Bargain Box Sets

[canonman]

basically poor quality pirated CD copies or even vinyl needledrops.

The music equivalent of car boot DVD's. I still have one, given to me over 10 years ago, where someone walks in front of the video camera lens used to copy off screen!

 

[Elephantears]

Tony, I was under no illusions as to its legitimacy. It was purely a quantitative value judgement. I'm still impressed. 100!

 

[Tony L]

Tony, I was under no illusions as to it's legitimacy. It was purely a quantitative value judgement. I'm still impressed. 100!

Yes, especially given it would cost about £15 to post!

 

[jimbob75]

Gil Scott Heron ordered and sounding good on cloud player. This Townes box is still available and excellent value:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0007ODLCS/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21

 

[Joe Hutch]

This looks good value for people who like that kind of thing:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AK3X3U6/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21

Boulez conducts Schoenberg: 11 CDs for £17.49.

 

[Tony L]

Bargain! Bought.

 

[merlin]

It's remarkable how cheaply I've been able to get a classical library having only recently taken the plunge.

The Decca Boxes and the Mercury ones are crazy value and I now have an eon of listening to do - all for just over £1 an album.

 

[herb]

This looks good value for people who like that kind of thing:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AK3X3U6/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21

Boulez conducts Schoenberg: 11 CDs for £17.49.

This is rather good, especially the versions of Gurre-Lieder and Moses und Aron. There are some unusual pieces too. It was my most played music in November.

 

[jon l]

This is rather good, especially the versions of Gurre-Lieder and Moses und Aron. There are some unusual pieces too. It was my most played music in November.

The cover art is nowt to get excited about though, 12 identical pictures of Pierre looking dapper in a 70's kind of way.

 

[canyelles]

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[canyelles]

Some great performances of core repertoire at a bargain price here

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Symphonies-Box-22cd-Bohm/dp/B00BK40R1M/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1385975506&sr=1-2

 

[mikemusic]

Ry Cooder box set, bargain...

Bonkers !
A steal at that price and wonderful too

 

[herb]

The cover art is nowt to get excited about though, 12 identical pictures of Pierre looking dapper in a 70's kind of way.

Very true. For some reason when I open the box I can't help thinking about the Morecambe and Wise Andre Previn (Mr Preview) 1971 "all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order" sketch.

To me it is still great music though, and one hell of a bargain despite the lack of a booklet and decent artwork.

 

[SteveB]

What do we think of Oscar Peterson Songbooks, 3CD for £4.99 at Amazon?

 

[Tony L]

What do we think of Oscar Peterson Songbooks, 3CD for £4.99 at Amazon?

It's an EU Loophole pirate. The correct label / license holder is Verve/Universal, and they don't appear to have put this lot in a box yet. All available as individual titles (link).

 

[Stunsworth]

What do we think of Oscar Peterson Songbooks, 3CD for £4.99 at Amazon?

If you read the comments you'll see that they're transcribed from LPs, not the original tapes.

 

[Dogberry]

Another Self Portrait
amazon have the 3 cd version incld isle of wight tracks
for £10.99 mp3 download
plus if you sign up for mp3 newsletter you get 25% off.
no bad as the cd version is crazy price.

 

[AndyFelin]

Bonkers !
A steal at that price and wonderful too

Seconded, excellent stuff and sounds great.

The Coltrane Prestige 12CD set is fab too.

 

[Cdb3]

I try to avoid Amazon these days if possible because of their failure to pay any tax in the UK, and often use the Sainsbury's site. They can be cheaper than Amazon and the service is excellent. Of course the choice is not as extensive.

PS Oh dear! From February 'Sainsbury’s Entertainment to become an entirely on demand website'....

 

[merlin]

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before but every home should have
Simon & Garfunkel's Collection on their shelves, especially at £18 for all five albums and the Central Park DVD.

The recording sound really fresh - particularly Sound of Silence. There's also a number of bonus demo tracks tacked onto the end of each LP. A steal.