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[Soulstation1]

DAMN

this set is nice

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Sometimes you can say, "this music changed my life". This is one of those times.

MG

[Soulstation1]

this set could be my best pick up of the year...

[sal]

I'm thinking about giving this to myself for Christmas. I've procrastinated long enough.

[sal]

Just pulled the trigger....$83.99 on Amazon marketplace. Brand new. Can't wait!

[Adam]

Everything from "Birth of Soul" is in this set, right? So the question really is, since I have that, how much of the other material is essential?

[sal]

this set could be my best pick up of the year...

Its definitely mine!!

[BruceH]

I just borrowed this set from a library. The packaging is a trip! Kind of a "cute" idea, but it guarentees that you can't store it with the rest of your collection, unless you take out the CD's and store the box in your garage or something. I don't know if I'll have time to listen to all of this before I have to return it.

[Soulstation1]

ray + milt =

[jazzbo]

Everything from "Birth of Soul" is in this set, right? So the question really is, since I have that, how much of the other material is essential?

Yes, all of Birth of Soul is in this.

There are some of us who are really tempted to answer "all the other material is essential." I'd have a hard time saying . . . "Well, you don't really need. . . "

[NaturalSoul]

are the milt jackson albums in print ??

Edited by NaturalSoul, 23 July 2007 - 05:48 PM.

[sal]

Everything from "Birth of Soul" is in this set, right? So the question really is, since I have that, how much of the other material is essential?

Yes, all of Birth of Soul is in this.

There are some of us who are really tempted to answer "all the other material is essential." I'd have a hard time saying . . . "Well, you don't really need. . . "

I'd say about 80% of the jazz sides and pretty much all the live stuff in the set is essential.

This is one of the best music purchases I've ever made.

[Harold_Z]

imho everything by Ray Charles on Atlantic and ABC is essential. Just get it all.

[Soulstation1]

fav cuts from this set?

[sal]

fav cuts from this set?

Not sure if its my favorite, but I've listened to "Leave My Woman Alone" probably 50 times since I got the set. Something about that song is very addictive.

[Soulstation1]

should i add this set with the genius box?

[jeffrey r]

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 by jeffrey r, 03 August 2007 - 03:14 PM.

[Soulstation1]

Spinning this set this afternoon

This could be the best box set EVER!!!

IMO

[AllenLowe]

ever? Better than "Mel Gibson Reads the Complete King James Bible" (6 cds with alternate takes)?

[Big Wheel]

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.

[Soulstation1]

Check oldies.com for the set

[Big Wheel]

Yeah, I saw they have it. But was it deleted from Rhino's catalog?

[sal]

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.

[djcavanagh]

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.

[Big Wheel]

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 by Big Wheel, 15 June 2010 - 04:48 PM.

[JohnJ]

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

[mikelz777]

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.

[jazzbo]

An excellent set! I recently grabbed the Singular Genius set and can recommend it. Wow, killer mono sound.

[JSngry]

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...

[Stefan Wood]

....yes indeed, at this price I pulled the trigger on it as well.