Hit parade — Box sets and greatest hits

Published: Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008 3:59 p.m. MST
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In 1968, Johnny Cash played two shows at Folsom Prison. The concerts were recorded and edited, and the first show was released as "Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison." To celebrate the multiplatinum-selling album's 40th anniversary, Columbia/Legacy remastered both concerts' original tapes and put them together with a documentary DVD in this two-CD/one-DVD box set. The first CD is an expanded version of the original release, and the second is the complete and previously unreleased second concert that includes "Blue Suede Sude Shoes, "Cocaine Blues" and a heartstopping version of "How Great Thou Art." The DVD features candid, behind-the-scenes clips and interviews with Cash's pals Merle Haggard, Marty Stuart and former bandmates, prison inmates and daughter Roseanne Cash. — S.I.

CHEAP TRICK; "Budokan" (Epic/Legacy) *** 1/2

When Cheap Trick released its definitive live album "Cheap Trick at Budokan" in 1979, it hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and sold more than 3 million copies. It also left fans wanting more. Throughout the years, Epic/Legacy has given fans tastes of the full concert with subsequent releases ("Budokan II" comes to mind). This three-CD/one-DVD box set, which commemmorates the 30th anniversary of that show, features the complete April 28, 1978, concert. The CDs have been remastered, and the DVD features an edited version of the concert including such songs as "Hello There," "Elo Kiddies," "Surrender," "Ain't That a Shame" and, of course, "I Want You to Want Me" and "Speak Now." The set also comes with a liner-note booklet filled with information and rare pictures. — S.I.

GENESIS; "1970-1975" (Atlantic/Rhino) *** 1/2

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This is the third and final box set in the Atlantic/Rhino Genesis reissue project that remastered and rereleased the entire Genesis catalog. This set is comprised of albums from the band's early days with original lead singer Peter Gabriel. Along with charting albums "Selling England by the Pound" and "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway," the set includes the albums "Trespass," "Nursery Cryme" and "Foxtrot." In addtion, there are two rarities compilations titled "Extras 1970-1975," which feature the much-sought-after "Jackson Tapes," recorded for a 1970 documentary about painter Mick Jackson. And it is interesting how some of these songs' mofits, especially one called "Manipulation," can be heard in later songs such as "The Musical Box." (found on "Nursery Cryme"). The set also features six DVDs packed with 5.1 Surround Sound versions of each CD, B-sides, videos and interviews with the band. — S.I.

JESUS AND MARY CHAIN; "The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities" (Blanco y Negro/Rhino) ***

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