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Home » box sets

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Posted inBlogs

The year’s best box sets, honorable mentions

by Peter Margasak December 7, 2017August 18, 2021

More gifts for music fiends: Elvis’s very earliest work, spiritual jazz by Pharoah Sanders, underappreciated postpunk by Seattle weirdos the U-Men, and more

Posted inMusic

You can do better than an iTunes gift card

by Peter Margasak November 25, 2015August 18, 2021

Perhaps the music lovers in your life would enjoy 23 CDs of the Isley Brothers, two decades of the Staple Singers, or a half century of rural southern sounds from County Records.

Posted inMusic

Holiday gifts for music fiends

by Peter Margasak November 26, 2013August 19, 2021

Ten of the year’s best box sets—including 17 discs of Harry Nilsson, six decades of southeast Asian 78s, and more

The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die at Swerp Mansion
Posted inMusic

Midwestern emo catches its second wind

by Leor Galil August 5, 2013August 19, 2021

Midwestern underground emo is coming back—and it’s turning up overseas and on the charts.

David Tudor at the performance table, Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Posted inMusic

A new box set gives experimental composer David Tudor his due

by Peter Margasak June 13, 2013August 19, 2021

A new box set recognizes experimental composer David Tudor’s pioneering work with electronics and indeterminacy.

Posted inBlogs

ICP celebrates 45 years; Eric Reed celebrates Monk

by Peter Margasak April 5, 2013August 19, 2021

A recent box set collects the entire history of ICP Records, while on his latest album pianist Reed salutes Thelonious Monk.

Posted inMusic

Snacking on J Dilla’s Donuts

by Leor Galil December 31, 2012August 18, 2021

Four Chicago producers talk about J Dilla in light of the reissue of his masterpiece

This excellent Photoshop job depicts the "super deluxe" edition of Nevermind
Posted inMusic

Nevermind already

by Jessica Hopper September 22, 2011August 19, 2021

A new 20th-anniversary box set goes back to the Nirvana well and comes up dry

Posted inBlogs

The Season of Box Sets: Roots & Country

by Peter Margasak December 24, 2009August 19, 2021

New box sets from Buddy Holly and Dolly Parton capture the depth and range of both legendary singers.

Posted inBlogs

The Season of Box Sets: Pop

by Peter Margasak December 16, 2009August 19, 2021

New box sets by Big Star and Hall & Oates collect some of the most indelible melodies of the 70s and 80s.

Posted inBlogs

21-Single Salute

by Jessica Hopper December 14, 2009August 19, 2021

All the Green Day singles, for the price of an early, out-of-print one on eBay

Posted inBlogs

The Season of Box Sets: Jazz Vocalists

by Peter Margasak December 10, 2009August 19, 2021

The first installment of the 2009 box set redux: jazz vocalists Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.

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