Count Basie- Big Band Leader

[B. Goren.]

According to an e-mail message I received from CD Universe, this 10 CDs set is scheduled to be released on November 22. Anybody knows what are the recordings included in this set?

[B. Goren.]

It has to be posted in the Re-issues forum. Sorry.

[brownie]

Just one more 10CD set from the Membran label Documents.

Those sets are cheap but not bad!

[J.A.W.]

Just one more 10CD set from the Membran label Documents.

Those sets are cheap but not bad!

Sorry, I disagree, I didn't like the sound on the few Membran discs I had. They sounded to me as if noise reduction was used generously. Sold them.

[B. Goren.]

Just one more 10CD set from the Membran label Documents.

Those sets are cheap but not bad!

Sorry, I disagree, I didn't like the sound on the few Membran discs I had. They sounded to me as if noise reduction was used generously. Sold them.

Hans, the question is whether you can make a generalization about their all reissues.

Edited November 17, 2010 by B. Goren.

[king ubu]

I guess you can generalize... and some of these boxes are VERY crappy. Worst I've seen (and, alas!, bought) is the Lionel Hampton 10CD set, where several discs contain just 30 minutes of music and sessions are so jumbled it's nearly impossible to find out the details with help of Lord or Bruyninckx, even! Same applies for lots of the Quadromania boxes (though some, such as the Gene Ammons or James Moody, are pretty nicely programmed - while others such as the Wild Bill Davison or Pee Wee Russell have sessions spread all over and in case of Condon dates sometimes duplicated or split up between sets...)

On the other hand, my ears aren't that discriminating, and I'm happy having the Artie Shaw and Sydney Bechet 10CD sets and will hold on to those Quadromanias, even if it's just to fill some gaps...

[J.A.W.]

Just one more 10CD set from the Membran label Documents.

Those sets are cheap but not bad!

Sorry, I disagree, I didn't like the sound on the few Membran discs I had. They sounded to me as if noise reduction was used generously. Sold them.

Hans, the question is whether you can make a generalization about their all reissues.

Well, Flurin (ubu) said it all in post #6:

I guess you can generalize... and some of these boxes are VERY crappy. Worst I've seen (and, alas!, bought) is the Lionel Hampton 10CD set, where several discs contain just 30 minutes of music and sessions are so jumbled it's nearly impossible to find out the details with help of Lord or Bruyninckx, even! Same applies for lots of the Quadromania boxes (though some, such as the Gene Ammons or James Moody, are pretty nicely programmed - while others such as the Wild Bill Davison or Pee Wee Russell have sessions spread all over and in case of Condon dates sometimes duplicated or split up between sets...)

On the other hand, my ears aren't that discriminating, and I'm happy having the Artie Shaw and Sydney Bechet 10CD sets and will hold on to those Quadromanias, even if it's just to fill some gaps...