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Robert Anton Wilson
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  • Posted: 01/15/2013 21:40
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If you are not about illegally downloading music but are, like a lot of people on BEA are, obsessive about hearing most every album out there, I have just realised that if you type "Original Album Classics" into Amazon, you can get boxsets of 5 original albums for ridiculously low prices. Admittedly it is of bands of yesteryear but some still active bands are represented (e.g. Dream Theater).

I am not aware of the quality you get though. Anybody had any experience with those boxsets.
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Applerill
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They aren't worth it. You can get used copies of most of those albums for under $2 each, and so many of the albums in them are just filler.
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With a few exceptions, this series looks very boring. I'd rather spend the money on grindcore albums
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videoheadcleaner
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Robert Anton Wilson wrote:
If you are not about illegally downloading music but are, like a lot of people on BEA are, obsessive about hearing most every album out there, I have just realised that if you type "Original Album Classics" into Amazon, you can get boxsets of 5 original albums for ridiculously low prices. Admittedly it is of bands of yesteryear but some still active bands are represented (e.g. Dream Theater).

I am not aware of the quality you get though. Anybody had any experience with those boxsets.


I have:

The Angels
ELO
Tom Waits
Hunters & Collectors (two volumes)
Billy Joel
Jesus And Mary Chain
Harry Nilsson

Most of these I picked up for $15 each. Therefore $3 an album.

The albums in these packs I have found hard to buy individually (in stores, not online) and if they are individual, usually they are not second hand and are an exorbitant amount eg.: Tom Waits' Small Change $3 compared to $20.99
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I'm not especially impressed with the choice of artists, except for Mahavishnu Orchestra.
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