DealsBox Set and Reissue Deals for March 2024
Grab a bargain
The Rolling Stones / Hackney Diamonds CD+blu-ray CD+Blu-ray
£32
Very good price for the CD+blu-ray box set with the blu-ray featuring a Dolby Atmos Mix of the album. You can watch the SDEtv unboxing video here.
Dire Straits / Live 1978-1992 8CD box 8CD box set
£40
Neil Young / Dume 2LP 2LP vinyl
£19
The Rolling Stones / Hackney Diamonds: Live Edition 2CD 2CD
£9
Bonus CD with live tracks.
Nirvana / In Utero 5CD box 5CD super deluxe
£98
Under £100 for In Utero 30 on CD.
Various Artists / NOW presents Disco 5LP coloured vinyl 5LP coloured vinyl
£79
Decent reduction for this 5LP vinyl box set with a fantastic tracklistings (details here).
Cat Stevens / Tea For The Tillerman super deluxe super deluxe edition
£35
Unbelievable price for this massive Cat Stevens super deluxe edition that includes 5CDs, a vinyl LP, a 12-inch EP, a blu-ray, a 98-page hardcover book, and various posters and lyric sheets, stickers etc.
The Beach Boys / Sail on Sailor 1972 6CD set 6CD deluxe
£40
Great price in the UK for this 6CD Beach Boys deluxe set. Read Alexis Petridis’ SDE review.
Prince / Diamonds and Pearls 7CD+Blu-ray 7CD+DVD
£105
Under £100 for last year’s excellent Diamonds and Pearls CD box set.
Mark Knopfler / Down The Road Wherever 3LP+deluxe CD 3LP+deluxe CD+Art Print+Sheet Music+download
£30
Mark Knopfler’s 2018 album in deluxe box set form. This includes the album as a 2LP set, a bonus LP with four additional tracks and then the same 16 tracks on deluxe CD. Also includes numbered print and guitar tab sheet music. This deal is via the SDE shop – very limited stock available.
Pink Floyd / Animals deluxe CD+DVD+Blu-ray+LP
£29
Slightly underwhelming when first released, but for under £30 this deluxe of Pink Floyd’s 1977 album Animals is a great buy. You get the 2018 stereo mixes on CD and vinyl and the 5.1 mixes (and hi-res stereo) on blu-ray or DVD.
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions / Collected Recordings 1983-1989 6LP box 6LP vinyl box
£95
Superb box featuring the three albums remastered (approved by LC) and a further three albums of B-sides, demos and rarities. This deal is via the SDE shop – limited stock available.
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question for anyone who has gotten the box of hackney with the blu-ray with atomos.
looking at the outside of package and states stereo and atmos. sorry for my nativity but if my receiver is not atmos will it still fold down to 5.1 like the SDE exclusives do? i also noticed the upcoming seal II states stereo & atmos (but states no 5.1). so i guess my question is will something that just has stereo and atmos still fold down to 5.1? thx
Hackney Diamonds Purple Vinyl picked up last Saturday for £17.99 in the HMV sale currently….Happy with that!
Abba The Visitors half speed master is cheap in Amazon Canada, compared to european pricing. Sadly they won’t ship to the UK.
https://amzn.to/3J8Hj9a
Cat Stevens – Mona Bone Jakon box set now down to £45 on Amazon UK.
The 2CD version of REM’s New Adventures In Hifi is £10 on Amazon UK.
And the 3CD/DVD of Paul Draper’s Cult Leader Tactics is £20
Hi.
I’ve noticed on cherry red site some interesting Howard Jones releases: Human’s lib & Dream into action. Both cd/blu ray . Releasedatum 31st may
New 2024 mix on cd and 5.1 mix on blu ray. Even some Atmos mixes
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/artist/howard-jones
Weirdly, rarewaves are also selling the Electribe 101 signed Amazon exclusive cheaper than Amazon (only a couple of quid), but with the 10% off this weekend, you can get it for under £30.
In addition to the Rarewaves deal this weekend, Cherry Red have 15% off site wide this weekend.
15% off sitewide at Cherry Red
Offer ends midnight (GMT) Monday 1st April 2024
Code: EASTER15
Prince Diamonds and Pearls 7CD & Blu-ray down to £99.99 again https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CGD9ZQ5X/?coliid=I1CHV2NXWV156F&colid=2CL0FWGSSXKCI&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it
Now €71,43 at Amazon.nl, to whom it may concern
Prince & the NPG Diamonds and Pearls 7CD set back to £99.99 on amazon uk.
Gold double vinyl Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars The Motion Picture £28 on Amazon UK
David Bowie Toy Box 6 Vinyl 38.97 at Amazon US
Rarewaves have a 10% off offer over the Easter weekend. RWEASTER10 is the code. For UK buyers this provides the opportunity to pre-order the Bowie Rock n’ Roll Star SDE for an inviting £115. It was already competitively priced at £128. Shipping included.
I’ve used Rarewaves a few times. Releases can take a few days to deliver but packaging has always been robust.
Good tip ! I’ve cancelled my Amazon order and gone for this offer
Do Rarewaves take payment when you place the order or when the item is posted?
This weekend, Rarewaves RWEASTER10 Code gets you 10% of purchases over £20, so for instance David Bowie Rock ‘n’ Roll Star 5CD/BluRay Box is £115.13.
Telex vinyl box down to $117 on Amazon US. A very necessary collection of their albums and early electronic pop.
The Prince Diamond and Pearls 7cd is now €79,- on the Dutch bol.com
How are Bol.com ? Don’t hear good things- anyone used them and do they deliver to uk
They’re fine, but do not deliver to the UK (the Netherlands and Belgium only).
Most of the time when bol.com lower their prices, amazon.nl follows
Now down to € 71,43. Same at Amazon.nl
Black Sabbath Live Evil vinyl box is 78 EUR on Amazon DE
I think you folk might be interested in digging around Dig Spring Sale
https://shop.thisisdig.com/gb/dig/spring-sale/?pdshow=true
I went for the Pink Floyd DSOT box & the Furtwangler (what a name..) Beethoven Symphonies box
Mona Bone Jakon SDE now only £50 on Amazon UK which is £16 cheaper than last week and £6 cheaper than I paid two days ago
Yeah Wayne C, I feel your pain – I paid the £56. It’s just a lottery. I kind of forget about all the sets I buy at full price when discounted 2 years later, but 2 days later smarts a bit, bit it’ll bounce back up to £95 anytime I guess. I just used Super Saver delivery and it was due Thurs, but they rushed it to me next day (Tues), often happens when they are dropping the price soon, to stop the “cancel and re-order while waiting for despatch”. I guess we have to also think about how much “Life” we spend watching the Amazon price alterations. If we notionally pay ourselves minimum wage, is it really worth looking for an hour of our time flicking to amazon (5mins an hour for waking hours 2 days straight say), to save £6. That’s how I’m thinking about it.
Last week Amazon UK played ‘chicken’ with the Tillerman SDE, starting at £50 or so, and dropping £5 every couple of days, bottoming out around £35 at the end of last week. The Mona Bone Jakon SDE is not as good (Plumpton is historically significant but coming from a cassette not really listenable) and there are reports the 2020 mix vinyl has not been pressed the best. I’m waiting. If I miss out, I miss out, but feel happier getting this for the same as I got Tillerman £35. And Rich G, I find it harder to forget the Who’s Next box halved it’s price after three months!!
flyingv, I think you’re probably on a good call. I got caught out on the Who’s Next as well. I waited a bit after release date before ordering, but it started to appear to go out of stock in places after all those rarewaves and ebay deals which sometimes didn’t come off, so I took an Amazon.FR plunge at about £220 only to watch everyone scoop at £110 shortly after. Cruel!
I wonder why the other SDE box “Teaser” hasn’t moved at all from the £135. Do you think it’s due to the pressing problem on the vinyl meaning they haven’t done anymore of those. I was hoping that also would take a downwards direction price wise, but it seems to be stubbornly staying near full retail price.
Wayne C, maybe as you say there aren’t as many. I think that is the first one they also did a CD-only SDE as well, which is nearly as Deluxe, but a thinner though still 12″ Box (thick slip case), so maybe they haven’t the quantity to shift as sales will be split across formats. I don’t know if this means that the series could stall before “Catch Bull At Four” if it’s losing money. That’d be a shame as these really are very impressive sets in presentation and content.
Let’s hope so, and hopefully the third one will decrease to these low price levels
Looks like your fear is justified. A remastered Catch Bull At Four came out in Dec 2022 and was only a single CD.
I think it did stall by the time of ‘Catch Bull At Four’ wasn’t this a LP only reissue?
I picked up the ‘Teaser’ 5CD SDE for just over £30 at Rarewaves UK, as did a few other visitors to this site.
HMV on eBay have the 30th In Utero vinyl box for £120, and I’m running out of room, any of the SDE gang got this ? Seems a fab deal
Buddy Miles – Live 2 CD in amazon Spain at 6 €
Thanks. Gave it a quick listen, instant buy! Came to £8ish after shipping
I’m glad Chet. I’ll receive it next Monday.
It’s a gem and the cover of Down by the River by Neil Young is epic. :)
Elbow have added an extended version of their new album on CD to their website for £6.99 (+£2.50 postage). Just 2 extra live tracks, so not essential if you already bought the standard edition.
Deeply cynical chart manipulation but if you haven’t ordered the album yet, it’s a decent price.
Thanks Matt. Bought it with a card sleeve and a signed card for 6.99.
Cheers Matt. Am a sucker for some extra live content!
Marvin Gaye – Greatest Hits Live In 76 CD is £6.91 on Amazon UK
Cat Stevens’ Mona Bone Jakon 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box Set currently less than £56 on Amazon UK.
Will look great next to Tea For The Tillerman grabbed for £36 last week.
Yeah have pulled the trigger myself. I think this is the lowest this particular set has been and all these sets are doing that silly “Bounce” thing Amazon do, doubling the price after bottoming out. We’re on a 12 hour countdown to the end of “Spring Deal”, so that might be the end for now in terms of discounting, though I’ll keep my eye and cancel and re-order (if I get chance) if it moves a few more pounds today.
Thanks for that, I was watching the box set and it was £66 or so since Friday and has dropped a further £10 so you cannot complain at £56 for sure these are such good quality.
Just got a new sealed super deluxe mona bona on ebay for $37 shipped
I dont think it will be any cheaper
Aka £29.27
jr7936 That is impressive. Never saw that when checking before buying today. Is it the one with the Vinyl and CD or the just CD? Well done in either event!
There is only the vinyl/CD set of Mona isn’t there? I think it was only the later releases where they did the CD only SDEs.
So it said best offer.
The starting bid was $25 + 12 shipping and i offered him $25. Surprizingly he took it
I wasnt sure what was going to arrive.
The listing was for the super deluxe but the description just said 2 lps.
When i got it, it was sealed with vinyls + cds + blu ray + book and swag for $39.59 shipped
Seller is Kasba2
Athlete – Vehicles & Animals 20th Anniversary 4CD is £12.70 on Amazon DE. That’s an outrageously good price if you’re in Germany and still the cheapest you’ll find it if you’re in the uk.
This has dropped another £1 on Amazon DE to £11.50, so it now costs £14.66 delivered to the UK (which is by far the cheapest it’s been so far in europe as far as i can tell).
Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwiter Demos € 53,99 on Amazon.it for a limited time.
The Now Presents Disco set above is actually £60 on HMV with the deal40 code. Of even more interest to many here might be the Now Presents Electronic 5 vinyl set which you can get for £54 there using the same code.
Dylan Budokan Box €118 plus €7.50 postage on Amazon.de. Independent seller. Cheapest its been?
HMV online have some pretty good deals – just search for DEAL40 and it will show all items where you can get 40% off.
Worth noting that Amazon UK seem to have temporarily sold out their allocation of In Utero Super Deluxe but HMV are still selling the box for £107 on their website (use code DEAL40) and £99.99 on their eBay store.
The DEAL40 thing on the HMV website is worth exploring a bit.
Soft Cell – Non Stop Cabaret 6CD box is £44.99, which is about as cheap as it’s been over in the UK I think.
All of the Tom Waits 2023 remasters are in the sale (so the CDs are £9, LPs £21-£24)
The Who’s Who’s Next 50th Anniversary 2CD is £7.80
Elton John – Honky Chateau 50th Anniversary 2CD is £7.80
Haven’t been following the price of this one but it seems like a decent price (think it started at about £98). The Ace Of Base Beautiful Life – The Singles (26CD) set is £69.
Two more good prices at the HMV ebay store – Aerosmith’s new 4LP Best of £75 (lowest I’ve seen on Amazon £90) and Frank Sinatra Platinum 4xLP Remastered comp £80 (currently £120 on Amz)
Dire Straits Live vinyl box is £109.99 on Amazon and HMV(via ebay) at the moment. Really good deal!
Superb spot thank you….GRABBED
Thanks
CDs of The Coral’s Holy Joes Coral Island Medicine Show & Sea of Mirrors both £3.49 on Amazon UK right now.
Great spot, ordered both – thanks
HMV have the exclusive sleeve design version of Sea Of Mirrors for the same price
Both excellent albums.
Just an FYI – that Dire Straights Live CD box is £31 on Amazon IT (so ever so slightly cheaper than the UK even with the postage)
The 12LP vinyl version has had a huge amount knocked off it too – down to £110 on Amazon UK.
Great spot. Ordered
For US SDE lovers: amazon.com has big spring sale: Dio 5 vinyl box 71.00, Rush Moving Pictures big box down to 155.00, Def Leppard Vinyl box 3 for 49.00. Lots of Zappa boxes and so much more that I am unable to list it here. Go, check it out!
For anyone interested in Neil young’s “before & after” it’s £16 for the cd edition on Amazon uk whereas a seller on eBay is offering sealed copies of the cd & Blu-ray for £12 with free postage.
I got it off the same seller on ebay and bartered him down as he has a best offer thing down from £12 to £10 for Neil Young plus I got a couple of other reggae CDs of the same seller little cheaper by bartering with the same dude. Result!
Neil Young – Dume (2 x Vinyl LP) – £19.99 on Amazon UK this morning
Gone already :(
Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds 2CD is down to £7.99 on Amazon UK
Tricky – Maxinquaye 2CD is £10
Nirvana – In Utero 30th 5CD Super Deluxe is £98 (the 2CD version is £7.99)
REM Up (2CD + Blu Ray) is £22.99 on HMV.com and presumably price matched on Amazon UK. Decent reduction.
The standard 2CD is also back down to £13.75
It is indeed the same on Amazon UK. Thanks for the heads-up.
Rolling Stones in Mono color box set $284 on Amazon US. It is also showing a 20% off coupon, but I believe those coupons are not always available to all.
Thanks got this for my mum who’s a fan of Cat Stevens, she always gives the family her rendition of Moonshadow when she’s had a few to many !. Priceless !.
Now Presents Disco – 5 Magenta LP is now at it’s lowest price on Am.uk It started at £99.99 and has hovered around the mid / upper 80, came down to £74 and now sits at £66.66
https://amzn.to/3INf93C
Tracklisting is superb, if you are in to this kind of thing. I’ve ordered one at that price it was hard to resist after months of playing chicken.
btw the Amazon tracklisting is, as usual incorrect and Paul’s rundown of the tracks is here
https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/now-presents-disco/
Tea for the Tillerman box set is now £35.89 on Amazon UK.
Thanks. Ordered.
A further £4 drop to under £36 on Amazon UK for the SDE Cat Stevens Tea For The Tillerman (including Vinyl). Actually makes me a bit cheesed off for pulling the trigger yesterday at £40, but hey ho! https://amzn.to/3vgcWKX
Bought the TFTT box for £44 last week – so contacted Amazon today and got an £8 refund (rather than returning the original and re-ordering).
I know what you mean, I did the same, still a huge saving on the full price, so i don’t feel too bad …
Holy moly, Tillerman now £36!
The Beach Boys Sail on Sailor 1972 vinyl box is 53 EUR on Amazon DE
The who-who’s next/life house 50th anniversary Blu-ray/CD boxset currently £116.18p on Amazon UK (as of 01:54 am on the 20th March)
Zappa Overnite Sensation 50th anniversary cd+blu ray box 66,71€ at Amazon Spain
Received my beach boys sail on sailor box set yesterday and on playing it and reading the book I noticed that pages 34 to 39 are missing. Is anybody else’s box the same?
Just checked and mine is fine. I would imagine it must be a common problem with some.
For £23 I can live with it, I bought it to enjoy the music and 3 missing pages of track listings and photos is not the end of the world. I was just curious if others had the same problem.
No mine was fine :-)
The Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds CD+blu-ray is 27 EUR on Amazon IT
I just managed to bag Tillerman superdeluxe on Amazon UK for just under £40. Thanks for the heads up!!!
Limited time deal on Amazon UK
The Rolling Stones
‘A BIGGER BANG’ LIVE ON COPACABANA BEACH [Blu-ray] 2CD & 2 Blu-ray £16.20
Thanks for the alert.
I think it is going for £10 and some loose change now.
That £10 is for the 3 disk set (1BD plus 2CD) and is good value. The four disk set (with a large book and an added BD of a full Salt Lake City concert) which was £16 for the last couple of weeks is back up to around £40.
I ordered it yesterday and it was£9.86.looks to be the four disc version going by the description but even it’s the three disc version it’s still worth it.ill let y’all know when it arrives today.
Stones bigger bang arrived today.12×12 size box.2 CDs and 2 DVDs.neither of the dvds are Blu-ray.only£9.86.doubt if I’ll get a better deal than this.
Sorry, that was a 2 CD and 1 Blu-Ray.
Yesterday I ordered the Beach Boys at that ridiculously low price. It arrived today, but unfortunately just packed in a brown bag/envelope and it looks like it’s been dropped on one of the corners. I’m returning it for a replacement but that’s going to take between 2 and 6 weeks to arrive. Hopefully that one will be packaged better.
Mine was the same, only a bit of a ding so not decided if I’m swapping it yet.
Muse – Absolution 20th anniversary 3LP/2CD down to £90 on Amazon UK.
Grabbed the Beach Boys dealThanks. Now up to £39
Couldn’t resist the Beach Boys. Despatched already and arriving by Tuesday. Now back up to £40
Though not as good a bargain as “tea for the tillerman” box set, rarewaves uk have “teaser and the fire cat” 4 cd & Blu-ray super deluxe set for £26.82. It is listed as cd only, although the product information says 5 discs and the track listing for disc 5 corresponds with the Blu-ray track list. I’ve ordered it anyway.
The rarewaves product description is for a completely different double CD – so who knows what might turn up! Good luck.
Just had confirmation by email from rarewaves uk that it is indeed the 5 disc box set that is being sent out to me.
That’s good news, as I ordered one too! Still awaiting my confirmation email though.
Just received it, your in for a surprise when you get yours. A wonderful big box containing 4 CDs, a Blu-ray & a 108 page book. The Blu-ray has 21 live tv performances as well as a hi-res remaster of the album. Exceptional value for £26.
The Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds Bonus Live CD Edition is currently £10.51 on Amazon UK.
Duly ordered.Thanks Paul.Insane price.The 2-CD set on the same site £20.79.So,four extra CDs for £2.10 more.Bonkers,but wondrous !!
Tucky Buzzard – Complete Tucky Buzzard 5 LP BOx Set in amazon Spain at 55 €
Beach Boys Sail on Sailor super deluxe set down to £23.57 on Amazon!! As at 1.34pm 160324
https://amzn.to/3TzYYNb
£22.99! Absolute bargain.
That’s really good as I paid £34 a couple of weeks ago and thought I’d got a great deal on it back then.
Cheers! Ordered :-)
Beach Boys ‘Sail On Sailor’ cd box set is £22.99 on Amazon UK.
Almost tempted to buy at that price.pity I got it for over£100 more when it came out.a lesson there I think.
Me too. I got it from Germany I think, via an SDE deal, but over twice this price. Haven’t seen Feel Flows at anything like this price.
Buying at this price, when I’ve already got the vinyl
Been tempted for a while, but couldn’t resist at £22.99 – thanks for posting!
My Tea For The Tillerman order came today. This has to be the bargain of ‘24, an LP, 12” EP, 5 CDs and a Blu-ray. Not forgetting a 12”x12” hardback book and trinkets for those who like these things. All in a beautiful sturdy box with magnetic lid all for less than 40 English Quids.
Thanks Breffni for the tip. The Mona box arrives tomorrow. I also got Jethro Tulls RökFlöte 2CD/Bluray for £19 and Zealot Gene 2CD/Bluray for £12. I don’t know what the price was on release but these are bargains. All from Amazon UK AKA The Dodgers.
This would have been a no-brainer if the blu-ray included a surround sound mix.
The ‘Mona Bone Jakon’ box arrived this evening. Besides being absolute bargains these Cat Stevens SDE sets are very likely the best presented sets I own and. I own a lot of sets of this kind. Also the dedicated packaging for these sets is great.
While these sets are absolute bargains I reckon we’ll see less of this type of release due to them not selling. Maybe if the record companies saw sense and sold them at a reasonable price on release they would sell a lot more.
Totally agree with you Golden Age. The Cat Stevens sets are extremely well put together and the packaging, second to none. Also love the “cloth” type feel of the outer box.
The Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds CD + Blu Ray Audio Box Set (the book one with the lenticular cover) is down to £30.16 on Amazon UK this morning … still a lot, but a lot better than the original £54 …
Keith Richards – Main Offender (Remastered) 3 Lp + 2 Cd + ibro + Púa + Pegatina + Carteles in amazon Spain at 68 €
Hi Paul, I just was about to order The Pink Floyd ‘Animals’ Atmos Blu-ray but £7+ for shipping!?!?!? No way!
Are you talking about via SDE? UK tracked shipping is £5. Not sure where you are…
Cost to Ireland is always crazy as it’s a higher fee than 5, and then we also get hit with import tax. Is there no way to avoid the tax charges- we don’t pay any tax from Amazon uk on anything under 150
Ireland is “Europe” so yes postage is higher. There’s no import fees though – we’re IOSS registered.
fair enough- maybe last one I ordered was before IOSS
I can confirm that there has been no import taxes to Ireland for the last few of my SDE purchases.
The Cat Stevens super deluxe sets for Tea for The Tillerman and Mona Bone Jakon are both £56 on Amazon UK which feels as cheap as they’ve been.
Great sets!!
Just pulled the trigger on this at £49!
With regard to my message below regarding the Mona SDE Amazon now have it for £54 + pennies.
2 fantastic deals on Amazon….. Black Sabbath Hand of Doom super deluxe box set down to £170 from £220.
The massive Frankie Valli & 4 seasons 44CD deluxe box set , once £350 now £199.99 . Possibly deal of the year?
PSBs – Smash (3CD + 2BR) is down to £31 on Amazon UK (sold by Global Deals). There is also someone on ebay selling for £30, with just a couple left. Though if you haven’t already got the replacement BR you’ll end up with the censored one I guess…
Also on Amazon they dropped the price of the Waterboys 1985 big box set to £72, but delivery between 1 & 3 months, which to me smacks of “not a chance”.
Prince has now gone up to £136
Really decent price on the 15CD Jesus Jones – Some Of The Answers (Limited Signed Edition) on Amazon UK – down to £84.
If anyone is interested in picture disc – LP’s:
Amazon France has the BLACK SABBATH “Hand Of Doom 1970 – 1978” vinyl-boxset for a reasonable 200,- EUR
https://amzn.to/49PByJv
Great offer at http://www.soundohm.com/label/finders-keepers-records: 9.90 EUR for several vinyl LP’s from Andy Votel’s label.
Couple of things on Amazon UK
Eric Clapton – Eric Clapton 50th Anniversary 4CD is £17.50
Frank Zappa – 200 Motels 6CD is £39.50
Rolling Stones – Tattoo You 2CD is £7.28
Haim – Days Are Gone 10th Anniversary 2CD is £9.43
Nice spot on the Zappa. It’s way more expensive than that everywhere else. So I grab one of those.
Tattoo You 2CD now down to £5.90
Second try….:-)
For readers in the European Union: JPC has the CAMEL “Air Born”- boxset in stock for 169,99 EUR:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/camel-air-born-the-mca-decca-years-1973-1984/hnum/11454621
A bit off the beaten track this as it’s not a deal about a current release, but a fairly old release. I’ve just bought on eBay an original 1st issue (new and sealed) of Marvin Gaye’s “the master” 4 cd set with 120 page book housed in an 11″ x 11″ box. I don’t know if these sets are rare or commonplace but it cost me just £13.50 inc. p+p. Rarewaves through eBay have them for £20, taking into account a discount. Someone else may be more informed about this release than I am.
I’ve had this one for years. I don’t think it’s particularly rare or valuable but it’s a great compilation. My advice is to open it and enjoy it
This set was originally released in the US and in Europe in 1995 as a 10″ x 6″ sized book with 4 cd trays on the inner pages of front and back cover.
It was then rereleased in the UK and Europe in 2004 as a digi book with different cover art. Two years later the release you just bought, a so called ear book was manufactured in Germany, obviously in high quantities because it’s been available for several years now in original shrink wrap for about 10€ round here.
There were also several other 4-6 cd sets rereleased around the same time in ear book style including e.g ‘Message In A Box’ by The Police, ‘Direction, Reaction, Creation’ by The Jam and ‘Simply… Dusty’ by Dusty Springfield that all were (or in some cases are still) sold for a tenner after some years.
So it’s nothing you’ll buy as an investment but of course there is still mostly great music featured on these releases so it’s either a rather cheap way to complete your collection of an artists’ work or a great introduction if you haven’t owned anything by them so far.
I loved those earBooks from Germany. I have about six of these and even before price reductions, they were a great buy. Great packaging and of course great music. Also available at the time was Thin Lizzy’s Vagabonds Kings Warriors Angels and Stevie Wonder’s At The Close of The Century.
This set turns up every now and then very cheap. I paid £10 for it new in shrinkwrap in Fopp a few years ago. It’s a great set, recommended.
Prince’s Diamonds and Pearls big vinyl box is $253 USD on Amazon.com and $185 USD on Amazon Canada!!
Black Sabbath Sabotage deluxe back down to £22.16 on Amazon UK
The Diamonds and Pearls deal is on and off on Amazon UK. If you can’t get it on the UK site, try the other European ones. I just picked one up for £106 delivered to Scotland from the Italian site.
Excuse the stupid question. Is it always an English version you get packaging wise if ordering from European amazon sites?
Yes
Joni Mitchell archives vol. 3 £46 on Amazon uk. 8 copies left apparently.
Highly recommended
8 less now. Wish I’d seen this sooner…..
It’ll be on again at that price just keep a look out.
Just looked on Amazon uk, although the price has gone up 3 quid to £49.06, there’s 10 copies available. Hope this is of help to you.
Now back on for a slightly higher £49.06 and not much of a discount but HAWKWIND Space Ritual 50th anniversary box set available for £92.99
I’m seeing £62 at the moment…..
Pink Floyd back on again. I just bought it.
As of 19.20 Thurs, the Prince box is back down to £99
The Beau Brummels Complete Recordings 8 CD box is heavily discounted to 36 € in Amazon Spain https://amzn.to/3P7KIsv
Highly recomended, it is a superb set!
Thanks Pablo
I second Pablo’s recommendation.
I’ve been after that Prince SDE since it was announced, but couldn’t justify the price. Not that I thought it was extortionate, I just couldn’t personally justify spending that kind of money at the time. This was a rare occasion where an SDE Alert alerted me to something I was actually after! I nearly passed on it anyway, as I never finished listening to the Sign O’ The Time SDE (was never in the right mood to listen to the live CDs) so wasn’t sure I could justify spending £100 on another Prince Box Set I may not listen to in it’s entirety – however good the value. But then I remembered I had a £50 Amazon Gift Voucher I was saving for something else and suddenly it became a no-brainer. Effectively spending £50 on a £150 box set. Pulled the trigger and it will be here on Monday.
Looking again this morning, it’s already back up to £155 so think I made the right call and got the timing right. Thanks so much for the heads up on this one :)
I received an email from Super Deluxe Editions with regard the Diamond And Pearls box set being priced at £99 on Amazon and ordered it straight away, as before that it was £110.00, which was tempting. Lucky I did take up the offer, because the price has now gone up to £152.06. Thanks Paul and SDE for letting us know about the deal. :o)
I posted this in the Feb deals but it didn’t get approved – trying again as it’s such a great deal.
Vehicles & Animals: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition – 4 CDs – $9.48 NOW $8.94 CAD on amazon.ca. I received my copy so it’s valid https://amzn.to/3V8stqD
I’m still waiting for this one to drop in price over here in Europe as it’s stayed pretty stubbornly close to its release price. That’s a great deal for a really under-appreciated set.
re the Diamonds and Pearls deal on Amazon UK from third-party seller Techrina. I was flipping and flopping on this one over the weekend, when the price was doing similar (jumping between £100 and £110 at various times). When it went back down to £100 on Monday, I went for it. The package arrived today (Wednesday) via Royal Mail Tracked 24. Well-packaged in a plastic mailer, bubble-wrap and, most importantly, in the original bespoke cardboard packaging (similar to the SOTT set). Brand-new shrink-wrapped box set. Very happy.
The 3rd volume of the Sound Of Philadelphia series (the 8CD/1×12″ The Sound Of Philadelphia: Love Is The Message box) is down to £59.99.
Volumes 1 and 2 are also now down to £39.99
And I got them all at full price…. :(
Where is Vol 3 at that price?
‘Love Is The Message’ (Volume 3) sold out, but it’s now back in stock.
Same seller, same price (60 quid).
https://amzn.to/4a8irdi
Thanks Matt. These things are great packages (although maybe a little Billy Paul heavy). However, Vol 3 took so long to come out that I had lost the desire to continue with the series. This price drop has rekindled that desire. Grab the lot if you can, Readers.
Have to agree when I started buying these sets I was not expecting them to be released at what seems one set a year.
There is a bundle for all three at Burning Shed for £150
https://burningshed.com/various-artists_the-sound-of-philadelphia_boxset-bundle
Amazon UK also have the 3 box set pack at £150.00. 25 CD’s and 3 x 12 inches.
Lloyd Cole – get it already – unfortunately. Recommended for purchase!
The Prince box set is not on Prime. Hefty delivery charge (£23 to me anyway).
How odd! I’m on Prime and it’s showing free delivery to me.
Same here although I don’t want it.
& me..arives Monday :)
I have prime but live in Ireland and I get charged postage so its free for UK delivery and £23 for anywhere else
Thank you. I have taken the bait and with free delivery.