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Post by winterrose on Oct 5, 2021 20:38:21 GMT -5
Hello,
I recently purchased the new Merzbox 10x6 60 cd boxset and I've been reading the liner notes and noticed there are some albums that appear in this set as well as the Merzbox. I want to get the Merzbox but with the high price I'd want it so that I'm not getting a bunch of cds I already have.
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Post by davebowman on Oct 8, 2021 4:01:00 GMT -5
There is unfortunately not much that can be done about that. When the Merzbox first came out, then unless you had some super rare early cassettes, then pretty much everything on it was exclusive and essential. However, whilst there is still a lot of exclusive stuff in there, over the past few years, more and more of the contents has been superseded by new re-releases. For example: the 3 'Pornoise 1kg' CDs in the set is an edited highlights collection, whilst the full 5 CD version was reissued by Menstrual Recordings in 2017, making these pretty much obsolete. Similarly, the edited 'Solonoise' disc in the Merzbox has been superseded by the new 2 CD version which just came out on Old Europa Records. The same label reissued the full cassette of 'The Lampinak' recently, which only partially appears in the Merzbox. THe 2 'Dying Mapa' CDs in the Merzbox got a seperate reissue on 3 CDs via Menstual Recordings, but I think the contents are the same. The entire 'Collection' series is rumoured to be coming out on Urashima, which would render those 3 discs in the Merzbox obsolete. I expect I've missed some others.
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Post by davebowman on Oct 8, 2021 4:07:20 GMT -5
I'm also not 100% familiar with the contents of the 10x6 set, as I only have a couple of the separate boxsets. However, it's my understanding that some of the releases in this Slowdown collection are source material sets, rather than exact duplicates of the finished original albums, so there might still be some differences along the way. For example, we have 'Agni Hotra' in the Merzbox, and 'Agni Hotra (2nd Mix) in the Slowdown set. How different are these two? I honestly don't know - I'd have to do a side by side comparison.
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Post by emgee on Oct 8, 2021 7:54:08 GMT -5
I think not many are replicated. Around 5 discs are the same (is my guess)
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