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This Week’s Box Set and Reissue Deals

By Paul Sinclair

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UK: Bruce Springsteen / The Album Collection Vol 2 vinyl – £69 

This great deal RETURNS! Amazing price for this 10LP box set which features Tunnel Of Love(2LP), Human Touch (2LP), Lucky Town and The Ghost of Tom Joad, a double vinyl MTV Plugged (from 1993), the Chimes of Freedom EP on 12-inch vinyl (issued in ’88) and the debut on vinyl of 1996’s Blood Brothers EP.

 

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  2. Amazon Italy are now offering the 35th Anniversary box set ‘Eye In The Sky’ by Alan Parsons Project for half price which means you can purchase it for less than €49.

  4. Anyone who has easy access to a Fopp store its worthwhile having a look around as a pretty good sale on at present. Was in Edinburgh store and whilst some of the sale items are on display many others such as Stones (Blue and Lonesome, On Air) Beatles (White Album) Pearl Jam (Let’s Play Two) U2 ( both the best ofs) are not, so worthwhile digging deep!
    Sample prices Pearl Jam Lightning Bolt £10, Let’s Play Two £18, Stones on Air £13, U2 Best Ofs circa £15, Beatles White Album £20. Lots of albums down to £10.
    As Fopp in same ownership as HMV sale possibly on there as well.

    1. Cannot remember the exact price but at both Fopp and HMV in Edinburgh included in the sale was the Stones Studio Collection at around 180 to 190 which is miles below any Amazon at present. The recent Creedence Half Speed Masters Boxset is around 85 as was Killers Career Boxset. Half price as well on the Tom Petty Best of Everything and Clapton’s Life in 12 Bars.
      Stones, Clapton & Creedence all available in Edinburgh tonight.

  8. Jarmo, how on earth can you prefer the 2009 version of Sgt Pepper? I’m assuming you are talking the stereo version, not the mono one?

    The mono version of Pepper is a world away from the stereo version, being harder, crunchier, and with lots of little overdubs that were simply missed off of the stereo mix.

    What the box set managed to do was replicate everything you hear in the mono mix, but in stereo. It’s a wonder of technical prowess as many of the overdubs were put straight onto the two track final master and don’t exist on the 4 track original tape.

    So I’m curious to discover how you prefer the 2009 mix!

    1. Maybe he’s not a fan of limiting and the modern pro-tools sheen?
      Also, maybe he likes his albums made in 1967 to sound like they were made in 1967?
      Shame Geoff Emerick’s not alive – you could have asked the same question to him.

    2. I think the 2009 Sgt Peppers mono edition in the mono box is the by far the best version of Sgt Pepper’s. I am unimpressed by any of Giles Martin’s remixes and am sure he only gets the job because he’s George’s son, not because of any natural talent. He didn’t mess too much with the White album, though I still much prefer the 2009 remaster of that as well. No doubt we will see an ‘Abbey Road’ box in the not to distant future.

    3. I bought Sgt Pepper vinyl version first time in 1976. Then i bought the cd version in 1988. Then i bought stereo and mono boxes in 2009. It’s the new Giles Martin remix that i don’t like. I have a very good stereo system and bass level almost brings the whole house down. To my ears he ruined the whole thing, when you compare original and new version. I’m almost 60 years old and like to hear my music as it was made!

  9. Paul, have you noticed any price drop for New Order Movement? I cannot believe they’re selling at such a prohibitive price.

  13. Heads up for any Angelenos here. Amoeba Hollywood is having a half price off on all
    used vinyl box sets today, June 5th. I will be there emptying my wallet, they’ve got a great selection of stuff.

    1. Wish I lived closer but a day’s trip up to LA from San Diego to go to Amoeba to check out CDs is difficult to justify, but even Lou’s Records (our last bastion of physical music here is San Diego County) is shrinking, turning to vinyl to increase sales, and making perusing their used CDs excruciating for us older CD buyers with failing eyesight and difficulty getting down on one’s knees and back up because of their floor to 5-foot high shelving containing CDs vertically displayed (spines out). It’s no wonder the last time I was there I was the only one looking at used CDs but 8 people came in and perused vinyl.

  14. Barry White’s The 20th Century Records Albums 9 LP Vinyl set has dropped to a new low of £79.14 from it’s usual £110 to £120 on amazon UK

  16. It’s worth noting, for those not in the know, we’ve hit the magical 6 weeks after RSD mark. This is where many stores start pricing their remaining RSD inventory below list price to clear their shelves. Of course there are still releases (Dylan, Duran Duran, etc.) for sale at very inflated prices despite what appears to be high availability. Those few being the exception, a vast majority of releases can be scooped up on the cheap either at your local store or thru Discogs. Not so much eBay yet though.

  17. Paul, as the man in the know, do you think there is an possibility of the Complete Bob Dylan box set decreasing significantly in price? It’s hovering around just below the £100 mark on Amazon UK and a £60-£70 price would be enough to make me take the plunge, despite owning 95% of it already! Thanks.

    2. @Paul Gray:

      I waited a long time before i bought it from Amazon.uk (directly) for around GBP 90 including p&p to Germany (around EUR 100 at the time) in November 2017.

      Haven’t noticed it cheaper anywhere since then and i think your best chance to get it at the price you think of would be via Discogs or Ebay (SmallAds), if someone there would really be in need of money. It kept being in print since its release date but i don’t think that there is any significant overstock of it at any dealer, which IMHO would be necessary for a landslide in pricing.

  18. Amazon US has A New Career In A New Town for $83.72 for CD version. For those of us stuck stateside, it probably makes more sense to get it there than from Italy.

  22. Does anybody know if the copies of Bowie’s ANCIANT which are currently being sold by amazon, contain a “fixed” version of the heroes disc?

      1. Agreed. If I recall correctly they didn’t issue “fixed” boxes. They offered a limited time replacement, and after that you’re expected to get the single CD of Heroes yourself for the “fix”.

    3. No, they didn’t address the issue within the box sets and the fixed version is no longer available as a separate fix. Tho if you buy the Heroes CD separately you get the fixed version. Hope that makes sense.

    4. They ran out of the replacement discs and now you have to buy the regular Heroes CD if you want the fixed version. But remember the regular Heroes CD is not “gold”. All discs in the Bowie boxes are gold discs. I think this is their way to battle piracy or so. The replacement disc is gold. So unless they do a re-print of the box (not anytime soon I think), those who have a replacement disc have a rare copy of the box.
      By the way I wouldn’t be too bothered with the 2 secs of diminished sound. It’s nothing. I have the box and the replacement disc, you have to really pay attention and “want” to hear it otherwise it is over before you hear it. It’s much ado about nothing IMHO.

  23. I bought Sgt. Pepper super deluxe edition 2 years ago. I’ve listened disc one maybe 3 times. I prefer version that was released 2009. Discs that contains studio outtakes i have listened 2 times. Blu-Ray/DVD is still unwatched. In December 2018 i bought White Double super deluxe edition. It’s still unopened. Sgt. Pepper cost me 110 Euros and White Double 130 Euros.

  26. This site always delivers, soundgarden at my favourite band of all time bar non – didn’t have the Superdeluxe of the monument that is Superunknown but thanks to my limited overdraft I now have !!!. Thanks once again Paul and again and again for these alerts!. I have it four times on vinyl but am intrigued by the 11.1 mix on this if you can still use it that is.

  34. Here’s a question….
    For every box set up on amazon there is always such a wide range of prices. Take the Springsteen box which was down to under £70 for a blink yesterday. There are 10 sellers between £145 and £579!!!
    What’s that about? The seller at £579 must know they will never sell it.
    It’s more than just shouting “he’s a scalper” because I would imagine it will never sell, the psychology of the stupid price is something odd to me….particularly when the product is identical.

    1. I was thinking the same, I cannot ever seeing that box set to go at such a price. I’m all their stock is equally highly priced then they will sell nothing what so ever. Maybe they don’t like parting with anything at all?.

    2. The question I have, especially over the Springsteen box, is why Amazon discounted it so heavily in the first place? If they had said went to £99 as opposed to £69 presumably they would have sold the quantity discounted in a matter of days – even at say £119 ditto.

  36. It’s over, but I managed to get the CD version for $80 or so last year. Wish they would offer this box outside of Japan for those who want it.

  39. Thank you for the heads up on this Paul! I usually miss out on these deals but was lucky enough to catch this one! Happy Days!!

  41. Glad I was quick now it’s back up to £100 from a third party seller and £20 postage. I went to see Springsteen many times during this era , including a brilliant and exhausting Open air gig at Sheffield Utd Football Ground In 88. which must have lasted 4 hours on the Human Touch/Lucky Town Tour . Happy memories. Thanks Again for the alert!.

  44. I do miss unboxing video’s – Probably a time thing I know but they are very informative. Whatever happened to the Egypt Station Suitcase one?

  47. Thanks Paul, this is the first time I’ve ordered something as a result of one your deal alerts. I always seem to miss the one’s I fancy as I’m in work during the day but this is great.

  50. I had this in my basket last weekend at £120 but thought I’d wait to see if I could get this for around £100, so this is excellent news for me. Thanks Paul!

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