Verve/Hip-O Select to release EmArcy Clifford Brown sets

[J.A.W.]

Verve/Hip-O Select will be releasing a Clifford Brown 4CD-set with the EmArcy Brown/Roach master takes. A set with Clifford Brown's EmArcy dates with singers will be released later. Full details here.

I'm perfectly happy with my Complete Clifford Brown 10CD-set that came out in the early 1990s, so I won't be buying the upcoming sets

Edited December 19, 2009 by J.A.W.

[jazzbo]

It's odd that Universal is letting Hip-O do these sets of masters. . . . Well, the European labels can do THAT. What they have a harder time doing is alternates, unreleased bits, etc.

Anyway, like you I have it all in the complete set, and I also have a handful of the Verve Japan mini lp releases which I like. I'll sit tight. I did spring for the Ella Fitzgerald set from Hip-O though, that's a gem.

[sjarrell]

Website only, eh? Think I'll be sticking with the big box too.

[JohnS]

I have 2 double LP sets of that stuff that came out on Mercury about 30 years ago. Still great. Might have to consider this set, though.

I have these doubles, excellent pressings. I somehow missed the 10 cd set. But I do have most of CBs music on a mish mash of albums on various issues as well as a couple of cds. I could do with a nice set but I would want the alternates.

[sidewinder]

I have 2 double LP sets of that stuff that came out on Mercury about 30 years ago. Still great. Might have to consider this set, though.

I have these doubles, excellent pressings. I somehow missed the 10 cd set. But I do have most of CBs music on a mish mash of albums on various issues as well as a couple of cds. I could do with a nice set but I would want the alternates.

Yes, those came out as Emarcy 2LP sets I think, imported here from the US. I bought one of them from Mole Jazz's deletion rack 'back in the day'. Good sound, I agree.

[JohnS]

I have 2 double LP sets of that stuff that came out on Mercury about 30 years ago. Still great. Might have to consider this set, though.

I have these doubles, excellent pressings. I somehow missed the 10 cd set. But I do have most of CBs music on a mish mash of albums on various issues as well as a couple of cds. I could do with a nice set but I would want the alternates.

Yes, those came out as Emarcy 2LP sets I think, imported here from the US. I bought one of them from Mole Jazz's deletion rack 'back in the day'. Good sound, I agree.

I'm pretty sure mine came from Mole too.

[Brad]

I also have the big box, one of the best things I own. However, the new set is good for those who don't have the large one.

[vajerzy]

I sold the big set a number of years ago- great music. Kinda wish I didn't sell it.

[ghost of miles]

I've got nearly all of this material as well, on the Japanese mini-LPs that came out in the 1990s...one reason why I never tried to pick up the 10-CD box. But good to know that it's being made available in this way again.

[Free For All]

good to know that it's being made available in this way again.

I've got most of it already too, but I also find it a little comforting to see these sets still being released. Like things aren't quite dead yet.

[peterintoronto]

I also have the big box, one of the best things I own.

Total agreement here. Clifford's version of 'Ghost Of A Chance' is among the top 5 songs I've ever heard.

[tranemonk]

I've got a 2CD "Best of the Mercury Years" release from a few years back... I assume there's no duplication between this set and the EmArcy set?

thanks

[J.A.W.]

I've got a 2CD "Best of the Mercury Years" release from a few years back... I assume there's no duplication between this set and the EmArcy set?

thanks

There might be, EmArcy was a Mercury label. Here's the tracklist of the new set:

Disc 1

1. Delilah

2. Darn That Dream

3. Parisian Thoroughfare

4. Jordu

5. Sweet Clifford

6. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance

7. Stompin’ at the Savoy

8. I Get a Kick Out of You

9. I’ll String Along with You

10. Joy Spring

11. Mildama

12. These Foolish Things

13. Daahoud

Disc 2

1. Coronado

2. You Go to My Head

3. Caravan

4. Autumn in New York

Disc 3

1. Portrait of Jenny

2. What’s New

3. Yesterdays Where Or When

4. Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man

5. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

6. Laura

7. Memories of You

8. Embraceable You

9. Blue Moon

10. Willow Weep for Me

11. Stardust

12. Gerkin for Perkin

13. Take the “A” Train

14. Land’s End

15. Swingin’

16. George’s Dilemma

17. If I Love Again

18. The Blues Walk

Disc 4

1. What Am I Here For

2. Cherokee

3. Jacqui

4. Sandu

5. Gertrude’s Bounce

6. Step Lightly (Junior’s Arrival)

7. Powell’s Prances

8. I’ll Remember April

9. Time

10. The Scene Is Clean

11. Flossie Lou

12. What Is This Thing Called Love

13. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing

[jazztrain]

tranemonk:

Sounds like you have just a "best of" set of selections from what was originally on the 10-cd box set.

[tranemonk]

so mercury was a part of EmArcy??

Hmm... If I can get a decent price on this ... maybe...

[jazzbo]

It's really the other way around: Emarcy was created by Mercury Records to be their jazz label.

Edited December 23, 2009 by jazzbo

[J.A.W.]

so mercury was a part of EmArcy??

As was said earlier, EmArcy was started by Mercury as their jazz label. "EmArcy" is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", "Mercury Record Company".

Edited December 23, 2009 by J.A.W.

[Matthew]

I was thinking about getting this set, then I thought that this might be a forerunner of remastering the Roland Kirk Complete EmArcy Recordings. A person can only hope!

[Shrdlu]

Limelight put out a 2 LP set of some of this material too.

[felser]

Website only, eh? Think I'll be sticking with the big box too.

DeepDiscount and some of the Amazon Marketplace big dealers carry the Hip-o Select stuff at 20-30% discounts. I do that rather than paying list price from Hip_o Select website. I may well get this set and sell the singles I have. I sold the big box a number of years ago and went with single sessions at a decent $ savings.

Edited January 7, 2010 by felser

[sjarrell]

Website only, eh? Think I'll be sticking with the big box too.

DeepDiscount and some of the Amazon Marketplace big dealers carry the Hip-o Select stuff at 20-30% discounts. I do that rather than paying list price from Hip_o Select website. I may well get this set and sell the singles I have. I sold the big box a number of years ago and went with single sessions at a decent $ savings.

I'll be on the lookout. Thanks, John!

[BruceH]

I have 2 double LP sets of that stuff that came out on Mercury about 30 years ago. Still great. Might have to consider this set, though.

I would consider it too, if it weren't 70$ for 4 discs.

[felser]

You'll be able to get it for about $55 from DeepDiscount or Amazon Marketplace if that helps.

[neveronfriday]

I think these sets are way over-priced.

I have the Peterson and Fitzgerald one, but although the Fitzgerald is excellent, it is/was too expensive. The production value is OK and the whole oversized thing looks quite good, but upon closer inspection, it is quite useless. The binding isn't really that great (you have to handle it quite carefully) and the way the CDs are inserted (identical for the Peterson and Fitzgerald sets) is just dumb. I removed them straight away and put them into jewel cases. The sound is OK on these releases but nothing to write home about.

In light of those statements, I'm going to stay away from these sets in the future, especially with this one because I have the old Brownie box. I might change my mind when they put out new stuff (I bought the Peterson because I was missing some of the stuff on there and the Holliday because I had never picked up those sides), like they did with a lot on the Fitzgerald box.

On top of that, after literally decades of buying these kinds of box sets and special editions, I'm getting a bit tired of these over-sized things, no matter how cool they might look. They don't really fit onto my shelves and would have to be kept separately somewhere or further away from where they should actually be in my collection, so for the past years, I've taken all of the CDs out of those specialty boxes (also the Mosaics), put them in jewel cases, printed covers and put them on the shelf. 98% of the boxes were packed away into the cellar and the booklets reside in a separate cupboard in my living room (if they were removable, which often they weren't).

I have quite a lot of music and although I do keep some boxes around, I was afraid my living room was going to look like a junk yard, with boxes piled here and boxes piled there, stacked on top of or next to shelves and hidden away in all the nooks and crannies that were left.

[sjarrell]

98% of the boxes were packed away into the cellar...

Mine are packed away in an iPod