$9.99 MP3/WMA Box Sets at Puretracks (US/Canada)

[Jay G.]

In a thread (http://www.emusic.com/messageboard/viewTopic.html?topicId=116071) on another website I visit, some people have discovered some deals and/or possible misprices on the Puretracks Canadian sites www.puretracks.com and mp3.puretracks.com, with some box sets priced at $9.99. Armed with this info, I checked the US site us.puretracks.com, and found a number of the deals on that site as well, although some of the US deals are only for the WMA versions of the sets.

Puretracks encodes its MP3s and WMAs at 192kbps CBR, which is worse than AmazonMP3 and RhapsodyMP3, but at these prices may still be worth it to some.

Below I've listed the deals for both the Canadian and US sites, with the Canada links first since that list is more complete, and is what the US list is based on. All links are to MP3s and are priced at $9.99 unless otherwise noted. Note that US users should be able to view most of the Canadian links, but probably won't be able to make purchases from that site.

Canada:

Billie Holiday - The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945 - 1959
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731451765827_mp3

Billie Holiday - The Complete Verve Studio Master Takes
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00602498803028_mp3

Kiss - KISS Box Set
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731458655527_mp3

Kiss - The "Complete" Collection (45 tracks)
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00602517757240_mp3

The Velvet Underground - Peel Slowly And See WARNING: Currently missing first track of 5th disc
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731452788726_mp3

The Modern Jazz Quartet - MJQ: 40 Years - $10.99
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=warner_603497098064_MP3

Nirvana - With The Lights Out - Box Set
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00075021035607_mp3

John Coltrane Quartet - The Complete Impulse Recordings
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00011105028028_mp3

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Complete Mercury Recordings
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00042284663021_mp3

The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731451983221_mp3

Bill Evans - The Complete Bill Evans On Verve
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731452795328_mp3

Hank Williams - The Complete Hank Williams
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731453607729_mp3

Stan Getz - The Complete Roost Recordings - $11.99
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=emi_724385962226_mp3

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Songs Of Freedom
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731451443220_mp3

The Cure - Join The Dots: B-Sides And Rarities, 1978-2001 - $10.99
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=warner_081227872267_MP3

Giuseppe Sinopoli [Conductor], Philharmonia Orches... - Mahler: The Complete Recordings
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00028947145127_mp3

Sarah Vaughan - The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury Vol.1
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00042282632029_mp3

Sarah Vaughan - The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury Vol.2
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00042282632722_mp3

Nina Simone - Four Women: The Complete Nina Simone On Philips
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00044006502120_mp3

Janacek Quartet [Ensemble], Haydn, Franz Joseph [C... - Janácek Quartet: The Complete Recordings
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00028947401025_mp3

Chopin, Frédéric [Composer], Vladimir Ashkenazy [P... - Chopin: The Piano Works
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00028944373820_mp3

Lester Young - The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731454708722_mp3

Lionel Hampton - The Complete Lionel Hampton Quartets And Quintets with Oscar Peterson
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731455979725_mp3

Keith Jarrett - Sun Bear Concerts
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00042284302821_mp3

Keith Jarrett - At The Blue Note
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731452763822_mp3

Various Artists - Rarum Box Set 1: Selected Recordings I - VIII
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00044001775321_mp3

Various Artists - Rarum Box Set 2: Selected Recordings IX - XX
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00602498162088_mp3

Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald - The Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington Cote D'Azur Concerts
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731453903326_mp3

Joan Baez - The Complete A&M Recordings
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00602498604793_mp3

Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe: The Complete Mercury Recordings
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00044006342221_mp3

Muddy Waters - The Chess Box
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00076741080229_mp3

Muddy Waters - One More Mile / Chess Collectibles, Vol. 1
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00076732934821_mp3

Etta James - The Chess Box
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00008811228828_mp3

Willie Dixon - The Chess Box
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00076731650029_mp3

Howlin' Wolf - The Chess Box
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00076732933220_mp3

Buddy Guy - The Complete Chess Studio Recordings
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00076732933725_mp3

Bo Diddley - The Chess Box
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00076731950228_mp3

Bo Diddley - Roadrunner The Chess Masters: 1959-1960
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00602517663800_MP3

Jimmy Rogers - The Complete Chess Recordings
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00076732937228_mp3

John Lee Hooker - The Complete '50s Chess Recordings
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00076732939123_mp3

*WMA* Ray Charles - Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
http://www.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=warner_603497097562

*WMA* Ornette Coleman - Beauty is a Rare Thing - The Complete Atlantic Recordings

Steve Miller Band - Box Set
http://mp3.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=emi_077778982654_mp3


USA:

*WMA* Billie Holiday - The Complete Verve Studio Master Takes
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=umg_00602498803028

Kiss - KISS Box Set
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731458655527_mp3

Kiss - The "Complete" Collection (45 tracks)
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00602517757240_mp3

The Velvet Underground - Peel Slowly And See [b]WARNING: Currently Only 4 of 5 CDs
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731452788726_mp3

The Police - Message In A Box
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731454015028_mp3

*WMA* Nirvana - With The Lights Out - Box Set
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=umg_00075021035607

*WMA* John Coltrane Quartet - The Complete Impulse Recordings
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=umg_00011105028028

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Complete Mercury Recordings
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00042284663021_mp3

*WMA* Bill Evans - The Complete Bill Evans On Verve
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=umg_00731452795328

Hank Williams - The Complete Hank Williams
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731453607729_mp3

Stan Getz - Complete Roost Recordings
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=emi_724385962257_mp3

Sarah Vaughan - The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury Vol.1
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00042282632029_mp3

*WMA* Sarah Vaughan - The Complete Sarah Vaughan On Mercury Vol.2
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=umg_00042282632722

*WMA* Nina Simone - Four Women: The Complete Nina Simone On Philips
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=umg_00044006502120

Mendelssohn, Felix [Composer], Janácek, Leos [Comp... - Janácek Quartet: The Complete Recordings
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00028947401025_mp3

Lester Young - The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731454708722_mp3

Lionel Hampton - The Complete Lionel Hampton Quartets And Quintets with Oscar Peterson
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731455979725_mp3

Keith Jarrett - Sun Bear Concerts
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00042284302821_mp3

Keith Jarrett - At The Blue Note
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731452763822_mp3

Various Artists - Rarum Box Set 1: Selected Recordings I - VIII
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00044001775321_mp3

Various Artists - Rarum Box Set 2: Selected Recordings IX - XX
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00602498162088_mp3

Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald - The Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington Cote D'Azur Concerts
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00731453903326_mp3

Joan Baez - The Complete A&M Recordings
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00602498604793_mp3

Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe: The Complete Mercury Recordings
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00044006342221_mp3

Muddy Waters - One More Mile / Chess Collectibles, Vol. 1
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00076732934821_mp3

*WMA* Etta James - The Chess Box
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=umg_00008811228828

Willie Dixon - The Chess Box
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00076731650029_mp3

*WMA* Howlin' Wolf - The Chess Box
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=umg_00076732933220

Buddy Guy - The Complete Chess Studio Recordings
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00076732933725_mp3

*WMA* Bo Diddley - The Chess Box
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=umg_00076731950228

*WMA* Bo Diddley - Roadrunner The Chess Masters: 1959-1960
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=umg_00602517663800

Jimmy Rogers - The Complete Chess Recordings
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00076732937228_mp3

John Lee Hooker - The Complete '50s Chess Recordings
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00076732939123_mp3

*WMA* Queen - The Platinum Collection
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=umg_00720616236029

*WMA* The Supremes - The Supremes: Box Set
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=umg_00601215907520

John Coltrane - Interplay [Box Set]
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=ftumg_00888072302044_mp3

*WMA* John Coltrane - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=umg_00011105023221

*WMA* Linda Ronstadt - Linda Ronstadt Box Set
http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=warner_075596247221