This reissue series has been going on for several years in the UK, but I believe this is the first time that Sony has attempted domestic editions:

Product Description
THE BEST ALBUMS FROM SOME OF THE MOST LEGENDARY ARTISTS IN MUSIC HISTORY.

5 classic CDs in one Bundle! Features titles from all genres, including country, pop, blues and rock and includes superstar artists such as Johnny Cash, Journey, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Celine Dion and more! All albums held in 5x5 minjackets featuring reproductions of original album art.

     

     

     

     

    

Wow, I think this is the first official blow out pricing on Mclachlan.

Unless you count the used sections of virtually every CD store in North America...

It looks like the Hall and Oates set has the versions of Private Eyes and H2O with the bonus tracks/remixes.

Instead of...

"THE BEST ALBUMS FROM SOME OF THE MOST LEGENDARY ARTISTS IN MUSIC HISTORY"

Perhaps they should say...

"THE BEST ALBUMS THAT WERE RELEASED ON OUR LABEL FROM SOME OF THE MOST LEGENDARY ARTISTS IN MUSIC HISTORY"

...since any Heart set that includes "Private Audition" and "Passionworks" without "Dreamboat Annie" defies the logic of the original statement.

The prices are good though!

There is that.................

I've been wanting to explore Earth Wind & Fire beyond the hits so I'm keeping an eye on that one. The Elvis sets are tempting too. Should be interesting to see if the price stays about the same on these or if 3rd party dealers sell them even cheaper.

They have a lot of these at Walmart. Best Buy has some too (in the other packaging). Both are selling the sets at $19.99

Music has truly become disposable. And while this comment is NOT meant as a slur on the artists in the topic line, most of the garbage the majors release today deserves to be disposable.

Finally listening to the Journey set. "Evolution" still has the extra gap between "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" and "City Of The Angels". I'd forgotten about that, and it's why I hadn't bought the remaster. Gonna have to burn a version and remove that.

God, it's annoying. More annoying than I expected, even knowing what it was. Reminds me of the "Scrubs" episode where Perry finds out his vasectomy was botched, so he gets Ted's a capella group to sing the Chili's commercial jingle to the doctor over and over. But they never say "ribs".