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  "path": "/2026/05/08/on-the-record-21-stupendous-big-box-sets-for-music-fans/",
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    "The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey"
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  "textContent": "_**Here (listed alphabetically, by artist) are 21 of popular music’s most spectacular gargantuan anthologies, each featuring 10 or more discs.**_\n\n* * *\n\nMildred 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 …",
  "title": "On the Record: 21 Stupendous Big Box Sets for Music Fans"
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