Rhino Boxed Sets

The Heavy Metal Box ($59.98)
The Brit Box: UK Indie, Shoegaze and Brit-Pop Gems of the Last Millennium ($64.98)
Love is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 ($64.98)

Would XLR8R scribes typically cover stuff like hippie pop and ’70s metal? Not unless it’s filtered by rock’s finest distillery, the Rhino label. With these three sets, you can chart some of rock’s finest moments ever.

Starting with Love is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970, we tune in and turn on with our fair city’s finest old haunts and bands. Not only does the set offer some magical tunes from Moby Grape, Blue Cheer, and The Youngbloods over the course of four discs, but it also comes packed in an incredible book, which chronicles one of history’s most colorful times in music and culture.

Then jump into The Heavy Metal Box, a super-heavy, super-packaged collection of tunes from both the usual suspects (Sabbath, Motörhead, Maiden) and lesser-known names (Raven, Venom, Saxon). A bit ironic, you say? Sure. Does it still kill us? Yes. Yes it does.

Top it off with my favorite of the lot, The Brit Box: UK Indie, Shoegaze and Brit-Pop Gems of the Last Millennium–where everyone from Suede and Blur to Ride, New Order, and My Bloody Valentine rip through the crown jewels of guitar-fuzzed and synth-kissed pop–and you’ve got one hell of a gift pack for any music lover with his or her salt.

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