box set Archives - Desperate Living

A TV series that faced lots of problems that led to its premature demise – but is worth a second look.

Columbo was the best TV detective show of the 1970s and remains consistently entertaining and intriguing even today.

A suitably excessive collection of recordings from the very height of progressive rock’s ambition and pomposity.

A new series of luxury UHD box sets of some cult movie classics… and some odd choices.

Looking back at the free discs sent out alongside offers for box sets of music that people didn’t really want but felt compelled to buy anyway.

Serge Gainsbourg’s 1971 masterpiece transformed into a work of video art starring Jane Birkin.

The swagger, sleaze and sensationalism of the 1970s glam rock scene explored.

Exploring the pagan roots and dark traditionalism of 1970s British folk, via a new box set.

Probing the wonders and frustrations of The Residents’ Cube-E Box extravaganza.

The complex and ambitious political German noir TV series is both ambitious and frustrating.

Everything louder than everything else: relentless metal pioneers Sir Lord Baltimore remembered.