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I think the SK box set is a great idea for those who don't have his past work yet, but unless there are some unreleased songs, I'll most likely skip, since I already have all of SK's solo stuff, some of it twice (the originals and KH remasters).  I would like to see Church albums like MATS get the remaster treatment, though, and include a second disc which has "Ritz", "White Star Line", and Gypsy Stomp", especially those last 2, since they really need the remaster treatment.

Like Astronboy (he took the words right out of my mouth), I too prefer to have the actual artifact with sleeve notes and artwork etc.

Finally, I have to say that I, for one, am not crazy about the whole slimline packaging idea.  I appreciate the whole being environmentally conscious thing, but in the case of CDs, especially for the collector like me, I am not going to throw them out, and I would like to think that after I'm gone, some other collector will inherit my collection.  I don't so much mind the slimline cases which still have the plastic part with the teeth to hold the CD in (see Untitled #23), but I don't like the ones where the CD is just inside a cardboard sleeve (the recent Church EPs), and I end up taking the CDs out and putting them in  plastic jewel cases, anyway, for better protection (the cardboard sleeves DO scratch the CDs, BTW).  An even worse example, I recently got a CD from the RCA/Legacy Playlist series, which was in a completely recycled cardboard case, and tiny fragments of the cardboard piece which holds the CD in actually come off and get all over the disc playing surface - not very well thought out!

"2 discs of rare & unreleased tracks in the US"

This part intrigues me!  But I'm wondering if one disc is simply "Freaky Conclusions", since that's a CD of rare and unreleased tracks, which was never available in the U.S.  I don't know, I guess getting this will depend on what's on the 2 discs of unreleased stuff.  I was thinking, it could also be the "This Asphalt Eden" tracks, "Transaction" tracks, "Collector" tracks, and maybe even "As You Like It".  Also, they could possibly include the bonus tracks from the KH reissues of "Unearthed" and "Narcosis Plus" (the bonus tracks on "Earthed" were spoken poetry, so I don't know if those would be included).  However, I just can't see buying the other 6 solo albums a third time!  Not that it wouldn't be worth it, but I'm a lot more particular about buying additional copies of CDs I already have now, due to financial restraints.