The Police - Message In A Box (The Complete Recordings) mp3 album

Always puzzled me that they never updated this with the most recent remastering (2002). Ah well...

Why on earth would you want updated mastering? That usually means over-compressing and over limiting.

Message In A Box collects the complete works of The Police. Not only the five studio albums but also rare b-sides and live tracks are in this box. In addition, Message In A Box a discography and unpublished photographs of the band.

Message In A Box collects the complete works of The Police. Not only the five studio albums but also rare b-sides and live tracks are in this box. In addition, Message In A Box a discography and unpublished photographs of the band.

I'm surprised no one has commented on the sound quality of this box set. I always thought it had an off sound to it. Kind of plastic/tinty sound. I really noticed it the most when I ripped it to MP3 about 14 years ago. Don't get me wrong, it's a fantastic collection, but something went wrong during remastering. Glad I still have all my vinyl to fall back on!

Yep, I absolutely had the same experience. It sounds dull.

I prefer the packaging for this version rather than the original 90's release. The 00's version is LP size which makes the booklet easier and better to read.

I guess that now it has been repackaged this IS a limited edition. All 250,000 of them.

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The title says "Complete"; and, up to 1993, when this box set was released, yea, this is freakin' complete. All five of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees' studio albums are here, sprinkled with a few live cuts and B-sides for good measure. From wanna-be punks to "white reggae" specialists to God knows what they became, this trio was always capable of volatile moments on stage and off. This collection also shows just how much they had grown over the years. Nobody could play atmospheric-style guitar the way Andy Summers could. And Stewart Copeland's drum lit, at times, rivaled that of Rush' Neil Peart (by the way, where can I buy some octobans - is that right? - that Stew has?). What Sting has done goes without saying. Maybe it's better that they quit at the top. Frankly, how COULD they possibly do better than 'Synchronicity'? Anyone who saw their recent reunion tour (and shelled the mucho moolah to do so) knows how legendary their status is. Now, they finally have the respect that they deserve. Buy this (preferably form a friend who's in a music club that can get this at a discount) for all the Police you need - unless you wish to find live bootlegs and, of course, the remixes.