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Why get angry if you don't get a product that's illegal in the US?

funny looking wolf here:

The dangerous thing about those earphones isn't that they're going directly into the auditory canals, but that people seem to listen at a higher volume with those. As far as I know, damage-wise it doesn't matter if you use earphones or headphones, it's only a question of listening too loudly.

I missed this thread - great to see this album reissued! Will look for it! How about "Nirvana", the album linked to on that Reece page (link goes to CDbaby which sells it)? Anyone heard it? Impressions?

Would you care to give some more information about this set? Is it all sideman material, or does it also contain some early sessions under his own name? Big bands or/and small groups etc.?

Caught Robert Benton's "Twilight" recently. Very good film, old-fashioned, well-crafted... just what I like about the rare good Hollywood flick. Of course there were plenty of elderly women in the audience that night... Sarandon, Hackman and Newman... (and James Garner) - what more could you possibly want?

read some Kurt Vonnegut for the first time - Cat's Cradle, now finishing up Slaughterhouse 5. Very good reading! Cat's Cradle was hilarious, has been some time since I read a book that amused me as much!

In my understanding, this current Originals series is a successor to the LPR series (same no bonus tracks policy at least). I just looked for an older thread listing the LPRs. Now my question is: is there something missing from the following list? Something between LPRs and Originals (or in Europe: between jewel case Originals and digipack Originals)? ***** VERVE LPR SERIES ***** Available Until May 2005 Count Basie: King Of Swing Willie Bobo: A New Dimension Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond: 1975: The Duets Rosemary Clooney: Swing Around Rosie Alice Coltrane: Universal Consciousness Ella Fitzgerald: Whisper Not Stan Getz: Stan Getz And The Cool Sounds Astrud Gilberto: The Shadow Of Your Smile Dizzy Gillespie: Afro Woody Herman: Woody Herman 1963 Stan Kenton: The Formative Years Carmen McRae: Birds Of A Feather Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66: Equinox Wes Montgomery: Willow Weep For Me Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band: At The Village Vanguard Anita O'Day: Incomparable! Oscar Peterson: Soul Español Mel Tormé: Olé Tormé Sarah Vaughan: It´s A Man's World Margaret Whiting: Margaret Whiting Sings The Jerome Kern Songbook Available Until September 2005 Ernestine Anderson: My Kinda Swing Buddy De Franco: Mr. Clarinet Slim Gaillard: Slim Gaillard Rides Again Terry Gibbs: Plays Jewish Melodies In Jazztime Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd Jazz Laboratory & The Cecil Taylor Quartet: At Newport The Jazztet: The Jazztet At The Birdhouse Sam Rivers: Crystals Lalo Schifrin: Piano, Strings And Bossa Nova Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Gospel Train Cal Tjader: Soul Bird: Whiffenproof Available Until March 2006 Dorothy Ashby: Afro-Harping Albert Ayler: Music Is The Healing Force of the Universe Ray Brown: Jazz Cello Buddie Emmons: Steel Guitar Jazz Jim Hall: Live! Earl Hines: Once Upon A Time Steve Kuhn & Gary McFarland: The October Suite Pee Wee Russell: Ask Me Now! Archie Shepp: Attica Blues Gabor Szabo: High Contrast Available Until June 2006 Cannonball Adderley: Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Stan Getz: Reflections Jimmy Giuffre: The Easy Way John Klemmer: Involvement Lee Konitz: Motion Billy Mitchell: This Is Billy Mitchell Gerry Mulligan/Johnny Hodges: Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges Sonny Stitt: New York Jazz Phil Woods And His European Rhythm Machine: At The Montreux Jazz Festival Available Until September 2006 Brook Benton: Songs I Love To Sing Kenny Burrell: Have Yourself A Soulful Little Christmas Blossom Dearie: My Gentleman Friend Frank D'Rone: After The Ball Ella Fitzgerald: Sings Sweet Songs For Swingers Al Grey: Snap Your Fingers JJ Johnson: JJ's Broadway Hugh Masekela: grrr Buddy Rich & Harry “Sweets” Edison: Buddy And Sweets Jack Teagarden: Mis'ry And The Blues Mel Tormé: Tormé Available Until March 2007 (IN EUROPE: SWITCH TO DIGIPACK WITH THIS BATCH) Mel Brown: Chicken Fat Gloria Coleman: Soul Sisters John Frigo: I Love John Frigo...He Swings Roger Kellaway: Cello Quartet Yusef Lateef: The Golden Flute Lyle Ritz: How About Uke? Tony Scott: Tony Scott Archie Shepp: The Cry Of My People Stuff Smith: Cat On A Hot Fiddle Clark Terry/Chico O'Farrill: Spanish Rice Available Until June 2007 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: ‘S Make It Candido Camero: Candido Johnny Griffin: J G Illinois Jacquet: Desert Winds Roland Kirk: Kirk In Copenhagen Machito: Vacation At The Concord James Moody: James Moody Dave Pike: Manhattan Latin Patato & Totico: Patato & Totico Sonny Stitt: Personal Appearance Available Until September 2007 Lorez Alexandria: Alexandria The Great Freddy Cole: Waiter, Ask The Man To Play The Blues Blossom Dearie: Soubrette Sings Broadway Hit Songs Bill Evans: California, Here I Come Ella Fitzgerald: Hello Love Ahmad Jamal: Chamber Music Of The New Jazz Ramsey Lewis: Another Voyage Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66: The Fool On The Hill Oscar Peterson: A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra Jimmy Smith: The Boss Available Until March 2008 Al Cohn: Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bob Brookmeyer Xavier Cugat: Cugi's Cocktails Harry Edison: Sweets Dizzy Gillespie: Sittin' In Gene Krupa: Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements Joe Newman Quintet: At Count Basie's Buddy Rich: Blues Caravan Max Roach: Jazz In 3/4 Time Available Until July 2008 Ernie Andrews: This is Ernie Andrews Ella Fitzgerald: Hello, Dolly! Milton Nascimento: Courage Marlena Shaw: The Spice of Life Jimmy Smith: Stay Loose Sarah Vaughan: After Hours at the London House Dinah Washington: I Wanna Be Loved Jimmy Witherspoon & Brother Jack McDuff: The Blues is Now Available Until September 2008 (IN EUROPE: VERVE ORIGINALS, SWITCH TO JEWEL CASE) Albert Ayler: New Grass Gato Barbieri: Chapter Four: Alive in New York Yusef Lateef: Psychicemotus Oliver Nelson: Live From Los Angeles Freda Payne: After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!!! Pharaoh Sanders: Elevation Gabor Szabo: Spellbinder Michael White: The Land of Spirit and Light IN BETWEEN (IN EUROPE: ORIGINALS IN JEWEL CASES) January 2006 Herb Ellis: Ellis in Wonderland Eddie Fisher: Eddie Fisher and The Next One Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer Howard Roberts: Good Pickin's Jimmy Smith - Bluesmith (never saw/read about this one...) what else? there seems to be a gap here - all help appreciated! ***** VERVE ORIGINALS (DIGIPACKS) ***** September 18, 2007 Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in Hamburg Ella Fitzgerald - Live at Mister Kelly's Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Porgy And Bess Gato Barbieri - Ruby Ruby George Benson - The Shape of Things to Come Jimmy Smith - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (some of this is available on the Oliver Nelson Mosaic) Miles Davis - Lift to the Scaffold (Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud) Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One Sarah Vaughan - Live at Mister Kelly's Stan Getz - Getz Au Go-Go (Live) Wes Montgomery - Goin' Out of My Head October 9, 2007 Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins Gil Evans Orchestra - Out of the Cool Johnny Hartman - I Just Dropped By To Say Hello Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth Quincy Jones - The Quintessence (all of this is available on the Quincy Jones Mosaic) RAMP - Come Into Knowledge Ramsey Lewis - The 'In' Crowd Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Lifeline Sonny Rollins - On Impulse! Stanley Clarke - Children Are Forever February 9, 2008 Duke Ellington and John Coltrane John Coltrane - Africa/Brass John Coltrane - Ballads John Coltrane - Coltrane John Coltrane - Live at the Village Vanguard March 18, 2008 Bill Evans - Plays the Theme from The V.I.P.S. and Other Songs George Benson - I Got a Woman and Some Blues Jimmy Smith - Live at the Village Gate Kenny Burrell - Night At the Vanguard Oliver Nelson - Fantabulous Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie Paul Desmond - Bridge Over Troubled Water Stan Getz - Jazz Giants '58 Louis Armstrong - New Orleans Nights April 22, 2008 B.B. King - Live at the Apollo Grover Washington Jr. - Inner City Blues Ramsey Lewis Trio - Live at the Bohemian Caverns in Washington D.C. Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Vibrations Terry Callier - Occasional The Jazz Crusaders - Old Socks, New Shoes...New Socks, Old Shoes June 3, 2008 Antonio Carlos Jobim - Rio Revisited Antonio Carlos Jobim /Elis Regina - Ellis & Tom Astrud Gilberto - Look to the Rainbow Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album Astrud Gilberto/Walter Wanderley - A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness Luiz Bonfa - The Brazilian Scene Luiz Bonfa/Maria Toledo - Braziliana Stan Getz - Getz/Gilberto #2 Stan Getz w/Laurindo Almeida July 1, 2008 George Duke - Faces in Reflection Norman Brown - Just Between Us Walter Beasley Will Downing - A Dream Fulfilled July 29, 2008 Return Of The Brecker Brothers Dizzy Gillespie - The Cool World Dr. John - City Lights Hugh Masekela - Home Is Where The Music Is John Klemmer - Barefoot Ballet Maynard Ferguson - Octet Milt Jackson - Live At The Museum Of Modern Art Ramsey Lewis - Goin' Latin Stan Getz - Sweet Rain Willie Bobo - Bobo Motion September 23, 2008 Cal Tjader Plays The Contemporary Music Of Mexico And Brazil Crusaders - Pass The Plate George Duke - Feel Grover Washington, Jr. - All The Kings's Horses Joe Sample - Swing Street Cafe Lalo Schifrin - Piano, Strings And Bossa Nova Luiz Bonfa Plays And Sings Bossa Nova Roy Ayers - You Send Me Stan Getz - Big Band Bossa Nova Terry Callier - What Color Is Love October 21, 2008 Dizzy Gillespie - Dizzy Goes Hollywood George Benson - Tell It Like It Is George Duke - I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry Grover Washington, Jr. - Soul Box Jimmy Smith - Hobo Flats John Klemmer - Arabesque Little Jimmy Scott - Everybody's Somebody's Fool Oscar Peterson with Strings - In a Romantic Mood Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Change Up the Groove Sonny Stitt Sits in with Oscar Peterson Stan Getz In Stockholm Walter Beasley - Intimacy Will Downing - Come Together as One

It sucks that these 5CD boxes are so darn expensive - even more so as the other 5CD sets (and smaller 4CD, 3CD) packed in big boxes were sold for such good prizes (thinking of the George Duke, Monty Alexander, Eugen Cicero, Art Van Damme, Peter Herbolzheimer). I haven't been able to push myself and buy either of the two big boxes yet, although I'm perfectly aware that I will buy them some day... (still need the Solo 2CD as well, only got the Live 2CD so far).

Thanks for the list, Big Al! Hope my collected links helped a bit!

The very first Simone LP that I purchased some 40+ years ago which I still have. It remains my favorite of her many recordings. Got to see her at the Newport JF back in '64 as well. Gee, you must be old! I bet back then she must have been a class act on stage! Around the time the first Philips album was done, wow!

Is this one the solo album, or does she have a band with her? w/Jimmy Bond and Tootie Heath, it seems... and getting difficult to find (unless you'll want the Collectables twofer pairing it with The Amazing - the single disc of the later contains four bonus tracks though, but all of At Town Hall seems to be on the twofer, no bonus tracks on the 2005 EMI reissue in that case).

The later of these is a compilation, right? yes, but the songs Why (The King of Love Is Dead), Mississippi Goddam, Revolution (Pts. 1-2) are unedited versions and are must haves. Thanks! I read that up on AMG in the meantime - sounds indeed like a good way to get some RCA bits! There's another compilation, "Just Like a Woman: Sings Classic Songs of the 1960s" - anyone has that one? Doesn't sound quite like a must-have if AMG is to be believed.

The later of these is a compilation, right?

Thanks for posting that review, Chris! I guess I'll steer cleer of the later RCAs ("Silk & Soul" is on its way already though), and rather look for more of the british EMI reissues (including At Town Hall!) and mainly get the Bethlehem next!

Hm, I didn't know, but frankly the Chronos sound alright (Lon said they did, I trusted him once more, and that wasn't a wrong decision), and I could get them all new for a good prize at a used CD store. I bet the JSP would have been nice as well!

Not to forget: Lou McGarity and Cutty Cutshall (tb), Peanuts Hucko (cl) and of course Gene Schroeder, who became the pianist used on most sessions (though to be honest, I prefer Stacy quite some...)

Played all the Condon Chronological Classics (minus the most recent one covering the mid 50s) which I bought recently. Great music! Not claiming this is earth-shaking stuff or anything (though those few early sides with that reeds guy, what's his name again, Teschemacher? Those might have been rather new in their day...), yet the 1938 Commodore sessions are terrific, and Pee Wee Russell has countless fascinating solos! The presence of people like Wild Bill Davison, Edmond Hall, Jess Stacy, Fats Waller, Joe Sullivan and others helps a lot of course, and George Wettling must have been one of the best suited drummers for this kind of music! Though what about the trombones? I've read somewhere (the Mosaic liners?) about the way the various trumpet/clarinet combinations (Kaminsky, Davison... and Russell, Hall, Wilber...) changed the character of the music, but rarely you read anything about the trombone players. Of course now and then there's Big T doing service, but his replacements on most of the sessions (George Brunies must be the one appearing most often) do a fine job as well. Also it seems the pianists have quite some influence on how these sessions sound, overall. Stacy always shines, Sullivan brings a bit more edge to the proceedings, Waller of course is great on that one date... Now I need a bit of a break from dixieland (he he... started playing the Berigan Chronos instead last night... only knew the Mosaic with the early material so far, now digging into his RCA output for the first time!), and then I'll play the Condon Mosaic, which I was able to acquire from someone on the board, and in prime shape, too!

RCA also had a 2CD set covering her whole career (Bethlehem, Colpix, Philips, RCA etc), and now an expanded one with three discs + DVD, "To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story" - here's an AAJ review of that one: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=30269 Anyway, as an x-mas gift for my mother I ordered another Philips set (available cheaply from Caiman via various amazon sites - ordered mine from amazon.fr, but for those in the US, amazon.com would be cheaper, I'm sure). Those albums to me are close to perfect in the moods they cover, in how they're sequenced etc.

Would be a GREAT Miles release to have a double disc of his 1969-07-25/26 Antibes shows! Much better than yet another KoB deluxe crap (though I haven't finished fighting temptation, but I already cashed in some coupons and stuff for the Dylan deluxe one, which costs way over the top).

Would that be enough for covering those albums? I see there have been no replies at all in the RCA reissues thread (see link in post #3)... The AMG review of the compilation (assuming this is the one) states that those weren't her best records: Now this review seems to imply the compilation contains many of those pop covers where she was "ill at ease"?

Is there a legit edition with the bonus tracks? Which edition would you go for? Quite a chaos with Bethlehem albums...

and here are some earlier threads: R.i.p. thread Four Women (The Philips box) Universal's Philips reissues RCA reissues (and related Night Lights thread) (edited for typo)

I am in the process of discovering the music of Nina Simone, and again and again I'm almost overwhelmed by her sheer power, her full emotionality, her musicality. I used to have a cheapo sampler when in high school, containing some crap, but also some of her most well known songs (Mississippi Godamn for instance), but it was the Philips box that won me over. Now I also got two of those EMI reissues (see this thread for a listing - the two I have, Forbidden Fruit & Village Gate, are normal non-CC CDs), as well as her first RCA album, Sings the Blues. Here's a more or less helpful discography (failing to list those EMI UK reissues, alas): http://boscarol.com/nina/html/album/albums_orig.html Both Forbidden Fruit and At the Village Gate contain quite a few bonus tracks btw, which certainly aren't on the Collectables twofers (and I still have a hard time accepting their crappy design and lack of information... though they do put out some wonderful music). Now where should I look next? There's a CTI CD that pops up now and then (can't imagine that coupling, though), there are those other early Colpix albums, more RCA...

You won't regret it! There are ten albums in the set, two of them "pop" albums, the first of which is saved almost on his own by the great Teddy Edwards. The second is rather drab but ey, there are eight more albums in the set, and some of them are terrific, and all of them contain at least a few very, very good things! I guess this set is sort of similar to how the Blue Mitchell would be, would they not have omitted the final Blue Note albums of his... ok, not a good comparison, but I assume you get a rough idea.