Oh, man, I can’t say no to a good box set—the promise of like a complete discography in a single package with extra art and extensive liner notes gets me every time. But I’m with you—as soon as I listen through the set and put it away, it’s just sits on the shelf. I have a tough enough time pulling single LPs back out once I put them away, so the thought of having to pull out a box, open it up, flip through whatever records while worrying about getting Cheeto dust or whatever on the fancy art, pull out the record I’m going to listen to—it’s too much.
But, yeah, I second the Twall Dwarfs and feedtime sets. I also liked the concept behind that Dischord 7” set so much that I’m willing to say it’s great despite a 7” box set being on a higher plane of annoying.
