94XPOSED WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23RD
Music Box Sets were HUGE this year! I dropped by Costco last night and noticed a great selection of box sets for the Music fan on your list! If you dont mind giving the gift a little bit late then you can order online at Amazon, Ebay, or most other digital stores as well!
THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY
The Beatles released their massive boxset this year and for just over 120 bucks you can own every Beatles recording along with picture books, biographies, and unreleased interviews with the band! 120 dollars may seem like alot, but when you think about the amount of music you get for that price, you realise what a steal this boxset really is!!!!!
THE BEATLES - COME TOGETHER
ROLLING STONES - LETS SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER
This collection, three CDs and one DVD (a super-deluxe edition comes with vinyl), captures the band in their bluesy, boozy prime with stunning 5.1 surround sound. In addition to previously unreleased Stones tracks from the MSG show, there's a disc with sets from the support acts: BB King and Ike & Tina Turner. Not too shabby, huh? Plus, there's 56-page book brimming with photos and extensive liner notes, a replica of the original tour poster, and hey, you even get a commemorative guitar pick as well.
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NEIL YOUNG ARCHIVES VOLUME 1
Neil Young fans across the globe have been waiting years - nay, decades - for the artist to assemble this chronological assessmentof his own work, and now that he's done so (and it's only Volume 1), it's cause for celebration. Presented over the course of 10 multimedia discs are Young's earliest recordings in Winnipeg, Canada; his seminal work with Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and Crazy House. Studio cuts, live recordings, unreleased songs, rare interviews, radio spots, lyric sheets, and all kinds of other goodies. Plus, there's a newly restored print of Young's first theatrical release, Journey Through The Past, with the audio presented in both DTS 5.1 surround and stereo 24-bit/48 Khz PCM. Who knows? There might even be the keys to one of Young's restored classic cars in here somewhere.
NEIL YOUNG - ROCKIN IN THE FREE WORLD
CCR - RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE
Like the Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival's recording history was astonishingly brief - almost half that of the Fab Four's actually - but during those years (1968-1972), they put out a truckload of AM powerhouses.
Many of the band's singles were double-sided hits, and they're all included here, most of them in their original mono mixes: their take on classics like Suzie Q and I Put A Spell On Young, and the staggering array of Fogerty-penned originals such as Proud Mary, Bad Moon Rising, Green River, Up Around The Bend - you know them all by heart, and here they are in one unbeatable package. Also included is a bonus DVD featuring four CCR videos, a poster, a 16-page booklet - and hey, the set's budget priced, too, so this one's a no-brainer.
ROLLING STONES GET YOUR YA YA'S OUT!
CCR THE SINGLES COLLECTION
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As everyone knows, you can never have too much AC/DC, particularly during the holidays. A little eggnog, some mulled wine and the lilting strains of Shot Down In Flames - it all works, doesn't it? Backtracks includes a disc of studio obscurities like Love Song (wait a second, AC/DC have a track called Love Song? What's the world coming to?), another CD of live cuts that span from 1977 to 2000, and a DVD of videos that completes the Family Jewels collection. You can't go wrong with the standard-issue set, but if you really want to hang some Big Balls under the tree, purchase the special edition that comes complete with a working amp. Now, that's worth banging your head over!
AC/DC - THUNDERSTRUCK
ACDC BACK TRACKS
