Happy 'boxing day'! Boxed sets for every music fan on your holiday shopping list

With the advent of streaming services, you may no longer feel the need to own physical albums. But there’s one thing that you can’t replace with a digital stream: the beauty, weight, and feel of a special, limited-edition package loaded with glossy photos and insightful liner notes, all wrapped up in a beautiful box. That’s why boxed sets still make great gifts for the music lovers on your shopping list — or for yourself! Here’s a handy holiday shopping guide to what’s new this year.

The 35th-anniversary collectors’ box includes three CDs, a DVD, and two vinyl LPs. The original album is expanded with bonus tracks as well as a disc of singer-songwriter Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diaries, a disc of previously unreleased bonus material, an album in surround sound, and stereo HD on the Blu-ray. It also includes a 60-page book with new essays, as well as a few other goodies. For hardcore fans only. (Photo: Arista)