colinmce

Did anyone who got theirs from bargainentertainment on Amazon get shafted on the shipping? I paid the 2.98x2 when I bought the boxes, but then got a note in the mailbox saying I had to pick them up at the Post Office for 5.98 because of insufficient shipping paid on the part of the sender. Weak, weak, weak.

Another question, then. Anyone know who presses LP reissues of those early 80s unreleased BN sessions (the ones with the plain white cover and random image)? Scorpio? I have seen copies of titles like Vertigo, Africaine and Mothership stocked (& re-stocked) at a local shop. I'd like to know what other titles are available.

This Clifford Jordan date was issued on CD in Japan. I have a copy. Don't know if it currently available. I mean in the US.

True enough. I'm not complaining!

Can anyone explain why several BN titles that aren't on CD are readily available on these LP re-issues?

There are multiple sellers on Amazon offering them brand-new for around $15.

All I have from them is a pretty crummy Lester Young bootleg (Pres is Blue). Wasn't sure what it was when I bought it, but at least the jacket is nice.

Just bought all three boxes for $50! Awesome.

I like the date alright, nothing on it that really grabs me, though. I just got Delightful-lee in the mail today (monthly yourmusic shipment) and gave it a spin. I like it! Great solos from Joe Henderson, and the Nelson charts come off well. I'm looking forward to picking up more of his 60s sessions.

Nope, just putting that out there.

My Brookmeyer is #5059/5000 Any idea what that's about?

Just got Blues With A Touch of Elegance in the mail, it's very nice. Definitely a set I'll consider ordering if it's still around in a few years.

Just got back from the bookstore where they had even more RVG/Keepnews titles. It seems like now the question is what is in print? Even Sonny and Miles reissues from the last couple years were represented in the liquidation stack.

All good options. FYI, though, there's also a ghastly looking tin-box Miles set sold at Wal-Mart for 16.88 which contains Relaxin', Workin' and Cookin' in original packaging. It's a steal.

Just placed this order. Excited as hell, but not looking forward to the credit card bill!

Personally, I consider many GAS (or "pop") singers to be part of the jazz umbrella: similar repertoire, same era-- most importantly I get the same feeling from it. Beyond that, I feel no need to categorize or nitpick.

Ah! Touche. But it is true that there's a lot of fluff on Impulse! as well.

Importance is relative. I've seen the covers of plenty of Impulse!s I had no clue existed that caught my attention. How Mosaic could deal with this is questionable, but a McCoy Tyner set seems an especially good idea to me.

Just got a shipping notice on my Brookmeyer set. Looking forward to it. And I think I might just hit up Mosaic for the Amy, Green, Reece, and Mobley sets.

Still no word on my Brookmeyer set, either. But the available copy has disappeared from the site along with another thing I ordered, so that seems to indicate that I will be getting it. We'll see ...

Honestly, I'm all for this, assuming the price is reasonable.

I guess. These have been showing up all over the place here. I picked up some Rollins, Hawkins, Miles, Monk, and Nat Adderly RVG/Keepnews at a bookstore that doesn't even sell CDs.

I still think an Archie Shepp Impulse! box would be tops. How many of those records made it to CD in the first place, and how many are OOP now? Fire Music certainly is which is an absolute crime.

Here's another cool site with a very complete set of Blue Note covers (among many others): http://gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote1/index.htm

http://www.scpr.org/news/2009/09/08/dolphy/ Cool article. It suggests that the work will eventually be recorded.