Thanks for alerting (those who didn't know yet - like me ) to this Oxford Studies in Recorded Jazz series. I am indeed tempted by the Gerry Mulligan Quartets volume. Not expensive at less than 20 EUR on Amazon, and the sample pages looked "digestible enough" even to a non-musician like me. 

Actually Basie and Herman are part of the reasons why I am going to pass. I have all of these (as well as the Sam Donahues a.o.) and am quite satisfied with the sound on the vinyls. With the overall cost anounced for the European distributors the set would work out at something like 20 EUR per CD anyway, so if you already have a substantial part of the music anyway the cost per REMAINING CD just exceeds the limits of reasonability, alas. 

Johny Coles, “Little Johnny C” on Blue Note Japan 85th Anniversay UHQCD.  

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I remember that report from a couple of years ago that cited half of LP buyers didn't have a turntable to play them on. Maybe that trend has changed a little since, but I'd be surprised if CDs ever catch back on domestically enough for a spike in demand for players. I'd be all for it, but seems like a long shot.