Wish Lists

[paul secor]

Most or all of us have wish lists of recordings that we plan to get sooner or later - whether we need them or not. I'm listing a half dozen or so that I plan to pick up - probably in the near future. Of course this list could change by tomorrow, depending, among other things, on how I'm feeling and what I've listened to between now and then.

Steve Lacy (w. Roswell Rudd): Early and Late (Cuneiform)

Clarence Williams: Whoop It Up (Frog)

Roscoe Mitchell & the Transatlantic Art Ensemble: Compositions/Improvisations 1,2 & 3 (ECM)

Various Jazz Violinists: I Like Be I Like Bop (AB Fable)

The Everly Brothers: Outtakes (Bear Family)

Schnabel Plays Schubert Volume 1 (Pearl)

Thought that it might be interesting if others shared listings of recordings they're thinking about adding to their collections.

[BeBop]

I'm a lucky boy. Few wishes:

A Nostalgia label cassette of Earl Hines

And a couple of 78s of Vernon Alley on Trilon

(Any help out there?)

[Hot Ptah]

Sun Ra--Hidden Fire

[BillF]

I have always had wish lists. Often they came about through hearing items on radio shows that were no longer available. Recently, though, the lists have greatly declined in length, probably because of the huge amount of stuff available nowadays and the ability to track and purchase it which the internet affords. So my current wish list only contains two items: long out-of-print albums by Supersax and Maynard Ferguson's A Message From Newport, which Niko very obligingly pointed out to me on eBay, but at a cost that he rightly called "pricey".

There's another kind of wish list: the "if-only-someone-had-recorded-something" kind. I used to wish that my favorite artist - Bird - had recorded with my favorite orchestra - the Herman "Four Brothers" Herd. Years later I discovered, and immediately bought, Bird with the Herd, which, although featuring a later Herman band, is a pretty good near miss!

Edited March 12, 2008 by BillF

[jazzbo]

What I'd really like is to be able to systematically buy the remaining Duke Ellington Treasury Shows on cd, preferably from Storyville.

Also looking forward to buying the Lester Young Mosaic that is due next month.

[Ron S]

Schnabel Plays Schubert Volume 1 (Pearl)

Paul, have you considered springing for this instead? All of Schnabel's Schubert recordings in a 5-disc set by Music & Arts, with new transfers by the highly regarded Mark Obert-Thorn (more about it here). This has been on my wish list for a while.

[paul secor]

Schnabel Plays Schubert Volume 1 (Pearl)

Paul, have you considered springing for this instead? All of Schnabel's Schubert recordings in a 5-disc set by Music & Arts, with new transfers by the highly regarded Mark Obert-Thorn (more about it here). This has been on my wish list for a while.

Didn't know about the Music & Arts issue. I'll have to consider that one. Thanks for the heads up.

[7/4]

I guess there's a few items:

Miles Davis Jack Johnson & The Complete On The Corner Sessions

Derek Bailey - Standards (Tzadik)

The original Invite the Spirit (Tzadik)

Giacinto Scelsi - The Piano Works 2 (Mode)

Charlemagne Palestine - A Sweet Quasimodo… (Cold Blue 0025)

John Cage/Elliott Carter/Terry Riley - Changes Chances (Stradivarius 33749; Italy)

Sorabji

Cage/Feldman - Music for Keyboard 1935–1948/The Early Years

YOSHI WADA - Lament For The Rise and Fall of Elephantine Crocodile

Kyle Gann - Private Dances (New Albion 137; USA)

Cheb I Sabba - new album

...but nothing too pressing. I could go insane buying modern composer CDs, but I'm trying to restrain myself.

[B. Clugston]

Onzy Matthews Mosaic Select

Andrew Hill Mosaic Select

Anthony Braxton Quartet (GTM) 2006

Ken McIntyre Complete United Artists Sessions

Sinikka Langeland Starflowers (ECM)

Teddy Charles' 1950s Prestige dates

Morton Feldman String Quartet (hathut)

[Chuck Nessa]

On the trail (at reasonable prices) of a few Fantasy reissues (at reasonable prices) I missed:

Bennie Green - Walking Down

Jerome Richardson – Roamin’ With Richardson

Gigi Gryce – The Hap’nin’s

James Moody – Greatest Hits/Swedish All-Stars

Arnett Cobb - Party Time

I do know the Richardson is listed on the Concord site and Caiman says they have it. Wanna buy a bridge?

Edit to add the Cobb.

Edited March 12, 2008 by Chuck Nessa

[Ron S]

I do know the Richardson is listed on the Concord site and Caiman says they have it. Wanna buy a bridge?

Chuck, I got "Roamin' With Richardson" from Concord during their sale a couple of months ago, so they should still have it (it's one of the deleted titles of which they found copies when they moved the Fantasy stock to Ohio). Plus, you should get $1.10 off the $10.98 price when you add it to your cart. If you don't, try the CMG3 or CMG4 promo codes--I think they still work.

[Dan Gould]

On the trail (at reasonable prices) of a few Fantasy reissues (at reasonable prices) I missed:

Bennie Green - Walking Down

Jerome Richardson – Roamin’ With Richardson

Gigi Gryce – The Hap’nin’s

James Moody – Greatest Hits/Swedish All-Stars

Arnett Cobb - Party Time

I do know the Richardson is listed on the Concord site and Caiman says they have it. Wanna buy a bridge?

Edit to add the Cobb.

I can't believe Chuck doesn't have the Cobb, Gryce or Green. Let me guess - you had the vinyl once but sold them. I hope you track them down at reasonable prices. Great music.

[Chuck Nessa]

I can't believe Chuck doesn't have the Cobb, Gryce or Green. Let me guess - you had the vinyl once but sold them. I hope you track them down at reasonable prices. Great music.

Absolutely correct Dan. Know all the music, just want to own it again.

For Ron S, I have ordered Roamin' with Richardson at least 5 times from Concord and it is always cancelled. I do know about the discount codes including CMG5. My latest shipment arrived yesterday.

[connoisseur series500]

It would be a nice idea for people to post wish lists which have a chance to be fulfilled. That way boardmembers could offer to help other members out. Seems like a good idea for a new thread.

[Ron S]

For Ron S, I have ordered Roamin' with Richardson at least 5 times from Concord and it is always cancelled.

If you haven't tried this already, call Concord Customer Service at (800) 551-5299 and ask for Brandi. She will contact the warehouse directly and find out what's up with this title. She's been very helpful to me on several occasions, and she's also pleasant and friendly.

[Free For All]

If you haven't tried this already, call Concord Customer Service at (800) 551-5299 and ask for Brandi. She's been very helpful to me on several occasions, and she's also pleasant and friendly.

Thanks for the advice, Governor Spitzer, and welcome to the board! Good to hear you'll have more time to post!

[connoisseur series500]

[Ron S]

If you haven't tried this already, call Concord Customer Service at (800) 551-5299 and ask for Brandi. She's been very helpful to me on several occasions, and she's also pleasant and friendly.

Thanks for the advice, Governor Spitzer, and welcome to the board! Good to hear you'll have more time to post!

I said Brandi, not KRISTEN. And she's even more helpful than Action Jackson from the big Concord sale a couple of years ago.

[papsrus]

1. Ellington 1936-40 Small Group Mosaic.

2. That Devilin Tune -- Vol. 2

3. Jeff Chan -- "In Chicago"

4. Edmond Hall -- "Flyin' High: 1949-59"

5. The Chronological Count Basie and His Orchestra -- "1946-47"

EDIT:

6. The Duke at Fargo, 1940: Special 60th Anniversary Edition

EDIT 2:

7. Empty Cage Quartet -- Stratostrophic

8. Howard Wiley -- Angola Project

9. Collective 4tet -- Moving Along

10. Exploding Star Orchestra with Bill Dixon

11. Charlie Parker -- Complete Savoy and Dial

12. Oles, Jorgensmann, Oles -- Live Series

Edited April 4, 2008 by papsrus