colinmce

Sign me up as well! edit: I will download.

Below is a picture of the Miles box. The discs themselves are in thin cardboard slipcases, just like the Original Album Classics series and the recent Black Saint/Soul Note sets. They are exactly the same as the old OJCs. No new remastering, no new alternates, no new notes. I will be getting the set as a) I like this style of packaging and b) I don't really have $250+ to drop on the old Riverside box.

I mean, I know this don't go cheap, but this seems a bit much ... http://cgi.ebay.com/Rahsaan-Complete-Mercury-Recordings-Roland-Kirk-Box-Rahsaan-Roland-Kirk-CD-1990-/341637206837?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4f8b2a1335 Seems especially greedy, as they have so many copies

Does anyone have a list of the volumes included in the Essential Keynote Collection?

Really, I don't think there's much else to know. It is a box set released by Universal Europe (which is an umbrella company that holds Concord, and thus Riverside/Prestige/Contemporary/etc.) that contains all of Monk's Riverside albums in repro slipcases with few or no bonus tracks and no additional notes a la the Original Album Classics series. Not for everyone, but it's a style of presentation I enjoy.

Agreed. I had to Google it to make sure it wasn't called Sphere.

'Phantom' here just refers to Phantom Import Distribution, which is all that it is.

Well, here is a link from Universal Europe itself, same as with the All Miles box set: http://www.universalmusic.it/jazz/album/?ida=306475&PHPSESSID=73b9b52f0b593184c5f5592b220539f8 Seems legit to me.

Yet it happens all the time, especially with imports.

It's a 16-disc box.

They did one of these for Miles' Prestige recordings http://www.amazon.com/All-Miles-Prestige-Albums-Davis/dp/B0035KGWRC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1279566802&sr=1-1 This one, however, interests me greatly! I have held off on buying many Monk Riversides 'cause I want the old box set, which of course, is not cheap.

Yeah, I suppose I meant in general. Thanks for the heads up.

Yep, same on Amazon. On some less obscure things they get wise and price it as an album, but on a lot of jazz records they charge by the track, which can end up being very little.

I passed the Quebec/Hardee up a couple months ago for $20. I don't think I'll ever stop kicking myself for that. Stupid, stupid.

I'll have to check this out. I have an Atlantic sampler which includes "Daphne" and it's wonderful.

Great, thanks!

Any sessions from the set that are out on CD that you guys might recommend?

A steal at about $10 for the pair, methinks.

I found this from an Amazon user review. It made me chuckle "To say that Lester Young's best work was complete by the early 40's is ridiculous. This is a statement made by a person who clearly knows the subject very little. Mr. Pekar probably read a few reviews and then decided to write his own - without examining the body of work. Dimwit!"

I've actually considered bumping it up to my #1 for next month, in leiu of the other rather uinspiring titles I have on there. I think I just may do that.

OK, nevermind. It's off Amazon again.

There's a Carter/Bradford on ebay right now. I wonder how much someone who can't wait a few more weeks is willing to pay ...

A sad day indeed. RIP.

Well, why not. I'll take #81 in December. PM sent.