Fumbler's Café

Arista just released yet another "best of" 4-CD set under the name Box Set Series. Nothing new, pretty much an expanded version of "The Essential"... includes all singles from 1988-2010, rarities, live tracks.

Another cash-in for Arista/Legacy even though she's no longer with them. I suppose we should expect a few more of these in the future.

Got this info from Walmart, ebay pages, etc...Hopefully they put some thought into the packaging that comes with a booklet with more pictures thrown in.


CD1
1. Vox
2. Steaming
3. Out Of The Shadows
4. The Path Of Thorns (Terms)
5. Into The Fire
6. Drawn To The Rhythm
7. Black
8. Shelter
9. Possession
10. Hold On
11. Good Enough
CD2
12. Plenty
13. Ice Cream
14. Ol'55
15. Elsewhere
16. Mary
17. I Will Remember You (Theme From
18. Full Of Grace
19. Dear God
20. Building A Mystery
21. Sweet Surrender (Album Version)
22. Angel
CD3
23. Adia
24. Do What You Have To Do (live)
25. Fumbling Toward Ecstasy (live)
26. Elsewhere (live)
27. Ice (live)
28. When She Loved Me
29. Fallen
30. World On Fire
31. Stupid
32. Answer
33. Perfect Girl (live)
CD4
34. Water's Edge (Album Version) [with Cyndi Lauper]
35. River
36. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
37. Blackbird
38. One Dream
39. Loving You Is Easy
40. Forgiveness
41. Illusions Of Bliss
42. U Want Me 2
43. Don't Give Up On Us
44. Walkin' Good [with Heart]

I'd love to see the booklet, just for the pictures.

Didn't have time for scans now but here are some pictures that I'll have up temporarily below

There's a blurb I didn't take a picture because of poor lighting but I'll get scans up soon. The box set is a 4-fold, 5 panel cardboard digipak. Pretty nice to have just for collector's sake. I just hope one day they release something that includes the real rarities...extra recordings from Live '92, live stuff from 1988/89, demos and unreleased tracks like "What Lies Beyond", etc

http://s101.photobucket.com/user/Geckom ... 20-%20temp

Thanks a lot for the scans Miguel!
I find it a bit disappointing: except for the cover picture (which was photoshopped!), I don't see anything new. Despite this, it would be a nice addition to my small collection.

For a bigger than average CD case, I was expecting a big booklet with at least 20-24 pages but this one just had 12

Twelve pages! It's not enough for that kind of set

Karine wrote:Twelve pages! It's not enough for that kind of set

Maybe Arista should have called Ellen for more pictures!

I went to Wallmart this morning and the employee told me that this release is only available in the US, not in Canada.

Karine wrote:I went to Wallmart this morning and the employee told me that this release is only available in the US, not in Canada.

Is this the one, Karine? You can't order from Amazon for Canadian delivery?

http://www.amazon.com/Box-Set-SARAH-MCL ... an+box+set

It seems to be the same thing and I recognize "msoto85" name (it's Miguel)
However, the cover is different from the one posted on Wallmart's US website.

I also can't order from Amazon.COM, it has to be Amazon.CA:
http://www.amazon.ca/Box-Set-Sarah-Mcla ... an+box+set

It's quite expensive for songs that I already have. I'm not sure, I'll think about it.