FIRST PICTURES / The Isley Brothers RCA Victor & T Neck box set

The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters (1959-1983) is a new 23CD Isley Brothers box set (released last Friday) which features newly remastered versions of the 21 albums recorded for both labels.

As can be seen from the photos below, the box is very much in the same style as previous collections that Sony have put out for artists like Blue Oyster Cult and Cheap Trick, but given that this has to contain 23 CDs and a booklet, it’s bigger than both of those.

The 52-page booklet is particularly good, with each album given a double-page spread of track listings, credits, chart positions, photos and half a page of notes. The CDs themselves are in the usual card wallets. There are no inner sleeves and with the gatefold designs the CD is accessed from the middle rather than the edge.

There is an intimidating amount of music in this set and you have to admire the band’s work ethic in the 1970s where they chalked up an album a year!

The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters (1959-1983) box is out now.

• • UK Pre-order: The Complete Rca Victor And T-Neck Album Masters
• • USA Pre-order: RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters (1959-1983)
• • CANADA Pre-order: The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters (’59-’83)
• • GERMANY Pre-order: The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters (’59-’83)
• • FRANCE Pre-order: The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters (’59-’83)
• • ITALY Pre-order: The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters * great price

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