margolbe Posted April 29, 2022 Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 Classical music has tons of mega box sets (25 or more disks). However, this is a rare occasion in jazz (the Miles Davis on Sony comes to mind). Why is this? And, what would you like to see a mega box set of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted April 29, 2022 Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 No one tell Anthony Braxton about this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted April 29, 2022 Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 …or David Murray. I remember walking into Euclid records in St. Louis back in the 90’s, and seeing a Murray CD displayed prominently at the front counter with a little sign that said “this week’s new David Murray CD”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted April 29, 2022 Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 The Complete Mosaic Mosaic Records would be good ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted April 29, 2022 Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 21 minutes ago, sidewinder said: The Complete Mosaic Mosaic Records would be good ! On vinyl, I presume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted April 29, 2022 Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 Just now, porcy62 said: On vinyl, I presume. Naturally.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted April 29, 2022 Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 My biggest set is the Ellington Centennial, jazz. My complete Bach edition surpasses it by a wide margin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonewall15 Posted April 29, 2022 Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 A terrific big box set would be the 17 CDs released by the Los Angeles Jazz Institute. Another would be the 36 LPs released on the Calliope label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted April 29, 2022 Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 (edited) The conglomerate that combined the jazz holdings of Columbia/Legacy & RCA was active for a time, but I guess they just weren't selling enough units. I'd like to see all of the Dave Brubeck with Gerry Mulligan recordings in a box set. Edited April 29, 2022 by Ken Dryden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted April 29, 2022 Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 Those big "classical" boxes are more attractive to the labels because most of the compositions are PD, hence are much cheaper to produce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted April 29, 2022 Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 12 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said: Those big "classical" boxes are more attractive to the labels because most of the compositions are PD, hence are much cheaper to produce. Yep, and when you own a huge catalogue lasting sixty years of recordings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trane123 Posted April 29, 2022 Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 (edited) And it’s not just classical that’s been getting the huge box set treatment. It’s rock too. I just ordered a Van Der Graaf Generator 20 CD set. There also have been sets lately from Gentle Giant (25 discs), Al Stewart (~30 discs), John Mayall (20+), Wishbone Ash (20+), Steve Hillage (20+). King Crimson has put out probably five or six sets of this size (or bigger) over the last decade. Metallica's had some big boxes as well. All with hard cover books and lots of “collectables”. All are limited runs that seems to sell out. Edited April 29, 2022 by trane123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcam_44 Posted April 29, 2022 Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 Yeah the Super Deluxe releases are popular now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted April 29, 2022 Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 Publishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles65 Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 How about this for a mega set 'The complete Brian Rust Jazz Records 1897-1942' On vinylite 78's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonewall15 Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 23 hours ago, Ken Dryden said: The conglomerate that combined the jazz holdings of Columbia/Legacy & RCA was active for a time, but I guess they just weren't selling enough units. I'd like to see all of the Dave Brubeck with Gerry Mulligan recordings in a box set. This box set would be welcomed by Brubeck collectors. Hopefully it would contain the Columbia LP "Compadres" which has never been released on CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 Has Columbia done some sort of Miles box set with a complete run, with his face across the spines or something? You'd think it would have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcam_44 Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 The Genius of Miles Davis set was 40ish CDs collecting all the “complete sets”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 That's it. Although they missed a trick by not doing the face/spines thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 On 4/29/2022 at 5:12 PM, Chuck Nessa said: Those big "classical" boxes are more attractive to the labels because most of the compositions are PD, hence are much cheaper to produce. Didn't Michael Cuscuna find that sales decline when the retail price is more than $120.00? I can imagine that the smaller profit per cd combined with a price tag ceiling resulted in the 13-18 disc boxes we saw last year from Nucleus, Barbara Thompson and Henry Cow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Garrett Posted May 1, 2022 Report Share Posted May 1, 2022 On 4/30/2022 at 3:11 PM, Rabshakeh said: That's it. Although they missed a trick by not doing the face/spines thing. The "Genius" set only contained the individual, mostly metal-spined, box sets that had previously been released. There was also a set of all the individual albums that had been released by Columbia, on 70 CDs (but they didn't put his face across the spines): Miles Davis – The Complete Columbia Album Collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 (edited) I think The Herbie Hancock Columbia 1972-88 Columbia box (34 CDs) is the most voluminous set I have around the house. Btw several new copies of it seem to be around online right now at really good prices. Edited May 4, 2022 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 This was a nice set - 21 disks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles65 Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 (edited) A mega set that is possible that would interest me would be The complete Columbia, Okeh etc - Victor Duke Ellington 1925-1973. The Columbia,Okeh etc 1925-1931 on 4 Cd's, The complete Victor 1927-1973 24 Cd's , The Live and unissued set 3 Cd's, Columbia 1932-1940 big band 11 Cd's, The small groups 1936-1940 7 Cd's, The Columbia 1947-1952 period 11 Cd's (if all the unissued takes are included) The 1956-1962 Columbia 24 Lp's would be at least 24 Cd's. A total of 84 Cd's would be the minimum for this set. Still no match for the Bach 333 set with 222 cd's Edited May 4, 2022 by miles65 correction of error Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon King Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 WHY NOT Buddy Rich Big Band, complete World Pacific, RCA, and European label catalogs from 60s to present? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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