Last time I was in these parts, I posted about the audio I downloaded for the 6CD/2 Blu-Ray set of the latest reissue of John Lennon’s 1973 “Mind Games” album. In that post I said I had no plans to buy the actual physical set of the box but I did quite enjoy the musical content very much.

I also said that if someday I found the physical set at a decent discount price I just might buy it. 

Well someday came way faster than I thought lol.

This past week Amazon had a limited time deal on the “Mind Games” Deluxe 6 CD/2 Blu-Ray set with a massive discount of 41 percent off. Now a deal like that is exactly what I was hoping for and I decided to jump at the chance to buy it. 

(Note: The price of $98 for the set is current as of today 08/15/24)

Funny enough I did actually think about it for a few minutes first but with a price under $100 dollars (the set also includes a lovely hardback book) I thought it was now or never as I can’t see this set going much lower in the future.

So of course, as per my usual, I caved and the set arrived in my hot little hands in just a day – whew, you gotta love Amazon.

Anyway, I must say the box is just about perfect as far as content and appearance. I’ve seen the monster Super Deluxe box set online and that honestly has no appeal to me. It has the same musical content as this box set and while it is beautiful this set is under $100 vs over $1200 for the Super set so there’s no contest, at least for me.

I did go into the musical content of the box set in my previous post, the content is pretty much the same as the download, but the real finds with this set are the surround sound mixes (especially the Dolby Atmos mix) of the album and outtakes that wasn’t a part of the download version.

I’m not normally a fan of the surround sound mixes but since I have the now have the ability to play Dolby Atmos I have to admit that I do enjoy the Dolby Atmos mixes of the box set and find it a better listen as it’s a little less compressed then the CDs or downloads of the set.

And a major plus is that both Blu-Ray discs contain ALL the musical content of the CDs which is a really nice option. I wish The Beatles recent sets did that but at least the Lennon estate is listening to fans desires.

There’s also a lot of hidden content in this set including songs as well as video and design (you need a black light to see it) that’s a nice touch. At first I wasn’t so fond of the hidden content but I read online where to find all of it and it is fun to have the extras even though they aren’t listed on the box.

So I just thought I’d post a little update here and show some photos of the larger “Mind Games” 6CD/2 Blu-Ray set. I know this set has been talked about a lot online but I thought I’d throw my two cents in now that I did end up purchasing the physical set.

I did include a photo of what one of the screen looks like when you find one of the hidden songs (see above) as well as what the set looks like in case you haven’t seen it.

I was late to the came of this Deluxe set but it is a great set and here’s hoping a version of the “Walls and Bridges” album (my favorite Lennon solo album) is around the corner and it mirrors this set – now that would be an instant purchase.

Well, that’s all for now. 

See you soon and I hope this finds you healthy and well and listening to some of your favorite music.

More to come …