Astor Piazzolla - 10 CD box

[ejp626]

I ran across this very unusual item in a store the other day. I have only listened to a bit of Piazzolla (mostly Zero Hour) but thought it was pretty cool. I simply couldn't resist when I saw the price was only 7 pounds. It's on a dodgy German label (Membran Music) that is now putting out large box sets of material that have gone into the public domain. Strangly enough, nearly all these tracks are from the 1970s or 1980s, so not in public domain. On the other hand, they are mostly live, so may well be taken off the radio or some other grey market source. Still, very entertaining stuff. The track listings are generally fairly complete in terms of musicians on each track, though no indication if anything is taken from an official album (I'm assuming not). Worth looking for if you like his approach to the tango. So far, I've only seen it on European websites, but I suspect Dusty Groove would carry it once they've been hipped to it.

[brownie]

The excellent (and very cheap) Piazzolla box was mentioned several months ago in this thread!

[ejp626]

I tell you, they make Proper look like a bunch of pikers. Can't comment on the other boxes, since I don't have them and don't plan on getting them, but the Piazzolla sounds pretty good for a rip-off label.