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The Fifteen Greatest Box Sets

8/13/07, 6:19 pm EST

Photo: James Brown

This weekend, Rock Daily celebrated the box set — that glossy ultimate mixtape that brightens up any coffee table but can lighten your wallet by the ton. We pooled your nominations with ours and came up with a list of the fifteen best worth your buck:

1. Star Time, James Brown
2. Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, Ray Charles
3. Anthology of American Folk Music, Various Artists
4. Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968, Various Artists
5. Tougher Than Tough: The Story Of Jamaican Music, Various Artists
6. The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991, Bob Dylan
7. One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found, Various Artists
8. The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, Johnny Cash
9. Arkology, Lee “Scratch” Perry
10. No Thanks! The ’70s Punk Rebellion, Various Artists
11. Crossroads, Eric Clapton
12. Back to Mono, Phil Spector
13. Peel Slowly and See, Velvet Underground
14. Live/1975-85, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
15. The Funk Box, Various Artists

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Ashley Blair | 8/13/2007, 7:31 pm EST

With all due respect, what is with the lack of respect Rolling Stone gives to Blondie, the best box set hands down, is their singles box set.

The emergence from the beginings of punk, to their new wave breakthrough that crushed disco, with a disco song (heart of glass) is rock history. Not too mention the first ever reggae (tide is high) and rap #1 (rapture), none of this well proto type comments, it is what is was, the first of their kind, and then to top it all off the biggest seling single of 1980 (call me).

Tell me who has a better box set, with just 4 of the most influential songs ever recorded, still stands the test of time, sold millions, crossed all music formats…No one can top Blondie, so why isn’t Blondie’s singles box set here?

Tim | 8/13/2007, 9:42 pm EST

Sorry, I think you missed a few:

1. Coltrane: The Classic Quartet
2. The Police: Message In a Bottle – The Complete Recordings

Billy. | 8/13/2007, 10:54 pm EST

Um, anyone ever hear of The Allman Brothers?

K. Matanza | 8/14/2007, 3:22 am EST

Ehr….
There was this band in the seventies, dunno if you guys ever heard of it, Led Zeppelin or something….

Rockstar70 | 8/14/2007, 9:00 am EST

LED ZEPPLIN
NIRVANA
KISS
ROBERT JOHNSON>>>>THE only blues recording to go platinum!!

This is beyond WRONG!!!

DBRiley99 | 8/14/2007, 9:05 am EST

How Zeppelin was not even in the top 3 nevermind not at all is just ludicrous

Dan | 8/14/2007, 4:19 pm EST

The Jimi Hendrix Experience Box Set is amazing. Disc 3 alone is one of my favorite Hendrix discs of all time. There’s a killer 13-minute live “Red House” and an extended “Spanish Castle Magic” outtake that sounds completely fresh. This should be in the top ten.

Dirk Diggler | 8/14/2007, 5:26 pm EST

James Brown is definitely one of the all time greats. But he was one of the most greasy, chicken fat lookin’ motherfuckers who ever walked the planet!!!

Chris | 8/15/2007, 12:32 am EST

People who are complaining about the Led Zeppelin box sets need to shut up. This list isn’t that bad.

Yo Yo YO! | 8/15/2007, 4:12 pm EST

Were iz Vanilla Ice? Ice Ice Baby!

Word to yo moms!!!

Refrigerator Door | 8/16/2007, 6:09 am EST

Opens. . .Yep, James Brown is still a greasy motherfucker. . .Closes

cunnilinger1 | 8/26/2007, 2:51 pm EST

Uh, how about the Led Zeppelin box set?

cunnilinger1 | 8/26/2007, 2:51 pm EST

Uh, how about the Led Zeppelin box set?

matt | 9/18/2007, 4:10 pm EST

elvis presley – the complete 50s masters.

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