100 Greatest Box Set [Box set]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 5
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Shout Factory
• ASIN: B001DZDU6W
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,032 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. 1954

2. 1968

3. 1955

4. Neutrality 1939

See all 95 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. 3 Mile Island 1979

2. 9-11-01

3. A-Bomb 1945

4. Agnew Resigns 1973

See all 81 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Abba Eban

2. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

3. Adlai Stevenson

4. Al Gore, Jr.

See all 83 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Abramoff 2006

2. Abscam 1978

3. Abu Ghraib 2004

4. Agnew 1973

See all 88 tracks on this disc

Disc: 5

1. Agassi-Wimbledon 1992

2. Aj Foyt 1961

3. Ali-Foreman 1974

4. Althea Gibson 1950

See all 88 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

The 100 greatest what? Why, the 100 greatest speeches, news stories, personalities, scandals and sports moments of the 20th and 21st centuries, all compiled in a 5-CD set that brings history home like no collection has done before! Just to list some of the tracks is to give a timeline of modern history-for speeches, you get Churchill's "Finest Hour," FDR's "Day of Infamy," Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" and much more. News stories include 3-Mile Island, Little Rock school integration, John Lennon's death, Pearl Harbor and more. Among the personalities profiled are Amelia Earhart, Clarence Darrow, Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles Lindbergh, Helen Keller, James Dean, Walt Disney and many others, while tops among the 100 greatest scandals are Alger Hiss, Clinton/Lewinsky, Enron, My Lai, the O.J. Simpson trial, the Watergate break-in and other tangled affairs. And sports fans will revel in Ali-Foreman, Fischer-Spassky, Hank Aaron's 715th, U.S. Hockey's 1980 Olympic triumph, Secretariat and more. 500 clips that record how our lives changed!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Major disappointment, December 25, 2008

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Howard Lee "Howard" (Miami, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 100 Greatest Box Set (Audio CD)

I expected to hear full speeches. It consists of nothing more than 30 second to 60 second sound bites...a major disappointment. I'm stuck with it because it was a gift. The producers should be ashamed of themselves...a rip off.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tons of Content, December 20, 2010

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Stephen D. Ponce "irthesteve" (Santa Barbara, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 100 Greatest Box Set (Audio CD)

Picked up this set for a school project my son was doing. It's a great ride through a lot of historical events, condensed into nice little sound bits. Recommended