#cd boxed set

Let’s get the bleeding obvious out of the way from the start. I love vinyl and have acquired more than a couple of discs this past year. But it sure is an expensive obsession. One of the features of my 2022 purchasing has been the discovery of how many excellent CD boxed sets are out there. These are fabulous for filling holes in the collection or completing a vinyl holding at far less cost than…

King Crimson -- “Sailors’ Tales” [DGM Box Set, 2017]

BOXING DAY [PART 2]

More CD boxed sets that somehow found their way into Vinyl Connection headquarters during 2022. * This beautifully curated set has facsimile album covers, including the gatefolds. Several albums have bonus tracks, mostly live, and the booklet is high quality too. All in all, a set I was delighted to have as I’ve never owned any Keef Hartley on vinyl. Their big brassy blues rock sound has…

SEVEN YEARS OF TEN YEARS AFTER

Guitar slinger Alvin Lee had been playing for several years before the group Ten Years After coalesced just in time to get a residency at London’s famed Marquee Club in late 1966. Having fleshed out their sound by adding piano player ‘Chick’ Churchill, the band signed with Decca’s progressive Deram label on the back of an appearance at the epochal Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival. The Ten Years…

There have been some fantastic CD boxed sets released in the past few years. Often they are great value and can fill a hole in the collection. Well, that’s my justification. The plan is to share some of these in mid-week posts. This first artist doesn’t need any introduction at all, but I’ll reproduce the text from a Discrepancy Records article on the ‘Greatest Hits’ album Legend for those…