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Duke Ellington: The Reprise Studio Recordings


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I wasn't even in the market for it but at that price (and not a little guilt :w ), I couldn't resist springing for the Basie set. When will this buying madness end!? :blink: I seem to be powerless against it! ;) I'm anxious to see how this plays out. :unsure:^_^

Now when is that Gillespie Mosaic price going to drop? :g

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The Mosaic box is OOP, but the Warner version of the set has remained available in Europe. There is also an edition from the german Spiegel magazine:

http://shop.spiegel.de/shop/action/product...;artiId=4398489

More discussion here:

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=4716

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=5537

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=6953

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=19045

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But having read the other threads that is the German one... right? I bought mine from amazon.co.uk. not amazon.de and I've seen the other picture. The picture on the UK website looks just like a Mosaic cover....

The 'spiegel' edition is in a smaller, rectangular 'book-type' pack (a bit like the Complete Herbie and Dexter Blue Notes) with the same cover photo as the bigger, square box Mosaic.

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Amazon.co.uk states "Warner" as the label, so it's clearly not the Mosaic set.

I've seen a Warner set at Zweitausendeins some years ago, it was a rectangular box with the square Mosaic cover on the upper front, as sidewinder has described.. The Spiegel set seems to be the Warner set with a Spiegel sticker on the front.

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Amazon.co.uk states "Warner" as the label, so it's clearly not the Mosaic set.

I've seen a Warner set at Zweitausendeins some years ago, it was a rectangular box with the square Mosaic cover on the upper front, as sidewinder has described.. The Spiegel set seems to be the Warner set with a Spiegel sticker on the front.

Apologies - It's the Warner set, not the spiegel that I described. I've seen them in the shops over here.

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Yes I have seen this set in a few shops in the UK and the box is definitely rectangular. (same size as the Herbie Hancock BN sessions). I nearly bought it for £30 a couple of years ago but I gave it a miss. I bought the larger box on Ebay a few months later. I like this set!

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Here's the track list from the Warner set, anybody can sent us the one from the Mosaic set.

Disc: 1

1. Christopher Columbus

2. Let’s Get Together

3. Goodbye

4. Chant Of The Weed

5. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You

6. One O ’Clock Jump

7. Tuxedo Junction

8. Ciribiribiri

9. It’s A Lonesome Old Town

10. Minnie The Moocher

11. Sentimental Journey

12. When It’s Sleepy Time Down South

13. For Dancers Only

14. Rhapsody In Blue

15. Contrasts

16. Sleep

17. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

18. Auld Lang Syne

19. The Midnight Sun Will Never Set

20. Woodchopper’s Ball

21. Artistry In Rhythm

22. Smoke Rings

23. The Waltz You Saved For Me

24. Cherokee

Disc: 2

1. Afro Bossa

2. Purple Gazelle

3. Absinthe (J)

4. Moonbow

5. Sempre Amoré

6. Caliné

7. Tigress

8. Angu

9. Volupté

10. Bonga

11. Pyramid

12. Eighth Veil

13. Resume #1

14. Resume #2

15. Tricky’s Licks

16. Blues In C

17. Limbo Jazz

18. Pretty Little One

19. String Along With Strings

20. The Feeling Of Jazz

Disc: 3

1. Take The A Train

2. In A Sentimental Mood

3. Don’t Get Around Much Any More

4. Day Dream

5. Cotton Tail

6. Night Creature (First Movement)

7. Night Creature (Second Movement)

8. Night Creature (Third Movement)

9. Non-Violent Integration

10. La Scala, She Too Pretty To Be Blue

11. Harlem

Disc: 4

1. Hello, Dolly!

2. Call Me Irresponsible

3. Fly Me To The Moon

4. So Little Time

5. Danke Schoen

6. More

7. The Second Time Around

8. Never On Sunday

9. I Left My Heart In San Francisco

10. Blowin’ In The Wind

11. Stranger On The Shore

12. Red Roses For A Blue Lady

13. Charade

14. People

15. All My Lovin’

16. A Beautiful Friendship

17. I Want To Hold Your Hand

18. Days Of Wine And Roses

19. I Can’t Stop Loving You

20. The Good Life

21. Satin Doll

22. Moon River

23. Ellington ‘66

Disc: 5

1. A Spoonful Of Sugar

2. Chim Chim Cheree

3. Feed The Birds

4. Let’s Go Fly A Kite

5. Stay Awake

6. I Love To Laugh

7. Jolly Holiday

8. Sister Suffragette

9. The Perfect Nanny

10. Step In Time

11. The Life I Lead

12. Supercalifragilistic-expialidocious

13. Islanirgin

14. Virgin Jungle

15. Fiddler On The Diddle

16. Jungle Kitty

17. Things Ain’t What They Used To Be

18. Big Fat Alice’s Blues

19. Chelsea Bridge

20. The Opener

21. Mysterious Chick

22. Barefoot Stomper

23. Fade Up

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  • 2 weeks later...

My set arrived 2 days ago and so far I have listened to the first 2 CDs. As you sais sidewinder: the music swings like crazy.

Hey, thanks for the heads up on this being available at Amazon. I got through about 2/3 of disk 1 last night, and it was great stuff. Very good sonics as well. :tup

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I just received The Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings in the mail today. I never would have picked this up at Mosaic for their delivered price of $146.00 because that price was way too steep for me. To get the same thing at Amazon.UK for just over $61.00 delivered is a bargain I couldn't pass up! I was tempted to get the Ellington Reprise set as well but it looked like it contained a lot of stuff that I would find of dubious enjoyment. I just had a chance to listen to disc 1 of Basie and I'm very impressed so far. :g Check the encyclopedia under "swing" and you should find pictures of Basie with these bands! I can't wait to dig into the rest of it!!

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My 'Ellington - Reprise Recordings' arrived this morning.

Haven't had a chance to listen to the music yet but my first impression of the long-box & liner notes is favourable. I wonder if Mosaic will ever go for this format? It would certainly allow them to reduce the cost of shipping, particularly to 'non-US' destinations.

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