Out2Lunch

You may have to start pimping and booking numbers as well. These things will not be cheap!

Wrong Again,Purple Herman! I have purchased Imports that have extra tracks on them and have still re-produced the original cover art. The information on the extra tracks usually is in the insert packaged with the disc inside the sleeve.

I'd love to hear that story! BTW, funny to see avatar posted of "Have No Fear". Got it in the mail the other day, its a great album!

I would think that because of the volume of Garner material that is easily available that maybe this set would have a very limited market, unless they are able to find a lot of rare recordings.

P.S. Ghost of Miles, I don't think you need to apologize to anybody about asking questions on an open forum. Especially when discussing the Chairman of the Board!! I forgot to mention that the design of the Columbia set is very nice as well!!

I bought this set a couple of years ago and its a nice collection. The sound is good, the repitoire is by and large classic Sinatra with some novelty numbers included that reflect the tastes of the times. I am kind of prejudiced here because I am a huge fan of Sinatra's Capitol recordings but this is still a valuable collection and some would say Sinatra's voice is superior in his earlier career. I prefer the Capitol concept albums and the classic arrangments by Nelson Riddle and Billy May.

Watch that "fuddy-duddy" stuff, sonny boy!

That is a valid criticism Brad. I had to go scratching through AMG to reference the tracks to the albums, but the booklet is otherwise really interesting.

What about Lee Morgan's "The Rajah"? Took me a long time to find a copy of this one!

This news will please a lot of people, including yours truly!

Maybe he's the same guy with an expanded vocabulary!

Recieved the set today. The sound is fabulous! Nice Package and booklet too. Of course the whole thing would be a lot sweeter for the price that CD Universe is posting, but I guess things will even out eventually. I'm still glad I got the set, the music is the main thing and it is top notch!

Think I'll spin some Jutta tonight as well. I have some of her work captured on a German Jazz festival set from the 50's which was released by Bear Family, pretty nice stuff. Like any good artist, her work lives on.

I also spoke to him today and he seems willing to make some sort of concession, not sure exactly what at this point. For all the hype, I think I'll wait and see before I pre-order something in this price category in the future...

Atomic or Regular Wedgie?! Please no Wet Willie or Purple Hermans! What the hell is Weizen doing with that big can of Popeye's favorite anyway?

Please don't mention that word "Spinach" or I'll get in trouble again!!!

Today spent sometime listening to vocals for some reason... SUE RANEY-"Quietly There" "Sings the Music of Mancini" Maxine Sullivan "Together" Chris Connor-"Sings the George Gershwin Almanac of Song" Karin Krog-"One on One"

There is a lot in what you say, Brad. It is worth pursuing. I had the same info as many of us as to the "exclusivity" of this set. On the other hand, CD Universe does tend to jump the gun on some of their advance orders. I ordered those Django discs as well some time ago and still nothing. Still its worth a telephone call and like you say it may lead to some type of re-imbursement if Stateside is a reputable outfit, even if they are selling Art Ensemble discs now.

Is There A Lawyer In the House?!......................

I'm not too thrilled by this info either. I was led to believe that they had the exclusive on this item. Think I'll make another call Monday...............................................

Were those renderings done by Wingy?

I tried to order the Dizzy set from them direct and got back a reply that because of legal issues, they cannot sell this set to customers in the US. I never had that come up before. Anyway, I ordered it from UK Amazon and they shipped it out to me. Its a very nice collection.

Just spoke to the man and it is going out over the weekend from Chicago. Should reach the hinterlands by the start of next week unless Weizen gets a UPS job, then everybody gets a six pack to make up for delinquent deliveries!

Who bought the other 8 sets?