Collector's Box

Product Description
Audio cd book contains biog & interviews. Presented in colour slipcase with postcards & booklet

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Average customer rating: Has the Fat Lady sung for XTC? What a Deal! Wonderful Collection If you are an Andy Partridge Freak, you won't be disappointed Andy's XTC outlet mall of songs--buy now and save!

Fuzzy Warbles Collector's Album Andy Partridge Manufacturer: Ape ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Monstrance Apple Box Coat of Many Cupboards Pretenders II Transistor Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions ASIN: B000ICLTT6 Release Date: 2006-11-07

Tracks:

1. Dame Forutne
2. Born Out Of Your Mouth
3. Howlin' Burston
4. Don't Let Us Bug Ya
5. That Wag
6. That Wave
7. Ocean's Daughter
8. Everything
9. MOGO
10. Goosey Goosey
11. Merely A Man
12. EPNS
13. Summer Hot As This
14. Miniature Sun
15. I Brought Myself A Liarbird
16. Complicated Game
17. Wonder Annual
18. Space Wray
19. Rocket

Tracks:

1. Ridgeway Path
2. I Don't Want To Be Here (AIDS Benefit Version)
3. Young Marrieds
4. No One Here Available
5. Obscene Procession
6. Miller Time
7. You're The Wish You Are I Had
8. Ra Ra Rehearsal
9. Ra Ra For Red Rocking Horse
10. Everything'll Be Alright
11. 25 O'Clock
12. GOOM
13. Chain Of Command
14. All Of A Sudden
15. Summers's Cauldron
16. Then She Appeared
17. It's Snowing Angels
18. Ship Trapped In The Ice

Tracks:

1. My Train Is Coming
2. Lightheaded
3. Goodbye Humanosaurus
4. Humble Daisy
5. You Like Me?
6. Great Fire
7. Work
8. Mopti Fake I
9. Collideascope
10. Mopti Fake 2
11. When We Get To England
12. Train Running Low On Soul Coal
13. Holly Up On Poppy
14. Strawberry Fields Forever
15. Autumn Comes Around
16. Child's Crusade
17. Little Lighthouse
18. This Is The End
19. Put It On Again

Tracks:

1. Tunes
2. Bumpercars
3. The Art Song (Something Good With Your Life)
4. I'm Playing My Fano
5. Zonked Right Out On Life
6. All I Dream Of Is A Friend
7. Peck The Ground Like A Chicken
8. That's Really Super Supergirl
9. Brainiac's Daughter
10. Blue Beret
11. Gangway, Electric Guitar Is Coming Through
12. Mechanical Planet
13. Helicopter
14. The Ugly Underneath
15. OMGO
16. Where Is Your Heart?
17. Hey, It's Alan Burston!
18. Season Cycle
19. Countdown To Christmas Party Time

Tracks:

1. Welcome To Volume 5
2. Young Cleopatra
3. I Defy You Gravity
4. Ice Jet Kiss
5. Broomstick Rhythm
6. Earn Enough For Us
7. Dear God (Skffle Version)
8. Crocodile
9. Motorcycle Landscape
10. Rook
11. Don't You Ever Dare Call Me Chickenhead
12. Mermaid Explanation
13. Mermaid Smiled
14. Aqua Deum
15. Me And The Wind
16. Smalltown
17. Blue Overall
18. Red Brick Dream
19. Jacob's Ladder
20. My Land Is Burning

Tracks:

1. The Laugh Track
2. The Stinking Rich Song
3. I Can't Tell What Truth Is Anymore
4. Candle Dance
5. The Tiny Circus Of Life
6. The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul
7. In My Hand
8. Difficult Age
9. Pink Thing
10. Shaking Skin Hosue
11. Bike Ride To The Moon
12. My Love Explodes
13. Omnibus
14. Across The Antheap (Skylarking Demo)
15. Across The Antheap (Oranges & Lemons Demo)
16. Human Alchemy
17. Moonlit Drive
18. Prince Of Orange
19. End Of The Pier

Tracks:

1. 2 Rainbeau Melt
2. Thrill Pill
3. Sonic Boom
4. I'm Unbecome
5. Ballet For A Rainy Day
6. 1000 Umbrellas
7. Ejac In A Box (MGOO)
8. C Side
9. Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her
10. Ladybird
11. Candymine
12. Visit To The Doctor
13. Cherry In Your Tree
14. Desert Island
15. Scarecrow People
16. Hold Me My Daddy
17. Books Are Burning
18. Bobba De Boop De Ba De Boobay
19. Open A Can Of Human Beans

Tracks:

1. Through Electric Gardens
2. Skate Dreams Wet Car
3. The Bland Leading The Bland
4. Silverstar
5. I Gave My Suitcase Away
6. Extrovert
7. Another Satellite
8. These Voices
9. Song For Wes Long
10. Happy Birthday Karen
11. REM Producer Enquiry
12. The Loving
13. Shalloween
14. Was A Yes
15. Genie In A Bottle
16. Disque Bleu
17. Poor Skeleton Steps Out
18. I Don't Want To Be Here (Original Demo)
19. Chalkhills And Children

Tracks:

1. Gold
2. Now We All Dead (It Doesn't Matter)
3. Rain of Blows (early version)
4. Reign of Blows
5. Jump
6. Shake You Donkey Up
7. Happy Families
8. Here Comes President Kill Again
9. Beating Of Hearts

Amazon.com

When XTC stopped touring and became a studio-only entity, the finely jeweled arrangements that Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding had already favored took on incredible new breadth and depth. Since 2002, Partridge has been going through his own vast archives, releasing eight volumes in a U.K.-only series called Fuzzy Warbles. They are finally available in the U.S. in one gorgeously designed Collector's Album, along with a bonus disc, Hinges. With over 100 songs, the set includes early versions and demos of songs which appeared on XTC albums, previously unreleased gems, and songs for a wide range of outside projects, including the Disney movie James and the Giant Peach (which are so dazzling it boggles the mind that the deal ultimately fell apart). There are whims borne to fruition (an answering machine ditty), and flat-out brilliant slices of songcraft finally brought to light. What's truly remarkable is how complete are Partridge's sensibilities, as both a songwriter and arranger. Everything is considered and tended to--a background vocal here, a tambourine there--it all matters and it all sparkles. --David Greenberger

More Andy Partridge and XTC

Orpheus the Lowdown with Peter Blegvad	Through the Hill with Harold Budd	Coat of Many Cupboards XTC
Skylarking XTC	Nonsuch XTC	Apple Box XTC

Album Description

The Fuzzy Warbles Collectors Album brings together over 100 songs from XTC frontman Andy Partridge's songwriting archive. Recorded over the years whilst Andy and XTC were signed to Virgin Records and later to the Idea and Ape labels, the material is spread across eight volumes featuring songs and alternate versions of many XTC favorites that never made it onto the respective final albums or never made the cut when the final tracklistings were decided. There are also songs Andy never got to complete that he's re-visited and finished off especially for this Fuzzy Warbles series.

Each disc has a unique Fuzzy Warbles stamp cover artwork and the collector's box to keep them all in is designed to imitate a stamp album. There is even a bonus CD, Hinges, which features nine extra tracks only available with this set. Inside each box is a landscape oversized booklet, in which Andy gives a fascinating insight to his recording process with "A Brief History of Home Taping." Describing his earliest experiences of recording music at home and the excitement of those first recording sessions, it all makes fascinating reading, tinged with just a hint of regret as to how the songwriting process has become so bland as recording technology makes things easier and easier.

The final piece of the Fuzzy Warbles Collectors Album jigsaw is your own sheet of Fuzzy Warbles stamps to play with, if anyone could ever dare to part with them!

Customer Reviews:

Has the Fat Lady sung for XTC?.......2007-03-13

If so, this is a great way to go out. 150+ songs that demonstrate what an extraordinary talent Andy Partridge is. Some are full songs, others little unfinished scribbles, but underneath it all there is some great melodies, a hallmark of the XTC ouevre. Don't miss this collection!

I'll still always be hoping for another XTC album.

What a Deal!.......2007-03-01

Pretty amazing box set of demos and outtakes from Andy Partridge and XTC. You've got 8 (9 including the Hinges) CDs, a sticker set, and accompanying booklet, all housed in a great box that looks like a giant book. Pretty good deal for the money, particularly if you're a diehard XTC fan. Highlights include the songs Partridge developed for a proposed soundtrack for James and the Giant Peach. Too bad that fell through, due to legal wrangling with Disney. Who better to record the soundtrack for a quirky animated film based on a quirky British children's book than the quirky Mr. Partridge? Disney went with Randy Newman instead and nothing against him, but they really dropped the ball on this one, big-time.

Wonderful Collection.......2007-01-09

I had already purchased the initial 6 CDs that make up this box set over the past 3 years. I thought, well I only need volumes 7 and 8 and I will have a complete set. When I saw the box set package, with the booklet, box and bonus CD and the price, which was only a bit more than the last 2 CDs would have cost, I got it.

The packaging is great and the music runs the gamut from wonderful stuff you will want to hear again and again to noodling that is interesting but not something you would want on continuous play. Anyone who is an XTC fan will love this collection.

If you are an Andy Partridge Freak, you won't be disappointed.......2007-01-03

I understand Andy has been putting out the Fuzzy Warbles discs in pairs for about 5 years, now. Last year I downloaded FW #1, and was pleased with most of what I heard, but something was missing. I am a nut (fruit nut) when it comes to liner notes, I have been like that since I started buying records in my teens--classical, jazz, rock, whatever it may be. I guess that's what is the drawback to downloading music, one misses the info. When I saw the entire collection was available, I jumped on it and found what I was missing; Andy's wonderful, sometimes weird insights on all these songs. Example from FW #1- Who knew the song "Wonder Annual" was about female masterbation? Certainly not from the bare-naked, seemingly antiseptic disc I downloaded. But every song has a story behind it, and Andy has been so gracious to share them with us. I also like hearing the early demos to see how they developed over time. This collection is reasonably priced and very much worth it!

Andy's XTC outlet mall of songs--buy now and save!.......2006-11-22

As the primary songwriter for XTC since the mid-70's, Andy Partridge has been honing his craft for well over half his life. Around the time XTC ceased touring (1982), Andy began to spend more time capturing his songwriting efforts on home equipment. As time went on, these home demos exhibited ever-increasing sophistication and sound quality. Andy was always prolific enough with his writing that he submitted more demos for songs than XTC could use for their albums and B-sides. He always had plenty of tunes available for one-off singles, other artists, fan club cassettes, and so forth--and still left a treasure trove that was hidden from public consumption. This trend continued throughout the band's Virgin records phase and beyond; Andy kept self-recording his various ideas, songs and experiments during their "strike" against Virgin records (a 7+ year lull in newly recorded XTC output ensued from about 1992 to 1999.)

Once a settlement/agreement with Virgin was reached in the late 90's, the results were:
a) XTC were free to record/release stuff on another label, so they released two new discs "Apple Venus Volume 1" and "Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)" within about six months of each other, plus they followed these with accompanying discs of the same songs in demo form entitled "Homegrown" and "Homespun" (and, in a bit of overkill, they even released instrumental versions of the studio songs entitled "Instruvenus" and "Waspstrumental".)
b) Virgin got XTC 's full cooperation and participation in a 2002 4 CD box set entitled "Coat of Many Cupboards" that included many previously unreleased or hard-to-find demo songs as well as hits, album cuts, live songs, alternate mixes or versions, and so forth.
c) Andy got the right to release any demos otherwise unreleased by Virgin that were recorded at any time in XTC's past, present and future. He couldn't talk the other half of XTC, Colin Moulding, into joining in on this demo-release idea (despite Colin having contributed demos on B-sides, in the box set and on "Homespun" and "Homegrown"), so the name on these discs is Andy's, not XTC's.

Andy determined early on that he had 8 discs worth of stuff he could share, so he decided to release a pair of CD's every one to two years, starting in 2002 with Fuzzy Warbles 1 and 2 ("Fuzzy Warbles" being a term that was "borrowed" from the creative language utilized in Anthony Burgess' novel "A Clockwork Orange" -it was a term used by the main character in a derogatory way to describe either bad music or poor reproduction of music). Andy avoided a chronological order to the material, deciding to spread out known/unknown songs, old/new demos, instrumental noodlings and ridiculous ramblings, songs supposedly from other bands (such fictional/alter ego acts as The Golden, The Dukes of Stratosphear and Choc Cigar Champion are represented), even Disney movie song submissions, and so forth seemingly at random over each disc with no one disc containing too many songs in any one category. By the time 2006 rolled around and the last two Warbles (7 & 8) were due, Andy came up with the idea of releasing all 8 Fuzzy Warbles disc in a handy case with some bonuses: a 9th disc containing some more demos not otherwise released (it's shorter than any full "Warbles" disc) called "Hinges", some stamps, and an essay Andy wrote tracing his history of home recording.

At present, the Amazon price for this collection is amazingly low--it comes out to less than $8 bucks a disc--way less expensive than the separate "per disc" price on Amazon or elsewhere. A bargain, but only if you actually listen to/enjoy this. So, who is this set for?

It helps greatly to be an XTC fan, but it may not be required...an ear for finely crafted songs is necessary, however. A good half or so of the songs presented are demo versions of songs on XTC albums or B-sides from the 80's or 90's. The demos from 1983-1986 or so are much more primitive and lo-fi than the more polished ones Andy began producing after some late 80's equipment upgrades. Anything from the 90's and beyond sounds essentially the same as studio quality. The demos are not always radically different than what ended up on the albums, especially the more recent ones where Andy seems to have used the demo to strictly dictate the structure ( known as "chasing the demo") once they got to the studio. Also sometimes mildly interesting are the various sound experiments or instrumental pieces scattered throughout--although a share of these are also tedious and seem to be filler. Any of the several songs using some variation of the initials MOOG is usually in this category. None of these things are the main selling point of this set for most fans.

The real treasures here are the many songs Andy wrote that never properly saw the light of day as XTC songs. It's amazing how many gems are located on every disc that count as killer material, and often would have spiced up or improved previous XTC releases. Sometimes certain rejected demos were not quite up to the standard of the accompanying XTC release, but there are way more gems than clunkers among the "new" songs. Titles like " Bumpercars", "Wonder Annual", "Sonic Boom", "End Of The Pier", even "All I Dream Of Is A Friend" (a "James and the Giant Peach" song that never was thanks to broken negotiations with Disney) and many, many more are awesome songs that deserved way better than their second-class status.

Some of the 8 Warbles discs flow together and/or have more high grade material than others, but it's remarkable that Andy could sequence over 8 hours (and twenty years' worth) of self-made, self-produced music that is, for the most part, entertaining, high-spirited, highly creative and often just plain fun. It's hard to hear all of this and not think of him as being a truly gifted musician and songwriter, as well as a goofy oddball with a delightfully sick sense of humor. (Who else but Andy would start Warbles 6 with around five minutes of the sound of him cracking up repeatedly, to the point of tears, in the studio while working on the vocals for "Omnibus" on the Nonsuch album?)

This set comes highly recommended to any fan of XTC that wants an multi-disc, alternate, behind-the-scenes view of the great gobs of music that have been conjured up over the years in the house and shed of Swindon's own Andy Partridge. Given the uncertain future of XTC, this is your best bet to get material that is XTC in all but the name for quite a while. Buy and savor this set for years to come.

Average customer rating: Get the Rhino double-CDs while you can No-one in their right mind would buy this. Elvis should have followed his own advice DON'T DO IT! It's About Time These Have Been Re-Issued!

Elvis Costello Collector's Box Set - Limited Edition - Amazon.com Exclusive Elvis Costello Manufacturer: Universal Music Group ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items: The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years Traveling Wilburys (2CD/1DVD, Deluxe Edition) Rock and Roll Music Hot As a Pistol Keen As a Blade (Ac3 Dol) Excitable Boy ASIN: B000OPPAKQ Release Date: 2007-05-01

Tracks:

1. Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)?
2. Sweet Dreams
3. Success
4. I'm Your Toy
5. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down
6. Brown To Blue
7. Good Year For The Roses
8. Sittin' And Thinkin'
9. Colour Of The Blues
10. Too Far Gone
11. Honey Hush
12. How Much I Lied

Tracks:

1. Accidents Will Happen
2. Senior Service
3. Oliver's Army
4. Big Boys
5. Green Shirt
6. Party Girl
7. Goon Squad
8. Busy Bodies
9. Sunday's Best
10. Moods For Moderns
11. Chemistry Class
12. Two Little Hitlers
13. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding

Tracks:

1. Uncomplicated
2. I Hope You're Happy Now
3. Tokyo Storm Warning
4. Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head
5. I Want You
6. Honey Are You Straight Or Are You Blind
7. Blue Chair
8. Battered Old Bird
9. Crimes Of Paris
10. Poor Napoleon
11. Next Time Round

Tracks:

1. Love For Tender
2. Opportunity
3. The Imposter
4. Secondary Modern
5. King Horse
6. Possession
7. Men Called Uncle
8. Clowntime Is Over
9. New Amsterdam
10. High Fidelity
11. I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
12. Black And White World
13. Five Gears In Reverse
14. B-Movie
15. Motel Matches
16. Human Touch
17. Beaten To The Punch
18. Temptation
19. I Stand Accused
20. Riot Act

Tracks:

1. The Only Flame In Town
2. Home Truth
3. Room With No Number
4. Inch By Inch
5. Worthless Thing
6. Love Field
7. I Wanna Be Loved
8. The Comedians
9. Joe Porterhouse
10. Sour Milk Cow Blues
11. The Great Unknown
12. The Deportees Club
13. Peace In Our Time

Tracks:

1. Beyond Belief
2. Tears Before Bedtime
3. Shabby Doll
4. The Long Honeymoon
5. Man Out Of Time
6. Almost Blue
7. ...And In Every Home
8. The Loved Ones
9. Human Hands
10. Kid About It
11. Little Savage
12. Boy With A Problem
13. Pidgin English
14. You Little Fool
15. Town Cryer

Tracks:

1. Brilliant Mistake
2. Lovable
3. Our Little Angel
4. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
5. Glitter Gulch
6. Indoor Fireworks
7. Little Palaces
8. I'll Wear It Proudly
9. American Without Tears
10. Eisenhower Blues
11. Poisoned Rose
12. The Big Light
13. Jack Of All Parades
14. Suit Of Lights
15. Sleep Of The Just

Tracks:

1. Welcome To The Working Week
2. Miracle Man
3. No Dancing
4. Blame It On Cain
5. Alison
6. Sneaky Feelings
7. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
8. Less Than Zero
9. Mystery Dance
10. Pay It Back
11. I'm Not Angry
12. Waiting For The End Of The World
13. Watching The Detectives

Tracks:

1. Let Them All Talk
2. Every Day I Write The Book
3. The Greatest Thing
4. The Element Within Her
5. Love Went Mad
6. Shipbuilding
7. TKO (Boxing Day)
8. Charm School
9. The Invisible Man
10. Mouth Almighty
11. King Of Thieves
12. Pills & Soap
13. The World And His Wife

Tracks:

1. Lipstick Vogue
2. No Action
3. Big Tears
4. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
5. This Year's Girl
6. Miracle Man
7. Pump It Up
8. Clean Money
9. Tiny Steps
10. Wednesday Week
11. Mystery Dance
12. You Belong To Me
13. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
14. Girls Talk
15. King Horse
16. Lover's Walk
17. Uncomplicated
18. Honey Are You Straight Or Are You Blind
19. Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo
20. I Hope You're Happy Now
21. Tokyo Storm Warning
22. Welcome To The Working Week

Tracks:

1. No Action
2. This Year's Girl
3. The Beat
4. Pump It Up
5. Little Triggers
6. You Belong To Me
7. Hand In Hand
8. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
9. Lip Service
10. Living In Paradise
11. Lipstick Vogue
12. Night Rally
13. Radio, Radio

Tracks:

1. Clubland
2. Lover's Walk
3. You'll Never Be A Man
4. Pretty Words
5. Strict Time
6. Luxembourg
7. Watch Your Step
8. New Lace Sleeves
9. From A Whisper To A Scream
10. Different Finger
11. White Knuckles
12. Shot With His Own Gun
13. Fish 'N' Chip Paper
14. Big Sister's Clothes

Album Description

This box set, exclusive to Amazon.com, includes every one of Elvis Costello's classic albums from 1977 to 1986. Each one is digitally remastered and features the original U.S. track listings and original artwork in collectible digi-paks. Also included is a brand-new collection, Rock and Roll Music. Sequenced by Elvis himself, it contains 22 fiery tracks from the punk era to his pop period, including previously unreleased material.

Included Albums

Almost Blue	Armed Forces	Blood & Chocolate
Get Happy!!	Goodbye Cruel World	Imperial Bedroom
King of America	My Aim Is True	Punch the Clock
Rock and Roll Music	This Year's Model	Trust

Customer Reviews:

Get the Rhino double-CDs while you can.......2007-05-26

It's true that these latest re-re-[re-, etc.]issues are not being forced upon anyone who already owns other copies of the albums. But for those of us who don't, it's frustrating that the most widely available editions of Costello's albums are now inferior to the previously released ones, which will no doubt become pricey and more difficult to seek out once they're out-of-print and the last lingering copies have been bought up. I've liked EC's music for a long time, but since he's an artist whose work can be heard in popular media, and since I own much of his music in one form or another, I've never felt compelled to go out and buy his albums, title by title, as they've been reissued. Now I feel obligated to buy the Rhino reissues while they're still available.

So, yes, it does suck that there's no incentive to buy these Universal re-releases other than the fact that they're what's in-print. The sound quality is nothing new, and there are none of the incredible bonus tracks that made the Rhino reissues so great. Maybe someday Universal will reissue them *again* with a track or two added to what was released by Ryko and Rhino, so they can shake as many pennies from fans' pockets as possible.

Until then, I'm getting the Rhino CDs while I can, and I recommend them to new fans or others who are buying the albums for the first time.

No-one in their right mind would buy this........2007-05-20

Up until now, the repeated re-reissuing of EC's brilliant catalogue has been a delight and a thrill, with pleanty of new material added to the Ryko reissue, and then staggering amounts of it in the Rhino releases. But who in their right mind would buy any of these new reissues? How moronic does Hip-O think Elvis's fans are? I don't even buy the line that they are suitable for new EC fans. All fans, new and old, should own the Rhino reissues. This set doesn't even cover the Warners albums. I'm a long time, tragic EC fan, but he should be ashamed to sanction this latest reissue program, at least so far. The plans for later release of new material, and a deluxe MIAT look much more worthwhile.

Elvis should have followed his own advice.......2007-05-19

When Elvis burst on the scene in 1977, he told an interviewer that he was going to quit after three LPs and that artists go on too long in their careers.

Amen, Elvis! Now why didn't you follow your own advice? You'd have been a classic and never have inflicted on the world "Punch the Clock" and the Brodsky Quartet recording of the Juliet Letters. Has any artist EVER suffered such an artistic decline? Well, yes, probably, but you'd have to think hard to come up with one.

As others have pointed out, this is a pointless re-re-re-re-compilation. Apparently it's for really busy people. You know, the ones who can't take the time to click the ORDER button several times for individual purchases. If there really are people like that purchasing this, I predict they won't make it through listening to the whole set. Again, they're too busy.

DON'T DO IT!.......2007-05-19

All of us audiophile/EC fans are fighting hard to resist these digipaks. It's comforting to know that so many owners of the Rhino 2-disc reissues feel the way I do about this new set - absolutely unnecessary. Put 'em out in SACD format and maybe I'll buy the catalog again.

It's About Time These Have Been Re-Issued!.......2007-05-09

There seems to be a bit of a tug-o-war between fans who have bought the originals, re-issues and re-re-issues and those who mark the re-re-re-issue as something noteworthy. I fall into the former category and find that it makes sense (from Costello's accountants' point of view) and doesn't make sense (from the point of view of any consumer who already owns three copies of "Tokyo Storm Warning"). Personally, I'll wait until the Starbucks re-re-re-re-issue in 2010.

Average customer rating:

Collector's Box Manufacturer: United States Of Dist./Ka ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Not Ready to Make Nice Top of the World Tour Wide Open Spaces Taking The Long Way An Evening with the Dixie Chicks ASIN: B00006YX8H Release Date: 2006-11-21

Tracks:

1. (2 CD Interview Set)

Album Description

This box contains a 2CD interview and audio-biography set with a glossy 6 page full color booklet together with free extras including mini poster & 5 portrait shots complete with their own display case. The discs & booklet are housed in a slipcase. 2002. Chrome Dreams.

Average customer rating: Keep this somewhere cool, it's potentially explosive!

Beethoven: The Collector's Edition [50-CD Box Set] Beethoven , Heidsieck , Klust , Bpo , and Giulini Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Schubert: The Collector's Edition Mozart: The Collector's Edition - (50 CD Set) Including Symphonies (selection), Piano Sonatas, Concerti, Masses, Operas (Nozze di Figaro, Zauberflote, Cosi fan Tutte), etc. Dvorák: The Masterworks [Box Set] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Works (170 CD Box Set) Mendelssohn: The Masterworks [Box Set] ASIN: B000J0ZPH4 Release Date: 2007-06-26

Tracks:

1. Symphony No.1
2. Symphony No.3
3. Symphony No.2
4. Symphony No.4
5. Symphony No.5
6. Symphony No.7
7. Symphony No.6
8. Symphony No.8
9. Symphony No.9
10. Coriolan Overture
11. Egmont Overture
12. Promethee Overture
13. Les Ruines D'athes
14. Fidelio Overture
15. Leonore Overture
16. Romance For Violin & Orchestra No.1
17. Romance For Violin & Orchestra No.2
18. Piano Concerto No.1
19. Piano Concerto No.2
20. Piano Concerto No.3
21. Piano Concerto No.5
22. Piano Concerto No.4
23. Triple Concerto For Piano, Violin & Cello Op.56
24. Violin Concerto In D Major Op.61
25. Fantasie For Piano, Choir & Orchestra Op.80
26. Piano Sonata No.2
27. Piano Sonata No.3
28. Piano Sonata No.4
29. Piano Sonata No.1
30. Piano Sonata No.5
31. Piano Sonata No.6
32. Piano Sonata No.7
33. Piano Sonata No.22
34. Piano Sonata No.8
35. Piano Sonata No.9
36. Piano Sonata No.10
37. Piano Sonata No.11
38. Piano Sonata No.12
39. Piano Sonata No.13
40. Piano Sonata No.14
41. Piano Sonata No.15
42. Piano Sonata No.16
43. Piano Sonata No.17
44. Piano Sonata No.20
45. Piano Sonata No.19
46. Piano Sonata No.21
47. Piano Sonata No.23
48. Piano Sonata No.25
49. Piano Sonata No.26
50. Piano Sonata No.27
51. Piano Sonata No.28
52. Piano Sonata No.29
53. Piano Sonata No.24
54. Piano Sonata No.30
55. Piano Sonata No.31
56. Piano Sonata No.32
57. For Elise Op.59
58. Rondo A Capriccio Op.129
59. Variations In C Major Op.78
60. Variations In E Flat Major Op.35
61. Variations In F Major Op.34
62. Variations In D Major Op.76
63. Variations In F Major Op.76
64. Diabelli Variations Op.120
65. Bagatelle In C Minor
66. Bagatelle Op.33
67. Bagatelle Op.119
68. Bagatelle Op.123
69. Sonata For Violin & Piano In D Major Op.12
70. Sonata For Violin & Piano In A Major Op.12
71. Sonata For Violin & Piano In E Flat Major Op.12
72. Sonata For Violin & Piano In A Minor Op.23
73. Sonata For Violin & Piano In F Major Op.24
74. Sonata For Violin & Piano In A Major Op.30
75. Sonata For Violin & Piano In C Minor Op.30
76. Sonata For Violin & Piano In G Major Op.30
77. Sonata For Violin & Piano In A Major Op.47
78. Sonata For Violin & Piano In G Major Op.96
79. Sonata For Cello & Piano In F Major Op.5
80. Sonata For Cello & Piano In G Minor Op.5
81. Sonata For Cello & Piano In A Major Op.69
82. Sonata For Cello & Piano In C Major Op.102
83. Sonata For Cello & Piano In D Major Op.102
84. 12 Variations On Theme Of Judas Macchab
85. 7 Variations 'Bei Mnern'

Customer Reviews:

Keep this somewhere cool, it's potentially explosive!.......2007-07-13

Incredible value for a box set. Although it isn't *everything* that Beethoven recorded, it does contain the majority of his works.

Good points-
1) It's by Beethoven, one of the greatest composers of all time. And there's 50 CDs. Obvious? Yeah, but it's worth mentioning again :D

2) Some very pleasant surprises in some of the more obscure works. If you've only heard the intro to the 5th Symphony and Moonlight Sonata would you have guessed that Beethoven did works for Mandolin and harpsichord, or variations on Scottish folk tunes?

Bad points-

1)Very spartan packaging. All you get is the box, CDs in papaer sleeves and a small booklet listing the tracks. No biography, commentary or pictures. Certainly not a "deluxe" edition.

2) Piano Concertos 1 & 2 are in mono, and the viloin sonatas are in poor stereo that sounds like mono.

3)Some of the slower movements in the piano sonatas sound too hurried.

In summary this box set represents a huge gold mine of great music for music lovers.

Average customer rating: it sucked

Collector's Box Slipknot Manufacturer: United States Dist ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock & Heavy Metal | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses [Bonus Disc] Slipknot Slipknot - Disasterpieces The Unauthorised Biography of Slipknot Iowa ASIN: B000CCBPDC Release Date: 2006-06-27

Tracks:

1. Track 1

Tracks:

1. Intro/Against All Odds
2. Collective Hate
3. Corn On The Kob
4. Working Out
5. Rampaging Remedy
6. Sonic Sickos
7. Personnel Numbers
8. Audio/Visual Nightmare
9. Kamikaze Syndrome
10. Strange Behaviour
11. Millennium Madness
12. Psychotic Attraction

Tracks:

1. The Crawling Chaos
2. Awaiting Deliverance
3. Writing Home
4. Flayed Alive
5. Back To The Beginning
6. Back To The Grave
7. Another Circus
8. Rebuilding The Monster
9. Reanimated
10. New Masks, A New Beginning

Album Description

The Slipknot collector's box is a 3 CD set and tells the complete story of the band through spoken word biographies, band interviews. Includes a fold out poster and features many rarely seen photographs. This is certain to become an immediate collector's item. Chrome Dream. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

it sucked.......2007-05-07

I got this for my husband, and he thought it wasn't worth a dime.

Average customer rating: Fresh Aire Collector's Box Set Vol 1 through 8 The best box ever Chip Davis and Mannheim Steamroller: A Dream Work Great Music for Exercise Perfect Collection for ANYONE

Fresh Aire Collector's Box, Vol. 1-8 Mannheim Steamroller Manufacturer: American Gramaphone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Electronic | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | New Age | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Christmas Collection A Mannheim Massage Yellowstone: The Music of Nature 25 Year Celebration of Mannheim Steamroller Romantic Melodies ASIN: B00004YR2P Release Date: 2000-11-14

Tracks:

1. Prelude - The London Symphony Orchestra
2. Chocolate Fudge
3. Interlude I
4. Sonata
5. Interlude II
6. Saras Band
7. Fresh Aire
8. Rondo
9. Interlude III
10. Pass the Keg (Lia)
11. Interlude IV
12. Mist

Tracks:

1. Chorale
2. First Door
3. Second Door
4. Third Door
5. Fourth Door
6. Fifth Door
7. Sixth Door
8. Door Seven
9. Fantasy
10. Interlude V
11. Velvet Tear
12. Shade Tree
13. Toota Lute
14. Going to Another Place

Tracks:

1. Toccata
2. Small Wooden Bach'ses
3. Amber
4. Mere Image
5. Morning
6. Interlude 6
7. Cricket
8. Sky
9. Midnight on a Full Moon

Tracks:

1. G Major Toccata
2. Crystal
3. Interlude 7
4. Four Rows of Jacks
5. Red Wine
6. Dancing Flames
7. Dream
8. Embers

Tracks:

1. Lumen - The Cambridge Singers, The London Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller
2. Escape from the Atmosphere - The Cambridge Singers, The London Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller
3. Dancin' in the Stars - The Cambridge Singers, The London Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller
4. Z-Row Gravity - The Cambridge Singers, The London Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller
5. Creatures of Levania - The Cambridge Singers, The London Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller
6. Earthrise/Return - The Cambridge Singers, The London Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller
7. Storm - The Cambridge Singers, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller

Tracks:

1. Come Home to the Sea - The Cambridge Singers, The London Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller
2. Rhodes Suite: Twilight at Rhodes - The Cambridge Singers, The London Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller
3. Rhodes Suite: Night Festival at Rhodes - The Cambridge Singers, The London Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller
4. Sunrise at Rhodes - The Cambridge Singers, The London Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller
5. Olympics - The Cambridge Singers, The London Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller
6. Nepenthe - The Cambridge Singers, The London Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller
7. Orpheus Suite: Descent into the Underworld - The Cambridge Singers, The London Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller
8. Orpheus Suite: Dialog With the Devil - The Cambridge Singers, The London Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller
9. Orpheus Suite: Ascent from Hell - The Cambridge Singers, The London Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller
10. Sirens: Crash and the Call/The Dance/The Singing Contest/Farewell - The Cambridge Singers, The London Symphony Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller

Tracks:

1. Conjuring the Number 7 - The Cambridge Singers, Mannheim Steamroller
2. Sunday the 7th Day - The Cambridge Singers, Mannheim Steamroller
3. 7 Colours of the Rainbow - The Cambridge Singers, Mannheim Steamroller
4. 7 C's - The Cambridge Singers, Mannheim Steamroller
5. 7 Metals of Alchemy - The Cambridge Singers, Mannheim Steamroller
6. 7 Chakras of the Body: Chakra 1 - The Cambridge Singers, Mannheim Steamroller
7. 7 Chakras of the Body: Chakra 2 - The Cambridge Singers, Mannheim Steamroller
8. 7 Chakras of the Body: Chakra 3 - The Cambridge Singers, Mannheim Steamroller
9. 7 Chakras of the Body: Chakra 4 - The Cambridge Singers, Mannheim Steamroller
10. 7 Chakras of the Body: Chakra 5 - The Cambridge Singers, Mannheim Steamroller
11. 7 Chakras of the Body: Chakra 6 - The Cambridge Singers, Mannheim Steamroller
12. 7 Chakras of the Body: Chakra 7 - The Cambridge Singers, Mannheim Steamroller
13. 7 Stars of the Big Dipper - The Cambridge Singers, Mannheim Steamroller

Tracks:

1. Main Titles
2. Greek Suite: Day Party
3. Greek Suite: Interlude 8
4. Greek Suite: Night Party
5. Greek Suite: Goddesses in the Forest
6. Big Bang
7. Leonardo
8. Fractals
9. Waterfall
10. Circle of Love
11. Steamroller
12. Heart and The Feather

Customer Reviews:

Fresh Aire Collector's Box Set Vol 1 through 8.......2007-01-10

I had been trying to collect all 8 CD's one at a time, but never could find all of them.....so I gave up and just ordered the eight all together in a wonderful wooden box. I don't know why I didn't do it to begin with. If you like Manheim Steamroller you will love having all 8 CD's to play at one time. Or record them to one CD in the Mp3 format. Seems like it would not be Christmas without listening to Mannheim Steamroller Fresh Aire, or their Christmas CD's....either way you can't go wrong.....

The best box ever.......2004-01-30

You have to love this set. You just put it in the driveway, pour some lighter fluid on it, drop the match and watch it burn baby burn!

Man, if only all music this agonizing came in these wooden boxes. They real make immolating the thing a pleasure. Much better than those fast burning cardboard boxes.

Chip Davis and Mannheim Steamroller: A Dream Work.......2003-04-01

The beautiful sound of the recorder or piccolo in the morning, with birds chirping. That is the sound you hear throughout the boxed set of Fresh Aire 1-8. This constant mood of relaxation with a kick of rock is a true hit. I urge you to purchase this item. It is worth it.----KWZ

Great Music for Exercise.......2002-10-13

Excellent collection of Mannheim Steamroller selections. Of particular note is Vol 8. This music has a beat that makes it outstanding for either casual listening or to accompany a serious aerobic exercise. I walk for 1.5 hours daily and this is my most recent choice for brisk walking.

Perfect Collection for ANYONE.......2001-01-24

I already had a copy of each of the Fresh Aire CDs, from 1 through 8. When I heard about this, I decided that it would be a great buy. American Gramaphone, the record label created for Mannheim Steamroller, stopped production of the original Fresh Aire CDs to re-master them, so I knew that these CDs would sound better. However, I did not know that they were re-mastered in HDCD, which is another bonus.

Once again, we have an intense sound that should appeal to anyone. If you're unsure about this, the Mannheim Steamroller "20 Year Celebration" would be a good way to start listening to Mannheim Steamroller. Also be sure to pick up one of the christmas CDs. And check out the concerts. Many of the songs on the Fresh Aire CDs have video scenes that are displayed during the concerts, so the musical experience is enhanced. Although Fresh Aire 8

This also makes a good gift for anyone, including yourself. The wooden box in which the CDs are contained gives the entire set a very nice feel. It takes some work to get into, as the box is shrink-wrapped, and each of the CDs are in their original packaging. The only problem that I found was the UPC label on the bottom of the box. Other than that, there were no noticeable problems.

Once again, this is a good purchase for anyone who has the entire Fresh Aire series, or has only listened to some songs by Mannheim Steamroller. It's well worth it.

Average customer rating:

Collector's Box Manufacturer: United States Of Dist./Ka ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000J3FCGU Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Rock And Roll And Rocket Science
3. Initial Stages
4. Sheer Art Attack
5. Kings Of Rock
6. Prince Of The Underworld
7. Resisting Pressure
8. Going Solo
9. Intimations Of Mortality
10. Diva!
11. The Show Must Go On
12. The King Is Dead: Long Live The King!

Tracks:

1. On Top Of The World
2. Island In The Sun
3. Art School
4. Fortune Smiles
5. Out Of The Wreckage
6. Her Majesty's Pleasure
7. Sounds Of The Seventies
8. Coming Out
9. Another Face
10. Pomp And Circumstance
11. Fading Away
12. The Final Curtain

Tracks:

1. Track 1 - Queen: Collector's Box
2. Track 2 - Queen: Collector's Box
3. Track 3 - Queen: Collector's Box
4. Track 4 - Queen: Collector's Box
5. Track 5 - Queen: Collector's Box
6. Track 6 - Queen: Collector's Box
7. Track 7 - Queen: Collector's Box

Average customer rating:

Blink 182: Collector's Box Manufacturer: United States Of Dist./Ka ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk-Pop | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: When Your Heart Stops Beating Buddha The Mark Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back) Urethra Chronicles Blink-182: Tales from Beneath Your Mom ASIN: B0009F2BRG Release Date: 2006-07-18

Product Description

Format: CD

Average customer rating: Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi Collector's Box Bon Jovi Manufacturer: United States Of Dist./Ka ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Hard Rock & Heavy Metal | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Chronicles One Wild Night: Live 1985-2001 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong Welcome to Wherever You Are Heaven Can Wait ASIN: B00019FWEE Release Date: 2006-02-21

Product Description

Two disc box set featuring an audio biography & interviews. Includes five exclusive postcards complete with display case & mini-poster. Deluxe packaging in full cardboard slipcase. Glossy 8-page full full-color booklet. Chrome Dreams. 2004.

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Bon Jovi.......2007-01-09

This item was sent in perfect condition and shipping was as expected if not sooner. Would recommend this seller highly.

Average customer rating:

Collector's Box Beyoncé Manufacturer: United States Of Dist./Ka ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Live at Wembley It Won't Be Soon Before Long Back to Basics ASIN: B000IY0166 Release Date: 2007-01-30

Album Description

Deluxe three CD box set featuring audio biographies and interviews with the sexy and sassy Soul superstar plus five exclusive postcards, a poster and booklets. The Beyoncé Collector's Box not only tells the tale behind this vital solo talent, but also sheds light on her previous band, her upbringing, her reactions to international superstardom and the crazy world of Pop. Spoken word biographies, band interviews, booklets and posters featuring rarely seen photographs mean this will sit well in any Beyoncé or Destiny's Child fan's collection. Deluxe packaging in full color cardboard slipcase. Chrome Dreams. 2006.

Album Review:

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