"Don't hurt yourself, young America."

You may be asking yourself, “Why show this now? Literally EVERYONE already has this set! It’s been out for a year!” Well... maybe. But I watch a lot of vinyl unboxings on YouTube, and I have yet to see a video about this box set. So I’m choosing to write a post about the unboxing because, a) I’m too ugly to make a video, and b) I’m not too good with extemporaeous speaking, and I’d probably end up fawning over how the cute the guys were for 20 minutes. So here we go.

Let’s start with the outside. GORGEOUS red marble design with the shiny, metallic lettering. Sturdy, thick slipcase that seems built to last. Also?? Heavy as a motherfucker. Don’t drop this thing on your foot, or you’ll need to go to the hospital.

Onto the inside! The inner slipcase (also durable) contains two thick “binders” with the records in them, one containing all studio albums, and the other containing live and bonus albums.

Here is the front cover for the Studio Albums binder. Of course, like past Eagles albums, the skull is incorporated into the art design. This binder contains all their studio albums from Eagles to Long Road Out of Eden.

This is the second binder, with the live and bonus tracks. It includes Eagles Live, Hell Freezes Over, the Millenium Concert (for the first time on vinyl) and a bonus record of B-sides and bonus tracks. Personally, I like the inclusion of the extra “bonus” disc, but some of the tracks aren’t anything special, as they are “single versions” of studio album songs. Take for example “Lyin’ Eyes,” where the single version was considerably shortened from the original, because the song is over six minutes long. I’d much rather hear the original version, with all the original lyrics. That being said, songs like “Get You in the Mood,” “Hole in the World,” and “Please Come Home for Christmas” are nice additions to this record, because they don’t appear on any of the studio albums. But you know what would have really been awesome? The inclusion of the Hell Freezes Over “Second Night” recordings and outtakes, especially “Peaceful Easy Feeling.” ❤️

As far as the artwork goes, I will say that this box set is stunning. Each record gets its own monochrome-designed image for its sleeve, and all the records have the uniform “Eagles Legacy” center label. This is also the reason why I will be keeping my prior collection of Eagles albums, because I also love the original artwork. As much as I love the design and cohesiveness of this box set, I think I would have preferred all the albums to be in their original sleeves inside the slipcase. I would hate to miss out on cool bonuses like the poster inside Hotel California!

Another thing to take note of is how delicate the bindings of the record books are. You can’t open the book completely, or you’ll be left with a giant tear in the binding, like I did here. 😬 The glue comes undone very easily if it’s bent too much, which is odd for a box set of this price point.

Also included is a hardcover book, which was honestly one of the main reasons why I bought this set. It contains quite a few “new” photos from the archives, which were very cool to see!

I will post more of the photo book photos in a separate post, as this one is getting kind of long. 😂

Since this is the first “anthology” vinyl box set I’ve ever purchased, I guess I don’t have much to compare it to. I also purchased the CD version of the Legacy set a few months back, which also included a DVD of Hell Freezes Over, and a BluRay of the Farewell 1: Live from Melbourne concert. I kind of think that those same things should have been included with the vinyl box, considering that it was originally so much more expensive than the CD version. I also think the booklets between the vinyl and CD editions have different photos in them? But I may have to go back and check on that.

Me: *cries*

Eagles: *announce a tour date near me*

Me: *looks at credit card*