Columbia Records and CBS/Sony Japan are releasing Herbie Hancock: The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972-1988, a 34-CD box set, on November 12.

The set will contain 31 of Hancock’s albums, including eight that have never been issued outside of Japan and three more that have never been issued on CD in the US. Each of the 28 single albums and three double-CD albums will be packaged in mini-cardboard replica of the original jacket. The discs will also be accompanied by a 200-page book that has been published exclusively for the collection.
 
Herbie Hancock: The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972-1988 can be pre-ordered now for $219.39.

Albums

1. Sextant (1973)
2. Head Hunters (1973)
3. Dedication (1974)*
4. Thrust (1974)
5. Death Wish /OST (1974)
6. Flood (1975)*
7. Man-Child (1975)
8. Secrets (1976)
9. V.S.O.P. (1976 – 2CDs )
10. Herbie Hancock Trio (1977)*
11. V.S.O.P.: The Quintet (1977)
12. V.S.O.P.: Tempest In The Colosseum (1977)*
13. An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea (1978 – 2 CDs)
14. Sunlight (1978)
15. Feets Don’t Fail Me Now (1978)
16. Direct Step (1978)*
17. The Piano (1978)
18. V.S.O.P.: Live Under The Sky (1979 – 2 CDs)
19. V.S.O.P.: Five Stars (1979)*
20. Butterfly w/ Kimiko Kasai (1979)*
21. Monster (1980)
22. Mr. Hands (1980)
23. Magic Windows (1981)
24. Herbie Hancock Trio w/ Ron Carter + Tony Williams (1981)*
25. Herbie Hancock Quartet (1981)
26. Lite Me Up (1982)
27. Future Shock (1983)
28. Sound-System (1984)
29. Village Life (1984)
30. Round Midnight / OST (1985)
31. Perfect Machine (1988)

(*) First time on CD outside of Japan.