mikeweil Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 These are twofer CDs - two LPs on one CD. I see some titles that had been available in the same combination from Fantasy or even Verve (e.g. the Bill Evans Empathy), and a lot that has been reissued before, but they're cheap (€ 7.99 over here) and maybe Universal got the message from all those European bootlege labels ... This link has some, but I know there are more. Jazzplus, Ray Brown (Kontrabaß), Milt Jackson (Xylophon), Cannonball Adderley (Featuring) With The All Star Big Band (+ Ray Brown / Milt Jackson) Jazzplus, Bob Brookmeyer (act), Lalo SchifrinTrombone Jazz Samba (+ Samba Para Dos) Jazzplus, Johnny HodgesThe Eleventh Hour (+ Sandy's Gone) Jazzplus, George RussellStratusphunk (+ The Stratus Seekers) Jazzplus, Gene Ammons, Etta Jones, Jack McDuff, Sonny StittSoul Summit (+ Soul Summit Vol. 2) Jazzplus, Ella Fitzgerald (Solo)Sings Broadway (+ Rhythm Is My Business) Jazzplus, Quincy Jones (act)Plays The Hip Hits (+ Golden Boy) Jazzplus, Oscar Peterson TrioNight Train (+ The Jazz Soul Of Oscar Peterson) Jazzplus, Stan Getz (Tenor-Saxophon), Charlie Byrd (Gitarre), Luiz Bonfa (Gitarre)Jazz Samba (+ Jazz Samba Encore!) Jazzplus, Mel Tormé (Solo)I Dig The Duke, I Dig The Count (+ Swings Shubert Alley) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted October 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 Jazzplus, Coleman Randolph Hawkins, Johnny Hodges, Roy EldridgeHawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! (+ Alive! At The Village Gate!) Jazzplus, Bill Evans (Klavier)Empathy (+ A Simple Matter Of Conviction) Jazzplus, Roland Kirk (Flöte)Domino (+ Reeds & Deeds) Jazzplus, Dave PikeBossa Nova Carnival (+ Limbo Carnival) Jazzplus, Gene Ammons (Tenor-Saxophon), Sonny Stitt (Alt-Saxophon)Boss Tenors In Orbit! (+ Boss Tenors) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted October 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 (edited) Anita O'Day & Cal Tjader The Three Sounds / Time For Two) Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) West Side Story (+Plays Porgy & Bess) Jimmy Smith (1928-2005) Bashin' / Hobo Flats Kai Winding (1922-1983) Soul Surfin' / Mondo Cane 2 Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich Burnin' Beat / The Original Drum Battle Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996) The Concert Jazz Band '63 / The Concert Jazz Band Shirley Horn (1934-2005) Travelin' Light / Horn Of Plenty (Horn With Horns) Benny Golson (geb. 1929) Turning Point / Free Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) New Wave! / Dizzy On The French Riviera Art Farmer & Benny Golson Here And Now / Another Git Together The last bacth is scheduled for November 16, 2012 release in Germany. The other seem to be out as I post this. Edited October 20, 2012 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 One more series, once more full of weird choices and odd combinations ... at least there still seem to be what, 0.2 people at Universal Germany working in the jazz department? Why pick the weakest two albums (Creed botched them) of Anita O'Day's great Verve years? Why not do Hawkins right and bring us a 2CD set including the bonus tracks of the previous CD reissues? (Remember, the Impulse 2-on-1 series did included a few 2CD sets ... no bonus material there, just two albums longer than 80 minutes ... but still!) ... Anyway, how are the albums on the Hodges, Brookmeyer and Winding discs? How's the Tormé that's not Shubert Alley (which I have and love)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 How did Creed botch the O'Day - Three Sounds LP? Its just the trio and her, with Roy Eldredge sitting in on a tune or two. Personally I can't tolerate her voice but I'm thankful for the handful of pure trio tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Verve Elite Edition....it aint. Still, I guess we should be grateful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Anyone who hasn't got the Ammons/Stitt twofers ought to have them. 'Soul summit' is marginally better but both twofers come from Jug's best period, between his two prison sentences. What about the Jimmy Smith - Bashin'/Hobo flats? That's one I want: 'Hobo flats' has only come out on CD on the Oliver Nelson Mosaic, I think. And it's a VERY sensible coupling. MGWhy not do Hawkins right and bring us a 2CD set including the bonus tracks of the previous CD reissues? What's wrong lad? Would you say that, not having any of this disc, I shouldn't buy it? I'm minded to. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Dan, I guess I'm talking mostly of the Tjader album - but the Three Sounds is still just okay, rather than good to great (which most of her other Verve albums are!). MG: I guess if you don't know the Hawkins material, the new reissue will be great ... but still, what I find sad about these reissues (same goes for the LPR/Originals series) is that previously available bonus material will be gone for good. It would have been around, and putting it onto the discs wouldn't cost much ... and twofers are quite far from "original album" reissues anway, so why not go all the way and included the previously available bonus material as well? Anyway, for newbies, there's plenty of good stuff here, the JOS, the Hammond, the Ammons/Stitt, the George Russell, the Getz, the Kirk, the Mulligan, the Golson, the Jazztet ... the Brown, Soul Summit an OPs are good as well. Still, this is kind of a not-happening series for me, sorry to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Hey, I'll take it. Those George Russells are a huge deal. The OJCs just went for over $30 each on eBay. I passed them over 100 times and was biding my time until Fresh Sound stepped in. Glad I can get them legit.Though, yes if I could bitch about one thing, why not pair Reeds & Deeds with Gifts & Messages, the other RK Mercury small group album that's never been available on a standalone CD in Europe/US (or ever-- not sure about Japan)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Oh, and MG: Hobo Flats came out in the Verve LPR series ca. 2008. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001G9LVDE/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1350834245&sr=8-1&pi=SL75 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Hey, I'll take it. Those George Russells are a huge deal. The OJCs just went for over $30 each on eBay. I passed them over 100 times and was biding my time until Fresh Sound stepped in. Glad I can get them legit. Though, yes if I could bitch about one thing, why not pair Reeds & Deeds with Gifts & Messages, the other RK Mercury small group album that's never been available on a standalone CD in Europe/US (or ever-- not sure about Japan)? Yep, and the bonus material from the VME of "Domino" was pretty worthwhile, too! I got the VME even though I've got the big Kirk box. Oh, and MG: Hobo Flats came out in the Verve LPR series ca. 2008. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001G9LVDE/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1350834245&sr=8-1&pi=SL75 Yes ... I had to look it up as well since I wasn't sure. Got the Nelson Mosaic though, so I won't need it. One more (last?) bit of bitching: the Rich/Krupa ... now the bonus album is actually the continuation (kind of) of Krupa & Rich, yes? Not of the "Drum Battle" (which is worthwhile for fans of Willie Smith! ... and was part of the Verve By Request series). Seems a bit of an odd combination, not unlike plenty of the Impulse 2-on-1 discs were ... anyway, is that bonus album worth getting the twofer for? I'm a bit hesitant judging on the line-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesnik Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 The last bacth is scheduled for November 16. some of these came out as verve master editions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Oh, and MG: Hobo Flats came out in the Verve LPR series ca. 2008. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001G9LVDE/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1350834245&sr=8-1&pi=SL75 Oh, I didn't know that. So maybe it would be worthwhile my shopping around to see whether the new twofer is cheaper than a copy of the solo CD. Thanks. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Maybe an Alan Shorter Orgasm/Tes Esat twofer is en route? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Oh, and MG: Hobo Flats came out in the Verve LPR series ca. 2008. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001G9LVDE/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1350834245&sr=8-1&pi=SL75 Oh, I didn't know that. So maybe it would be worthwhile my shopping around to see whether the new twofer is cheaper than a copy of the solo CD. Thanks. MG Probably the new ones will be cheaper (on amazon.de it's € 8.99 vs. € 21.99 - the latter being ridiculous for a Verve Originals disc, of course). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Maybe an Alan Shorter Orgasm/Tes Esat twofer is en route? Yeah - I'd put money on that one. NOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 That the Universal people, especially those in Germany, are not that knowledgeable about jazz was confirmed to me by a local CD department manager who is in the business for 30+ years - I, too, can think of more sensible combinations and all, but to reissue stuff that is out of print is okay. Sometimes there is a disc that's still missing in someone's collection, even more for the so-called newbies, considering today's market that's all we will get, I'm afraid. We should all give up our jobs, throw our money together and start the perfect reissue label. We'll all be broke after a year or two, but who cares ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Yeah, actually I guess we ought to be glad to see any activies besides the Spanish and UK ones that are too often lacking soundwise ... but then again I still think evading the often moronic (and certainly marketing-department-dictated) reissue policies would have helped the labels to sell more while they still could have. Now, it seems to be too late, alas. But I'm stocked up on "classics" for (at least) half a lifetime, and there's still plenty of smaller labels releasing great music to keep us busy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnhrtg Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Thank you, Mike, for mentioning these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 You're welcome - that's all I wanted - point out some for those who don't already have them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Like I said, it's all worth it to get those Russells. I can't believe I passed those over time and again for years before it was all of a sudden too late. Now Ezzthetic and The Outer View won't be so lonely on the shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 What's a good source for ordering these in the USA? I'm not finding them on Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romualdo Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 What's a good source for ordering these in the USA? I'm not finding them on Amazon. try grooves-inc (switzerland) I think they have them for 6.99 euros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Amazon has them listed with a Dec. 4 release date and has them priced at $35. But once the listing is activated UK sellers should have them on Marketplace for a bargain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 How hard would it be for somebody not of Andorran origian to get all the Yusef Lateef impulse! sides in one place before somebody of Andorran origin does? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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