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Definitive Collection (Mini LP Replica) [Audio CD, Box set, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered]

March 29, 2010 - 6:56 pm

41PLgiB0TTL. SL500 AA240  Definitive Collection (Mini LP Replica) [Audio CD, Box set, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered]

2008 twelve CD box set from Led Zeppelin featuring all ten albums in beautiful mini-LP reproductions! The Led Zeppelin 40th Anniversary Cardboard Sleeve Reissue Series features advanced cardboard sleeve replicas of the original UK E-style album jackets, plus six bonus cardboard sleeves including five alternate jackets for In Through The Out Door and one alternate jacket for Led Zeppelin I utilizing the original ink. From their 1969 debut album straight through to their final album in 1979, Zeppelin laid the blueprint for what is now known as Classic Rock, Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. It really doesn’t get better than this!. Warner. 2008.

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Michael Jackson 25th Anniversary of Thriller (CD+DVD) [Extra tracks][Original recording remastered]

February 25, 2010 - 12:42 pm

51Y6Z9KhHDL. SL500 AA240  Michael Jackson 25th Anniversary of Thriller (CD+DVD) [Extra tracks][Original recording remastered]

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Should several of the tracks on the 25th anniversary edition of Thriller find their way onto your MP3 player, you’re going to have to admit: the music holds up. “Beat It” is not about to go stale, at least not without a rumble, and neither are “Billie Jean” and “P.Y.T.” Even if you put the record-hurtling hits aside, you’re still left with the realization that without MJ, there might not have been a JT [Justin Timberlake], never mind a Ne-Yo (listen closely to “Human Nature” and “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’”). The bonus DVD bundled with the expanded CD includes a digitally redone version of the famous title-track video, among other clips, and it still astonishes with its choreography and attitude. As for the new tracks–Fergie inserts herself into “Beat It,” Will.i.am takes on “The Girl Is Mine” and “P.Y.T.,” Kanye West remixes “Billie Jean” (with characteristically subtle brilliance), Akon duets with M-Jack on “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’,” and the unrelease (more…)