Are there any box bargains currently available?

[GA Russell]

Joe Farrell - OAC - $11.77 + $3.99

http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-JOE-FARRELL/dp/B00RVD8DBM

[GA Russell]

Joe Farrell - OAC - $11.77 + $3.99

http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-JOE-FARRELL/dp/B00RVD8DBM

That's a GREAT collection of albums, but twice that price on my Amazon page.

BF, take a look below the Amazon price box...It says, "35 New from $11.77."

[hbbfam]

Heard good things about this one, and it is pretty cheap on Amazon.

http://amzn.com/B00W4L0MWO

 

 

 

[jcam_44]

Heard good things about this one, and it is pretty cheap on Amazon.

http://amzn.com/B00W4L0MWO

 

 

I ordered this yesterday before seeing this post. Will be here tomorrow and can't wait. Purchased because I got a new job with a heavy commute

 

[jazzbo]

Amazon UK has the second "Complete Columbia Albums" set of Duke Ellington releases '59 to '61 for about 52 bucks shipped, ten discs. No other information on this other than it is released in six days.

Edited September 12, 2015 by jazzbo

[sonnyhill]

Heard good things about this one, and it is pretty cheap on Amazon.

http://amzn.com/B00W4L0MWO

 

 

I ordered this yesterday before seeing this post. Will be here tomorrow and can't wait. Purchased because I got a new job with a heavy commute

 

There are ups and downs, but it is a very interesting listen.  One of my favorites so far this year.

[alankin]

Amazon UK has the second "Complete Columbia Albums" set of Duke Ellington releases '59 to '61 for about 52 bucks shipped, ten discs. No other information on this other than it is released in six days.

The Ellington albums from that period that I'm aware of are:

1959
Jazz Party (Columbia)
Anatomy of a Murder (Columbia – soundtrack album)
Festival Session (Columbia)
Blues in Orbit (Columbia)

1960
Three Suites
    The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia) 
    Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. (aka Peer Gynt Suite/Suite Thursday) 
Piano in the Background (Columbia)
Unknown Session (Columbia, released 1979)

1961
Piano in the Foreground (Columbia)
First Time! The Count Meets the Duke - with Count Basie (Columbia)
The Girl's Suite & The Perfume Suite (Columbia)

 

I have all except for Jazz Party (have a digital version) and The Girl's Suite & The Perfume Suite.  Has the latter title ever been released on CD?  All the other titles have been.

[felser]

Generally, the prices come down quite a bit on those Columbia sets a few months after they are released, so patience pays on them.

[medjuck]

 

I have all except for Jazz Party (have a digital version) and The Girl's Suite & The Perfume Suite.  Has the latter title ever been released on CD?  All the other titles have been.

I just got a cd of it in Canada. It was one of those "'Jazz Originals' : Henri Renaud" releases. 

[jazzbo]

Generally, the prices come down quite a bit on those Columbia sets a few months after they are released, so patience pays on them.

It probably will be cheaper, but 52 bucks is a good price. I went for it. . . some of these could stand to be remastered and probably will be in this box.

[king ubu]

two more coming up there:

 

Art Blakey - Complete Columbia/RCA Albums:

http://www.amazon.de/Art-Blakey-Complete-Columbia-Victor/dp/B00YY03SJ2/

 

Thelonious Monk - Complete Columbia Live Albums:

http://www.amazon.de/Complete-Columbia-Live-Albums-Collection/dp/B00YY03S10/

 

The Ellington goes for the same price there as the Monk (all three are interlinked/auto-recommended), that's how I found them, no idea if there will be more ...

[Chuck Nessa]

Ellington ordered. Thanks Lon.

[hbbfam]

two more coming up there:

 

Art Blakey - Complete Columbia/RCA Albums:

http://www.amazon.de/Art-Blakey-Complete-Columbia-Victor/dp/B00YY03SJ2/

 

Thelonious Monk - Complete Columbia Live Albums:

http://www.amazon.de/Complete-Columbia-Live-Albums-Collection/dp/B00YY03S10/

 

The Ellington goes for the same price there as the Monk (all three are interlinked/auto-recommended), that's how I found them, no idea if there will be more ...

Does anyone have more information on the Monk Columbia Live? Which albums? Sound?

[king ubu]

All of them (Tokyo, Big Band and Quartet, Newport, It Club, Jazz Workshop - each two discs - the three disc set contained some more stray cuts, so did the "Monk Alone" two disc set) ... and sound probably like in their respective latest editions.

[felser]

Sometimes they do new remastering for these sets.  Generally, the sound quality on these sets has been outstanding to my ears.

[GA Russell]

Sony Legacy released yesterday a few OACs, including a Dean Martin set of five Reprise albums.
http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-MARTIN-DEAN/dp/B00Z9KP4A2/

Why are Reprise albums being released by Sony and not Warner?  Anyone know anything about this?

[king ubu]

Sometimes they do new remastering for these sets.  Generally, the sound quality on these sets has been outstanding to my ears.

I was under the impression they did so only when needed (i.e. only previous CD reissue was on Collectables)?

[jazzbo]

There has been quite a few remasterings occur within these box sets, and like John I think they sound excellent.

Thanks for the headsup about the Monk and Blakey sets Flurin! Now I hope they get around to live Brubeck Quartet!

[hbbfam]

All of them (Tokyo, Big Band and Quartet, Newport, It Club, Jazz Workshop - each two discs - the three disc set contained some more stray cuts, so did the "Monk Alone" two disc set) ... and sound probably like in their respective latest editions.

Is there a source for your info?  I cannot find any listing of the contents of this box?

[king ubu]

All of them (Tokyo, Big Band and Quartet, Newport, It Club, Jazz Workshop - each two discs - the three disc set contained some more stray cuts, so did the "Monk Alone" two disc set) ... and sound probably like in their respective latest editions.

Is there a source for your info?  I cannot find any listing of the contents of this box?

No. But partly yes: the box's title ... content should thus be pretty clear. With the only question being if those stray cuts released on other albums/compilations ("Misterioso" was yet another, and that two LP set from the seventies, "Always Know") will be added or not.

Regarding remasterings I don't know, but with such cheap-ish reissues I'd not expect them to remaster anything they previously reissued. I would like to know specifics about that, too (Lon, if you have some to offer, please step up! I'm not doubting your insight at all, I just wonder if for instance "Let My Children Hear Music" was remastered; to my best knowledge, the Bessie Smith box was not when it should have; and I wonder if "Big Band and Quartet in Concert" might be ...)

[jazzbo]

No, "Let my Children," was not (but imo it sounds better in the box set for whatever reason), though IIRC the "With Friends" was.  In the case of the first Ellington earlier masterings were updated, and I would expect the same (especially the Schapp) to be the case in this one. In the case of the Shaw, Gordon, WR, Brubeck, Mahavishnu, etc. there have been new masterings, and in some cases additional material. A great series. I would think at the least this Monk box will bring together the bonus material from newer reissues, and perhaps additional material that"Mysterioso" was assembled from. I think there will be room, and it would be nice if there were bonus material here added. Hopefully the little snippets Mosaic released on vinyl will be added too.

Edited September 13, 2015 by jazzbo

[felser]

No, "Let my Children," was not (but imo it sounds better in the box set for whatever reason), though IIRC the "With Friends" was.  In the case of the first Ellington earlier masterings were updated, and I would expect the same (especially the Schapp) to be the case in this one. In the case of the Shaw, Gordon, WR, Brubeck, Mahavishnu, etc. there have been new masterings, and in some cases additional material. A great series. I would think at the least this Monk box will bring together the bonus material from newer reissues, and perhaps additional material that"Mysterioso" was assembled from. I think there will be room, and it would be nice if there were bonus material here added. Hopefully the little snippets Mosaic released on vinyl will be added too.

I agree that "Let My Children Hear Music" sounds better in the box set than in the original CD.

[king ubu]

Hm, still not enough to re-buy all that music ... though yes, the Mahavisnu set was indeed great, I forgot about that. And the Woody Shaw, too. The Brubeck obviously as well. But those all added new material or albums not previously on CD, so obviously they had to remaster. Would "Homecoming" be remastered in the Gordon box? Most of the others were around in recent (Legacy) remasters, I think?

[jazzbo]

Yes, I'm pretty certain that Homecoming is remastered in the Gordon box, all the material I believe is, sounds better than on the earlier discs. And there's also a bonus disc of material gathered from various lp and disc sources.

The Getz box also has newly mastered material, and sounds fantastic.

Matters not to me if you buy any of these, but they're great bargains, and consolidating all these materials with consistent mastering and additional material is a boon to my collection, and has allowed me to give away nice discs to new jazz listeners. I love the Ellington material so much that this new set was a no brainer for me to order for the above reasons..

[king ubu]

Yes, I'm pretty certain that Homecoming is remastered in the Gordon box, all the material I believe is, sounds better than on the earlier discs. And there's also a bonus disc of material gathered from various lp and disc sources.

The Getz box also has newly mastered material, and sounds fantastic.

Matters not to me if you buy any of these, but they're great bargains, and consolidating all these materials with consistent mastering and additional material is a boon to my collection, and has allowed me to give away nice discs to new jazz listeners. I love the Ellington material so much that this new set was a no brainer for me to order for the above reasons..

Well, oviously it shouldn't matter to you!

Re: Gordon - that one always cost over the top here (60-70€), so I never considered it - I think it was not even sold in Europe by Popmarket themselves (I don't understand their strange shipping regimen and pricings at all).

Re: Getz - there was a french box there (longbox/book style), and it seems to me they consciously didn't sell the albums box at the beginning - I went for the French one there. Now the US one is available cheaply as well.

The Ellington I missed as well - asking price is over 110€ for new copies, straight from amazon themselves (german site even wants 150€!). Not sure it was ever substantially cheaper, but that's not a bargain if you have most of the contents already.

Just explaining why I'm a bit ambiguous about the whole series ... if the prices were consistent over here, I might look at it differently!

 

The ones I have are: Woody Shaw, Wayne Shorter, Dave Brubeck, Mahavishnu, Nina Simone (missing those bonus tracks on one disc - lousy move there! did they ever fix this, maybe even offer replacements?)

The ones I'd be interested in: Brubeck live (hope this is still in the doings, but I'm not holding my beath), Gordon (if the price was right), Ellington 1 (if the price was right), Ellington 2, Blakey (though I have 90% of that as well, and most of it in editions that need no upgrading in my book - anyway, I'm still most ambiguous about this uprgrading business, there's so much new stuff to explore and my funds are limited, so ...).

 

Oh, I also have the Sam Cooke and Earth Wind & Fire ones - the latter at around 50€ is a true bargain indeed!