Tag Archives: boxed set

Album review: VANGELIS – Delectus (Box set)

Posted on January 23, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Win the box set!! (Comp. closes 19.02.17) UMC [Release date 03.02.17] Just too late for Xmas, comes this mammoth 13-disc box set of Vangelis’ albums on Vertigo and Polydor, remastered from the original first generation tapes under the big man’s … Continue reading →

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News: Win 10 disc Status Quo vinyl boxed set and authorised book

Posted on September 5, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

STATUS QUO - The Vinyl Collection 1972-1980

Win Status Quo Vinyl Collection 1972-1980 boxed set! Our latest competition running throughout September offers a chance to win the highly collectible 10-LP boxed set which features remastered 180gm vinyl with original covers, inserts and an exclusive poster in each … Continue reading →

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Album review: NEAL MORSE – Morsefest!

Posted on September 3, 2015 by jason

www.nealmorse.com [Release date 21.08.15] This is a massive box set, which you can get either as 2 disc Blu-Ray or a 4 CD/2 DVD set. Obviously aimed at the fans, as Neal Morse performs two of his keynote solo albums, … Continue reading →

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Album review: STATUS QUO – The Vinyl Collection 1972-1980

Posted on August 12, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

Universal [Release date 14.08.15] If classic Status Quo were personified by denim rather than leather, they were also defined by vinyl rather than CD. It may be somewhat bizarre that 40 plus years after the original release of the earliest … Continue reading →

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Album review: BRIDGET ST. JOHN – Dandelion Albums & BBC Collection

Posted on February 4, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

Cherry Red Records [Release date 16.02.15] 4-disc boxed set Bridget St. John no doubt influenced a generation of female folkies and this three-album retrospective will go some way to confirming that legacy. A handsome box set, collecting her output for … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT – The Complete Albums Collection

Posted on April 9, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

The Alan Parsons Live Project, news, interview, radio feature (February 2015) Sony Legacy [Release date 31.03.14] Alan Parsons almost redefined the idea of the concept album in 1976. Parsons was famously the assistant engineer at Abbey Road and got his … Continue reading →

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Album review: MANFRED MANN – EP Collection

Posted on October 29, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Brollyeps [Release date 04.11.13] Manfred Mann has been well served by recent reissues, not least 2011′s splendid box set. However, it is left to this latest collection to showcase the sixties incarnation of his band when he had Paul Jones … Continue reading →

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Album review: 10cc – Tenology

Posted on February 13, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Universal/Mercury [Release date 19.11.12] It’s about time 10cc’s excellent back catalogue got a decent airing. Up to now all we’ve really had is a set of distinctly average re-masters. That is, with the exception of the release of their classic … Continue reading →