blind-blake Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 (edited) Any thoughts? Is this LP (180 gram) set a big improvement over the Columbia CD set? I'm a huge Monk fan, but even I have my limits. Thanks in advance. Edited January 6, 2010 by blind-blake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blajay Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Any thoughts? Is this LP (180 gram) set a big improvement over the Columbia CD set? I'm a huge Monk fan, but even I have my limits. Thanks in advance. What is the deal with the cover? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Some opinions: http://www.musicangle.com/album.php?id=776 http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?gmusi&1262718619 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-blake Posted January 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Thanks Claude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 The CD from '98 has wonderful sound. The LP set looks nice though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 my favorite monk cd - essential IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 (edited) Yeah . . .but the cd doesn't have the stuff restored back into these lps! :unsure: Edited January 7, 2010 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 (edited) what the........ You're right Lon I just pulled the disc off the shelf and compared the track timings against the Mosaic site for the 4 LP's and the bits of "Epistrophy" as the themes for each set aren't included except for the final one, b/c I think the liners to the double disc say they wanted to cut repetition. Yet,the live Miles sets seem to include all versions of "The Theme" at the end of them, hmm............. Edited January 7, 2010 by CJ Shearn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Hey Rudy, put this on the record. ALL OF IT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Storer Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Damn. I would certainly get this if I had a turntable! I love the CD set and hate the thought that it is incomplete. <frown face smiley> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blajay Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 But really, why--unlike all other Mosaic sets--does the cover of the box set not have a photograph or anything, besides the title? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 guess they couldn't license the original cover. Neither version is truly complete though because they both omit "Sweet and Lovely". I have to listen to the CD set again but maybe each "Epistrophy" was included, don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Also, bass solos were removed for the cd version (?) Sigh. Ah well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 (edited) IIRC, the bass solo's were put back in to the 2 CD version. The only differences I see between the 2 CD version and the Mosaic LP's is that the Mosaic LP set has: 1. Slightly different track order 2. 5 versions of Epistrophy/Themes (previously unissued) 3. Sweet and Lovely (previously unissued) This is one of my favorite Monk performances so, eventually, I'll have to pick up the LP set too!! Edited January 7, 2010 by JohnT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 son of a........... it does have "Sweet and Lovely". I'm not a vinyl junkie so......... but wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 son of a........... it does have "Sweet and Lovely". I'm not a vinyl junkie so......... but wow. If you are looking for an excuse to buy a deck - this is it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Life Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 I wish my CD of this played properly. One disc of this set won't play on any of my CD players, and the brick and mortar where I bought it went out of business... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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