Tom in RI Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 My local brick and mortar Newberry's has this box for the 39.99 price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 My local brick and mortar Newberry's has this box for the 39.99 price. If you don't have it, buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Mine just came in the mail. Yeah, I don't know why I avoided listening to this for so long -- this is great, great music! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelz777 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 (edited) The term "genius" is tossed about so casually these days that it has lost it's meaning. Not so in the case of Ray Charles. He was truly a musical genius. I just received my set and the music is nothing short of wonderful. I really like that they arranged the songs according to recording date. We get to hear Ray blossom, so to speak, as he really comes into his own with the greater freedom/independance afforded to him at Atlantic. His blending of different genres was remarkable for the time as he paved his way over new ground. The packaging is about as impractical as you can get but still, it's a wonderful treatment for such a fantastic collection. I'm very pleased that the discs are housed in a plastic tray and not just a paper sleeve where the disc has to slide in and out. The cloth-bound book is very good and the whole, overall appearance is excellent. This was a no-brainer bargain at $39.99. It's even a bargain at the $46.00 Amazon is currently asking for it. I'm very, very happy with it. Edited April 10, 2012 by mikelz777 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 I own most, but not all, of this in a hodge podge of packages, but since some of it was a present I'll probably keep it that way. I can hardly believe that Ray isn't in Downbeat's Hall of Fame, or anybody's, he sure is in mine. Could play lots of different stuff, if not quite everything, he prefered singing songs but that's another issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 Spotify has this set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 So glad that Newberry had this set at this price...I'm familiar with all the R&B stuff to the point of complacency, but not nearly so much the small group jazz stuff, which is really hitting the spot right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!! Fathead!!!fa·tid·ic (f-tdk) KEY also fa·tid·i·cal (--kl) KEY ADJECTIVE: Relating to or characterized by prophecy; prophetic.http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/fatidic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 So glad that Newberry had this set at this price...I'm familiar with all the R&B stuff to the point of complacency, but not nearly so much the small group jazz stuff, which is really hitting the spot right now. Newbury has it back at the same price. Finally ordered after procrastinating last time around. Just a few copies though so anyone interested should move quickly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Just out (from Le Chant du Monde); €20,51 for the 7CD set via Amazon.fr: http://www.amazon.fr...53752279&sr=1-3 http://label.chantdu...ylists&id=15078 Getting my copy on Monday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Saw that one in a store, sealed, but could see it has a booklet that looked rather big. As I have the big box, I won't need any of the new releases, but I still need a good replacement for the crappy 2CD set I got with the early recordings (I got the one which duplicates a track and omits another one, released by an outfit by name of Night Train).Hm, the new, cheaper edition of the Rhino "Pure Genius" box hasn't been mentioned here before, must have been another thread, I guess. Here's the one: http://www.amazon.fr/Pure-Genius-Completed-Recordings-1952-59/dp/B007TLCU2Y/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted November 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Saw that one in a store, sealed, but could see it has a booklet that looked rather big. As I have the big box, I won't need any of the new releases, but I still need a good replacement for the crappy 2CD set I got with the early recordings (I got the one which duplicates a track and omits another one, released by an outfit by name of Night Train). Hm, the new, cheaper edition of the Rhino "Pure Genius" box hasn't been mentioned here before, must have been another thread, I guess. Here's the one: http://www.amazon.fr.../dp/B007TLCU2Y/ Just in case someone was wondering about it: that Night Train set was legit. I don't think it's that bad - apart from the error, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Just in case someone was wondering about it: that Night Train set was legit. I don't think it's that bad - apart from the error, of course. I thought so ... but in this case you seem to be better-served by going illegit (Fresh Sound, JSP, whatever). Or the legitics should provide a fix, which to my knowledge, they never did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 I'm in need of a good Swingtime set; but I want it with the four tracks he cut in Florida, before he went to the west coast. The new box doesn't have them. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Are they on the JSP set? Anyone knows that one? http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005GS3LN4/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 Yes, they're at the end of the Swingtime material. Looks like a good one to get. I vaguely recognise the name Bill Samuels , but can't place him? DOing a Google search brings up some politico all the time. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 (edited) I vaguely recognise the name Bill Samuels , but can't place him? DOing a Google search brings up some politico all the time. All the Bill Samuels items were reissued on CD 5112 in the CLASSICS BLUES & RHYTHM SERIES before. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings sez thus: "A crooner with the exageratedly precise diction of Al Hibbler,. Samuels applied his velvet-fog voice to standards like Ghost of a Chance ... occasionally diversifying into Louis jordan jive numbers ... and an infrequent blues" and goes on to describe the contents of this CD as "svelte lounge music." It ain't THAT mediocre, though, that CD. Cannot see that Ray Charles played piano on these sessions so are these really just fillers? Edited November 27, 2012 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 I vaguely recognise the name Bill Samuels , but can't place him? DOing a Google search brings up some politico all the time. All the Bill Samuels items were reissued on CD 5112 in the CLASSICS BLUES & RHYTHM SERIES before. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings sez thus: "A crooner with the exageratedly precise diction of Al Hibbler,. Samuels applied his velvet-fog voice to standards like Ghost of a Chance ... occasionally diversifying into Louis jordan jive numbers ... and an infrequent blues" and goes on to describe the contents of this CD as "svelte lounge music." It ain't THAT mediocre, though, that CD. Cannot see that Ray Charles played piano on these sessions so are these really just fillers? That all sounds purrty vullegar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 Sounds kinda Crown-ish to me, only Crown would put a headliner's name on an album that had one or two cuts by them and then the fine-print guy (if there was one) would take up the rest of the record. Or even better - put a headliner on the cover who's not even on the record. That's better than vulgar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 (edited) That all sounds purrty vullegar Much too nightclubbish (call it "sophisticated" if you want) to be "vulgar" . In fact, those who really like that early pre-Atlantic Ray Charles stuff (and who therefore are bound to like Charles Brown and his ilk too) are likely to appreciate Bill Samuels too (because his style falls into the same bracket). Considering that other (comprehensive) Samuels reissue is OOP now but has been available for a long time, I'd wager a guess that those who WANT Samuels have already been served. So - yes, that combination stinks a little. HOWEVER, the reissuers of that Ray Charles package are not the only guilty ones. Remember how Document used to proceed often (and still does)? And Blue Moon too (but ... stop ... that's Andorran! Evil! Evil! So no surprise ... ) No, seriously, this practice is annoying (given the relatively recent availability of the Samuels CD) but I think in almost all instances it is a case of the discography of the artist in question being too slim to make up a full CD (and without the Samuels stuff the playing time on that TWO-CD set would have been laughable, right? ) so the compilers throw in a few bonuses that might appeal to the target buyer group. While the stylistic lineage is not to be denied here, it would have made more sense to me to fill up the CD with a couple of very early other R&B tracks where Ray Charles was the session pianist. (But ... hold it ... that would have meant research and possibly remastering! ) (Yet I consider getting that set to finally replace my old "20 Golden Pieces" series LP of Ray Charles Swingtime tracks.) BTW, as for MG's comment about those Miami sides being included at the end of the Ray Charles tracklist, while I do not have my Leadbitter/Slaven discography on hand, I seem to recall they listed one or two tracks more than those in that set. So ...? (They might be retitled alternate takes, though)I Edited November 28, 2012 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Well, I was just joking of course ... not sure I really need to replace the 2CD set I have because of one missing track and a few others, but the JSP would fit the bill nicely, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Well, I was just joking of course ... not sure I really need to replace the 2CD set I have because of one missing track and a few others, but the JSP would fit the bill nicely, I think. In my case it would be a bit more than 20 missing tracks. Now do I NEED them? BTW, did anybody find that set on the JSP WEBSITE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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