On the Record: 21 Stupendous Big Box Sets for Music Fans

Here (listed alphabetically, by artist) are 21 of popular music’s most spectacular gargantuan anthologies, each featuring 10 or more discs.

Mildred Bailey**,** The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey**(2000, 10 CDs).** You’re probably wondering who the heck Mildred Bailey is, because she’s not exactly a household name today. Working primarily in the 1930s, however, she collaborated with a who’s who of jazz band leaders and musicians, including Benny Goodman, the Dorsey Brothers, and Red Norvo, to whom she was married for about nine years. This 214-song, 10-and-a-half-hour collection explains why she ranks among the best and most influential …