Soulstation1 Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 should i add this set with the genius box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrey r Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 (edited) should i add this set with the genius box? Yup. The complete C&W recordings is a great box set. I don't have the huge Atlantic box, but I have the C&W box, the Birth of Soul - Complete Atlantic R&B Recordings 3-disc set, and the DCC Uh-Huh 2-disc set, and it's a great heaping of Ray. Edited August 3, 2007 by jeffrey r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted July 19, 2009 Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 Spinning this set this afternoon This could be the best box set EVER!!! IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted July 19, 2009 Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 ever? Better than "Mel Gibson Reads the Complete King James Bible" (6 cds with alternate takes)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wheel Posted July 19, 2009 Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 By the way, was this set deleted from the catalog? It's showing as "discontinued" at Amazon and I'm having trouble finding it at CD Universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted July 19, 2009 Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 Check oldies.com for the set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wheel Posted July 19, 2009 Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 Yeah, I saw they have it. But was it deleted from Rhino's catalog? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 This was one of the first sets I put on my iPod when I got one, and its made the music a bit more accessible to listen to in a physical sense (similar to most of my other CD box sets that I've converted to digital format). Its a marvelously creative musical spell that is documented. My appreciation of this music grows with time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djcavanagh Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Yeah, I saw they have it. But was it deleted from Rhino's catalog? I suspect that it is going out of print. There don't seem to be too many copies around. I got the last one that amazon.co.uk had last week - more than I wanted to spend but didn't want to let it get by me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wheel Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 (edited) Amazon has this as a lightning deal until 6 PT. $79.99. Weird that the Amazon page no longer says "discontinued by the manufacturer"... Edited June 15, 2010 by Big Wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Newbury Comics has several new copies at $39.99. I assume that is a good price. They do international shipping too. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A7KL7U/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A96CQQZGK78UG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelz777 Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 I grabbed one a couple of days ago. All I currently own from the set is the material with Milt Jackson so this buy is going to be well worth it, especially at that price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 An excellent set! I recently grabbed the Singular Genius set and can recommend it. Wow, killer mono sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Newbury Comics has several new copies at $39.99. I assume that is a good price. They do international shipping too. http://www.amazon.co...m=A96CQQZGK78UG Snagged! I already had the R&B box, but not all the jazz sides. For this price, hey... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 ....yes indeed, at this price I pulled the trigger on it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 ....yes indeed, at this price I pulled the trigger on it as well. I paid, I think, $49 for mine from one of the online clubs several years ago and have never had a shred of buyer's remorse. Tough set for storage though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 I put the digipaks on the shelf with my cds, and the phonograph is a "top of bookshelf display". . . with the Mercury box set Radio on top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 I may be a minority, but I like the pre-Atlantic stuff best - not the real Nat Cole-ish stuff, but there's an in-between period when he's working things out and sounds very raw. It's been booted on a few labels, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 I may be a minority, but I like the pre-Atlantic stuff best - not the real Nat Cole-ish stuff, but there's an in-between period when he's working things out and sounds very raw. It's been booted on a few labels, I think. The stuff on the Swingtime label? I have some of that but they are relatively early ones. Which sessions/recording periods are you specifically thinking of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) yes, the swingtime - more like the "mature" Ray, but a little less slick. Not sure where my copies are right now. here's one: http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Swing-Time-Recordings-1949-52/dp/B000654ZB4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1333654702&sr=8-3 Edited April 5, 2012 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 I have that stuff, I like it a lot. . . but I reach for the later stuff more often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Singular genius is an excellent box. I'm getting a great deal of pleasure out of it. I love the Swingtime/Downbeat material I've got, though it's just a couple of LPs and isn't complete. Must go for the one Allen linked to as soon as I've moved Singular genius off the frequent listening list. But the Atlantic material, whether jazz or R&B, is tops. Gawd, it's 53 years since I bought my first Ray Charles single... MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlitweiler Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 Newbury Comics has several new copies at $39.99. I assume that is a good price. They do international shipping too. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A7KL7U/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A96CQQZGK78UG Thanks for the heads-up, John. I ordered the (supposedly) last one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 So that was you who beat me to it .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 yes, the swingtime - more like the "mature" Ray, but a little less slick. Not sure where my copies are right now. here's one: http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Swing-Time-Recordings-1949-52/dp/B000654ZB4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1333654702&sr=8-3 There's a duplified track (and hence another one missing) - not sure, but I think CD2#22 is one of the takes of "Sweet as Can Be" that's duplicated, while "Late in the Evening Blues" is missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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