Are there any box bargains currently available?

[sidewinder]

$19.99 for the CTI box seems like a good deal on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co...versary edition

That might well be my 'Xmas box' to self. Excellent deal !

[GA Russell]

The Coltrane Interplay box is now going for $24.99.

http://www.amazon.com/Interplay-John-Coltrane/dp/B000ULQVCA?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camels-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B000ULQVCA

[GA Russell]

Wes Montgomery Complete Riverside....$90.00....plus free shipping

Not a slam dunk but the set often sells for much more.

http://www.amazon.co...side recordings

Currently down to $86.99.

[Head Man]

The Coltrane Interplay box is now going for $24.99.

http://www.amazon.co...ASIN=B000ULQVCA

I've not seen this set before. Is everything on this, also on "Fearless Leader"?

[TedR]

No. Three separate boxes (Fearless Leader, Interplay and Side Steps) have everything that was in Coltrane's Complete Prestige recordings. Fearless Leader includes the Coltrane led sessions. The other two are all the Prestige sessions with Coltrane as sideman.

[Head Man]

Thanks, Ted.

[king ubu]

(the Miles stuff is missing - I think it was part of the 16 disc box, too?)

[felser]

Was not part of the 16 disc box. There's a great separate 4CD set of the Miles stuff available.

[GA Russell]

Sun Records: The Ultimate Blues Collection (3 CDs) - $16.95

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000AVHD8/ref=pe_184680_27106670_pe_epc_dt8

(the Miles stuff is missing - I think it was part of the 16 disc box, too?)

Was not part of the 16 disc box. There's a great separate 4CD set of the Miles stuff available.

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe that the US "Prestige Recordings" box had 13 CDs, with none of the Miles Quintet sides. I think there was a European 16-CD box that included the Miles Quintet tracks.

Thus, the entire 16-CD box is currently available as four boxes - Fearless Leader, Interplay, Side Steps, and Miles Davis - The Great Prestige Quintet.

[JETman]

The US box WAS 16 cd's, with none of the Miles sides. The Japanese version did have 18 discs because it included the Miles sides. This version, btw, was mastered in 20 bit, K2 and goes for almost $800 on the Amazon Marketplace these days.

A total of 20 cd's are available now as follows:

Fearless Leader - leader dates on 6 cd's

Side Steps - sideman dates on 5 cd's

Interplay - co-leader and jam session dates on 5 cd's

Miles' 1st Great Quintet - 4 cd's

Edited December 2, 2012 by JETman

[B. Goren.]

Andre Previn, The Jazz Recordings. This is a 10 CDs set with 16's Previn's LPs. Now it is offered for £7.60 on Amazon UK. I ordered it few months ago and I can easily recommend it without any reservation.

Edited December 2, 2012 by B. Goren.

[king ubu]

Thanks for the clarification, guys!

The Miles 4CD set is indeed a great one, and I'm very fond of the three Coltrane sets, too! So fond that I gave away all the single discs, except for those with additional tracks (no Coltrane on those tracks, "The Cats" has one, "Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette" has two ... don't have the Ray Draper but is has one, also, and the Ammons discs of course have plenty more).

[J.A.W.]

(the Miles stuff is missing - I think it was part of the 16 disc box, too?)

Was not part of the 16 disc box. There's a great separate 4CD set of the Miles stuff available.

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe that the US "Prestige Recordings" box had 13 CDs, with none of the Miles Quintet sides. I think there was a European 16-CD box that included the Miles Quintet tracks.

Thus, the entire 16-CD box is currently available as four boxes - Fearless Leader, Interplay, Side Steps, and Miles Davis - The Great Prestige Quintet.

I had this American 16CD box from 1991 and, as Felser said above, it did NOT have the Miles Davis recordings.:

AMG review and tracklisting: http://www.allmusic....gs-mw0000270877

Edited December 2, 2012 by J.A.W.

[JETman]

Further proof that use of the 'Ignore' button does indeed waste bandwidth.

[GA Russell]

Jetman, thanks for the correction of my post!

[J.A.W.]

Jetman, thanks for the correction of my post!

I don't think JETman corrected your post

[JETman]

Jetman, thanks for the correction of my post!

I don't think JETman corrected your post

JETman corrected that post and several other misconceptions stated in this thread. Without any more attention-seeking posts, let's move on, K?

[GA Russell]

Hans, thanks for correcting my post too!

[Bigshot]

This is a great deal on the two 'Jazz on Film' box sets.

Highly recommend both of these wonderful sets.

http://moochinabout.com/store.html

I just got these in the mail and popped them in the player... SPECTACULAR! I'm in heaven!

[king ubu]

This is a great deal on the two 'Jazz on Film' box sets.

Highly recommend both of these wonderful sets.

http://moochinabout.com/store.html

I just got these in the mail and popped them in the player... SPECTACULAR! I'm in heaven!

[JohnJ]

This is a great deal on the two 'Jazz on Film' box sets.

Highly recommend both of these wonderful sets.

http://moochinabout.com/store.html

I just got these in the mail and popped them in the player... SPECTACULAR! I'm in heaven!

Yes, they are both excellent, real labours of love.

[crisp]

Good-ish price on the Paul Desmond Complete RCA Albums Collection: £33.32 for six discs at Amazon UK.

[Fer Urbina]

Amazon Spain offers the reissue of Sony's Charlie Christian set for €14. If it's a straight reissue of the 2002 box (sans the box design), it's a very good deal. Other European Amazon dealers offer it for slightly more. It seems it won't be available in the UK till January, go figure.

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[GA Russell]

The new Cal Tjader 2-CD set Live at the Club Macumba is $10.69.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/RVSBV717YT9/ref=topnav_lists_1

Anybody getting it for Christmas?

[alppila]

Mingus Complete 1959 Columbia 3CD set on Amazon UK for 2 GBP (for now): http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000024917/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=

The info is a little contradictory but it's a pretty good punt if you ask me.