I'm still on the fence myself about the BBA box set. Right after I posted I found out Golden Earring was releasing a remastered and expanded version of Cut. So I immediately pre-ordered that. Whether or not I'll want to pre-order yet another CD is debatable. The Golden Earring box set consists of two CDs and a DVD. At only $30, it's definitely a better deal than the $50 BBA cd set. However, I might add that this may be more of a deal for Europeans than Americans. Because I suspect that DVD won't play in the U.S. According to the Steve Hoffman forum, it probably won't play. That isn't stopping me from buying it, though. The two CDs will at least play and that is my third favorite Golden Earring album anyway.
The DVD is PAL/0 format.
I got it. The BBA box. The remix is spectacular, Beck, Bogert & Appice in your living room. Yes, they were an instrumentally powerful, inventive and even humorous trio. You can hear that Beck is already straining at the leash to leave conventional rock behind, discovering chromatic lines in the process, and develop into a Jazz direction. The Appice/Bogert rhythm section is sublime (and very rock). Alas!, the better, more transparent sound is also more unforgiving as regards the Achilles' Heel vocals, compared to these guys (all three) vocally, Lonesome Dave of Foghat isn't Dave Peverett, but Dave Pavarotti.