Camel - AIR BORN: THE MCA & DECCA YEARS 1973-1984 - Progressive Rock Music Forum

JPC lists the release date of this box set as 27.10.2023

imusic.dk states: Expected to be ready for shipping Nov 13, 2023

was this the box set they were going to release about 12 months ago, but pulled a month or so, before the release date?

Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson

I'd imagine that pricing is a problem when you have 32 discs and 5 are Blue Rays (or something like that when I looked it up yesterday) . Couldn't see a price anywhere. Its about 8 times as big as the deluxe release of Marillion's Script For A Jester's Tear which has 4 discs and 1 Blue Ray and that's currently on Amazon for just under £30. Multiply up and that gets to about £200 at least which seems about right. Who is going to shell out for this in a cost of living crisis?!

^^ that's exactly the problem... kinds of bring to mind this:

Who Do You.. -Box Set-: Amazon.co.uk: CDs & Vinyl

Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson

Regarding the price of the box, I wrote this somewhere else but it bears repeating here too:

I would love it if the box only had the unreleased and rare stuff, or that every major unreleased element was released on its own as a separate release, but let's take a look at what it would probably cost. Keeping in mind that the price for this box is most likely about 120-140 euros and nowadays CD releases are often in let's say 18-23 euros range and if there's a Blu-ray disc too it might be as high as 30.

Camel remixed (cd+bd)

Mirage remixed (cd+bd)

The Snow Goose remixed (cd+bd)

Moonmadness remixed (cd+bd)

Nude remixed (cd+bd)

Marquee 1974 (2cd)

Hammersmith 1977 (2cd)

Unreleased songs and demos compilation (1 or 2 cd)

If each of these cost only 18 euros which is the least it could probably be, it would add up as 144 euros which is already more expensive than the box. Probably it would cost a lot more with the Blu-rays and double albums. So if you're a hard core fan that wants everything, the box is actually a cheap solution even if it has way too much stuff in it.

One thing I'm hoping for is that Universal will finally put all of this stuff on streaming platforms. There's only a couple of albums on them nowadays and the rest I carry around as mp3's.

It's on PA!

richardh wrote:

I'd imagine that pricing is a problem when you have 32 discs and 5 are Blue Rays (or something like that when I looked it up yesterday) . Couldn't see a price anywhere. Its about 8 times as big as the deluxe release of Marillion's Script For A Jester's Tear which has 4 discs and 1 Blue Ray and that's currently on Amazon for just under £30. Multiply up and that gets to about £200 at least which seems about right. Who is going to shell out for this in a cost of living crisis?!

About the same number of CD/DVD as the King Crimson,, Steve Hillage and Tangerine dream boxes and therefore comparable prices (200/250 euros)

Edited by mellotronwave - October 03 2023 at 05:25

Nice item, but out of my price range. Unhappy

richardh wrote:

Octopus II wrote:

Available for £159.99 on Burning Shed.

That's honestly a good price for what you get and better than I expected. Bearing in mind there is a Keith Emerson box set just released and similarly priced of his solo music then I know which one I would go for (and I'm a massive ELP fan!)

It is a good price, I have all the Camel studio albums and the official live albums so I don't need this.

I love ELP as well and would like the Keith Emerson box set but its outside of my budget. Smile

I was very keen on this, but the design really turned me off. Looks very generic and uninteresting. I'll rather listen to my original Japanese pressings, complete with inserts and obi strip and look at the beautiful original artwork while having a nice cup of tea.

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