YourMusic.Com Boxed Set Matrices.
 

The general consensus seems to be that the best deals on YourMusic.Com are the boxed sets, since those normally cannot be purchased as enrollment selections in the normal BMG deals.

In the interest of finding out what the best deals are on yourmusic.com, I've compiled a matrix of the boxed sets, their prices and a comparison of the prices vs. the Amazon.Com CD Club pricing (the best online competitor I've found that isn't fly-by-night).

Here are the notes I put on page 1:

I don't really plan to update this on an ongoing basis; it was a onetime thing just for shits and giggles....

http://www.polksda.com/yourmusic.pdf

Thanks!

EDIT:l'm getting a forbidden access error when I click on the file.

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You have to right-click on the link and save it. Then you can just double-click on the file and it's all good.

Thanks!

only works in IE for me....Netscape won't get it for some reason.

how cool of you. thanks!

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this isn't a lie, people!

I agree 100% about the boxsets being a bargain. I just saved $80 on the Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-1968 six disc box! They just added that plus the Complete Bitches Brew, Complete In a Silent Way, and Miles Davis/John Coltrane Complete Columbia Recordings- too bad I already own those.

One nice thing I've found is every couple of days, click to view the "Just Added" CDs and sort by "Just Added" - this gets you a list of everything they recently got in so if you've been waiting for them to add, for example, Derek & The Dominos - Layla (SACD Hybrid) you can go there and see within a couple of pages that they now carry it.

Also, another great deal are the deluxe two disc sets. I just received Sonic Youth - Dirty Deluxe and Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes Deluxe for $10 each. It's less of a sting to double dip if you're only spending $10 instead of the suggested $25-30 they're normally asking.

BTW, I just tried searching by album title for "DVD" and "Deluxe"- those terms worked in the past to get me a list of all the albums with bonus DVDs or all the Deluxe editions but they don't seem to work any more. :( Anyone else seeing this too?


p.s. I downloaded the pdf file to my computer but it said it's not a supported type or it's corrupted. I've got Adobe Reader 6.0 and the file I downloaded is only 398 bytes.

neither is this:

Oops, try it now... Sorry about that.

Thanks. The box sets are a great deal. (I also can't complain about $4.99 per disc, no tax, no s&h, no music club crap: PRICELESS.)

I'm having the same problem.

Also, the CD/DVD sets are no longer $4.99, they're $9.98. For instance, look at the Tom Petty live set; I have it in my music queue for $4.99, but it now shows up on the website for $9.98... glad I got in on a couple of them before this deal disappeared! (Got the Pat Benatar, Tom Petty, and Crowded House CD/DVD sets.)

I got the SRV three CD+DVD for $14.97. It seems that for a while they weren't charging for the DVDs but have since corrected for that oversite as I see that the same set is now listed for $19.96

I wish that I'd searched for others that included DVDs while that was still going on but, at the time, I thought that it was just their policy rather than an oversite. Oh well, still an awesome deal!

I think it's based on time
 

I noticed that a lot of the "2-CD" sets [1CD+1DVD] which used to be 4.99 went up to 9.98 as well. But then I noticed that the "Just Added" Bee Gees Greatest Hits [1CD+1DVD] comes up at 4.99. So I think it might just be for a limited time before they charge for the DVD.

I get "There was an error opening this document. This viewer cannot decrypt this document." using Acrobat Reader 4.0.

I finally got to see it - nice job OP. :up:

Woah, I just checked and Ben Folds - Live (CD/DVD) is still sitting in my queue even though the price has been upped to $9.98. They just prepared my #1 item for shippment and Ben Folds was at #2 and now is number one in my queue. I wonder what will happen if I leave it there for the next month?

Oh and I finally got the pdf file to open, thanks.:up:

It might be wise to double check prices as the number of discs per set increase. I just noticed the Mercury Blues 'n Rhythm Story is more expensive here than elsewhere, including the BMG Club, where it sometimes goes for less than $10 (making it about $25 with s&h).

Damn! All those "free DVD" deals are gone now. I only got to take advantage of a few. :(

I'm also wondering about this. I have "Pat Benatar-Best Shots" up for next month.. If it is up to $10, I'm really not interested at that point for this one. Anyone know what'll happen to the CD/DVDs in the queue?

My Tom Petty shipped at $4.99 even though it was listed as $9.98 on the website. I think if you already had it in your queue, then you're cool....

man alive... anyone run across another $4.99 join link? grr

David Bowie's Diamond Dogs 30th Anniversary still comes up at $4.99. It has a bonus CD, not a DVD as listed.

I saw this one missing from the above list. The Complete Hank Williams (10 discs) - $49.99. Just picked it up. Great price. ($170 at amazon; $80 used on amazon).