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    Posted: June 14 2012 at 09:35
This looks like an amazing deal for Kansas fans - I think it's their entire back catalog remastered.  I recently ordered this myself when I realized the CD versions of the Kansas albums I own date back from the mid 90s.  :)

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"Import-only 11 CD box set containing the complete Sony back catalog from the American AOR/Prog rock band housed in mini LP sleeves. Includes the albums Kansas, Song For America, Masque, Leftoverture, Point Of Know Return, Two For The Show, Monolith, Audio Visions, Vinyl Confessions and Drastic Measures. Epic Legacy."
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I would really only want Kansas (1), Song for America, Masque, and Leftoverture.  The rest I would toss into the recycle bin...
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Points: 31165 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 14 2012 at 17:14
Two for the Show is a great live set though.  But otherwise agreed.
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Originally posted by prog4evr prog4evr wrote:

I would really only want Kansas (1), Song for America, Masque, and Leftoverture.  The rest I would toss into the recycle bin...
I have all those accept Masque but do have Point Of Know Return which deserves better than the recycle binSmile
 
anyway I won't be getting it although the price in the UK is also very good on Amazon working out at less than £3 an album as I have what I regard as the essential ones.
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This is a pretty good deal considering these are all the remastered versions, so there are some bonus tracks along with better-sounding cuts than the originals (most of which I originally owned as crappy 8-tracks).  I have all of these on vinyl but not many on CD, so this is a good way to pick them all up cheap.
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The Kansas catalog from the first album right through Monolith is incredibly solid.
 
After that - they became more of an above-average AOR band......although they picked it up solidly - and totally under the radar - with Freaks of Nature in '95 & even moreso with Somewhere to Elsewhere in '00.....which will most likely be the last Kansas studio record you'll see...but a very solid release for a swan song.
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Originally posted by captain2man captain2man wrote:

The Kansas catalog from the first album right through Monolith is incredibly solid.
 
After that - they became more of an above-average AOR band......although they picked it up solidly - and totally under the radar - with Freaks of Nature in '95 & even moreso with Somewhere to Elsewhere in '00.....which will most likely be the last Kansas studio record you'll see...but a very solid release for a swan song.
Somewhere To Elsewhere is very good indeedThumbs Up (havn't heard Freaks Of Nature though)
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by captain2man captain2man wrote:

The Kansas catalog from the first album right through Monolith is incredibly solid.
 
After that - they became more of an above-average AOR band......although they picked it up solidly - and totally under the radar - with Freaks of Nature in '95 & even moreso with Somewhere to Elsewhere in '00.....which will most likely be the last Kansas studio record you'll see...but a very solid release for a swan song.
Somewhere To Elsewhere is very good indeedThumbs Up (havn't heard Freaks Of Nature though)


Freaks of Nature is an excellent album.  A bit heavier and it has Ragsdale on violin duties, so there's a different sound from just that.

Somewhere to Elsewhere is Kansas' best album.
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Points: 31165 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 15 2012 at 18:35
Originally posted by ClemofNazareth ClemofNazareth wrote:

This is a pretty good deal considering these are all the remastered versions, so there are some bonus tracks along with better-sounding cuts than the originals (most of which I originally owned as crappy 8-tracks).  I have all of these on vinyl but not many on CD, so this is a good way to pick them all up cheap.


Yeah, this is tailor made for you then.  And the price just can't be beat.

Hell, even if you like only half their catalog I think this is a good deal.
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Points: 29625 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2012 at 12:56
I wouldn't mind swapping all the remasters I have for the mini-LPs even if I did have to wind up with the last three albums in the set.  I started to lose interest in the band after Monolith, which has it's moments.

Edited by Slartibartfast - June 16 2012 at 12:57
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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I have listened to all the albums, and I believe them to be all good albums for the price you're getting them. 

You're pretty much getting the longest stretch of uninterrupted music recordings.

Vinyl Confessions and Drastic Measures are rather of a departure from older stuff, but the band truly reinvent themselves on Drastic Measures.

(I would have gotten it myself, but since I own like most of those albums I don't want duplicates)

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Freaks of Nature is an excellent album.  A bit heavier and it has Ragsdale on violin duties, so there's a different sound from just that.

YES! YES! YES!

(I don't think it needs remastering, though)



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Points: 249 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2012 at 21:32
I have all the Kansas albums I desire to, those being the ones from the debut through Monolith, plus Somewhere to Elsewhere. If I didn't, though, this would be quite the deal.
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