Donna Summer "Encore: The Complete Album Collection" 33CD box set 3/27/2020

For the first time in history, Donna Summer's iconic studio albums are presented in one box set. This exquisitely packaged 33CD box set [[within 24 individual 'albums'), features 329 tracks and collates all of Donna Summer's 17 studio albums, from her debut 'Lady Of The Night' up to 2008's 'Crayons'. Also included are 1978's 'Live And More', 1980's 'On The Radio' and 1999's 'Live & More Encore!', along with four bonus double-CDs of '7" Single Versions', '12" Single Versions', 'Remixes' and 'Non-Studio Album Singles & Extended Mixes', that include one-off recordings, which have been considered rarities over the years. The box set includes the debut official commercial release of 'My Life' [Junior Vasquez Private Collection Mix]. the individual re-mastered albums are packaged in mini replica sleeves, with inner wallets. A 40-page 12"x12" hardback book includes the album label copy information, as well as a newly commissioned 25,000+ word essay by noted US writer, Christian John Wikane, which starts with a foreword by long-term friend, collaborator and producer Giorgio Mororder. The essay features new interviews with many of Donna's collaborators, including Giorgio Moroder's production partner Pete Bellotte. Also included are special new personal tributes from twenty-five industry legends, including Nile Rodgers, Philip Bailey, George Benson, Liza Minnelli and Bootsy Collins. Donna Summer gained prominence during the 1970s disco era, propelled by her incessant and creative driving force behind the genre's global popularity, rightly earning the title "Queen Of Disco" and becoming one of the most successful recording artists of the entire decade. Her catalogue has sold more than 130 million units worldwide and this special edition proves that she was able to accommodate new musical and production styles. Donna was the first artist to have three consecutive double-albums, reach No. 1 on the US Billboard charts and also became the first artist to achieve four No. 1 singles in a thirteen month period. Donna worked with legendary producers Giorgio Mororder, Pete Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer, John Barry, Quincy Jones, Richard Perry, Stock Aitken Waterman, Michael Omartian and Keith Diamond. Her records have also been remixed by many of the great club producers, including Tony Moran, Junior Vasquez, Frankie Knuckles, Eric Kupper, Masters At work and Jason Nevins amongst others. The most comprehensive collection ever!


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Tracklist [[Part One) for Donna Summer's Encore box set.
CD1: LADY OF THE NIGHT
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1 Lady Of The Night
2 Born To Die
3 Friends
4 Domino
5 The Hostage
6 Wounded
7 Little Miss Fit
8 Let’s Work Together Now
9 Sing Along [[Sad Song)

CD2: LOVE TO YOU LOVE YOU BABY
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1 Love To Love You Baby
2 Full Of Emptiness
3 Need-A-Man Blues
4 Whispering Waves
5 Pandora’s Box
6 Full Of Emptiness [[Reprise)

CD3: A LOVE TRILOGY
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1 Try Me, I Know We Can Make It
2 Prelude To Love
3 Could It Be Magic
4 Wasted
5 Come With Me

CD4: FOUR SEASONS OF LOVE
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1 Spring Affair
2 Summer Fever
3 Autumn Changes
4 Winter Melody
5 Spring Reprise

CD5: I REMEMBER YESTERDAY
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1 I Remember Yesterday
2 Love’s Unkind
3 Back In Love Again
4 I Remember Yesterday [[Reprise)
5 Black Lady
6 Take Me
7 Can’t We Just Sit Down [[And Talk It Over)
8 I Feel Love

CD6 & 7: ONCE UPON A TIME
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1 Once Upon A Time
2 Faster And Faster To Nowhere
3 Fairy Tale High
4 Say Something Nice
5 Now I Need You
6 Working The Midnight Shift
7 Queen For A Day

1 If You Got It Flaunt It
2 A Man Like You
3 Sweet Romance
4 [[Theme) Once Upon A Time
5 Dance Into My Life
6 Rumour Has It
7 I Love You
8 Happily Ever After
9 [[Theme) Once Upon A Time

CD8 & 9: LIVE AND MORE
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1 Once Upon A Time [[Recorded live Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California)
2 Fairy Tale High [[Recorded live Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California)
3 Faster And Faster To Nowhere [[Recorded live Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California)
4 Spring Affair [[Recorded live Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California)
5 Rumour Has It [[Recorded live Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California)
6 I Love You [[Recorded live Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California)
7 Only One Man [[Recorded live Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California)
8 I Remember Yesterday [[Recorded live Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California)
9 Love’s Unkind [[Recorded live Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California)
10 My Man Medley: The Man I Love/I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good/Some Of These Days [[Recorded live Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California)
11 The Way We Were [[Recorded live Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California)
12 Mimi’s Song [[Recorded live Universal Summer Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California)

1 Try Me, I Know We Can Make It [[Recorded live Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California)
2 Love To Love You Baby [[Recorded live Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California)
3 Feel Love [[Recorded live Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California)
4 Last Dance [[Recorded live Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California)
5 MacArthur Park Suite: MacArthur Park/One Of A Kind/Heaven Knows [[with Brooklyn Dreams)/MacArthur Park [[reprise)

CD10 & 11: BAD GIRLS
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1 Hot Stuff
2 Bad Girls
3 Love Will Always Find You
4 Walk Away
5 Dim All The Lights
6 Journey To The Centre Of Your Heart
7 One Night In A Lifetime
8 Can’t Get To Sleep At Night

1 On My Honor
2 There Will Always Be A You
3 All Through The Night
4 My Baby Understands
5 Our Love
6 Lucky
7 Sunset People

CD12 & 13: ON THE RADIO
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1 On The Radio
2 Love To Love You Baby
3 Try Me, I Know We Can Make It
4 Feel Love
5 Our Love
6 I Remember Yesterday
7 I Love You
8 Heaven Knows [[Donna Summer/Brooklyn Dreams)
9 Last Dance

1 MacArthur Park
2 Hot Stuff
3 Bad Girls
4 Dim All The Lights
5 Sunset People
6 No More Tears [[Enough Is Enough) [[Donna Summer/Barbra Streisand)
7 On The Radio [[Long Version)

Tracklist [[Part Two) for Encore.
CD14: THE WANDERER
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1 The Wanderer
2 Looking Up
3 Breakdown
4 Grand Illusion
5 Running For Cover
6 Cold Love
7 Who Do You Think You’re Foolin’
8 Nightlife
9 Stop Me
10 I Believe In Jesus

CD15: DONNA SUMMER
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1 Love Is In Control [[Finger On The Trigger)
2 Mystery Of Love
3 The Woman In Me
4 State Of Independence
5 Livin’ In America
6 Protection
7 [[If It) Hurts Just A Little
8 Love Is Just A Breath Away
9 Lush Life

CD16: SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY
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1 She Works Hard For The Money
2 Stop Look And Listen
3 He’s A Rebel
4 Woman
5 Unconditional Love
6 Love Has A Mind Of Its Own
7 Tokyo
8 People, People
9 [[I Do Believe) I Fell In Love

CD17: CATS WITHOUT CLAWS
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1 Supernatural Love
2 It’s Not The Way
3 There Goes My Baby
4 Suzanna
5 Cats Without Claws
6 Oh Billy, Please
7 Eyes
8 Maybe It’s Over
9 I’m Free
10 Forgive Me

CD18: ALL SYSTEMS GO
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1 All Systems Go
2 Bad Reputation
3 Love Shock
4 Jeremy
5 Only The Fool Survives [[Duet with
Mickey Thomas)
6 Dinner With Gershwin
7 Fascination
8 Voices Cryin’ Out
9 Thinkin’ Bout My Baby

CD19: ANOTHER PLACE AND TIME
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1I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt
2 When Love Takes Over You
3 This Time I Know It’s For Real
4 The Only One
5 In Another Place And Time
6 Sentimental
7 Whatever Your Heart Desires
8 Breakaway
9 If It Makes You Feel Good
10 Love’s About To Change My Heart

CD20: MISTAKEN IDENTITY
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1 Get Ethnic
2 Body Talk
3 Work That Magic
4 When Love Cries
5 Heaven’s Just A Whisper Away
6 Cry Of A Waking Heart
7 Friends Unknown
8 Fred Astaire
9 Say A Little Prayer
10 Mistaken Identity
11 What Is It You Want
12 Let There Be Peace

CD21: CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
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1 White Christmas
2 The Christmas Song
3 O Come All Ye Faithful
4 Christmas Is Here
5 Christmas Medley: What Child Is
This/Do You Hear What I Hear/Joy To
The World
6 I’ll Be Home For Christmas
7 Christmas Spirit
8 Breath Of Heaven
9 O Holy Night
10 Lamb Of God

CD22 & 23: I’M A RAINBOW
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1 I Believe [[In You) [[Donna Summer duet with Joe ‘Bean’ Esposito)
2 True Love Survives
3 You To Me
4 Sweet Emotion
5 Leave Me Alone
6 Melanie
7 Back Where You Belong
8 People Talk
9 To Turn The Stone

1 Brooklyn
2 I’m A Rainbow
3 Donna Walk On [[Keep On Movin’)
4 Don’t Cry For Me Argentina
5 A Runner With The Pack
6 Highway Runner
7 Romeo
8 End Of The Week
9 I Need Time

CD24: VH1 PRESENTS LIVE & MORE ENCORE!
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1 MacArthur Park
2 This Time I Know It’s For Real
3 I Feel Love
4 On The Radio
5 No More Tears [[Enough Is Enough) [[Donna Summer featuring Tina Arena)
6 Dim All The Lights
7 She Works Hard For The Money
8 Bad Girls
9 Hot Stuff
10 My Life
11 Last Dance
12 Love Is The Healer
13 I Will Go WIth You [[Con Te Partiró)

CD25: CRAYONS
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1 Stamp Your Feet
2 Mr. Music
3 Crayons [[Donna Summer featuring Ziggy Marley)
4 The Queen Is Back
5 Fame [[The Game)
6 Sand On My Feet
7 Drivin’ Down Brazil
8 I’m A Fire
9 Slide Over Backwards
10 Science Of Love
11 Be Myself Again
12 Bring Down The Reign
13 It’s Only Love

BONUS CDs

CD26 & 27: 7″ SINGLE VERSIONS
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1 Denver Dream
2 Something’s In The Wind
3 Love To Love You Baby [Single Edit]
4 Winter Melody [Single Version]
5 I Feel Love [Edit]
6 Theme From The Deep [[Down, Deep
Inside) – Album Version
7 Rumour Has It [Single Version]
8 I Love You [Single Version]
9 Once Upon A Time [7″ Single Version]
10 Heaven Knows [[Donna Summer/Brooklyn Dreams)
11 MacArthur Park [Single Version]
12 Hot Stuff [Single Version]
13 Bad Girls [Single Version/Edited]
14 Dim All The Lights [7″ Single Version]
15 Walk Away [Single Version]
16 Sunset People
17 Who Do You Think You’re Foolin’ [[Edit)
18 Cold Love [[Edit)
19 Love Is In Control [[Finger On The Trigger) [[7” Version)
20 State Of Independence [[7” Version)

1 She Works Hard For The Money [Edited
Single Version]
2 Unconditional Love [Edit] [[Donna Summer with Musical Youth)
3 Stop, Look & Listen [7″ Single Version]
4 Love Has A Mind Of Its Own [7″ Single Version]
5 Eyes [[7” Remix Edit)
6 All Systems Go [[Edit)
7 Dinner With Gershwin [[Edit)
8 Only The Fool Survives [[Edit) [[Donna Summer duet with Mickey Thomas)
9 This Time I Know It’s For Real [[7″ Mix)
10 I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt [[7″ Remix)
11 Love’s About To Change My Heart [[PWL 7″ Mix)
12 Breakaway [[Power Radio Mix)
13 When Love Takes Over You [[Dave Ford 7″)
14 State Of Independence [New Bass Mix Edit]
15 Breakaway [[Remix Edit)
16 When Love Cries [[Single Version Remix)
17 Stamp Your Feet [[Jason Nevins Radio Mix)
18 Fame [[The Game) [[Dave Audé Radio)
19 I Feel Love [Almighty Radio Edit]

CD28 & 29: 12″ SINGLE VERSIONS
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1 Love To Love You Baby [[Come Dancing Version)
2 Could It Be Magic [12″ Single Version]
3 I Feel Love [Special Disco Version]
4 Theme From The Deep [[Down, Deep Inside) [12″ Disco Version]
5 Hot Stuff [12″ Version]
6 Dim All The Lights [12″ Version]
7 On The Radio [Long Version]
8 Love Is In Control [[Finger On The Trigger) [[Dance Remix)
9 She Works Hard For The Money [12″ Single Remix)
10 Eyes [[Extended Mix)
11 I’m Free [[Extended Mix)

1 All Systems Go [[Extended Remix)
2 Dinner With Gershwin [[Extended Version)
3 This Time I Know It’s For Real [[Extended Remix)
4 I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt [[Phil Harding 12″ Version)
5 Love’s About To Change My Heart [[Extended Remix)
6 When Love Takes Over You [[Pete Hammond Original 12” Mix)
7 Work That Magic [[ISA Extended Remix)
8 I’m A Fire [[Craig C’s Burning Club Mix)
9 Stamp Your Feet [[Jason Nevins Extended Mix)
10 Fame [[The Game) [[Dave Audé Club)

Tracklist [[Part Three) for Encore.
CD30 & 31: REMIXES
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1 I Feel Love [Patrick Cowley Mega Mix]
2 Love’s About To Change My Heart [Clivillés & Cole 12” Mix]
3 I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt [Pete Hammond Original 12″ Version]
4 When Love Takes Over You [Dave Ford Extended Remix]
5 Breakaway [Extended Power Mix]
6 State Of Independence [12″ Millennium Mix with Martin Luther King]
7 Breakaway [Remix – Full Version]
8 Work That Magic [ISA Full Length Remix]
9 I Feel Love [[Masters At Work 86th Street Mix)

1 I Feel Love [[Rollo/Sister Bliss Monster Mix)
2 State Of Independence [Creation Mix – Edit]
3 Love Is The Healer [[Eric Kupper’s I Feel Healed 7” Mix)
4 I Feel Love [[Qattara 2004 Remix)
5 Working The Midnight Shift [[Holy Ghost! Remix)
6 MacArthur Park [[Laidback Luke Remix)
7 Hot Stuff [[Frankie Knuckles & Eric Kupper As Director’s Cut Signature Mix)
8 Bad Girls [[Gigamesh Remix)
9 Dim All The Lights [[Duke Dumont Remix)
10 Love To Love You Baby [[Giorgio Moroder Feat. Chris Cox Remix)
11 I Feel Love [[Almighty Mix)
12 Sunset People [[Hot Chip Dub Edit)

CD32 & 33: NON-STUDIO ALBUM SINGLES & EXTENDED MIXES
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1 Wasserman [[Aquarius) – [from “Haare” 1968 German Cast Version]
2 Oh, Segne Gott Mein’ Seel/Bless The Lord [[from German Cast Recording of ‘Godspell’)
3 Virgin Mary
4 Theme From “The Deep” [[Down, Deep Inside) [[A Love Song)
5 With Your Love
6 Sometimes Like Butterflies
7 Face The Music
8 Tearin’ Down The Walls
9 La Vie En Rose [Album Version]
10 Any Way At All
11 Melody Of Love [[Wanna Be Loved) [[West End 7” Radio Mix)
12 Does He Love You? [[Liza Minnelli and Donna Summer)
13 Whenever There Is Love [[from “Daylight”) [[Soundtrack Version) [[Bruce Roberts and Donna Summer)
14 I Will Go With You [[Con Te Partiró)
15 You’re So Beautiful [[Tony Moran Radio Edit)
16 I Got Your Love [[Radio Edit)
17 To Paris With Love [[Mendy Radio Edit)
18 La Dolce Vita [[Donna Summer & Giorgio Moroder)

1 Je T’Aime [[Moi Non Plus)
2 Something’s Missing [[In My Life) [[Paul Jabara feat Special Guest Donna Summer)
3 With Your Love
4 Last Dance
5 Carry On [[Outta Control Extended) [[Donna Summer & Giorgio Moroder)
6 That’s The Way [[Almighty Radio Edit)
7 Dream-A-Lot’s Theme [[I Will Live For Love) [[Moroder/Cox 12″ Extended Remix)
8 Power Of Love [[Hani’s Mixshow Edit)
9 Last Dance [[Masters At Work Remix-Short Version)
10 My Life [Junior Vasquez Private Collection Mix-Long Edit]

This collection almost makes me wish I was a fan! I've always liked Donna but was satisfied with her greatest hits collection and live albums.

This is really nice package, to be sure. I haven't seen a collection spanning an artist's entire output, with the exception possibly of Johnny Mathis.

As you guys may recall I always jump right on here and applaud whenever I see a nice CD re-issue package, mainly because I want to keep the CD era going as long as possible. But this one is just TOO MUCH. I haven't even checked the prices yet but I would assume it is well up into the $300 or more range. I am sure Donna has some fans out there that will scream at the top of their lungs when they read about this release and will start to save their pennies. But just like reese said, I am not THAT big a fan. But I do hope that continues to give the powers that be the idea that there is an audience for CDs of any size, so keep them coming!

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As you guys may recall I always jump right on here and applaud whenever I see a nice CD re-issue package, mainly because I want to keep the CD era going as long as possible. But this one is just TOO MUCH. I haven't even checked the prices yet but I would assume it is well up into the $300 or more range. I am sure Donna has some fans out there that will scream at the top of their lungs when they read about this release and will start to save their pennies. But just like reese said, I am not THAT big a fan. But I do hope that continues to give the powers that be the idea that there is an audience for CDs of any size, so keep them coming!

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Today's current price [[using a conversion rate) is $221.97. Judging by the graphics above, this set looks to be well-done. So someone must be thinking that there is still a market for such releases. I can't imagine them investing this much time and energy into such an all-encompassing release without expecting a return.

As I wrote above, I was a fan of Donna's but aside from a collection and live albums, I didn't buy her records. But I am happy that I had the chance to see her in concert twice. The first time I actually went on a whim. I didn't decide until the day of the concert to buy a ticket. I was lucky enough to get a front row seat. It was honestly one of the best shows I've attended. The next time she came to town, I didn't hesitate.

Just need the Casablanca records remastered

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this one is just TOO MUCH. I haven't even checked the prices yet but I would assume it is well up into the $300 or more range.

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Encore is limited to 1500 copies and will be released on 27 March via Crimson Productions [[a Demon Music imprint). Note, this product is not going to be available directly in the USA, but fans Stateside can purchase from Amazon UK and, with VAT deducted, will cost you around $185 plus shipping.

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https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/n...omment-1600707

I've never listened to one of Donna's original albums but I've seen comments that the album version of "Could It Be Magic" has distortion in the latter part of the song. This was her German era, right? Were the studios less than optimal? Is this distortion found on other tracks from that time?

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I've never listened to one of Donna's original albums but I've seen comments that the album version of "Could It Be Magic" has distortion in the latter part of the song. This was her German era, right? Were the studios less than optimal? Is this distortion found on other tracks from that time?

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I believe COULD IT BE MAGIC was one of the tracks recorded in Munich for A LOVE TRILOGY. I have no idea of other known audio issues.

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This article states that the pressing is limited to 1500 copies. Those will sell out on pre-order. This box set is for the completist. Nearly all of the content is commercially available. Conceivably, a 1500 copy pressing could generate a return on the investment.

Like some of the Dylan expansive reissues this is for completists but I applaud its release and hope it does well.

Tooooo much material. Less IS more.

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Tooooo much material. Less IS more.

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Agreed. I am a big Donna fan and have all of her releases, as well as many of these outtakes on mp3 and other compilations/soundtracks. As a result, I have little interest in shelling out another couple hundred dollars on yet another box set, just so I can have remasters of the Casablanca albums that I already own in a number of formats/versions and a few extra remixes I don't already have. Remastering is all relative, so who knows if the sound quality will be decent? This new set is unfortunately also still missing a number of non-album tracks. I already bought the prior box sets that came out after her passing, which includes the Donna Summer CD Collection [[Geffen years)---a lot of these bonus tracks were already on that set, The Ultimate Collection 3 CD set, The Singles box, Crayons 3 CD set...it's too bad they couldn't have given us everything the first time around. It is my understanding that they had licensing issues with reissuing the Casablanca albums, until now. I may sadly need to take a pass on this, unless it does not sell out and the price drops at some point.

You have touched upon something that I have always found annoying about the recording industry in general.........when I see a collection or boxed set or whatever, and I check out how many tracks it has on it.......doggone it all I want to hear that many DIFFERENT songs! I do not want to hear three different versions of this song and four different ones of that song, and this remix and this alternate version, and this slow version and so on. Check out the recently-released Village People "Gold" set for example and you will see what I mean.

Sometimes even regular studio albums have been guilty of this over the years. At first glance an album might appear to have anywhere from 15-18 tracks on it, but when you look closer, you are getting an intro this, and an outro that, and a reprise this, and so on. Give me THE version of each totally different song and I am happy. Do I have any support for that position?

I hear you on that, David. Although I don't mind getting different versions of the same song on a collection, as long as it's counterbalanced by other interesting/rare tracks. But I have seen that...a reissue with 10 added bonus tracks and 8 of them are the same song...instrumental version, dub version, 12" version, 7" version, foreign single version, demo version...lol.

Thank you kind sir!!

So I went to order. GONE! Only site I can find it on is amazon.co.uk and they will not ship to the U.S.
Anyone know where else to find it? It sold out before it was released.
Would appreciate any suggestions. Thank you.

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Give me THE version of each totally different song and I am happy. Do I have any support for that position?

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Who defines THE version of a song? I've been listening to the '70s Supremes lately and, in my opinion, the best version of "The Sha-La Bandit" is the mix on "Greatest Hits and Rare Classics." Am I annoyed when I hear the multi lead vocal mix on "The '70s Anthology"? Not at all. I feel fortunate to be spoiled for choice, not only as it relates to pure listening pleasure but also for the education/insight alternate versions can provide into the music making process. Sometimes wrong decisions were made back in the day. The "backing vocals up" version[[s) of "Everybody's Got the Right to Love" are better than the mixes released at the time, I feel. Again, I'm glad to have those alternate mixes.

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So I went to order. GONE! Only site I can find it on is amazon.co.uk and they will not ship to the U.S.
Anyone know where else to find it? It sold out before it was released.
Would appreciate any suggestions. Thank you.

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Try importcds.com. Last time I checked a few days ago, they still had it and it was much cheaper than all the sites.

Just a heads up that I have read that there was at least one person who complained that their set had some defective discs. I haven't read any issues from other fans. There is also an ongoing discussion elsewhere about the sound quality. If you are an audiophile, it is worth noting that all of the albums were remastered quite loudly and are very compressed.

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Try importcds.com. Last time I checked a few days ago, they still had it and it was much cheaper than all the sites.

Just a heads up that I have read that there was at least one person who complained that their set had some defective discs. I haven't read any issues from other fans. There is also an ongoing discussion elsewhere about the sound quality. If you are an audiophile, it is worth noting that all of the albums were remastered quite loudly and are very compressed.

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Carlo -
Thank you very much for this. I *DID* try Import CDs, which shows it as "back-ordered." I worry that they won't make up more copies after the original, limited-edition 1,500 have sold out, which seems like they have. The prices on eBay and U.S. Amazon are astronomical, in the high US$ 600.
I have all of Donna's albums already. The eight discs in this collection are the eight ones with non-studio albums, new mixes, 12-inch mixes and 7-inches. That covers a lot of material, many of which I don't have. If I thought that eventually they might sell those separately, I would wait, but I highly doubt that they will sell those on their own.

Did you see this? --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRLird1YKAk&t=328s

Thanks zani57. Yes, there is a separate discussion titled "Donna Summer unboxing" with this video that you shared. It does look quite lovely. Sorry to hear it is already sold out. Perhaps more copies will show up on other sites eventually. I can't imagine that it has been properly distributed to all of the retailers, considering all of the shipping restrictions and closures with the current pandemic.

Hi, Carlo --
Thank you very much. A friend in London was able to order it for me! I am so psyched! It is in stock there.
Thank you for understanding and for your support.
Stay safe and healthy.

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Thanks zani57. Yes, there is a separate discussion titled "Donna Summer unboxing" with this video that you shared. It does look quite lovely. Sorry to hear it is already sold out. Perhaps more copies will show up on other sites eventually. I can't imagine that it has been properly distributed to all of the retailers, considering all of the shipping restrictions and closures with the current pandemic.

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So glad to hear that, Zani57! My best to you

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You have touched upon something that I have always found annoying about the recording industry in general.........when I see a collection or boxed set or whatever, and I check out how many tracks it has on it.......doggone it all I want to hear that many DIFFERENT songs! I do not want to hear three different versions of this song and four different ones of that song, and this remix and this alternate version, and this slow version and so on. Check out the recently-released Village People "Gold" set for example and you will see what I mean.

Sometimes even regular studio albums have been guilty of this over the years. At first glance an album might appear to have anywhere from 15-18 tracks on it, but when you look closer, you are getting an intro this, and an outro that, and a reprise this, and so on. Give me THE version of each totally different song and I am happy. Do I have any support for that position?

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I completely agree. I am not the biggest Donna Summer fan though I do love a few of her albums, especially "Once Upon a Time." But I bought all the Diana Ross RCA reissues with bonus tracks and a few of the Dionne Warwicks from [[I think) her Arista years. Some of them have up to 5 versions of the same song, including my least favorite Dionne track ever, "Got a Date." Needless to say, I rarely play those reissues or if I do, they come off before the repetitive and redundant bonus tracks.

https://theseconddisc.com/2020/04/06/review-donna-summer-encore/

I don't think we'll ever have a 'found in the vault' release for Donna. Her output was so amazingly rapid fire I don't think there was time for anything to wind up on the edit floor. And production with Giorgio was so tight that alternate versions likely weren't explored.

So while I think this is a commendable and amazing project, regrettably for me it doesn't offer anything I didn't already acquire along the way in real time. And that's just the way its going to be.

I bought this box set. I wasn't going to, at first because I already had the great majority of what's included in the set. However, I ended up buying it anyway because I really wanted the book. I am a hard core fan, so buying it is probably no big surprise to me. Haha. I am happy with it and glad I purchased it. There were a few songs/versions on here that I didn't have and am glad I got it. Found it at www.ImportCDs.com for less than anywhere else I looked. Paid a total of $172.02. With shipping & tax, $194.86. Now, it's on back order, as some of you know.

I also bought it last week and was not going to same as above.
Order from Amazon UK is on the way:)

And arrived yesterday!:)

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I bought this box set. I wasn't going to, at first because I already had the great majority of what's included in the set. However, I ended up buying it anyway because I really wanted the book. I am a hard core fan, so buying it is probably no big surprise to me. Haha. I am happy with it and glad I purchased it. There were a few songs/versions on here that I didn't have and am glad I got it. Found it at www.ImportCDs.com for less than anywhere else I looked. Paid a total of $172.02. With shipping & tax, $194.86. Now, it's on back order, as some of you know.

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I finally found an affordable copy today on EBay. 152.50. With tax 166.20. I also have most of her cds already but really wanted this. Love Donna Summer.

Good price! Including shipping? Prices are rising on Amazon sites now or not for sale anymore.

Great price at Amazon It now!
https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B08...language=it_IT

It's also back in stock on ImportsCDs.com, for those who may be interested. I believe they will only ship within the US, since it's such a heavy item. All of the Amazon sites based in the EU, such as Amazon Italy, are also not shipping overseas at the moment due to covid.

Beautiful, yet powerful voice.

I got mine a few days ago. Started listening to it today and I must say I love it. I am so happy I bought it. It’s beautiful and sounds so good.