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Oh, by the Way (Mini LP Replica) Description

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3.5 Out Of 5 Stars (82 Customer Reviews)  
Reviews for Oh, by the Way (Mini LP Replica) (Audio CD) If you're a Pink Floyd completist--and who isn't?-- than this package is well worth picking up...otherwise stay away.
The set contains all studio Floyd releases (14 albums, 16 CDs) neatly packaged in replicas of the original LP releases.
The drawback to this is that getting the CDs in and out of the sleeves is a bit of a chore, and they're really not meant for over use. Store it in your living room proudly, but don't expect to play it much. REading the liner notes on the sleeves requires a 6X magnifying glass. The original Dark Side poster and stickers are also included in scaled-down format.
There's nothing much else in here, except for two coasters (will anyone use them for holding glasses I wonder?) and a oouple new posters folded and squeezed into the box as an afterthought. The recordings aren't newly remastered and there's no special disc of goodies.
Reviews for Oh, by the Way (Mini LP Replica) (Audio CD) I am a huge pink floyd fan, and have been since I can remember. I missed buying the shine on box set, and have not purchased any of these on CD yet. I have all of these albums on Cassette, and I use them quite a bit. When I heard this set was coming out, it was a no brainer for me to buy. However, if you already own the original CD versions, or the remasters, do not invest your money on this box set.

It is a nice box, and all 14 albums (16 cd's) fit in it, with 2 coasters with the box photo on it, and 1 poster of the 14 albums. The CD's themselves are in the original gatefold LP vinyl covers, and are in cellophane like the records. The price on this was right for me (I got really good sale price), much cheaper than purchasing these separately ($12.50 a disc).

One downfall is the small printing of the lyrics, and the lack of artwork available on the CD remasters. Secondly, the only live album here is the UMMAGUMMA live set. The Delicate Sounds of Thunder and Pulse are not included. Neither are the greatest hits selections of Relics, A Great Collection of Dance Songs, and Works. I purchased these separately.

Novelty notes: I just discovered after cycling through the discs, UMAGUMMA disc one and disc two are mis-labled and reversed on the CD printing. Secondarily, the second disc of the wall cd sleeve is misprinted. The lyrics are side 3/side3, rather than side 3/side 4. The Pink Floyd Website has an e-mail address to send your information to to get a correct sleeve listing. Thes two things show how painstakingly they put this box together!!!! This makes it special to me due to the show of overt greadiness of the record company that they would not check the labeling before producing 10000 copies.

Overall, worth getting if you have not purchased the previous editions of these albums, but if you want more artwork, and easilly legable lyrics, then purchase the albums separately in the last series of re-masters. I'm happy with the set, and I hope you are too.

***Update 9-23-2011*** My original review stands as it does, but now in a few weeks Pink Floyd will re-release there entire catolog again in the "discovery" series, and they are putting together another box set of their studio albums. Reviewing what that release is going to contain, it appears that may be a better choice than this box set if you want to buy the complete pink floyd catalog. It may be mastered differently, and the packaging will be different, but hopefully a bit more care (no mistakes with labeling discs or sleves) will be put into it. Plus there appears to be an information/liner note book coming with it. Check it out.

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