Great to see brendon join the sot community he will be a great addition

I am pleased that Brendon Snyder is now joining the SOT family. Good guy with excellent taste in music.

Brendon's channel: www.youtube.com/@BrendonSnyder/videos

Great to see Brendon and Pete together, two of the best in music content!

Welcome to SoT Brendon! Nice to see the two of you doing a show together.

I’m so glad that Pete has finally put Brendan Snyder on his channel. Brendan has an incredible collection and is extremely knowledgeable about his music and collection. Also great to see Scott on from the Prog corner as well. Hopefully scott will become a regular now on sea of tranquility in the Prog seat. And hopefully Brendan has at least earned a spot on the Hudson valley squares, the curse of the collector or any other sea of tranquility series! Here’s hoping both Scott and Brendan join the sea of tranquility team !

Love Brendon's channel. His "music round-up's" and "visit to the local stores" episodes are a real treat, and he always has a kind word for his viewers. Cheers.

Happy to see Pete and Brendon doing this discussion! I could see Brendon doing Curse of the Collector for sure.

Pompeii is in the Early Years box in the Obfusc/ation set. Meddle 5.1 is what was left off at the last minute, but still extractable with a computer

Two guys who love music with a passion cheers for this great show always interesting to hear Pete and Brendon.

Excellent! Good person to have on the channel. I have been a subscriber to Brendon's channel for a few years now. I hope you continue to collaborate and grow both channels.

I actually stumbled across Brendon’s KZfaq channel a month or so before finding SOT on KZfaq at the beginning of the pandemic. So glad to see him on SOT!

Two of my favorite KZfaqrs in one video! I'm here for it.

Great show, guys. Enjoyed it immensely! Happy and surprised to see Brendon on SOT!

I knew Pete and Brendon would hit it off together once they got together and started talking collecting music. I also knew that Brendon would bring something very special to SOT channel. I watch SOT and Brendon's channel "All the damn time" everyday. This is an amazing video with incredible content. Hey, bands time to listen to this video when you want to create a successful SELLING box set. I really hope Pete asks Brendon to come back on SOT again!! Brendon would be great on Curse of the Collector series.

It's good to see you two working together. You have a good rapport and similar tastes in music, and are both avid collectors. I look forward to seeing more in the future.

Wow what a nice surprise to see you two team up! Great episode!!!

Awesome seeing you guys hooking up, Brendon is a class act, always brings quality content! Talking about quality: Jethro Tull is the prime example how to do (box)sets. Those who know can only agree. Benchmark stuff.

SoT is expanding, including Brendon is a nice addition. Great talk on boxsets. I think Jethro Tull 's boxsets are the best as well as Marillion. I have all Floyd's boxsets. They are my favourite band. The Immersion ones are the best.

The two most eloquent and knowledgeable music collectors on KZfaq together in one video? Instant like!

WOW. Brendon is a hit! This already has 11,000 views! Keep up the good work you two. Hope to see Brendon very soon, you’re awesome!!!

Recently discovered Brendon's channel and am so happy to see him doing a show with Pete. This is awesome!

What an unexpected episode! Two of my very favourite youtubers together! It is almost like KZfaq Christmas to me! Thank you good people you make my life a little better.

Two of my favourite youtubers together at last! Yes, more of these, please!

Well this is a huge surprise, looking forward to this interview. Brendon has a great KZfaq channel as well I’ve seen many and love his album collections!

Time well spent. So thought provoking, yet the video was over with before you know it. Don't know if you could do a Part 2, due to the material matter, but I would think it could be as interesting to watch. Both of you being extensive media collectors, definitely adds to it. Thanks for sharing.

Great episode! Great to see you guys together

Interesting show. Personally I am not a collector of box sets, but some are very tempting when done right.

I watch Brendon's channel too 😊 He would be good guest on "The Curse of the Collector" 😎👍

Great to see you two together, Brendon is one of the nicest guys you could ever meet and is the KING of melodic rock, great show and lets have more from Brendon

Wow! What a great surprise, Pete, to see this collaboration with you and Brendon. Watching it now and it's great as usual. So nice to see the unity and friendship that our music brings to people. Brendon's channel is awesome as well and seeing you two geniuses together is very cool. Kudos to you both!

Been following Brendon for awhile now. He is great, personable, and responsive to fans. His music news and album release videos are a must watch for any music collector. I was telling my wife I wish you guys would do a video together, and here it is! Thanks guys this was great and I learned a lot!

I just discovered Brendon more recently and have really enjoyed his content. This was a long video and I wasn't sure if I could make it through, but I had some time to kill today so I watched it all and really enjoyed it. I am also a box set enthusiast. Kudos to both of you for an excellent, informative video.

I am really enjoying these two person shows with Pete and other KZfaqrs on specific topics. I would like to see more shows like this.

Love the natural flow of conversation and intellect with theses two ❤🎉

This was awesome! You and Brendon have great chemistry! Can't wait to see you two collaborate again one day!

Great to see Brendon here as well! Phil :)

I absolutely loved this episode! You two do great together, and I look forward to more of these! 😁

Great topic. Somewhat of a box set collector myself. Box sets I love the most are the King Crimson big sets. Where they have the albums, on CD, DVD and Blu Ray along with about 20 CDs of live concerts.

Sometimes it seems to take a while for new guests to find their feet, but Brendon had great chemistry with Pete from minute one. Needs to be a regular!

Awesome! This is the dream dynamic duo! Thanks for joining forces, guys!

Peter we want more of Brendon! Terrific

So good to see Brendon on SoT! I hope there will be a lot more shows with him in the future!

Brendon is a really good find for me, seems like a really good guy. And thanks for having him on, would enjoy seeing more of these team ups.

Thanks, you guys. Thoroughly engrossing video. Especially love hearing your thought process in evaluating a set and the pros/cons of whether to buy. Still tempted to grab those SDE editions Goats Head Soup etc. simply for the large artwork.

Great to see Brendon on with you. You guys are my 2 favorite KZfaqrs. Best sources for new and old music.

I know this guy personally. He is a great guy and huge music fan like myself. Great get for the channel Pete. Never go wrong with Brendon.

Great show! Great to see Brendon on here. Tull sets all the way for packaging and content. But I also bought the recent ELP set which is large as it contains vinyl and cd's but it's a beautiful set. Also, I recently bought a new turntable and read that marbles are useful for leveling a turntable and a lightbulb lit up in my head and I thought oh that's what those marbles were for in the Floyd box!

Great show as expected! Good to see Brendon finally in SOT!!!!

Brendon I have caught his channel and have liked and loved content he has had. Good to have him come on with you. There is real good box sets and bad ones. Given what the companies wish to provide you with, I love as to along some I see of what is offered. Hard to have as many as to small place I have. So space is always a concern. If not live to catch replay. Welcome Brendon good to see you. I joined your channel.

As for the nutzo ROLLING STONES box set of 45 discs, I would suggest to do what I've done several times, when it comes to the content of "difficult" sets like this. If you still have the ability, simply make a little set of CD-Rs that contain say 17-22 tracks each, as to save yourself from all the inconvenience. I guess, in this insane case, that would still turn out to be 9 or 10 discs (usually much less), but then you can at least listen to all the material in a much more relaxed/laid-back manner, and you wouldn't have to take any of those 45 separates out at all. -- save for enjoying the artwork. Marc ⚡

My problem with some box sets is how many times can you buy the same thing!

Excellent video discussion: really interesting topics, great taste on both sides and highly well informed you two are. It was a pleasure to listen to your conversation! Long live the box sets😀

Very much enjoyed this chat and video. I like hearing about what influences people's buying decisions esp for me as someone who doesn't really buy box sets.

Another great video, Pete. I am a box set collector and one of my pet hates is when an artist releases box sets of all there studio albums over a peroid of time and changes the format halfway through the project. Marillion are a perfect example of this. When they first started doing box sets of their EMI era albums in 2017, the first one included the bonus tracks from an earlier remaster on a cd but all the other ones since have included this on the bluray disc instead. Only two of the box sets included a track by track analysis on the bluray aswell.

This was a long show but you guys kept my interest throughput! I think my first box sets where The Who's Maximum R & B, Deep Purple's Listen, Learn, Read On and Yes's YESYEARS they've come on a long way since then. The main reason I buy them now is for the unreleased live concerts & the bluray as im a 5:1 guy. Many albums I have grown to like much more hearing them in the immersive context. My gripe is actually more of an annoyance with myself as they are always limited pressings and there's a few I have missed out on such as Lizzy's Live & Dangerous, luckily this is getting a repress in October and have pre-ordered. Luckily I bought the Genesis box sets on release and the 5:1 of The Lamb with the slide viuals used on the tour is wonderful. I also love those Classic Album box sets series as its nice to have them all in one place and free up some space!

Great to see you guys doing a video together. Hope to see more like this in the future.

It's great to see two channels that I watch come together. Great job guys.

Been a fan of Brendon for awhile, so it’s awesome to see him on SoT! Hope to see u again on the channel!

Yes I agree that it was great to see Brendon and Pete together talking about what we like or dislike about cd box sets. I hope they will do another video together. Take care

Worlds collide! My two favorite channels combined!

Must admit I love a box set. My personal favourite is the Cash Unearthed with 4 discs of unreleased material, plus a best of 5th disc of the released albums, also a great book with it. Love the show guys.

Congratulations to both of you. You guys make a great team!!!

Great episode. The Doors have box sets I think can fit in both categories. For best, the NYC 1970 shows box, excellent material and packaging, for worst the 1997 career spanning box set, it has some interesting material but also some real WTF choices.

Hey guys!! I watch both of your shows regularly!!! ⭐️⭐️ I’m so glad you guys have done a show together!!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 I agree with everything you guys have discussed!!! Great show!!!

The collab I’ve been waiting for!!!

Great show guys, very cool to see Brendon here 🙂

My two favorite KZfaqrs! Awesome content. Please have Brendon more often and vice versa! Victor

Thanks guys! Great show!!

Great to see Brendan on SOT! 2 great music minds.

Great discussion! Thanks for sharing your opinions. You two make a great duo.

The surround sound disc is THE main reason to buy these box sets. I realize that not everyone has the equipment to take advantage of it but it offers such an improvement over stereo. You will hear things you have never heard before.

Excellent episode! I love and hate box sets haha. Currently anxiously checking my mailbox for the new Little Man box from Cardiacs.

Excellent episode ! A bit long but I listened to a faster pace ;-) . Thanks Pete !

Great to see Brendon on the roster..love lots of his shows.welcome!!

Cool...I hadda look twice when I saw the thumbnail. Great guys, with deep knowledge....and fantastic Rooms!

This was great, hope to see more!🎧🙏🏻

Bringing in Brendon is a great addition. I'm all for more collaboration with him.

I love both of your channels so much

You guys are the only ones in music knowledge that i subscribe. Thanks guys

What a crossover!! how great!

Great show Pete!! was good to see Brandon on here as well, he's a got a cool channel too. this kinda reminded me of the COTC series too, which i love as usual being a nerdy collector and in the poor house because of it since i was a teen-lolol

Watching you both discuss this subject, i couldn't help wish I was in on the discussion too. Boxed sets can be really great but even some of the best of them can skimp on some minor but still important details. In my mind I was pulling out my big ELP "Fanfare" boxed set as an example of both great but could've been better. I hear you about oddly shaped packaging, missed opportunities - what were they thinking? I personally don't mind the 'long box' or 'digi-book' style boxed set. I have been able to accommodate them both however and there have been some wonderful sets released. I just wish they'd been consistent with their height &/or style. There's the example of Paul McCartney's wonderful archive series going from a nice, simple but classy hard cover book format for the initial 3 releases to a box of similar height & style but with the addition of nice (but 'not really' necessary) extras. This changed the game and each part of the series seemed to get thicker in girth, with additional books etc., and with that, more expensive. You guys may have inspired me to do a follow up video on this subject. This was an enjoyable one guys. Congratulations, great work. 😊

Great seeing Brendon. He does great videos.

Great to see you two together. Nice

Great show. The only reason I paused the show was to stop and order the Def Leppard Hysteria boxset cd ! You're costing me money with these shows 😂 I hope you do more collaborations with Brendon.

Awesome, great you had Brendan on Pete, he’s great and as everyone says he is very knowledgeable about music 😀 Rock on! 🤟

I love that Byrds box set. In fact just this morning I listened to the 3rd album, 5th Dimension. Another one similar to that is Steppenwolf: Magic Carpet Ride, ABC Yrs ’67-71. I also have that Springsteen The River box set. Love it.

I really hate when boxsets do not come with either discs trays or cardboard sleeves for the discs. Some sets have the discs inside those crappy pockets. Most of the time the discs are already scratched when I buy it new. Not to mention they get scratched every time I slide them in and out. Some bands just have no quality control

Cant wait to see Brendon make an appearance on the squares! Think you'd fit in with them well!

Two of my favorite KZfaqrs collaborating! 😊

The only 2 shows I follow and to see you 2 together is must see viewing. Looking forward and hoping you get together again.

Very cool to see! Hope there will be another collaboration.

Wauw!! Two of my KZfaq heroes finally chatting together 🙌🏻♥️🎸🇺🇸

Excellent..Excellent episode..you both could have gone for another hour and I would have kept watching..hope another one is coming

As of today my two favorite box-sets I own are The Beach Boys' complete "Smile" sessions and Elton John's "Jewel Box". Both sets have excellent content, in which there is tons of music that has been unavailable until now, and has been remastered. There is lots of great memorabilia and excellent liner notes on all of the tracks, which are well catalogued in the booklets. And the packaging of both sets is superb; the CDs are so easy to access without causing any damage. You can tell that great care was given by both the artists and their production teams into making these box sets.

Great to see brendon on SOT hopefully see him again nice one pete 👍

Phil Aston Villa would've been great for this too he does great reviews of box sets. Will be watching!

Great show, informative and interesting topic well presented by the lads. Good work

Brendon is a walking encyclopedia of popular rock and prog and although he and I diverge in taste our reasoning in our tastes is very similar. I'm glad he's getting more exposure with you. You two guys have so much it puts mine to shame, especially box sets because I've never had the money to do it. I always enjoy yours and his shows.