David Ayers

The other day I put on Curtis Amy, who was just blazing hot, I was amazed. I had really no idea he had those kind of chops. Lasted a few tunes before he turned out to be Bill Barron. Quite an educative mis-click.

Not changing my vote but I agree that the Elvin is a great box in terms of album sequence - it feels like a really interesting and generous box.

The same remastering.

The new booklet is soft cover, but nicely printed on good paper, full color.

Bit puzzled by the Scotch tape in that image until I checked my box.... [that is the material from the can on disc 7]

The tracklist at universal.it is here, showing the correct Traneing In. These are stated to be remastered, though that doesn't always mean anything. http://www.universalmusic.it/jazz/artista/discografia/?ida=306689

I did just open my copy of the budget box and it contains a very nice 74-page booklet. Never saw the booklet in the original set but this one is just fine - essays, lots of photos, discographical information. Pretty good actually.

The Impulses were first for me and I worked through them all. I wanted him to go *on* but instead *I* had to go back, Atlantics then Prestiges. When I did it it felt more like an excavation. I think Jim's way of outlining how we should think about what we are listening to is pretty good. You *have* to hear them really in terms of where they are eventually going. But you have to hear them. I think it was Elvin Jones in an interview who said that if people have any John Coltrane albums they have them all. Like Jim R says - you just go for it, don't you?

Ok they are all the same - some omit announcement, some also omit piano intro.

@jazztrain: thanks! In fact I will check later - I just couldn't face it when I posted...

Spotify seems to contain different versions of this tune by Bird, though I haven't listened to ascertain what they are, but the track lengths vary by more than a minute. A lot of them are from PD opportunists in Europe who are jamming up Spotify with meaningless reissues and compilations. Interested to know about the different versions (if that is indeed what they are), not so interested in the speculative copyright vigilantism.

You don't want them , of course, but Rattle's Beethoven Symphones are going for 13.44 on amazon.co.uk http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Symphonies-Sir-Simon-Rattle/dp/B008MB2B3S/ref=sr_1_4?m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1387282342&sr=1-4

The Solti recording are Decca. Haven't checked EMI. And you're right about the Bayreuth box - the objective will be to make them complementary. In any case, it's all good - no-one will become less informed about the world by working through that DG box!

Yeah loss of overview is why in the main I go one disc at a time. You can score thousands of CDs for pennies these days but, for me at leasst, it is bad feng shui. That said I have been thinking of changing tack since with most stuff one hearing is enough for me. That's where spotters comes in, I suppose...

Not at all? Really? Hm. But they let you create an account!

I've listened to it all but, uh, not that carefully....

Yeah I guess that's it...

Re. Wagner, these sets aim not to give away the shop. There are probably some better versions in the Universal catalogue - the Bohm Ring and Tristan (some prefer the Solti Ring but uh not me), the Thielemann Parsifal, the Abbado Lohengrin. So first choices which are probably strong sellers do not necessarily feature. I think that is why most of us here do not own more than one or two of these (it seems). I'd say the issue with Wagner is finding the time to listen, and the time investment probably could be matched by more careful cash investment. But what the heck, it's Wagner. For me, the only ones I *actually* listen to are the Ring, Tristan and Parsifal. PS you do get a big chunk of DFD in this set; you also get a big chunk of Domingo who is a great singer but whose German is not very German-sounding.

Know what I mean? I suspect that most of what we hoover up on this board shouldn't really be the favorite of any right-thinking person. But within that there's a lot we agree on. I'm talking about the ones that are no way official but just hit the sweet spot. I'm not saying stuff that isn't good. I'm saying you find it great beyond what anyone else might think. All sorts of ways to come at this. I'll start with one of mine. Maybe seems like no more than a festival one off, but this William Parker title just gets me every time. I'm obsessed with it, in fact: That's a good record by any standard, but for me a favorite that shouldn't be (probably). Yours might be corny or even rubbish, but you love them. Just for fun!

Don't know - I go there for information but rarely for orders....

Good price on those naïve. I see DG are doing similar 3CD artist anthologies next year. The details are on their website. None of them for me, probably, as I boiught ones I wanted at the time. Although you never know...

That Taylor Ho Bynum release is a bizarre hybrid format! All four tracks are on Spotify but - I did notice there seemed to be rather a lot for 2 CDs, soooo for those who don't know, here are the format options - http://firehouse12records.com/album/navigation-the-complete-firehouse-12-recordings

I'll add my voice to Kirk. Though if I'm so keen why didn't I buy the original box - ?

@ubu: thanks for adding the detail. I'm working from memory and on my phone, so can't even edit my slip-ups! I've got all that Corea on vinyl myself - that's probably why I skipped that CC version of Song of Singing when it was around...

Some added to Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, I should have said. And hey I agree Song of Singing merits a domestic reissue - never understood why it didn't get one.