You know, now that I'm starting this thread I don't even know if I can begin to answer this question without looking at my collection. I pulled out The Faces' Five Guys Walk Into a Bar... earlier tonight though, and I'll be damned if I can think of any that top it. I've never been a huge box set guy myself though.
Anyway, what are your picks?
― Reatards Unite, Saturday, 19 July 2008 05:33 (seventeen years ago)
Jimmie Rodgers - The Singing Brakeman (Bear Family 6 CD set) Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 (Atlantic 9 CD set) Anthony Braxton - The Complete Arista Recordings Of Anthony Braxton (Mosaic 8 CD set)
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 19 July 2008 05:39 (seventeen years ago)
Hermann Nitsch - Die 6-Tage Spiel 8CD Muslimgauze - Box Of Silk And Dogs 9CD Smithsonian Anthology Of American Folk Music 6CD
― sleeve, Saturday, 19 July 2008 05:54 (seventeen years ago)
The Cure - Join the Dots: B-Sides and Rarities, 1978-2001 - 4 CD b-sides/rarities Echo and the Bunnymen - Crystal Days 1979-1999 - 4 CD career retrospective New Order - Retro - 5 CD UK limited version; discs are Pop, Fan, Club, Live and Bonus
― stephen, Saturday, 19 July 2008 06:13 (seventeen years ago)
oops sorry, Join the Dots is actually 1978-2004
damnit! it's officially through 2001, but was released in 2004. whatever.
― stephen, Saturday, 19 July 2008 06:14 (seventeen years ago)
sleeve, not that like 90 CDR Nitsch set? more bang for your vote ! (countdown to jokers voting '24' and 'Merzbox'... ) (never heard the massive Nitsch one obv .. nor even the one you voted, although the 4CD 'Island' is a big fave of mine!)
and shit, FUCK ... why didn't I vote for Duke E. Centennial Edition (RCA 24 CD set) ... ah, what to bump ... possibly Jimmie, I guess, but that set filled my life with so much joy at such a crucial time. damn
this should really be an OP10. that'd be easy peasy
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 19 July 2008 06:20 (seventeen years ago)
i also love this topic and am a big fan of Musical Gigantism !
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 19 July 2008 06:22 (seventeen years ago)
I'm more a fan of multi-disc documents of a specific event/occasion than career-overview type boxes, so my list is:
Cecil Taylor, 2 Ts For A Lovely T Miles Davis, The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel 1965 John Coltrane, Live In Japan
But in the other category, I vote:
Grachan Moncur III, Mosaic Select Lee Morgan, The Complete Blue Note Lee Morgan Fifties Sessions Sonny Rollins, The Complete Prestige Recordings
― unperson, Saturday, 19 July 2008 13:29 (seventeen years ago)
James Brown, Star Time John Coltrane, The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard recordings Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box
― Euler, Saturday, 19 July 2008 15:02 (seventeen years ago)
velvet underground: peel slowly and see king crimson: the great deceiver kate bush: this woman's work (maybe kind of a cheat)
― akm, Saturday, 19 July 2008 16:55 (seventeen years ago)
Left Of The Dial: Dispatches from the 80s Underground Africa: Never Stand Still
It gets hard for me after that.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 19 July 2008 16:59 (seventeen years ago)
John coltrane - the classic quartet: complete studio recordings merle haggard - down every road: 1962-1994 sonic's rendezvous band - (self/titled)
― m coleman, Saturday, 19 July 2008 17:02 (seventeen years ago)
lol Stormy, I only voted for ones I have. I do remember seeing that insane Nitsch thing for sale though. I LOVE the 8CD box, it is so varied.
― sleeve, Saturday, 19 July 2008 17:06 (seventeen years ago)
xpost - "on impulse" should appear somewhere in the coltrane title. TS: graphic design VS grammar.
― m coleman, Saturday, 19 July 2008 17:09 (seventeen years ago)
Velvet Underground - Peel Slowly & See. The Who, "30 Years of Maximum R&B" - the 'orrible 'oo equivalent of a selection box of chocolates... album tracks, live stuff, bits of interviews, Moon messing around... Can't pick a third, so many to choose from.
― snoball, Saturday, 19 July 2008 17:26 (seventeen years ago)