These Box Sets Are Perfect Gifts for the Music Lover in Your Life
Find gifts for the music lover who has everything with Exclaim!'s Holiday Gift Guide

Published Nov 07, 2017
With the holiday season approaching, things can get a little hectic — thankfully, Exclaim! is here to help make this year's festive gift-giving experience a little bit easier. To ensure that you get the entertainment-obsessed loved ones in your life a present that's as exciting and interesting as they are, we've put together a list of the season's niftiest offerings. We'll be rolling out the Exclaim! 2017 Holiday Gift Guide on a daily basis, so keep an eye here for the rest of our seasonal suggestions. First up, here are some box sets for the super-completist in your life.
King Crimson
Sailors' Tales (1970 – 1972)

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The Smiths
The Queen Is Dead Super Deluxe Edition

Though this release comes a year too late for the record's 30th anniversary, there's never a bad time to celebrate such a storied album. The box set includes a newly-remastered version of the record, a disc of demos and B-sides, a recording of a 1986 show in Boston and a DVD featuring a short documentary on the making of the album. (Rhino)
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The Fall
Singles 1978 – 2016

The Fall's prodigious output gets some much needed streamlining while offering up some hard-to-find B-sides via this career-spanning, seven-disc box set. In addition to featuring new remasters of every track, the box set features an illustrated discography and an exclusive book. (Cherry Red)
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones in Mono

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Tom Petty
The Complete Studio Albums Volume 1 (1976-1991) and Volume 2 (1994-2014)

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If the above recommendations aren't enough, here are some more box set gift suggestions courtesy of our friends at MusicVaultz:
Rush
A Farewell to Kings (Super Deluxe Edition)

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Paul McCartney
Coloured vinyl bundle

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The Jam
1977

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Queen
News of the World 40th Anniversary Edition

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Max Webster
The Party

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The Beatles
The Beatles in Mono

Ten classic Beatles albums have been remastered from the analogue master tapes, and are available in a box set with the three-disc Mono Masters compilation and a 108-page hardback book featuring essays and a detailed history of the mono mastering process. (Universal)
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Def Leppard
Hysteria 30th Anniversary Edition

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