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Showed this one in a video thread about records that mean something special because they remind you of other people.

Nice review yet again, so nice to have a youtube channel without toxicity, a rarity these days. Fun fact, Bruce wrote Fire for rockabilly singer Robert Gordon, and even played piano on Robert's version. Those two Robert Gordon/Link Wray albums rock, good stuff! Robert was also the original singer for the punk band Tuff Darts.

I bought this in 2010 Alan still sealed lol.But one of these days Alan I will open it up

Darkness is my favorite single album box set. Perfect amount of content without breaking the bank. Some artists in recent years have too much box set content and have priced me out.

1. Aerosmith 2. Kid Rock 3. Aerosmith 4. Aerosmith 5. Aerosmith 6. Ac/dc 7. Aerosmith 8. Aerosmith 9 9 Ted Nugent 10. Aerosmith

I'm not sure you really hate these bands - you have their albums! - I hate Kiss, Yes, Genesis - I wouldn't give any of their albums house room!

Just catching up on your older videos, loved this one. Introduced me to quite a few artists I intend to check out. Cheers 👍

I would make Guns and Roses a runner up too, I have Appetite on cd, and has a few good songs on it, but I don't see myself listening to it ever again. Same goes for those 80s hair metal bands, Quiet Riot, Ratt, Skid Row, Cinderella, Poison, etc. I do have a soft spot for Def Leppard, I have some studio albums and a few comps by them.

I too was surprised by your inclusion of Elvis Costello. A major artist up there with Dylan and Van Morrison in my opinion. Great video and what a collection! I've subscribed! 👍👍👍

Couldn't agree more with your list. I'm not much of a prog rock fan anyway so I can't comment on some of them. I like about five or six Queen songs but the rest are, in my humble opinion, pure bin fodder. The success of The Foo Fighters is one of the biggest musical mysteries since Madonna. 🤣

So were you a Blotto fan?

Queen is a super overrated band

Seems to be an age difference influencing the choices. Rock stars chose older bands. You are younger so I can see the conflict. I’m going to go through my collection now and will follow up with my top 20 influential albums. Will be very difficult since I’m 68 years old. 😂 Loved your video!

Hi, I lived and breathed Aussie music in my 37 years of life, so I know this ground very well. Don't live a life without checking out Cold Chisel.. Cold Chisel - Wild Thing (last stand) <--- Search this and watch. Then check their other songs. Don't ever talk about Australian music and not mention Cold Chisel. Please... Then check out The Angels - 'Straight Jacket' Live At La Trobe University 1979 And from there, check out other tunes by The Angels (aka Angel City)... And Divinyls rocked and that CD you have is a shadow of their former-selves. Cheers !!!

I just got this and the darkness box set , they are both great. Next is the Tracks box set. Thanks for the video, always enjoy watching your passion for music.

Great review Alan! I have been very close to purchasing this--but have not pulled the trigger in all these years. The River was a very big album for me when I was in high school, so there is a strong amount of sentiment attached to it for me. Part of what has prevented me from doing so is my (marginal) disdain for box sets--too big, too expensive, too much, no time to listen to all of the material. In recent years, I had a huge blood letting of many box sets that occupied my bookshelves after spending multiple years being not listened to. Most of these sets were jazz boxes, and I had a lot: Bill Evans, Sonny Rollins, Trane, Miles, Monk--all of them GONE, save for Evan's Complete Fantasy and Art Pepper's Hollywood All Stars. I just didn't have time (or in some cases, desire) to listen to all of this stuff. The only artist I have not sold box sets of is the Stones, for obvious reasons--but those box sets are, content wise, nothing special. I mean, I was thrilled when Tattoo You got the deluxe treatment--only to get a hardcover box filled with pictures and graphics. Looking at The River hard cover book, it has an essay by Mikal Gilmore (more often than not, those turn out to be revamped Wikipedia entries, regardless of who writes them) and the rest of the book is made up of photographs. As you like to say, 'more sizzle than steak'. Well, at least you get some mock ups of the recording session notes, and touring detail. And the mock up of his working notebook is a nice touch, as it takes me back to my journal days. The music on this set seems approachable: you get a remastered original album, the alternate single album, and a disc of outtakes/leftovers/rarities, etc. The DVDs look very interesting, as I'd like to see that Arizona show, and hopefully the documentary is not something akin to what we'd see on those lame Rock Legends shows on AXS. The packaging of the CDs looks similar to what Bob did on the Complete Basement Tapes (another one that gleefully hit the auction block sometime ago). Some of these box sets though, are still, just too much. I wouldn't even THINK of trying to tackle these mega-tomes that Neil Young's archives have put out. That being said, I think it's a real shame that ABKCO released all of these box or 'anniversary' sets of those Stones classics--and it pains me to say, they pretty much all suck. I mean, Satanic was very well packaged, but there was no content to it whatsoever. And Banquet, Bleed, Ya Yas all offered less than that. You know, you SHOULD do a review of those ABKCO box sets, if only to illustrate the skimpiness of them! Please, do it! I would also love to see you review their mono box set, as I think there is much discussion that could be generated from that.

Hard to add artists like CCR to the list, since they only had a handful in the first place. I have all the studio albums, except Mardi Gras. Of course, pretty much everyone owns Chronicle.

You’re definitely my go to Stones expert . You educate me, and sometimes make me laugh. Great podcasts, thank you, thank you.

That was an interesting list. Stones, Bowie, Who, and Kinks, are all top ten for me. I know you referenced 1973 as a starting point. With those bands rated so high I'm curious why The Beatles didn't make the list. There's an obvious connection with those other British acts and the fabs.

You are eerily spot on. I don't agree 100%, but that would be impossible. I would never put Billy Joel on my list, but I absolutely agree there are about eight songs of his that never need to be played again. Geddy Lee's voice ruins Rush. Bon Jovi is trash except for WDOA and Runaway. I do like Coldplay. Journey is played out. Motley Crue, garage all the way. Dave Mathews I can't stand either. You are on point, my friend...at least for me.

That is a beautiful box set!

Hi, Alan. That has to be one of the greatest box sets ever. Unfortunately I don't own it...man of the people Bruce Springsteen is charging way to much for it! :) But I have checked it out from the library. As great as the River is as a double album, it would potentially be even better as a triple album. It's my favorite period of Springsteen's music, not just the original album itself but the outtakes. I love the sound, the production, the consistency in the songwriting. I love how the band sounds, the usage of keyboards, the dark edge that even the most upbeat songs retain. So many great songs from this period, and a lot of them have this Elvis Costello/Graham Parker angry young man vibe to them that I think suits Springsteen really well at this point in his career. Or if not a triple album, he could have released a second double album with all that A grade material. I really wish the price would come down on that box set, although much of that material did end up on Tracks, which I do own.

Where is the BITUSA box set? Long long overdue!

I saw this tour! Half the people who went in had just heard the myth, the hype. I got to see him in 78 so I knew, man, I knew. It was amazing watching everybody who wasn't already on board converted! Baptism by guitar baby!!🤘😎🤘

Very impressive and first class all the way. Maybe someday we'll finally get a long overdue box from Bob Seger and Tom Petty...

Always enjoy your videos Alan especially on your box sets.Funny thing about this Springsteen box I'm not a fan of his but I picked this box up a couple months ago because the price was only $45 bucks which I thought was exellent brand new.

Still waiting on Tracks 2. Supposed to be 4 unreleased albums recorded in the 90's.

Thanks for the shout out! Would love to see boxes for Greetings and Shuffle. Always loved those two records from 1973. Manfred Mann was a big fan of that debut, as he did three covers from it.

I wasn’t a fan when released. I guess after 40 plus years it’s time to revisit

Alan, I really wish that you could learn to appreciate Jethro Tull😂 I don't have the Ties That Bind box, but I have the other two. I'm still mad about all the tickets issues from the recent tour. He definitely disappointed me. He could have done better.....but he didn't. I'm listening to the new Madfish Fairport Convention box. They did wonders with the original tapes. Very good sounding box. I was disappointed that the CDs are held by foam buttons in their slots. I don't like that at all. It's hard to get them to hold in their holders.

September 78, Springsteen and the E Street Band, still to this day, the best concert I ever attended.

I got the River box set a few months ago. I have been enjoying it immensely! Another excellent box set that I recently got was Cat Stevens "Tea for the Tillerman." Highly recommended. 🎶

Bob Marley - Somgs of Freedom box set to me is my fave. Add to it the Jamaican Music box set (both 4 discs) and you’ve got a great representation of amazing Jamaican music

Another great video Alan! I would add Avril Lavigne and k.d. lang. Oh, and Deadpool and Wolverine!

Agree with much of your list especially the top 5. I love Rush & some of Journeys songs I still love. I would have replaced Rush with the Ramones & replaced Journey with Ghost

No, that's bullshit with Divinyls. Listen to their first album ''Desperate''. They are much more than ''I Touch Myself''.

look up the channel ''nzoz1967''.. then ''nzoz1968''... then ''nzoz1969''... you'll get the drift when you visit these Australian music channels.

Billy Joel is my number one most hated artist. Why? The most conceited artist on the planet. Also how he fired his bandmates with no respect and not even a phone call and also paying them chump change after years of helping him become a star makes me sick. If there’s any justice in this life he should end up homeless living in an alley and getting rained on daily. Yeah I hate him

Much like Steve Hackett keeping the Genesis material alive, Martin is keeping the Tull catalog going. I too am impressed with the singer and his guitar playing. I heard them doing "Hunting Girl". Very good. I also heard them doing "a song for jeffrey" and others from "This Was". And songs from Stand Up and Benefit too. My favorite era is the '71-'75 lineup. I saw Thick as a Brick tour twice, Passion Play twice, and WarChild/Minstrel. I saw them many times after that, but they were at their best when Jeffrey Hammond was in the band. Now Tull's music got more complex and intricate after Jeffrey, but the stage shows were never as exciting as when he was in the band. As you may know, Ian played with Hammond, Evan, and Barlow before "Jethro Tull" was formed. But years later as Tull became successful, Ian brought each of those three friends back one by one. Evan on Benefit. Hammond on Aqualung, and Barlow on Thick. Back in the days before scores of moving lights and massive video walls, Tull shows were incredibly exciting because of the musicians on the stage playing and performing. Ian's physical stage movements were amazing. Jeffrey's stage movements were also amazing. Barre and Evan were too. At the Thick as a Brick show in '72 they played an extended version of the whole album, lasting over an hour. Ian then said, "and now for our next number"

Hi Alan. I love your channel & great video. I was surprised the Stones succumbed when they dropped Brown Sugar from their concerts.

Godspeed on your Nick Cave journey! For me, I'm not the biggest fan of his really early stuff or the later albums, but everything in between...wow! From Your Funeral, My Trial through Push the Sky Away, that's a fantastic winning streak. Midnight Oil, also one of my favorite bands. If all you have is Diesel and Dust, well, you have a lot of listening to do my friend! Blue Sky Mining would be close to a top ten album for me, and their latest, Resist, is one of their best. Hoodoo Gurus are a band I used to love, and I keep meaning to get caught up with the latter part of their catalogue, I kept listening after Crank, which in fact is a fine album, as are all the records that preceded it. And that's the extent of my Australian listening, sad to say. I've just never gotten into AC/DC, I'm sure their early records are interesting, but the Brian Jones era, it all sounds the same to me. Take care.

Good insights. My not so humble opinion is George Harrison isn't overrated. Many of his records you showed were not all regarded as "popular." but the ones that you highlighted like All things, George Harrison, Material World were very good. I understand we don't all have the same tastes. But I like George Harrison's work. I like your videos and your perspectives are appreciated.

Talking Smack about Billy Joel? Thats unacceptable You are now getting kicked off Long Island!! I'm calling either the Nassau or Suffolk Police for such Blasphemy 😅😅

Hi Alan - great to see you do an Aussie list. Now - some important bands that you need to investigate. Firstly Aussie bands - COLD CHISEL, ANGELS, MIDNIGHT OIL, you mentioned Paul Kelly - he is brilliant check him out, and one act you need to seriously check out - one of my favourite Australian artists - "RICHARD CLAPTON" very under rated but he's brilliant, especially his early albums. Now we gotta talk New Zealand bands - SPLIT ENZ, and one of my favourite NZ bands "DRAGON" - check them out, just a catalogue of great songs. There are many more but there's a few to be getting on with. Cya Doug PS - I must just make a special mention of one of the greatest guitarists around - his name "TOMMY EMMANUEL" absolutely brilliant. IMHO - the best.

Another great video Alan! I'm like you in that I'm mainly a rock fan but also love Olivia Newton-John! And I'm a bit of an Aussie-phile in general. And you really can't talk about Australian music without talking about Kylie. Especially after the incredible success of Padam Padam last year. 🙂

Hi Alan, another great list here. I have very similar sentiments about ACDC. Bon Scott was unique and I much prefer that era. And Diesel and Dust. Fantastic. Cheers, Darryl.

I see it sitting beside you, how is the Springsteen Tracks box? I have the inexpensive 18 Tracks condensed cd, strangely it includes a few songs not included on the box, I like it well enough. The only Springsteen box I own is the BTR set with the documentary and great 1975 Hammersmith filmed concert dvd, the best thing about that box IMO. I found the later issued 2 cd set of the concert at Goodwill for a Washington. The remastered BTR cd has a black playing surface!

(cough) If you don't like Billy Joel why do have all his albums? I'm with you I don't dig him and I don't own one... Wife? And... I agree with you. Peace on earth. Kiss? (cough)

Wings over America is a great, 3 records of great music. Was also a fave of my late moms. I actually like the shorter version of Picasso's Last Words on WoA, I love the segue into Richard Cory. Go Now is also a great one where he plays piano. And his marching drum sequence on Go Now is cool Wings should be in the RRHOF, hey if the E Street Band is in there, Wings need to be in there.

I'm pretty sure Olivia Newton John was born in England and ACDC were all from Scotland.