http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/music-news/new-blue-yster-cult-boxed-set/ The blogs of Tim Hall Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/music-news/new-blue-yster-cult-boxed-set/comment-page-1/#comment-18602 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:22:58 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=5257#comment-18602 The live DVD isn’t new. That came with the remastered edition of “Some Enchanted Evening” back in 2007.

]]> http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/music/music-news/new-blue-yster-cult-boxed-set/comment-page-1/#comment-18601 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:21:14 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=5257#comment-18601 Not making excuses here, but it’s unfair to say that the only ‘new’ material is the 2 discs of rarities. There’s a live DVD, and apparently online access to 4 more ‘classic’ live concert recordings. You also fail to say how much it’s retailing for, making it difficult to judge the VFM aspect. However, I do agree that box sets of this type can only be aimed at existing fans (surely inquisitive or casual fans wouldn’t go this far?), and as such those fans will probably already own a good deal of the material included. OK it’s all nicely presented and collated for that little OCD part of us all (putting aside the fact that the last few CDs are missing, of course), but as much as I love BOC, I can’t help but feel that when the price is revealed, it will be a little too rich for my blood and I’ll be looking for nefarious means by which to obtain the rarities (assuming there are any that I don’t already have). Had they released the extras separately, though, I would gladly have handed over my hard-earned. C’est la vie.

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