In recent years, the humble CD has been largely forgotten about, with music fans seemingly more content with the resurgence of vinyl and the continued domination of music streaming services. However, in my opinion, CDs shouldn’t be consigned to the historical musical dustbin as the best CD box sets have so much to offer. First, they’re much cheaper to collect than vinyl and can often be found at car boot sales, charity shops or going for a song at record fairs.
They don’t take up much space and although sacrilegious to some music fans, you could do what I do and simply fling the jewel case in the recycling bin and store your collection of CDs and covers in a CD wallet and keep everything neat and tidy (I do the same with video games, DVDs and Blu-ray… sorry!).
There’s also something rather lovely about actually owning a piece of music rather than storing a digital file on your laptop, phone or tablet. It’s just a more personal thing.
With these factors in mind and on the back of our guide to the best CD players, I’ve highlighted a number of CD box sets that should be in your collection and these will also serve as a great place to start if you’re a rock fan taking your first steps on your CD journey.
There are, of course, thousands more artists and CD packages to discover, but what follows are my essential picks.
The best CD box sets
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