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  1. 1 Prince: Sign O The Times – Super Deluxe 6 15
    2 Tom Petty: Wallflowers & All The Rest 5 12
    3 Richard and Linda Thompson: Hard Luck Stories 3 8
    4 Paul McCartney: Flaming Pie SDE 3 7
    5 King Crimson: The Complete 1969 Recordings 3 6
    5 Wilco: Summerteeth Deluxe 3 6
    7 Focus: 50 Years Anthology 2 6
    8 Neil Young: Archives II 2 5
    9 Gillian Welch : Boots No 2 The Lost Songs 2 4
    10 Elton John : Jewel Box 2 3

    Position – Name – no. of people voting – points

    No doubt a worthy winner, one I am waiting to pick up at a much reduced price if at all possible.

    Thanks to all who voted.

  2. The rest:

    11 Colosseum Live 71 – Colosseum 1 3
    11 David Ford – The Ones That Got Away/David Ford 1 3
    11 Jim Capaldi – Open Your Heart 1 3
    11 John Lennon – Gimme 1 3
    11 Joni Mitchell – Archives Vol 1 1 3
    11 PJ Harvey – Dry Demos 1 2
    11 The Adventure of Kohsuke Kindaichi – The Mystery Kindaichi Band 1 3
    11 The Divine Comedy – Venus Cupid Folly & Time 1 3
    11 The Pale Saints-The Comforts of Madness 1 3
    11 The Replacements – Pleased To Meet Me 1 3
    11 Tubby Hayes – The Complete Fontana Albums 1961-1969 1 3
    11 Vienna 1995 – Ry Cooder and David Lindley 1 3
    11 Lou Reed – New York 1 3
    11 Robbie Basho – Selection from Song of the Avatars: the Lost Master Tapes 1 3
    11 Various – For The Love of You 1 3
    26 The Rolling Stones – Goats Head Soup 2 2.5
    27 Bessie Jones – Get In Union 1 2
    27 Complete Bob Marley 1 2
    27 Ella Fitzgerald – The Lost Berlin Tapes 1 2
    27 Eno/Cale Wrong Way Up – Eno / Cale 1 2
    27 Mike Westbrook – Love and Understanding: Citadel/Room 315 Sweden 74 1 2
    27 Roberta Flack – First take 1 2
    27 Sounds Like Knockengorroch: Music From the Hills in Lockdown 1 2
    27 The Bluebells – Sisters 1 2
    27 The Ground hogs Spilt – The Groundhogs 1 2
    27 Nat King Cole – Straighten Up and Fly Right 1 2
    27 New Order – Power, Corruption and Lies 1 2
    27 Ryo Fukui – A Letter from Slowboat 1 2
    27 White Heaven-Out 1 2
    40 An t-Eilean Mixes/NiteWorks 1 1
    40 Bobbie Gentry: The Delta Sweete 1 1
    40 Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein 1 1
    40 Bruce Cockburn: True North 1 1
    40 Cream – Goodbye 1 1
    40 Divine Comedy- Regeneration 1 1
    40 Electronic System Vol 2 – Electronic System 1 1
    40 Jon Hassell-Vernal Equinox 1 1
    40 Michael Rather – Solo 2 1 1
    40 Rory Gallacher Check Shirt Wizard 1 1
    40 Tears for Fears – Seeds of Love Deluxe 1 1
    40 The Aliens – Live on the Moon 1 1
    40 The Bathers – Lagoon Blues/Sunpowder/Kelvingrove Baby 1 1
    40 The Beloved – Where It Is [Deluxe Edition] 1 1
    40 The Blue Nile – High 1 1
    40 The Cure – Disintegration 1 1
    40 Dee Dee Bridgwater – Afro Blue 1 1
    40 Thelonious Monk – Palo Alto 1 1
    40 The Immaculate Fools – Searching for Sparks 1 1
    40 Yumiko Morioka – Resonance 1 1
    60 David Bowie – Metrobolist 1 0.5

  3. Wish I’d taken the time to vote now – most of my votes would have gone to titles in the 1, 1 range!

    Good work though @dai – interesting to see what folks have been buying.

    Particularly pleasing to see Bruce Cockburn’s True North collection get a vote; I really do like those earlier albums of his a lot, and many titles on True North have been a tad expensive to find here in the UK for ages now.

  5. Great stuff Dai – thanks for doing this. Was going to say that you missed one of mine off but upon checking I realise it was actually released in 2019. It all blurs into one these days…

  7. As far as I can see out of 60 boxsets, Prince had the most voters with only 6. Goes to show that these box sets are fairly niche even amongst our kinds. I guess that is why they are so expensive – the audiences are very limited, but quite devoted.

    • A lot easier to listen to new albums on Spotify etc. I wonder how many voting in the new albums section actually bought physical products. Some box sets are available in full on streaming services, but that is only part of it, with DVDs, blu-rays, vinyl, books, marbles and scarves also often included in increasingly lavish boxes.

      • I don’t think they’re uber fans (if that term suggests more commitment or knowledge), I think they’re just people who like to buy stuff.

        That Top 10 … what’s the average cost?
        £120?

    • I am not entirely sure Lodey. I know of people who haven’t voted on this post but who have purchased boxsets this year. It might be an indication as opposed to a definitive position.

  10. £100 … with the caveat that the one at no. 9 seems to only be a download.

    Who exactly pays £312 for “Flaming Pie” unless Paul himself comes round to your house, plays an hour of songs NOT on “Flaming Pie,” then bakes you a flaming pie, and then fixes your guttering?
    Even then, it’s taking the piss.

  11. Great job Dai and good to see my top 2 are the overall top 2.

    I do wonder though with box set / reissue polls whether we are voting for the actual album being a favourite or the quality of the reissue. As it happens SOTT and Wildflowers are up there as favourites of mine of both artists, but I do think that I voted for them due to them being very good and comprehensive reissues.

  12. @Chrisf I agree. I bought a number of box sets this year – those two were the cream of the crop by some distance although the Richard and Linda box was also exceptional. Some such as Bob Marley I dont consider to be a ‘true boxset’ rather a collection of his cd’s in a box. Good value for money though and thanks to @dai for taking the time

  13. I should have voted for the Focus box but am still wading through it. Talk about value for money – 9cds and 2 dvds for c £50. Nicely remastered and good booklet. It’s the only box set I acquired this year ( in fact in last 10 yrs or so) and therefore must the best.

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