g Wrote:
You could just ask for mixes. People seem to like making mixes for people. A few mixes = your own custom box set, made with love.
Hear hear. PM and tell me what pique's your interest.
And Loogar's right--that Stones box is worth every cent. Rhino's "Left of the Dial" is solid as well.
Not too high on box sets, but Rhino's "Just Can't Get Enough" and "DIY" series are tremendous, they dig pretty far for their stuff, so you end up with some delicious obscurities. The original "Burning Ambitions" comp is also a good place to start for classic punk, and "Urgh! A Music War" will do you justice as well.
There aren't too many post punk comps of which I'm aware, and the good ones are out of print and pricey--the PRE label put out a really good comp with The Scars, 2-3, Flowers, Gang of Four, and even some early Human League stuff. Rough Trade's "Wanna Buy A Bridge" is a classic, but hard to come by nowadays--features TV Personalities, Spizz Energi, Swell Maps, Delta 5, Stiff Little Fingers, Cab Voltaire, etc.
