What are your favorite music box sets?

pglbook
pglbook Posts: 2,258
edited May 2013 in Music & Movies
What are your favorite music box sets (on CD)?

I am a fan of music box sets and wonder which box sets people really like a lot.
I like a lot, in all different genres, but, just to pick a few, here are some I really like:

Santana - Dance of the Rainbow Serpent (3 CDs)
Grateful Dead - Europe 72 (22 shows, 73 CDs)
John Coltrane: The Classic Quartet Complete Impulse Studio Recordings (8 CDs)
Ornette Coleman - Beauty Is A Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (6 CDs)
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  • xdfireguy
    xdfireguy Posts: 41
    edited April 2013
    I'm really liking The Smiths - Complete (8 Disks). But I am a big fan of The Smiths :biggrin:
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,156
    edited April 2013
    Little Feat-Hotcakes And Outtakes. 4 CD box set this and Waiting For Columbus is all the Little Feat you need.
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    edited April 2013
    I have recently acquired my first two cd boxed sets.

    Nick Drake...Friut Tree
    Charles Mingus...The Atlantic Years

    I really like both so far...
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  • Clownbaby
    Clownbaby Posts: 50
    edited April 2013
    sorry, this is for cd sets?

    I'm enjoying the Bad Religion LP box set, 2nd would be the NOFX LP box set, and am looking at the Lagwagon set too
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited April 2013
    Roxy Music, Complete Studio Albums.
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  • bikerboy
    bikerboy Posts: 1,228
    edited April 2013
    David Bowie-Sound and Vision,
    Billie Holiday- Complete Deca recordings,
    The Cure-Classic Album Selection, the first five releases,
    Ray Charlies- Genius and Soul (Rhino)
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,093
    edited April 2013
    Bob Marley Songs of Freedom. Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Vol. 1-3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Purple Velvet Box Set.
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  • eor
    eor Posts: 28
    edited April 2013
    20 Years Of Jethro Tull
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  • simm
    simm Posts: 594
    edited April 2013
    Beatles Mono Box set- would have preferred the stereo set but got a fantastic deal on the mono. Picked up several of the individual CD's in stereo so all is good.
    The Doors Perception CD/DVDA set is also pretty good
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  • xdfireguy
    xdfireguy Posts: 41
    edited April 2013
    Thank you pglbook for starting this. I'm getting some great ideas here to add to my wish list!! Keep 'em coming.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited April 2013
    I just picked up CCR's 45rpm box set "The Singles Collection". All on original labels. Pretty cool and great sound. I'm going to do hi res digital rips of the whole box.
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  • Tbone289
    Tbone289 Posts: 661
    edited April 2013
    Bob Marley - Songs of Freedom
    20 Years of Jethro Tull
    Jethro Tull - 25th Anniversary Box Set
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited April 2013
    Dylan mono set
    Complete E L O set
    Rory Gallagher live box
    Queen 40th aniversery set (vol 1 for me)
    Kinks RCA years also Arista years
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,945
    edited April 2013
    gudnoyez wrote: »
    Little Feat-Hotcakes And Outtakes. 4 CD box set this and Waiting For Columbus is all the Little Feat you need.

    Hello, gudnoyez. I didn't even know this album set even existed until now. Thank you, as I am a fan of Little Feat. How would you rank the recording quality sound and how many takes would you say are/were recorded live? Any songs not included on other albums that are noteworthy or really stand out?

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • pglbook
    pglbook Posts: 2,258
    edited April 2013
    Yesterday I picked up a great CD music box set at a local vintage CD/record store:

    Chick Corea: Music Forever & Beyond: The Selected Works of Chick Corea, 1964-1996.

    It is a 5-disc set. The sound quality is superb, the music is incredible, and the packagaing and booklet are all first-rate.
    I highly recommend it.
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  • racingkaherva
    racingkaherva Posts: 29
    edited April 2013
    I am a huge fan of The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968.

    9 Discs of amazing music.
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  • angelapride
    angelapride Posts: 2
    edited May 2013
    I love Roxy music - full of entertaining.
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  • WLDock
    WLDock Posts: 3,073
    edited May 2013
    The elements better know as EARTH, WIND, & FIRE - The Eternal Dance is a must have to your box collection.

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    Great music...and I still use "Lets Groove" as a midbass test song.
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited May 2013
    Allman brothers dreams
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited May 2013
    Generally I'm not a huge fan of box sets. I tend to listen to music more in album form and alot of box sets end up re-arranging songs and break up the flow of the original album. There are a few exceptions but for the most part I don't have many, I could not imagine listening to something like Dark Side of the Moon in anything other than album form, and alot of my favorite music is like that.

    The boxsets I do have tend to just lump the original albums together in a box so the original album order is preserved.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,156
    edited May 2013
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Hello, gudnoyez. I didn't even know this album set even existed until now. Thank you, as I am a fan of Little Feat. How would you rank the recording quality sound and how many takes would you say are/were recorded live? Any songs not included on other albums that are noteworthy or really stand out?

    Tom

    http://www.amazon.com/Hotcakes-Outtakes-Years-Little-Feat/dp/B00004WH6I/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1368740823&sr=1-1&keywords=little+feat+hotcakes+%26+outtakes

    Tom I'am sure you have already looked into this, but since this thread has been revived, there are demos some live versions, and different takes on some of your favorites. The recordings are well recorded, and I have listened to this many times, a enjoyable listen. If you have not got it yet you should.

    Steve.
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    2 Channel
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    Stuff for the Head
    JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

    Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
    Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin B)
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