Iron Butterfly: Must be ATCO! The Drought Continues… If Neil Young had not
taken a personnal interest in Buffalo Springfields Catalog, they
would have been first on this list. Only 2 studio recordings of
previously unreleased tracks have been released.
Spirit: The catalog is a mess, now with “Model Shop” being released, it’s time.
Procol Harum: Two and Three disc compillations,however, no definative Box Set.
LOVE: Bryans Dead, Ken’s Dead, Johnny Echols has vanished and Arthur is still
performing his Masterpieces. Elecktra is a fine company and I admire
Jac Holzman but here we go again, “Forever Changes” was not promoted
because of the Doors and Arthurs unwillingness to Tour and apparently
a boxed set is unforthcoming.
The Leaves: These guys had a good sound without, “Hey Joe” they’re existing
catalog is well produced, however, someone forgot the studio
rejects not selected for the albums. I once saw a bootleg of studio
recordings selling for $40.
Poco…The Nice…
The Rolling Stones? Abkco would screw it up and charge $200
Love Story is a Love box set, sort of…only two discs, but it does come in a box, and has pretty much all the essential stuff on it, including the entire Forever Changes album.
The Nice’s Immediate stuff has gotten the box set treatment more than once, but not together with the Mercury material.
The Buffalo Springfield boxed set is nice and all, and does show off what a phenomenal group they were - but why is there so little live BS material about? I can’t believe their shows weren’t amazing!
Hey Biff…Love Story is not a boxed set. You know what I mean, 4-disc, Large Box with essentials and extra studio stuff along with good quality Live performances. With four Elecktra albums and the Blue Thumb recordings the recorded catalog is expansive. Arthurs solo catalog could be contributive.
POCO: 1969 highlights
"Pickin' Up The Pieces" "Grand Junction" "Consequently So Long" "First Love" "Calico Lady" "My Kind of Love" "Hard Luck" "Last Call (Cold Enchilada #3)
There’s also Procol Harum: the First Four Albums. I picked it up a few weeks ago, and it’s great (though it’s using the British albums, so there’s no “Whiter Shade of Pale” – but then, that the one PH song that’s not hard to hear on the radio.
I saw Michelle Phillips recently on a PBS membership drive. There is boxed set of all the studio recordings of the Mama’s & Papa’s. However, at the time it was only available through PBS.
Hey Chuck, I picked up Procol Harums, “Classic Tracks & Rarities- An Anthology”
It contains the Stereo Version of “A Whiter Shade of Pale” in addition to the Single. An Alternate version of “Conquistador” and my favorite, “Homburg”. These guys have been around so long and have a hugh catalog surely a boxed set must be in the future. Tower records carries much of PH’s catalog, including the Japaneese CD’s.
The Young Rascals/Rascals could do with one.
They have a great double cd, Anthology, out but their later stuff isn’t well represented on it.
You could track their evolution from a NY covers band playing weddings, etc. to pop stardom and on through experiments with gospel, psychedelia and 20 minute jazz tracks…
I can’t say I’ve seen a Lovin’ Spoonful one or a Turtles one, either.
How did I forget the Kinks! This could be a Fantastic Set. With all the great material available spanning 4 decades including solo recordings by the brothers Davies, one could only imagine.
The problem with Supergroups, as in my case, I have acquired many CD’s of the Kinks, The Stones, The Byrds etc. unless the Boxed Set is unique and contains rare material not previously released, I probably would not purchase the set. In the case of the Byrds, whose early boxed set had inferior recordings, I would welcome a boxed set especially if it included important solo projects by Gene Clark, Jim Mcquinn, David Crosby & Chris Hillman.