Eric

Why? ← Well, Cuscuna and Beldon are nice dudes, but not that nice. With all the dough piled into this project, promotion, ect...SOMETHING is going on. Miles' estate, no matter how misguided, is holding some cards that we may not know about. Otherwise, this stuff would have been out. I'm no attorney, but the estate must have control/say over something Columbia has/wants in the future. Columbia wouldn't withhold the release just because of stickers, packaging to please some dude who doesn't affect them one way or another. Like it or not, Miles' estate has SOMETHING to do with what's going on with future releases. There's no other explanation. ← Seems to make sense ...

Be careful what you ask for... ← LOL

I just received the vinyl version of this On the back cover, they credit the ATTORNEYS from both the Monk and Coltrane families. I was about to make some "sign of the times" type crack, but then I reasonsed, hell, as quickly as this came out, there had to be some damn fine lawyerin' involved (in dramatic contrast to the Cellar Door mess). So hooray for the lawyers!!! This is the first Mosaic vinyl I have bought since ... Tina Brooks!!!

Any suggestions? Maybe as a sideman?

I love Mabern's playing on this:

Yech indeed. So much for any identity or brand. I did discover this piece in the "Vault" section: November 2, 2005 Prestige Profiles Q&A with Nick Phillips Tell us about this new Prestige reissue series, the first to be released since Concord Records’ purchase of the Fantasy, Inc. catalog and the formation Concord Music Group... The label name “Prestige” couldn’t be more appropriate. Some of jazz’s most prestigious and significant artists made their home on Prestige, from Miles D avis and John Coltrane, to Coleman Hawkins and Sonny Rollins. With the Prestige Profiles series—and the concept of including a different various-artists bonus disc to accompany and complement each artist-specific collection—our intention was to make it easy and affordable for the casual jazz listener to make some exciting new discoveries, while also presenting artists and performances that would make for some compelling rediscoveries for even the most seasoned jazz aficionado. Either way, it’s a super value on some timeless music. With such a wealth of material in the Fantasy vaults what were the criteria you used for putting together the material on the bonus discs? First of all, the tracks included on the Prestige Profiles bonus discs are exclusively from the Prestige catalog. The idea was that each Prestige Profiles collection not only musically profiles the artist that is featured on disc one, but also profiles the Prestige label, telling a different part of the Prestige story with each unique, various-artists bonus disc collection. We decided that the best way to approach compiling a unique bonus disc to accompany each Prestige artist collection was to first and foremost select performances that would be musically compatible with the featured artist disc; that it wouldn’t be a too much of a musical stretch to listen to the companion bonus disc after hearing the artist-specific collection. So, for example, the music on the bonus disc that accompanies the Coleman Hawkins disc is decidedly swing-oriented, while the companion bonus disc to the Eric D olphy collection features music that is much more modern and left of center. In addition to stylistic compatibility, I also looked to highlight other connections to the featured artist wherever possible, including selecting tracks by artists who had a direct association with the profiled artist, and/or played the same instrument. For example, in the bonus disc that accompanies the Miles D avis collection, I started by selecting tracks by those artists in the Prestige catalog that had direct associations with Miles—John Coltrane, Red Garland, Gil Evans, etc. Then I rounded out the bonus disc with performances by some of Miles’s trumpet-playing peers on Prestige, closing with, appropriately, an all-out jam by trumpeters D onald Byrd and Art Farmer on Miles’s own composition “ D ig.” For the jazz novice, describe the impact and historical importance of the Prestige Records catalog. If it were only for the formative recordings on the label by two of jazz’s most influential artists, Miles D avis and John Coltrane, Prestige would still be an essential part of jazz history. And yet there’s so much more in the Prestige catalog that has undeniably made it one of the most important labels in the history of jazz, including seminal works by modern jazz legends Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk; envelope-pushing recordings by artists such as Eric D olphy, Yusef Lateef, and Booker Ervin; straight-ahead, swinging sessions by artists such as Gene Ammons and Ed die “Lockjaw” D avis; and countless classic soul-jazz recordings of the ‘60s by Jack Mc D uff, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Charles Earland, and others. That’s just scratching the surface in terms of the depth of the Prestige label. If you take all of the artists and the variety of jazz styles documented on Prestige and its subsidiary imprints such as New Jazz, Swingville, and Moodsville, it is very clear that Prestige represents an impressive and important chunk of the jazz pantheon. Why was the decision made to reissue the 10 "Best Of" discs so soon after their initial release? Fantasy Records released the Prestige “Best of” collections at the end of 2004 at a time when Concord and Fantasy were nearing the final stages of negotiations. It was pretty apparent to all involved—including Fantasy’s distributor—that that the deal was close to being concluded. Those “Best of” releases, in many respects, fell through the cracks. They were released at an inopportune time with minimal distribution and marketing support. So, only a limited number of them ultimately found their way into the hands of music fans. [Concord Music Group president] Glen Barros came up with the idea to create unique various-artists bonus disc collections to accompany artist-specific compilations—something that, to the best of our knowledge, hadn’t been done before—in order to provide a broader and deeper survey of the Prestige catalog. Because we thought that the Prestige “Best of” compilations—which were compiled by the Fantasy Records staff—were well-chosen collections, we decided to try to give this music the attention we thought it deserved by making available to a broader audience via the Prestige Profiles concept and releases. With some attractive new packaging, the value-added component of the individual bonus disc collections, broader distribution, and focused sales and marketing efforts, our intention is to, quite simply, get this important music into the hands and ears of many more music fans. Because the original Prestige “Best of” compilation C D s are now out of print, those who did find and purchase them when they were originally released, it turns out, now have what amounts to a very limited edition release. For those who didn’t obtain the Prestige “Best of” releases the first time around, the Prestige Profiles versions—with the addition of a different bonus disc with each of the first ten titles— expose music fans to even more essential music from the Prestige catalog, at the same low price as the original “Best of” releases. We think that music fans will find the Prestige Profiles series’ combination of musical quality, music quantity, and value quite appealing. What is next on the reissue agenda? There are a number of things in the works for 2006, including a Rudy Van Gelder Remaster series. Many of the recordings in the Prestige catalog were recorded by the renowned jazz engineer Rudy Van Gelder. Selected essential albums that Rudy originally engineered will be transferred by Rudy from the original analog stereo master tapes and remastered with high-resolution 24-bit digital technology. New liner notes will be included along with the original LP liner notes. Amongst the first 10 Prestige RVG Remaster releases that are currently slotted for release in March of 2006 are such indispensable jazz classics as Sonny Rollins’s Saxophone Colossus, John Coltrane’s Lush Life, The Modern Jazz Quartet’s D jango, and Relaxin’ with the Miles D avis Quintet. In celebration of the 80th birthdays of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, we’ll release a boxed set in April 2006 featuring all of the Prestige recordings of the legendary Miles D avis Quintet featuring John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones. We’re planning to extend the Profiles series to other labels and artists in the Concord Music Group catalog. Next in the Profiles series will be Stax Profiles collections featuring some of the celebrated Memphis soul label’s icons, including Albert King, Johnnie Taylor, Booker T. & the MGs, Otis Redding, and others. We’re also planning a Milestone Profiles series in celebration of the Milestone label’s 40th Anniversary in 2006. There’s much more, but those are a few of the highlights from the first half of 2006

Finally, Homeland Security has done something useful. (just kidding) The thing is, the XCP "spyware" does nothing to stop anyone from copying discs if they really want to. It won't deter pirates at all and only annoys consumers. ← Exactly ... what a bunch of dickheads

LMAO!!!

PM sent

I would add Live Evil by Miles. Wicked

LOL (when read in conjunction with post 2)

Very creepy. Kinda hard to hear the cameraman at the end. Had to turn up the volume a bit. ← Yeah, it is kind of hard to see, I had to put my nose up close to the screen. Very weird

Yeah, I have tried to listen to the Mizell stuff with no luck ... a shame because Kofi was/is a sweet recod.

Just bought Breakfast on CD after owning various formats in high school 25 years ago. It still is a cool record. Just Another Nervous Wreck is a favorite.

Car Wheels is a top 10 album for me, regardless of genre

This one is very cool - I just picked it up a few weeks ago myself.

I think both this and Fancy Free (which was of the same era) are very nice. They are transitional albums for Byrd, but unlike Miles, what followed was kind of crappy.

tough call ... I probably like the Silent Way stuff the least, but I will admit I don't know it as well Love the Jack Johnson Most of the rest of it was etched on my brain over the course of the last 25 years ... so it is just a matter of mood.

I preordered from CD Universe at the $38.49 price back in August, and still get weekly emails telling me that my order is still valid. There is no release date associated with the box on their site, but it's still showing the pre-order at the original price. I'm going to assume that whenever this thing eventually does come out, that they'll honor their price. Otherwise, wouldn't they have cancelled all of the preorders that they received already? ← ditto

Roxy Music - Roxy Music

Another for this one!

Any time I see "software updates" discussed in the context of music, it makes me want to run to vinyl ...

Gerry Rafferty - City to City

I am not a collector per se, but I am curious as to what an "ear" is? Is there some online doc that explains it or would one of you guys mind to enlighten me? Thanks

Believe it is Garth Bartz ...