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Complete Solo Recordings 1972-1996

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This is a great collection, but the real question is: is it worth 100 bucks? Sure, it comes in a snazzy blue box and a "limited edition collector's booklet" (which, BTW, is nothing more than liner notes), but it contains no extra rarities or previously unreleased tracks. This box set worked out great for me since all my George Winston albums are either on vinyl or tape, and I've been meaning to get them again on CDs, but if you already have one or more CDs that are in this box set, you'd probably be better off buying the rest individually. (unless, of course, you REALLY want the blue box and the "limited edition collector's booklet"...)

If you could purchase joy, like joy was something tangible you could possess, then this is the closest you will ever get. If you you don't fall in love with Colors/Dance from Autumn, look at halloween differently through the Woods from Autumn, relive Christmas Eve as a child on December, find solice in January Stars on Winter into Spring, and feel regret in Where are you now? on Summer, then you have my pity.

I own this box set for more than 10 years already, and everytime I listen back to one of it's CDs it's like listening to it for the first time again... peace, joy, relax, meditation.

Not recommended for everybody though.

I have a question for you. The reviews say there is no bonus material included in this set. But there appears to be more material here than on the original albums. For example Ballads and Blues original version only has 9 tracks. Yet the disk in the box set has 17 tracks. Can anybody set the record straight on whether or not there is added material in this boxed set? Thank you.