stuttgart on CD as the LP was way too expensive at the time for me.

If the Brighton set on vinyl doesnt come then I'll be happy for the stuttgart set and will just buy the Brighton CD

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Yeah, sigh…

cunts. They made a mistake. Shops have to honour mistakes.

They don't, not really...

Shops here did. Trading standards. My dad was a manager of a shop for decades. They had to honour it. Online companies get treated differently from brick & mortar shops.

Well, let's say you find a Can Brighton priced at £13 in a shop. You take it to the counter, they say ah no that's a mistake it's £40. That's allowed under trading standards.

Well, let's say you find a Can Brighton priced at £13 in a shop. You take it to the counter, they say ah no that's a mistake it's £40. That's allowed under trading standards.

really !?
have things changed ?
many many years ago (i.e. about 30), i was with a friend who spotted Bowie Stage 2lp set for a couple of quid - way cheaper than it should have been, so he picked it up and took to the counter.
he was told it was mispriced etc etc.
but my friend stood his ground and said he would only pay what the price on the label.
pretty sure they relented and he got it for the label price.

When I worked in a record shop in the 90s, the manager refused a customer wanting to buy a mispriced item. He maintained that prices displayed are an "invitation to treat" (there's a Wikipedia page on it) which means it's an invitation to the customer to make an offer, not a binding offer that the shop has to honour.

as i said, my experience was a long time ago, so, it is more than likely that the rules have changed since then.
i have never had the opportunity to test such a situation.

that said, i once picked up a Young Gods second hand cd in a non-charity shop ..
thought it said £5 on the label.
bloke puts it through at £35.
i question it with a look of total bafflement.
he shows me the label.
i look a LOT closer, and sure enough there is a VERY faint 3 next to the 5.
needless to say i told him to shove it (politely of course ... ), i aint paying that.
he then did the discogs thing.
yeah, i paid a fiver.
however, that was for a second hand cd and someone clearly trying it on with folks that dont care re ££ (tis that type of shop).

The rules haven't changed its just that shops understand them now.

I had a similar back in ooh 1989 or so, a mispriced album and a staff member who absolutely knew he didn't have to sell it. Tbf, I didn't really want it, certainly not at full price...

Xpost yeah it's all subject to negotiation

I found a reel to reel tape of Smiley Smile a few years ago for £6 - the guy said "I know who priced this... and he's a cunt" but he let me have it anyway

11 CDs of the complete Bob Marley & the Wailers for €13 from Amazon Germany (plus p&p, obv):

https://www.amazon.de/Bob-Marley-Wailers/dp/B08JZK6FN5

Yeah, I got one about a year or so ago. There were a bunch of box sets I jumped at but not played as yet. The others were the Prince 1999 set, and ‘every showaddywaddy single on separate cds plus two’

Just grabbed the Deluxe Edition of Lou Reed’s New York for $35ish on Amazon US—seemed like a steal for three CDs, a DVD, and a double LP.

The Garth Brooks 7xLP set was $15 with Free Shipping a month ago. I picked it up, because, what the fuck why not? You know they're losing money on this. It's now up to $133. what the fuck? are they selling any at that price?

Do they absorb the loss. Just remembering that supermarkets pass it on to the actual producer like a reduction is passed onto the manufacturer not the point of sale. Not sure that's bad with a mainstream corporation but an indie firm may not be best served by it.
Also had somebody run through how little one made by selling marketplace with Amazon a couple of months back. Which was a bit of a downer since it was something I had bought a lot from. Better to go direct to seller elsewhere it seems where possible.

Amazon UK currently seem to be offering import copies of The Avant-Garde series box set for £20? Says it will take about a month to arrive, but at that price I can wait.

Knew it had to be too good to be true:

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ugh Paul, that's weird because it actually espatches from Amazon US. but if you look up the item on the US website, it's $195(!)

anyway, seemed rude not to order it, thanks WF!