Well, I just receved the Opeth Boxset in the mail, and I must say that I am pretty disappointed. Now, firstly... I am fully aware that Opeth themselves had nothing to do with this release, as it was surely a money grab at the hands of Koch. Here are some of the flaws that I noted immediately upon opening the product.
1. The front of the "slipcase" contains the full logo on front, and beneath reads "Collecter's Edition Slipcase"... picky, perhaps... but Collector's is spelled with an O. You know how I know? Because on the top panel, it reads "Collector's Edition Slipcase", spelled properly. I know, this is not a huge deal, but it's an elementary error. To have the word spelled incorrectly in 3 locations would be acceptable. But to have it spelled incorrectly in 2 locations, and correctly in 1 is laughable.
2. On the back panel of the "slipcase" track 4 on the Deliverance album is listed as "For Absent Minds". So next, I look to the back of the Deliverance album to see if it was misprinted as well. The back of the album lists track 4 on Deliverance correctly, as "For Absent Friends". Now, how in the HELL did nobody notice this before copies were sent out to retailers?
Maybe I'm being a whiney fucktard, but I work hard for my money, and to spend over $30 CDN on this, I expect it to be respectable.
One plus to the whole thing is the Lamentations setlist in full (one light set, one heavy set) on 2 separate CD's. Finally, an official release of Lamentations Live on CD.
