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Not that I haven't been a pretty lavish completist myself. I have all the Unwound box sets released by Numero group. I have several different CD and LP copies of numerous Sonic Youth albums. I have the deluxe Nirvana reissues, and the aforementioned VU 45th anniversary boxes. But I wouldnt pay this kind of money all at once for ... OK, I just remembered the Kanye West tickets I bought last month, so Ima go head and shut up now.
But before I do, I want to just say that if the Beatles anthology was enough to satisfy Beatles fans (BEATLES fans now... very different, because all of the music is classic, treasured by generations, etc.) then Pink Floyd should be able to get away with the same thing. A 3-part, mostly chronological anthology, spread out over 3 years, with six discs, a monster documentary, three massive colored liner notes, and one gargantuan hardbound book to tell the band's story from absolute beginning to bitter end.
The Beatles nailed it. Course this was '95, and things were different, but they saved us a lot of BS by only giving us what we'd never heard before. The end result was three compilations that played almost like albums, and sold a ton, for about $30 each.
When the time came to reissue the individual US and international albums on CD (and, later, on cd that looked like vinyl for some fucking reason) they did it one album at a time, so people like me didn't have to break the bank to get what we wanted.
Bottom line, if the Beatles could tell their story with three double albums and an accompanying film, Pink Floyd (who did not release a 15/18 album stream of perfection, and would be lucky if they could cull together 6 discs of great material from their most beloved albums) should be able to do the same.
Ps - I'm not a huge Pink Floyd fan, if ya couldn't tell. No offense. I'm actually offended on your behalf.
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