Now that we live in a world of aggregated content, box sets have become music's version of a long read. This year's best box sets include a fascinating deep dive into Blood on the Tracks, the best Fleetwood Mac collection to date, and an incredible live document of Charles Mingus' 1973 Detroit residency.
Autechre
NTS Sessions
Sprawling, eight-hour set of material Autechre recorded for NTS Radio, ranging from intense hyper-glitch to tranquil yet abrasive drone.
Bob Dylan
More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 14
This 87-track deluxe box offers a complete, truly revelatory portrait of one of the songwriter’s most enigmatic albums.
Bobbie Gentry
The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters
A box set as enthralling and enigmatic as Bobbie Gentry herself.
Bow Wow Wow
Your Box Set Pet: The Complete Recordings 1980-1984
Thorough, dutiful, and compact anthology of the exemplary new wave band's output.
![What's That Sound? Complete Albums Collection [Remastered]](https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jpg?c=s-fixOCAo3WsloKDSgWYhZhUoDg0hsvx4F4sL4oO-nA=&f=4)
Buffalo Springfield
What's That Sound? Complete Albums Collection [Remastered]
An affordable, good-sounding collection of all the original Buffalo Springfield albums.
Charles Mingus
Jazz in Detroit / Strata Concert Gallery / 46 Seldon
A long-lost -- and necessary -- document of the great bassist's 1973 Detroit residency.
![Loving the Alien [1983-1988]](https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jpg?c=SgfbkhYs37d-lzLUVCOMmh_TZlp6n_cq-Emr2zx15tU=&f=4)
David Bowie
Loving the Alien [1983-1988]
The fourth in a series of box sets chronicling David Bowie's career covers a period that found Bowie at a popular peak yet somewhat creatively adrift.
![Elvis: '68 Comeback Special [50th Anniversary Edition]](https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jpg?c=N-FKNcAYNQmbXJRfYRwAAj6KsMttLlyBmmVTZ6_CLs0=&f=4)
Elvis Presley
Elvis: '68 Comeback Special [50th Anniversary Edition]
The overwhelming amount of previously unreleased material will make this set irresistible to collectors and hardcore Elvis maniacs.
Fleetwood Mac
50 Years: Don't Stop
The best-ever compilation of Fleetwood Mac touches upon every phase of the band's career in chronological order.
![Appetite for Destruction [Super Deluxe Edition 4CD/Blu-Ray Audio Box Set]](https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jpg?c=HRLg2uyl1QPbZs4orkoqNypQg_7iAU1wjqLgK_xGXts=&f=4)
Guns N' Roses
Appetite for Destruction [Super Deluxe Edition 4CD/Blu-Ray Audio Box Set]
Debut statement of purpose--a brutal fusion of Stones swagger, L.A. strip trashy heaviness, surprising songcraft, and snide attitude.
![Electric Ladyland [50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]](https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jpg?c=8jPbu9rsbnx_Ix6upsTRXg4Q1ghY8VaPylnm7PwcKNY=&f=4)
Jimi Hendrix / The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Electric Ladyland [50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]
Volcanic guitar god's full maturation as an artist: a kaleidoscopic monster of noise, songcraft, magic, sensuality, fantasy, and mysticism.
Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer 001
Collection of solo material from the former Clash frontman is a vivid testament to his talent and restless creative spirit.
Kate Bush
Remastered, Pt. 1
A sumptuously remastered box set featuring Kate Bush's first seven albums.
Lefty Frizzell
An Article From Life: The Complete Recordings
Bear Family presents the complete recordings of Lefty Frizzell augmented by an audiobook.
Liz Phair
Girly-Sound to Guyville
A deluxe reissue of Liz Phair's 1993 debut that contains all three of her Girly-Sound tapes.
Miles Davis / John Coltrane
The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6
Five concerts from Europe in March 1960 offer startling evidence of a band with a saxophonist at a key point in his musical transition.
Nick Mason
Unattended Luggage
A three-disc set containing Mason's solo album Fictitious Sports, along with his two mid-eighties collaborations with 10cc guitarist Rick Fenn.
![Who Came First [45th Anniversary Expanded Edition]](https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jpg?c=CuaoQZa9TLd9UlTWmmnlEwSijaXJlYnq0St31qpAJWo=&f=4)
Pete Townshend
Who Came First [45th Anniversary Expanded Edition]
Pete Townshend's first solo album was a homespun tribute to his spiritual guru, Meher Baba.
Phil Collins
Plays Well With Others
A remarkable chronicle of Phil Collins' work as a sideman and collaborator.
Procol Harum
Still There'll Be More: An Anthology 1967-2017
A lavishly packaged 50th anniversary box contains five audio discs representing the band's catalog, two concerts, and three DVDs of mostly unissued material.
Public Image Ltd.
The Public Image Is Rotten: Songs from the Heart
Massive box set takes a long (if fragmented) look at John Lydon's long-running post-Sex Pistols project.
R.E.M.
R.E.M. at the BBC
A complete chronicle of R.E.M.'s BBC sessions reveals how strong the band sounded in its later years.
![Roxy Music [Super Deluxe Edition]](https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jpg?c=BpWTs211xTgljikODeWQBR_TZlp6n_cq-Emr2zx15tU=&f=4)
Roxy Music
Roxy Music [Super Deluxe Edition]
Roxy Music's groundbreaking debut still sounds futuristic decades after its release.
![Black Vinyl Shoes: Anthology 1973-1978 [3CD Clamshell Boxset]](https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jpg?c=Mkq0oiHSYpUAy2r4tOnuP1WnbEN5fCjifro6xhIBuB4=&f=4)
Shoes
Black Vinyl Shoes: Anthology 1973-1978 [3CD Clamshell Boxset]
Three-disc box set documents the early years of Zion, Illinois' heroes of power pop as they mastered songwriting and home recording.
Spirit
It Shall Be: The Ode & Epic Recordings 1968-1972
A newly remastered set of the band's first five albums along with rare mono mixes, outtakes, B-sides, alternates, and a film score.
Stereolab
Switched On, Vols. 1-3
The band's comprehensive '90s singles and rarities collections, gathered and remastered.
The Action
Shadows and Reflections: The Complete Recordings 1964-1968
Like the title says, this is everything the mods turned psych pop explorers recorded in their brief career.
The Art Ensemble of Chicago
The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles
This essential 21-disc box examines not only the Chicago innovators' recordings for ECM, but their solo and associated works, and tangential projects.
![The Beatles [White Album] [50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]](https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jpg?c=6hCCoQxYol5dhg26xPVaUd_M69_UI9rrJSVvWL2-yAg=&f=4)
The Beatles
The Beatles [White Album] [50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]
A sprawling two-record epic showcasing the fraying quartet's still mesmerizing sonic extremes.
![Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? [25th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition]](https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jpg?c=ug81qL8R4nxF7d3N725KFN_M69_UI9rrJSVvWL2-yAg=&f=4)
The Cranberries
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? [25th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition]
On their debut, the Cranberries offer a shimmering update of dreamy jangle pop.
The Fabulous Poodles
Mirror Stars: The Complete Pye Recordings 1976-1980
Definitive career overview of the U.K. pub rock hopefuls turned new wave heroes.
![The Village Green Preservation Society [Super Deluxe Edition]](https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jpg?c=llyhOTBq_E20-ke46nlXq5hUoDg0hsvx4F4sL4oO-nA=&f=4)
The Kinks
The Village Green Preservation Society [Super Deluxe Edition]
The Kinks' nostalgic masterpiece is ground zero for indie rock.
![Eligible Bachelors [Deluxe Edition]](https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jpg?c=z7HXCT1w9SS5LDlkIDfwT1WnbEN5fCjifro6xhIBuB4=&f=4)
The Monochrome Set
Eligible Bachelors [Deluxe Edition]
An expanded edition of the band's classic 1982 albums adds singles, rarities, radio sessions, and the live Fin album.
The Who
Live at the Fillmore East 1968
Official release of a heavily bootlegged ferocious live gig from April 1968.
![An American Treasure [Deluxe]](https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jpg?c=U6PIuYBlIusPJsuSgwy0aJhUoDg0hsvx4F4sL4oO-nA=&f=4)
Tom Petty
An American Treasure [Deluxe]
An excellent aural biography of the late great rocker, filled with rarities, live cuts, and alternate takes.
Various Artists
Stax '68: A Memphis Story
Stax '68: A Memphis Story chronicles the most tumultuous and pivotal year in Stax Records' history.
Various Artists
Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights
A collection of rare and obscure exotica tracks illustrates just how widespread this 1950s and '60s fad was.
Various Artists
Winds of Time: The New Wave of British Heavy Metal 1979-1985
Brilliantly chosen collection of '70s-'80s British heavy metal and hard rock that's rife with beer-stained riffs, blustery vocals, and happily discovered/remembered gems.
Various Artists
Harmony in My Head: UK Power Pop & New Wave 1977-81
Great collection of songs recorded during a time when punk, new wave, and power pop collided to create a sound that's still fresh decades later.
Various Artists
C89
Comprehensive three-disc set of almost hits and obscurities that captures all the jangling, chiming, and noisy sounds of the underground U.K. music scene of 1989.
Yes
The Steven Wilson Remixes
The band celebrates its 50th anniversary with a box of remixed, high-resolution LP versions of its five classic '70s albums.
