The new one was sold as a remake because in the current environment the studio was more open to spending money that way than on a new film. More marketable.
This is nothing new. The big Hollywood studios have found remakes to be a "safer" investment for at least the last 25 years.
Through record biz history folks go broke trying to bring great stuff to the public. We are not all major corps. Praise Ross Russell for the Dials and regret all the money he lost. AND don't blame folks like this because your latest whim isn't currently available for download.
Ross Russell is one of my heroes.
And you'll always be a major corp. to ME, Chuck. (I mean that in a good way.)
Back in the mid-80's I first acquired the the complete Parker/Dial sessions, on vinyl, from a British label called "Spotlight." I still love those Spotlight-Dial LP's.
Yes it's very good and if you have difficulty tracking down the single cd it's available on this fairly recently re-issued 2-fer.
This is the one I would love to get;
Nobody Else But Me
I've got that last one! And it's good! (I've got to warn you though that I don't have a Getz album that I dislike.)
It's probably been mentioned more than once already, but I want to put in a word here for the Stan Getz With Cal Tjader album, on Fantasy. "Ginza Samba" is alone worth the price of admission.
Yeah, I also started out with the vinyl Monk set back in '84 or 85. Soon got the Tina Brooks as well, and I was off and running... 45 sets later, I'm thinking of slowing down. One of these days.