king ubu Posted July 28, 2015 Report Posted July 28, 2015 Good move! And yes, it's really sad the Select series went belly-up - have most of them and really enjoy them! Too bad they weren't profitable. Quote
sidewinder Posted July 28, 2015 Report Posted July 28, 2015 The Select series ruled/rules ! My Tolliver Big Band and Sam Rivers are in the mail.. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted July 28, 2015 Report Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) So what was the problem with the Selects that made them unprofitable? And at what "per disc" price would they have had to charge for them to be equally profitable to the big boxes? Was it just an economy of scale? - in terms of the amount of cost per release, regardless of whether it was a 3-disc Select, or a 6-disc big-box? I'm sure I knew the answer years ago, but have long since forgotten. Edited July 28, 2015 by Rooster_Ties Quote
king ubu Posted July 28, 2015 Report Posted July 28, 2015 I just remember that they said 7 discs was the ideal size. Quote
Brad Posted July 29, 2015 Report Posted July 29, 2015 I loved the Select series. Must have about 10 of them; really sorry to see them go. Quote
erwbol Posted July 29, 2015 Report Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) I don't like to bitch, but love the Select series, hate the packaging.My Select collection: Carter/ Bradford 36, Andrew Hill 16 & 23, Don Pullen 13, McCoy Tyner 25. Edited July 29, 2015 by erwbol Quote
ejp626 Posted July 29, 2015 Report Posted July 29, 2015 I loved the Select series. Must have about 10 of them; really sorry to see them go.I agree. While I did sell off a few, I still have 7. Quote
mesfen Posted July 30, 2015 Report Posted July 30, 2015 Most if not all the selects and some of the boxes are available on some of the streaming sites Quote
mjzee Posted July 30, 2015 Report Posted July 30, 2015 Agreed that it was a great series, wish it could have continued. I have 13:2) Carmell Jones, 3) Bennie Green, 4) Randy Weston, 6) John Patton, 7) Curtis Amy, 11) Dizzy Reece, 14) Dexter Gordon (d/l), 15) Art Pepper, 21) Gerry Mulligan, 22) Sidney Bechet, 26) Bobby Hutcherson (d/l), 27) Cohn, Newman & Green, 30) Boogie Woogie & Blues Piano. Quote
bluesoul Posted August 23, 2015 Report Posted August 23, 2015 Looks like the Sam Rivers select is sold out. Quote
sidewinder Posted August 26, 2015 Report Posted August 26, 2015 Looks like the Sam Rivers select is sold out.Glad I picked it up. Full of fine music and generous playing time. The booklet is very well done too. Quote
king ubu Posted August 26, 2015 Report Posted August 26, 2015 yes, the music came as quite a surprise to me - very, very good! Quote
sidewinder Posted August 26, 2015 Report Posted August 26, 2015 yes, the music came as quite a surprise to me - very, very good!For me it's a real nice memento of Sam's last UK tour with an orchestra plus his own rhythm section, done back in 2007 I think. Quite a few of the arrangements are familiar ! Quote
king ubu Posted August 26, 2015 Report Posted August 26, 2015 Never caught him live ... and am not that familiar with his big band music, so .... would love to have such memories though! Quote
sidewinder Posted August 26, 2015 Report Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) Never caught him live ... and am not that familiar with his big band music, so .... would love to have such memories though!Yeah - the gig at Bath was particularly memorable. I got to see him put away his assorted instruments, signed my Mosaic booklet and a few LPs and reminisced a bit about the Blue Note recordings and his favourite LP cover design ('A New Conception'). That was an evening and a half.. Edited August 26, 2015 by sidewinder Quote
miles65 Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Posted October 22, 2015 The Quincy Jones big band and the Duke Ellington small groups sets are now on last chance. The Joe Pass and Oliver Nelson sets are now running low. Quote
mr jazz Posted October 23, 2015 Report Posted October 23, 2015 Love the Quincy set. On the fence about the Ellington box. I have so much of his music already! Quote
mikeweil Posted October 24, 2015 Report Posted October 24, 2015 Glad I already got the Quincy, Woody, and Ellington Small Group sets, as there are no funds left right now due to unforeseen circumstances. Sound on all is excellent. Hopefully finances will recover before anything else runs low that I still have on the wish list ... I'm not sure if I will regret not getting the Oliver Nelson set - but I have some of it and didn't like "Sound Pieces" very much - guess I like him more as a tenor soloist than arranger. Quote
sidewinder Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 Interesting - 'Sound Pieces' was the bit of that set that really stood out as a highlight for me, along with the 'Kennedy Dream' and 'Jazzhattan Suite'. Nice set. Quote
mikeweil Posted October 25, 2015 Report Posted October 25, 2015 Never heard "The Kennedy Dream" ... I have a lot of CDs with Nelson arranging, and like some of it a lot, but never find it as fascinating as Quincy, McFarland, Thad Jones, Gerald Wilson, just to name a few. Quote
miles65 Posted October 29, 2015 Author Report Posted October 29, 2015 The Quincy Jones set is gone. The Stan Getz Hip-o-select 3 CD set is running low. Quote
erwbol Posted November 24, 2015 Report Posted November 24, 2015 (edited) The following Mosaic box set is running low. On content that is! Some eBay clown is selling an EMPTY Woody Shaw Muse box for $100! No CDs, no book. Just a piece of cardboard. Asshole profiteer (cdsundays from Ottawa Canada). http://www.ebay.nl/itm/THE-COMPLETE-WOODY-SHAW-MUSE-SESSIONS-MOSAIC-BOX-SET-EMPTY-BOX-ONLY-NO-DISCS-/221942270623?hash=item33acca4a9f:g:w24AAOSwNSxUyp1H Edited November 24, 2015 by erwbol Quote
soulpope Posted November 24, 2015 Report Posted November 24, 2015 6 minutes ago, erwbol said: The following Mosaic box set is running low. On content that is! Some eBay clown is selling an EMPTY Woody Shaw Muse box for $100! No CDs, no book. Just a piece of cardboard. Asshole profiteer (cdsundays from Ottawa Canada). http://www.ebay.nl/itm/THE-COMPLETE-WOODY-SHAW-MUSE-SESSIONS-MOSAIC-BOX-SET-EMPTY-BOX-ONLY-NO-DISCS-/221942270623?hash=item33acca4a9f:g:w24AAOSwNSxUyp1H has probably valuable fingerprints on it .... Quote
felser Posted November 24, 2015 Report Posted November 24, 2015 56 minutes ago, soulpope said: has probably valuable fingerprints on it .... And he wants another $20 for shipping. Wow. Quote
hbbfam Posted November 24, 2015 Report Posted November 24, 2015 As Groucho once said. "Why for 79 cents a can get a recording of Minnie The Moocher. For $1.49 I can get Minnie". Quote
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