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Best Box Sets?

I'm looking to buy some new music and thought box sets would be a nice place to start. I listen to all kinds of music so I'm looking for recommendations on well done box sets for various artists, musical genres, and periods. Preferably ones that have been remastered or come from the original master tapes.

For instance, I was at Best Buy today and was going to buy a Motown boxset, Martin Scorsecse presents "The Blues" and Rolling Stones Box Sets but then I figured let me ask around first.

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launche

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Most of my favorite box sets are in jazz. Just a handful you might consider:

Ella Fitzgerald - The Complete Songbooks
Billie Holiday - Verve and Columbia box sets
Louis Armstrong - Portrait of the Artist
Thelonious Monk - Complete Riverside
Art Pepper - Complete Galaxy Recordings
John Coltrane - Classic Quartet Impulse Recordings
Bill Evans- Complete Riverside
Duke Ellington - The RCA Centennial Box (24 CD monster)

You can't go wrong with the boxes from the Mosaic label, if you like jazz. If you don't, none of these recommendations will be of much use to you.

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