Massively Malmsteen!

If you are a fan of Malmsteen, you have to get this box set. If you don't own any of these albums, this set can be a great deal. You get the Japanese versions of all the CD's, many of which have bonus tracks that you can't get unless you buy the imports of the CD's, which can get to be very expensive. You also get 2 DVD's (which play in America), which are good. Great buy, if you are a big Malmsteen fan.

Not worth your money....

I recently purchased Archives from ebay for only 150 dollars. I am not a big fan of Yngwie but I wanted to see what the hype was all about. The box set lacks diversity. You can hear 2 cd's and not bother about the rest of them because he does the same thing over and over. He's a good guitarist, but I think this box set was overdone. The price is also a lot! imagine 8 cd's + 2 dvd's for 361.00! 8 cd's you can purchase used for around 10.00 and 2 dvd's for around 40.00...that makes it 120.00$ Whats the silver chain used for....who wants that unless u are one of Yngwie's family member. This is a huge investment so think and buy.

Pricey But Worth It

I just got involved in Malmsteen a few years back I was drawn to him because I was into Vinnie Vincent as a child and later in my adult life decided to see what Yngwie could do. And I must say I was blown away.
Yngwie can structure his guitar playing & shreds (unlike Vinnie) so it sounds orchestrated and beautiful, rather than following the mindless shredding of his 80s counterparts.
I would most certainly buy this box set because although it does cost a lot it is well worth it if you consider how much it would cost you for the individual imports that contain all these tracks.
Yngwie was lucky enough to escape to the East and avoid the terrible backlash that happened against the 80s guitarists, like when the other guitar shredder Vinnie was forced to go bankrupt due to a flood of lawsuits. So we will be likely to see his masterpieces for a good long time.