Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft [BOX SET] [LIMITED EDITION]

Guided by Voices

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 3, 2000
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set, Limited Edition
• 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: Recordhead Records
• ASIN: B00004Y33C
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #147,735 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Full title 'Suitcase, Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft'. Four CD box-set for the American lo-fi indie act. Featuring 100 previously unreleased songs. Almost four hours of music. Four standard jewel cases with individual artwork housed in a slipcase. 20 page booklet contains rare photos, original lyrics sheets, set lists and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars !!! Proceed with caution !!!, February 1, 2002

By	andrew ward (Bellingham, WA. USA) - See all my reviews

It's 100 songs, on four CD's and I really hate to be the first reviewer to say... Proceed with caution. This is a significant investment in GBV material and I advise it to be your final GBV purchase, in other words own everything els first and if you must have more, you've got 15 GBV CD's and you still need more, then at that point you're ready. Presently I own and enjoy virtually every redily available GBV CD (there are a few I still need) but I think at last count, including Robert Pollard solo stuff, I'm at 18 discs. So I am no casual listener. I repeat, proceed with caution...

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's worth eating toast for a month for, June 6, 2001

By	Mark McCarthy (London) - See all my reviews

'Suitcase', unlike most box sets, isn't a stuck-together mess of previously released material draped with a few sprigs of 'rarities' - even if you're a hardcore GBV acolyte you won't have heard most of this stuff before. Tracks are culled from bizarrely abandoned LP projects, drunken jam sessions (those who enjoyed the maniac abandon of the 'Grand Hour' will find some real nuggets here) and basement poetry that stretches back over 20 years. Much has been made of Bob Pollard's inability to stop writing but if these are outtakes then the man may aswell wipe 'quality control' from his dictionary - many songwriters would sell their soul to be able to dash down such casual classics as 'Supermarket The Moon' and 'I'm Cold' or replicate the poise of 'On Short Wave'. You may have been dithering about adding it to your collection. Fear not, this has been well worth waiting for...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars i've been dreaming in lo-fi lately....., March 27, 2004

By	christina (Miami, FL) - See all my reviews

i will depart from the tone set by the reviewers before me. i will automatically assume that anyone interested in buying this box set is already a fan. why would someone shell out the money for this (slightly) pricey set if they didnt already love guided by voices?
that being said, all thats left to say is WOW. i am in lo-fi heaven. some songs make me jump up and down, and others make me cry. there are a couple of unremarkable songs, but i disagree firmly with anyone who says this box set could have been cut down to 2 cds. there are way more great songs than there are "bad" ones (i hesitate to call anything of robert pollard's bad) if youre thinking about buying the set, just do it. where is the risk? if you dont like it you can always sell it back on amazon.
by the way i am listening to it right now. i cant seem to listen to anything else since i got it a few weeks ago. *sigh* robert pollard plucks at the pleasure center of my brain with his hauntingly beautiful lo-fi melodies. was there ever a band that comes even close to the genius of guided by voices? no, of course not.