1st Box Set - What's Yours?

[Quad Linda]

As the Box Set Queen, I own hundreds of the damn things. Long before CD's, I discovered box sets. Here's where it all started for me.

So, what's your first box set? Please list 5.1/Quad/Stereo/Mono, format LP/Q4/Q8/SACD/DTS/DVD-A/8 tk/Cass/4 tk (NOT Quad)/2 ch Reel/Playtape/Tefi, etc. The year and place of purchase are optional. Here's mine, and it's a tie:

Jazz Odyssey Volume 2 The Sound of Chicago 1923 - 1940. Mono 3 LP 1970 I first found this in my high school's library. I was hooked and had to get my own copy. It's both jazz and blues. Like the Roots & Blues and Jazz Masterpieces series combined. My addiction to '20's & 30's blues and Tampa Red, my favorite bluesman, started here. King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Big Bill Broonzy, Fletcher Henderson, Louis Armstrong, Earl "Fatha" Hines & so much more...



In the Groove With the Kings of Swing Mono 6 LP 1970 Compiled for Reader's Indigestion by RCA. My love of trad jazz and Red Nichols started here. Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Sidney Bechet, Dukes of Dixieland, Metronome All-Stars & lots more

 

[jdmack]

My first box set was the 4 LP Beatles bootleg "Alpha Omega" in early 1973.

J. D.

 

[rusinurbe]

Probably the Eric Clapton set Crossroads

 

[LizardKing]

King Crimson - 20th Anniversary Boxset with In the Court, Larks Tongues, Discipline and a EG compilation CD... 1989...

 

[depeche76]

Doors - Perception (DVD-A and CD/5.1 and Stereo)
and the same day also bought: Queen - Crown Jewels (CD/Stereo)

That was the first of a series of Boxsets i have acquired for 4 years.

 

[Quad Linda]

Although I've not heard it, I am aware of Alpha Omega. Is it a collection of officially released tracks?

My first box set was the 4 LP Beatles bootleg "Alpha Omega" in early 1973.

J. D.

 

[jdmack]

Although I've not heard it, I am aware of Alpha Omega. Is it a collection of officially released tracks?

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Yes, all officially released tracks. The set was sold by television ads. Completely illegal and eventually withdrawn. The success of this set was what prompted The Beatles to release the Red and Blue albums.

J. D.

 

[depeche76]

my precious.......

 

[user 1679]

My first CD box would be Bob Dylan's Biograph. First LP box (IIRC) was Mike Oldfield "Boxed"

 

[kap'n krunch]

Neighbor gave this to me in 197...6????
Still have it...
the person who sequenced this should be horsewhipped..


"PURPLE HAZE"

followed by ....

Bee-Gees"To Love Somebody"?????

check out the listing here....

 

[Quad Linda]

What's funnier than that sequence is both those tracks are from '67 & '68!