History Of Rock - 10CD Box Set

Anyone know anything about this? I can score a copy for $23.99—I'm wondering if it's worth it.

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THE HISTORY OF ROCK - 10 CD BOX SET + T-SHIRT + BOOK

Limited edition ten CD box-set features more than 100 tracks from an eclectic lineup including, Steppenwolf, Groundhogs, Atomic Rooster, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Hawkwind, Saxon, Sepultura, Type O Negative, Biohazard, Fear Factory, King Diamond, Girlschool, Colloseum, Status Quo, Lynyrd Skynyrd, David Bowie, Gary Moore, Motorhead, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Mick Ronson, Jimi Hendrix, Lydia Lunch, Uriah Heep, Alice Cooper, UFO, Mott The Hoople, Nazareth, Flotsam & Jetsam, Mercyful Fate, Humble Pie, Blue Oyster Cult, Captain Beefheart, Peter Green & many more.

Ten CDs packaged in five slimline double jewel cases & housed in a box that measures 13' x 13' x 2'. Includes t-shirt & 24 page 12' x 12' full color booklet.

TRACKS:CD #1:

BORN TO BE WILD (Steppenwolf)
ROSES AND RINGS (Quireboys)
SNOWSTORM (Groundhogs)
EAR IN THE SNOW (Atomic Rooster)
WONDERLAND (Judie Tzuke)
PARIS BY AIR (Tygers Of Pan Tang)
LEVITATION (Hawkwind)
BAD OR JUST NO GOOD (Little Angels)
BIGGEST MOUTH (Dirty Strangers)
747 (Saxon)
LIZZY GONE BAD (Red Dogs)
LADY ELEANOR (Lindisfarne)

CD #2:

BESTIAL DEVASTATION (Sepultura)
MASS OBLITERATION (Suffocation)
KILL ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE (Type O Negative)
TEARS OF BLOOD (Biohazzard)
NEW BREED (Fear Factory)
EYE OF THE WITCH (King Diamond)
A DRUG AGAINST WAR (KMFDM)
MAKE WAR (Pro-Pain)
I KNOW YOU'RE F**CKING SOMEONE ELSE (Type O Negative)
FATWAH FOR THE FATMAN (Swarf Sisters)

CD #3:

YEAH RIGHT (Girlschool)
LIVING IN FEAR (Tempest)
THOSE ABOUT TO DIE (Colloseum)
DADDY LONG LEGS (Pat Travers Band)
WHY WALTZ WHEN YOU CAN ROCK 'N' ROLL (Tattooed Love Boys)
ROAD RUNNER (Jonathan Richman)
FIX MY HEART (Voi Vod)
DOWN THE DUSTPIPE (Status Quo)
T FOR TEXAS (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
I DIG EVERYTHING (David Bowie)
BACK ON THE STREETS (Gary Moore)
DEAF FOREVER (Motorhead)

CD #4

TRIBUTE TO ELMORE (Eric Clapton)
DON'T SEND ME NO FLOWERS (Jimmy Page)
JEFF'S BLUES (Jeff Beck)
THE THRILL IS GONE (B.B. King)
SOUL SACRIFICE (Carlos Santana)
ITCHYCOO PARK (Steve Marriott)
PUTTY IN YOUR HANDS (John Mayall)
FAST CAR (Rene Berg)
IN A BROKEN DREAM (James Stevenson featuring Beki Bondage)
BURNING WHEELS TURNING (Uli Jon Roth)
BELGIQUE BLUE (Mick Ronson)
SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET THEIR HEAD KICKED IN TONIGHT (Peter Green)
WILD THING (Jimi Hendrix)

CD #5

WHOLE LOTTA LOVE (Selfish Gene)
BABE I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU (Chapter Eleven)
BATTLE OF EVERMORE (Kyle and Vee)
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (Johnny Bic)
FRIENDS (Pain Killer)
IMIGRANT'S SONG (Paper Parrot)
BRONY' AUR (Top Banana)
HEARTBREAKER (Spike (Quireboys))
KASHMIR (The Children)
IN MY TIME OF DYING (Lydia Lunch)

CD #6

WELCOME TO YOUR DEATH (Annihilator)
PUNISHMENT (Biohazzard)
SACRIFICIAL ANNIHILATION (Malevolent Creation)
BEYOND THE FLESH (Disincarnate)
SYMBOLIC (Death)
SATAN SPAWN (Deicide)
CARVED IN SKIN (Skin Chamber)
HIDEOUS INFIRMITY (Gorguts)
DEMON SEED (Face Down)
BIG GOD / RAPED SOULS (Fear Factory)

CD #7

JANE (Persian Risk)
WRONG SIDE OF TOWN (Red Dogs)
TOO SCARED TO RUN (Uriah Heep)
IRON HORSE (Motorhead)
TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN (Alice Cooper)
LOVE TO LOVE (UFO)
ALL IT TAKES (Mick Ralphs)
THE SILVER SCREEN (Samson)
BACK INTO THE FUTURE (Man)
BACK TO EARTH (Magnum)
DEAR LOUISE (Mott The Hoople)
THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT (Nazareth)

CD #8

DREAMS OF DEATH (Flotsam & Jetsam)
TOXIC (Front Line Assembly)
A DANGEROUS MEETING (Mercyful Fate)
INTERNAL BLEEDING (Obituary)
ARISE (Sepultura)
BODY TO CONCRETE (Lost Souls)
BLOOD FOR BLOOD (Machine Head)
CERTAIN DEATH (Sadus)
RELIGIOUS CANCER (Nailbomb)
BACK FROM THE DEAD (Obituary)
PRESENCE OF THE DEAD (Pestilence)

CD #9

VERA DAYDREAM (The Grip)
TAKING ME DOWN (Hardline)
BANG (Humble Pie)
SECRETS IN THE STREET (Nils Lofgren)
ROCK TONIGHT (Spider)
CAST AWAY YOUR CHAINS (Uli John Roth's Electric Sun)
AFTER THE GOLD RUSH (Prelude)
IT'S A HEARTACHE (Bonnie Tyler)
FOOL FOR THE LOVIN' (Moody Marsden)
RUN WITH THE PACK (Alaska)
CITIES ON FLAMES (WITH ROCK 'N' ROLL) (Blue Oyster Cult)
MIRROR MAN (Captain Beefheart)

CD #10

DRAGGIN' MY TAIL (Eric Clapton)
L.A. BREAKDOWN (Jimmy Page)
I'M A MAN (Jeff Beck)
AIN'T NOBODY HOME (B.B. King)
I'M YOUR WITCHDOCTOR (John Mayall)
CAST AWAY YOUR CHAINS (Uli Jon Roth)
NO BLACK MAGIC? (James Stevenson)
ROB THE BANK (Rene Berg)
ACAPULCO SUNRISE (Carlos Santana)
OH WELL (Peter Green)
NATURAL BORN BUGIE (Peter Frampton)
PURPLE HAZE (Jimi Hendrix)

Anyone?

The Quireboys, Rene Berg, Lydia Lynch etc. Some really good stuff on there. Might introduce you to some great artists.

For that price, I would get it for sure. I was on the fence until I saw that disc of Zeppelin covers. That alone would almost be worth it for me.

On the other hand, it looks kind chincy to me. Kinda like one of those 100 Horror movies for $20.00 box sets.

spectrefate wrote:

On the other hand, it looks kind chincy to me. Kinda like one of those 100 Horror movies for $20.00 box sets.

Sure it is, but you gotta look at the overall picture. If even one third of the songs are good, it's a good price.

Yeah you're right, TT. Ken, if you can get $23.99 of use out of it, then it's worth it.

As i said, it might introduce you to some great artists you've never heard before. Therefore exacting more pain on the hip pocket.

The box is huge, too! For is only having 5 double-discs, that's a lot of empty space. I don't think the t-shirt is in the box (not like it would fit my tubby ass), either.

If anything, it seems like something I could sell for a bit more than that, but I don't know. The box looks really cool, though.

Most prostitutes look good as well.

Draw your own conclusion.

Did anyone notice disc #5 is made up entirely of Led Zeppelin cover songs.

The Quireboys cover of Heartbreaker is great and the Lydia Lynch (Feat Roland S. Howard i think) cover of In My Time Of Dying is one of the best covers i've heard. I don't know about the rest though.

Also there's 2 songs off the one and only album by Rene Berg, that album is one of my top 20 records ever.

Yeah, Tyrion posted about the Zep covers. I missed it.

That looks like a wicked cool set man, I'd grab it for that price!

Were did you copy that from? I did a search and came up empty!

Wargod48

http://www.beatsworking.tv/UFO

Looks like a UFO tribute site or something.

Loads of cool stuff in there, Bro...I'd nab it if I were you...

Lotsa obscurities there. For that price, it seems worthwhile. Go for it, dude.

Some huge holes in that collection. I didn't see Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, Queen, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Anthrax...

Still, an impressive collection of songs for a good price.

Yeah, that's about the most idiosyncratic collection of songs I've ever seen. History of rock it ain't; but as a sampler it looks like a good value just to learn about some cool bands. I bought a bunch of Frontiers records samplers last month, and it was really a good investment. Of course I didn't like everything, but I did learn a lot.

10 CDs for $23.99 is a damn good deal no matter how you slice it. I'd say jump on it!!

On a side note, I never dreamed that I'd see Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Deicide, and Suffocation in the same collection.

i would get it for the led zeppelin covers

ultmetal wrote:

Some huge holes in that collection. I didn't see Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, Queen, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Anthrax...

I agree with ult: seems like a highly unusual collection to be called the History of Rock.

I'm also adverse to buying various-artists compilations. I just figure that, unless you're going to buy the artists' real albums for the art that they are, you might as well download the music. Otherwise, the way we purchase our music in unnecessarily expensive. For instance, I saw Hendrix's Purple Haze in there. Really, unless you're going to buy Are You Experienced, you might as well just download the song. When you buy various-artists' compilations, you're not buying a piece of the artists' work.

Its definitely worth the price.

get_the_firehouse wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

Some huge holes in that collection. I didn't see Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, Queen, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Anthrax...

I agree with ult: seems like a highly unusual collection to be called the History of Rock.

I'm also adverse to buying various-artists compilations. I just figure that, unless you're going to buy the artists' real albums for the art that they are, you might as well download the music. Otherwise, the way we purchase our music in unnecessarily expensive. For instance, I saw Hendrix's Purple Haze in there. Really, unless you're going to buy Are You Experienced, you might as well just download the song. When you buy various-artists' compilations, you're not buying a piece of the artists' work.

The thing is that the label that made this compilation couldn't secure the rights for the music for those artists. But it's better off not having them in their because were all familiar with those big names.

Its the lesser names like the Red Dogs and Rene Berg thats more interesting.

Yup. I would have no interest in a true "Essentials of Rock" collection. I've already got all that stuff anyway, at least what of it I want to own. The point about learning about some new (to me) artists is what the value is for this sort of thing.
I sometimes wonder how these things come together. I've seen some really bizarre collections at truck stops, totally incongruous. Does some little label just buy whatever songs they can afford the rights to print, and throw these things together, or what ?

spectrefate wrote:

On the other hand, it looks kind chincy to me. Kinda like one of those 100 Horror movies for $20.00 box sets.

Good call. That's exactly what came to mind about disc 3.