HUH? Is this unusual?

Yes, most of those "" best of"  LP's from big firms back in the day were 
good stuff !

There are lots of good recordings in those old Reader’s Digest box sets. I’ve found some that were virtually unplayed. Quality quiet vinyl too.

One to look for was issued in 1964; a 12-record Reader’s Digest box set titled: "Treasury of Great Music." These are all RCA recordings from the golden era of stereo, engineered by Ken Wilkenson. In addition to the 12 records, they included a bonus record featuring music by Beethoven, Bach, Weber, and Schumann.

This eBay seller listed this one as 78 rpm. That's a mistake. These are all 12" 33 rpm recordings.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Readers-Digest-33-rpm-12-Record-Set-Treasury-of-Great-Music-1960s-EX/373078988106?hash=item56dd3d954a:g:6ysAAOSwgXVe39rg

My set is dead mint. It even has all of the advertising and coupons to facilitate ordering additional sets. According to the coupons in my set, the 12-record sets were available at a cost of $16.00 - $16.96, "payable in four easy payments."

How times have changed.

Frank

$2.99???
What a rip off!
Should have been no more than $1.99!!!

LOL.

Resistance is futile.

Great find ,the places on Long Island .Well there still close here but ,I can only imagine the crazy prices they will be asking when they open up.

Bill is a vulcan!

Bill is a diehard trekkie, where you been?

Audiofeil - I stand corrected!

My son is finding charity stores to be a great source of vinyl on his budget for his new turntable. The stuff is so cheap that he buys things he would not normally listen to just to try out and is he expanding his appreciation of music. I think it is well worth visiting these stores,

I have the Shatner album.

Audiofeil - How you could choose Bolton & Kenny G when there was a Shatner within your reach suggests your musical taste is "highly questionable".

I was in a Goodwill store recently and found a sealed copy of "Michael Bolton and Kenny G: Live At The Idaho State Fair".

A woman next to me saw the album and pepper sprayed me trying to snatch it away but I managed to divert her attention by pointing to "The Best Of William Shatner" and then running to the register.

I commonly run into it when I am at Goodwill looking to add to my Kenny Rodgers and Barbara Streisand collections...except there, they are 50 cents, no matter how many records in the set, and unopened or not.

No, it's not usual at all. I left that set there by mistake when I was in Wisconsin on business. If I send you my shipping address can you send those to me?