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38 CD set nowhere on my radar in current config/price range. Spotify has some interesting Woodstock full sets by Tim Hardin and others that have not been available on CD. And I'll eventually pick up the CD of the Creedence set that just got released. Sometime it would be interesting to do an analysis of what audio is unique to that 38-CD set beyond the full disc of stage announcements and crowd noises. https://theseconddisc.com/2019/08/try-and-get-my-soul-free-full-sets-from-woodstock-festival-emerge-on-digital-and-streaming-services/

I'm sure I'll be in for the 2CD set, nothing more (deluxe is too expensive), nothing less (I don't do vinyl, and single CD is almost as expensive as the 2CD set). Below info is taken from this link: http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-beatles-abbey-road-reissued-for-its-50th-anniversary-across-six-formats/#more-151776 The Beatles / Abbey Road reissued for its 50th anniversary across six formats August 8, 2019 by Paul Sinclair 3CD+blu-ray box • 3LP vinyl • 2CD deluxe • vinyl picture disc • 5.1 & Dolby Atmos surround mixes • Two discs of outtakes in both CD and vinyl sets The Beatles‘ 1969 album Abbey Road will be reissued for its 50th anniversary in September. All six physical formats offer a brand new Giles Martin (& Sam Okell) stereo mix and for the first time all the bonus sessions are available on vinyl and CD. Full format details below… The 3CD+blu-ray super deluxe edition delivers Giles Martin’s new stereo mix on CD 1 with two further CDs of outtakes and unreleased rarities (‘sessions’). A blu-ray audio is the fourth and final disc and it delivers two separate surround sound mixes – a standard 5.1 and a Dolby Atmos mix (along with a hi-res stereo version of the new Giles Martin stereo mix). The super deluxe is packaged as a luxury hardcover book which slots into an outer slip case. There’s plenty of text with some wonderful photos (many by Linda McCartney). Unlike The White Album package this is a square 12″ x 12″ set. As well as the standard vinyl LP of the album remix, a 3LP vinyl box is offered which includes all the sessions (from the two CDs in the super deluxe) in their entirety. A 12-inch vinyl picture disc is the third vinyl option available. Additionally, a 2CD deluxe edition offers the new stereo mix on CD 1 with an alternate version of the album (drawn from the sessions) on disc two. A single CD with the stereo mix of the album will also be issued. Abbey Road was recorded in 1969 after Let It Be, although as is now reasonably well known, the album was actually released seven months before Let It Be, on 26 September 1969 (largely because no one could face the arduous task of going through those Let It Be tapes and trying to salvage an album out of them). Incredibly, work on songs that would end up on Abbey Road started just three weeks after the Let It Be sessions finished at 3 Saville Row. The fact that one-time ‘fifth Beatle’, Billy Preston, was still around for the recording of ‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)‘ – in Trident Studios – underlines that fact. A different take of this song, with Billy letting loose at the end, is one of the outtakes included in the super deluxe and 3LP vinyl. Other bonus material of interest (let’s face it, it’s ALL of interest) includes Take 7 of the non-album track ‘The Ballad Of John And Yoko‘ – The Beatles’ last UK number one (and the only one to feature just John Lennon and Paul McCartney playing on it) – and an alternate reading of that song’s B-side, the George Harrison composition ‘Old Brown Shoe‘. McCartney’s solo demo for what would become Mary Hopkin’s ‘Goodbye‘ shows man and guitar at the peak of his powers. This much bootlegged recording – which has the air of a classic knocked off in his lunch break – is finally officially available on this Abbey Road set, as is George’s demo of ‘Something.’ That song was Harrison’s first single A-side, and while it won an Ivor Novello award it also became the first Beatles’ single not to reach either #1 or #2 in the UK singles chart since ‘Love Me Do’ peaked at 17 back in 1962 (‘Something’ stalled at #4). The demo of ‘Something’ has already appeared on Anthology 3 of course, although this is a different mix. Talking of which, very little Abbey Road related material from Anthology 3 has been repeated here – ‘Something’ (along with Paul’s demo for ‘Come and Get It’) is the exception rather than the rule. So for example, take 1 of ‘Because‘ features in the new Abbey Road sets but the ethereal acappella version from Anthologyisn’t anywhere to be found. The two discs of ‘sessions’ also includes three versions of ‘Her Majesty‘ (originally a ‘hidden’ track, of course), a 30 July ‘trial edit/mix’ of ‘The Long One’ which would become the famous medley (at this stage ‘Her Majesty’ was still slap bang in the middle of the sequence) and alternate takes of ‘You Never Give Me Your Money,’ ‘Here Comes The Sun‘ and ‘Oh! Darling‘. The blu-ray audio that comes in the four-disc super deluxe edition of the Abbey Road 50th anniversary reissue features not only the standard 5.1 mix, but also a Dolby Atmos mix. The latter was also created for Sgt. Pepper in 2017 but not completed in time for inclusion with the super deluxe of the 1967 album. Despite Dolby’s claims that Atmos mixes work fine on standard 5.1 set-ups, we basically have the best of both worlds here. Finally, a vinyl picture disc of Abbey Road is released at the same time as the four other physical formats. With Sgt. Pepper it followed a few months later. It’s worth noting that the original stereo mix of Abbey Road doesn’t appear anywhere on any of the formats (there was no mono mix). The 50th Anniversary editions of Abbey Road are released on 27 September 2019.

Actually haven't played it yet. Getting very good reviews. The Amazon shipping info would suggest that they are currently out of stock, waiting for a rerun to provide them copies. ImportCD's has it for basically the same price. https://www.importcds.com/woodstock-back-to-the-garden/603497851706

Used copy of Sonny Rollins - The Complete Prestige Recordings. 7CD box set $25.00 + $3.50 shipping. One copy available. I am not the seller. https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/982263422

Thanks. That works well for me (I don't do vinyl), though I'm sure some board members are disappointed to hear that. But we need to give huge thanks that this release is happening at all!

Will this release be generally available? Da Bastids (Dustygroove) in Chicago show it as pre-release, so presumably they plan on carrying it. Looking to avoid astronomical shipping fees to USA. I fully agree with you on context, etc. on a well-done physical set bringing massive added value.

There were a lot more of the Prestige twofers than the Blue Note twofers. I loved the McLean "Jacknife" session, which had never been released before. Awesome recording of "On The Nile"/

I love the Monterey Pop Festival documentary. It and Don't Look Back are timeless.

No, I suspect you have it right, and I probably confused the Jones-Lewis with the Turrentine. I never owned either of them, or anything else in that series. Somebody with the Jones-Lewis Mosaic box could confirm (I have owned it twice, but sold it back off both times).

I sort of remember that about the Turrentine, but didn't pay attention to that one during the day. The Jones-Lewis had stuff that didn't make it out until the Mosaic, from what I remember.

Those were from much earlier. The one which had unique material was the Jones-Lewis. That is a GREAT album. I don't own it, but have heard it online. There but for the grace of God go each of us.

For those who may be missing the context:

They were released in two phases. Phase 1 looked like that. Phase 2 looked like this, with darker brown.

For sure on both counts. This is the Tyner album. Thad Jones also on it. Quite an unexpected front line.

And Atlantic lost their nerve and refused to release this, so the Drifters vocals were erased and the backing track was used by Jay and the Americans:

That is so cool! Thanks for sharing.

5 sounds great with the harp. good singer and trio on 11. She listened to some Flora Purim growing up! Trumpet works great. This is the pick of the BFT for me, and one I'd like to acquire. 13 has a nice atmosphere and a good guitarist

Thom, I'm interested in picking up that Mingus play along set. I see several different versions of it, in different keys. I'm not a musician, so don't know how to interpret that. Any suggestions on what to get/what to avoid for pure listening purposes?

Does sound good. But....

But, but, but....you are stardust, you are golden, you are billion year old carbon, and you've got to get yourself back to the garden!

Great stuff, thanks. Have owned both the Hayes albums for decades in various configurations. Love the one with Shaw, find much of interest in the other. Funny, I am not familar at all with that Junior Cook album. I was in a buying hiatus when it came out, and apparently missed it in the flood of early 90's CD reissues. Sounds like that Dana Hall raises an age-old questions of what to do about jazz albums that have like one attractive cut. Are they worth the purchase price? Are they worth the shelf space? What will ever make one think to go play them? But that is a fine cut, for sure. Never heard of Hall, though I know of every other player on the album (Stafford is a Philly fixture @ Temple University). I actually like Blake's playing quite a bit on the MIngus cut. Many decades ago, I worked with a woman who had attended Sumner High School in St. Louis with John Hicks (and Annie Mae Bullock - aka Tina Turner). She told me that Hicks had planned to settle into being a studio musician after studying at Berklee, but that his parents pushed him to use his talents to a more public degree. We can be greatful to them, as he was a great jazz pianist! Saw him live twice - once with Bobby Hutcherson Quartet at Penn's Landing in 1988, and once with Mingus Dynasty at the Painted Bride Art Center a few years later. He was wonderful both times. I've heard other stuff by Lupri that has also caught my ear, need to explore him further! Thom, thanks for the excellent BFT. Is that Mingus set a CD? Cover looks like a DVD.

Random google-search image. I've taken one selfie in my life, to show my cat laying on me rather than myself.