A box set (or boxed set) refers to one or more recordings which are contained in a "box" made generally out of cardboard.

Notable box sets

(list in order of release date)

• Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live/1975-85 - Bruce Springsteen (1986)
• Crossroads - Eric Clapton (1988)
• The Good, the Bad and the Live - Metallica (1989)
• Led Zeppelin Box Set - Led Zeppelin (1990)
• This Woman's Work - Kate Bush (1990)
• Complete Recordings - Robert Johnson (1990)
• Yesyears - Yes (1991)
• Star Time - James Brown (1991)
• The Eternal Dance - Earth, Wind & Fire
• Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 - Various Motown artists (1992)
• Shine On - Pink Floyd (1992)
• Boats, Beaches, Bars, and Ballads - Jimmy Buffett (1992)
• Jefferson Airplane Loves You - Jefferson Airplane (1992)
• Time³ - Journey (1992)
• Songs of Freedom - Bob Marley & The Wailers (1992)
• Roots 'N Blues: The Retrospective, 1925-1950 - various artists (1992)
• Live Shit: Binge & Purge - Metallica (1993)
• Complete Studio Recordings - Led Zeppelin (1993)
• Led Zeppelin Box Set II - Led Zeppelin (1993)
• What Goes On - The Velvet Underground (1993)
• Rare, Live & Classic - Joan Baez (1993)
• The Instant Monty Python CD Collection (1994)
• Thank You For The Music - ABBA (1994)
• Box of Fire - Aerosmith (1994)
• Emperors of Soul - The Temptations (1994)
• Thirty Years of Maximum R&B - The Who (1994)
• Peel Slowly and See - The Velvet Underground (1995)
• The Aeroplane Flies High - The Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
• The Doors Box Set - The Doors (1997)
• Genesis Archive, Vol. 1: 1967-1975 - Genesis (1998)
• Anthology - John Lennon (1998)
• Tracks - Bruce Springsteen (1998)
• The Crown Jewels - Queen (1998)
• The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper (1999)
• Music Bank - Alice in Chains (1999)
• At the Close of a Century - Stevie Wonder (1999)
• Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992 - Various Motown artists (2000)
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (2000)
• The Supremes - The Supremes (2000)
• Salival - Tool (2000)
• Merzbox - Merzbow (2000)
• Genesis Archive, Vol. 2: 1976-1992 - Genesis (2000)
• EBX (Volumes 1 through 4) - Erasure (2000 and 2001)
• The Box Set - KISS (2001)
• Final V.U. 1971-1973 - The Velvet Underground (2001)
• Sex Pistols Box Set - Sex Pistols (2002)
• Unearthed - Johnny Cash (2003)
• Soundtrack to the Apocalypse - Slayer (2003)
• Black Box - Black Sabbath (2004)
• 100 Million Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong - Bon Jovi (2004)
• Join the Dots - The Cure (2004)
• With the Lights Out - Nirvana (2004)
• Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection - Michael Jackson (2004)
• Metalogy - Judas Priest (2004)
• Prince Of Darkness - Ozzy Osbourne (2005)
• The Platinum Collection - Genesis (2005)

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Record labels specializing in boxed sets

• Bear Family Records, a German reissue label, specializes in boxed sets of artists in country, 1950s-1960s rock and roll, non-rock pop, and bluegrass music artists' complete or near-complete catalogs in one set (e.g. Jimmie Rodgers, Carter Family, Wynn Stewart), and artists complete catalog of specific time periods (e.g. Del Shannon's 1960s catalog, Ricky Nelson's 1950s catalog, etc.), or boxed sets of artists catalogs in multiple boxed sets (e.g. Ernest Tubb, Johnny Cash's Sun and Columbia catalogs sans "At Folsom Prison" and "San Quentin," Marty Robbins, Bill Monroe, Sons of The Pioneers, Bill Haley's Decca and Warner Bros. catalogs, Duane Eddy's catalogs from the various labels he recorded for, etc.) often including many previously released recordings. They've also released a boxed set of recordings of the cast of the western TV classic Bonanza.
• The Blue Note/EMI imprint Mosaic Records does boxed sets of jazz artists in a similar fashion, although these are limited editions.
• Rhino Records's limited edition imprint Rhino Handmade and Universal Records's limited edition imprint Hip-O Select often release include complete recordings boxed sets.