Great for new fans and just as great for longtime devotees
926025
If you've never seen Farscape, the new Starburst editions are a perfect way to experience one of the best series ever on television at a great price. Volume 1 introduces the characters brilliantly, the standout episode being the series Premiere. Welcome to sci-fi\ fantasy\ drama\ comedy at its finest!

For longtime viewers, the new commentaries and extras are a testament to how much the people who make the show love Farscape and its fans. I can't wait to buy them all!
721446
This was well worth the wait. Witty commentary and an in depth look at some of Donald's early comics, his growth as a character and a look at some of his surrounding/supporting characters and how they too have changed and grown with the times.

A great read for old and new fans alike.
3310215
Mr. Fornatale doesn't reinvent the wheel here, but the scope of his (and his co-authors') perspective is such that this book is well worth reading even for the Stones experts out there -- one of which I consider myself. The oft-told story is done freshly, and it gave me renewed appreciation for the Stones' accomplishments. It's a great introduction to the casual or new fan.
3554769
I am a huge WWF fan, have been for a long time. I always wanted to know how certain wrestlers got into "the business". This new DVD from the WWF answers that and a lot more.
I wasn't sure what to expect with this disc. Would it contain everything that true fans already know? I can truthfully say that it is a great buy. It has interviews with some of the great WWF wrestlers that make Monday's & Thursday's so great. The DVD also contains tons of extras, some are extended interviews and others are early RAW matches. What made the disc for me was the fact that they include a match from 1997 with Jeff Hardy VS. a then ECW contracted Rob Van Dam. That alone makes it worth the money. It doesn't hurt that Molly and Stacy Keibler are also highlighted on the DVD. Great purchase if you are a WWF fan.
I can only hope they do a volume 2 with The Rock, Triple H (show some of that Starrcade 1994 footage), and many of the main eventers.
3840327
If all you've heard of Fuzzbox is "Big Bang!", you will be disappointed in this collection.  As the title implies, it spans the full career of the band from their live beginnings in 1985 through to their second and final album.  If you were only interested in part of that career, why would you purchase a collection of the entire career?

That said, this is an excellent look at all the phases of Fuzzbox.  Their naivete and enthusiasm are apparent in the early demos and live performances, and the new mixes give a fresh sound to the old tracks.  Interesting new songs, and a 1990 re-make of "Do I Want To?".

I love all of Fuzzbox's music, so for me this collection was just what the doctor ordered.  If you didn't click with the first album, give this a miss, because there are early tunes here.  Check iTunes or Last.fm for listening samples.
1038650
Amazing fan art and lettets! The only down side was that most ranged from 16-22 and the oldest contributor was 32. I am 34 and have loved Lana (or Lizzy Grant) for over 10 years now, so a few more "long term" fans would have been a valuable addition for me.
The art is so cool that I have scanned and printed posters of some of the drawings and such.
I highly recommend to BIG fans.
572929
Tom JOnes reloaded is a great package for new and older fans.
All his great hits are here as well as new material. Songs
like sexbomb, mama told me, black betty, if i only knew should
appeal to younger fans as well as older ones. Of course there
are the classics like not unusual, Delilah and Thunderball
make this a great album. Tom Jones has one of if not the
best voice of all time and there will never be another like
him. Highly recommended.
4077120
We're talking Echo here.  You can NOT go wrong.  Of course, I've been a fan since the very beginning, but this album is so well put together.  Highly recommended, not only for ardent fans, but for anyone that is interested in alternative music...especially for a band that really is of the genres elders (and I mean that in a good way!).
3097366
Ten Years of Godsmack is a wonderful retread of the first decade of this amazing band's career.
While no one CD can capture every moment and every highlighted song of any band, this compilation does an excellent job of grabbing all of the major singles off of the first 4 full-length Godsmack albums.

So if you're a Godsmack fan, grab this two disc set, and hold on, cause you're in for a WILD ride down memory lane.
And if you aren't a Godsmack fan yet... well, there's not a better place to start to get the highlights of this awesome bands early career.
2185376
If you're new to NEEDTOBREATHE, this album is a good place to start because it showcases their phenomenal live performance and includes nearly all of their most well-known songs (only one song from their first two albums, Daylight and The Heat is included). If you're a diehard fan who already has all of the studio albums, you should still buy this album to enjoy all the extra nuggets that come with the live versions of the songs: Bear explaining the meaning behind some songs, extended guitar solos, acoustic versions, and even a cover of Modest Mouse's "Float On" at the end of "Wanted Man." No matter what kind of fan you are, you will most definitely enjoy this CD.
2138537
I followed Hall & Oates in their early days, long before the big breakthrough in the 1980s. This boxset is for the true devotee. There are clips on the first and second CDs from such early albums as the silver one, Abandoned Luncheonette, War Babies...a lot of great music that came before "Kiss on My List." I think fans from the 80s on may not enjoy this as much, or else they'll get a really good schooling on how deep the talent of these two men runs. It's a joy to hear those earlier songs, and now that I'm much older, I finally appreciate the intricacy of those lyrics! BTW I got my boxset about a week ago and have already played it about a dozen times. I cannot stop listening to it.
2719674
Fans of this show were told explicitly some time ago that this series would be never be released on DVD. Well! Fortunately, something was worked out and here we are, to the delight of hundreds of original fans and even more new ones.

VEI has done a marvellous job of retaining all the original music (and there was a _lot_ of it), of restoring old "source material", of including a short photo gallery. Unfortunately, due to a printers' error, the DVD insert was left out, but you can get one to print out by contacting me by email. The insert includes the episode guide, some trivia info, a few photos. The STAR for Brian Keith group was mentioned briefly on the insert and we were sent a copy to approve and now VEI has agreed to allow us to share it with anyone who's bought the DVD. Just email me offline about it, or contact any of us at the starforbrian site.

Then, settle in for a great ride with the judge and the ex-con!
2471177
Exactly one month ago, I couldn't name all four Beatles. I was born a bit more than fifteen years after they split up, and I certianly wasn't around when John Lennon kicked the bucket. My belated Christmas gift was Beatles 1, and the first time I played it, I fell madly in love with their music.
This book was my early birthday gift. As everyone knows, the pictures are great. Wonderful color and quality. (I wish they had had captions, though. It took me a while to figure out who was who.) You can spend hours just flipping through the pages, looking at the pictures.
The words aren't to be shrugged off. They're small, and packed with infromation. It's great reading because it doesn't assume you know things, but it doesn't stop and explain too much either. It was also intresting to get one event in four or five different perspectives. The best thing about the text is that it isn't like really like reading at all. It's much more like listening to people talk.
My overall rating of this book, this anthology, is excellent. I'd give it a 6 if I could. Whether you've been a Beatles fan for a decade or a day, this will help you get to know the men behind the music. Buy it. It's priceless.
4953695
This album contains many of Brian's best songs, plus a few new ones that are every bit as good. A must for longtime fans--and anyone else who enjoys well-written, well-sung, and well-produced songs.
1156353
If you've ever been remotely interested in this band, or even rock and grunge-y sound for that matter, then this is a must have CD. You can't really go wrong with all the great hits, crispy new songs, and fermented hidden treats of olde.

The large variation music mixed with this bands unique taste makes for a great time that I've been coming back for year after year. However, if you're like me and have all of the previous CDs, you may be a little hearth broken when you get teased and left wanting more new material... but those moments when that euphoria hits your veins- it's bliss.

So, by the end of it, new comers and die-hards will be thrilled and should buy this right now, but everyone in the middle will just have to judge for themselves if they want the CD or to just nit-pick single downloads from the album.
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In some ways it's almost silly to comment on the content of this set. Those who are Trane fans will understand immediately the import of this collection; those who are casual fans will likely not want to bear the expense of making the purchase. I found myself in a different area. I had nearly all of the material on vinyl. Since I'd played much of it heavily, this release was a welcome way to upgrade at one fell swoop. Despite my familiarity with the material, I found the package was very well put together.
I understand the criticism that live material from the Birdland and Village Vanguard lps are not included, but I think the criticism is invalid. First of all, the notes make clear up front that this is a release dedicated exlusively to the quartet of Trane, Tyner, Garrison and Jones, and those live recordings featured Roy Haynes on drums, in the first case, and Eric Dolphy on reeds in the second.
In addition, Impulse has released the Vanguard sessions in a multidisc set and points out that that session is an essential companion to this release.
The decision to arrange the tracks in chronological order bothers me not one whit, and this is where the preference of the individual listener comes particularly into play. I am so familiar with the original ordering of tracks and the tunes themselves that I find it informative to listen to the tunes in the order that they were conceived -- at least from a recording perspective.
The ordering, for me, is in fact one of the strongest features of the release. More than any other artist that I know of, Coltrane was driven by change. Hearing the tracks in chronological order offers a revealing insight into his creative process.
The key to approaching this set lies, in my opinion, in closely reading and following the fine liner notes provided by Bob Blumenthal and by the discography. Blumenthal offers insightful comments about the quartet and the tunes and also mentions programming changes the listener can make for comparisons or if he or she wants to listen to tracks in the order they were originally released.
As for the music, well, as I said, if you are a fan, you don't need me to tell you the richness that is contained within this set. To review the music would require more space than is permitted. If you are not prepared for more than eight hours of very intense, probing music, don't bother.
Still, for a revealing look at the complexity of Coltrane's approach, I recommend in particular discs 1, 2 and 5. The first two show his ability to handle ballads in the midst of exploring what were then the outer reaches of jazz. The fifth -- although this could be said of discs 6 and 7 as well -- demonstrate, for the listener willing to engage his journey, that the most challenging of sounds can be accessible for those willing to open their minds to new sounds.
963566
Though it would be some task to watch each episode from the debut season back to back it is sufficiently enjoyable to watch consecutive episodes from a particular disk to enjoy the efforts of continuity the creators have put into the series.

Disk seven of additional footage, behind the scenes information and other assorted Lost tidbits is almost worth the price of admission alone.

Obviously this package has been assembled for the show's multitude of fans but also is a great way to jump aboard for those whom the show has seemed interesting but they hadn't found the time or inclination to get into it up until this point.