Jazz "twofers"--remember those?

[Milestones]

I can't copy anymore my texts into the forum now!  I had a message about it being too large, even though it was just a bit over 200 words.

Anyway, I was writing about the jazz "twofer days" in the early 80s, which for me meant finding these 2-LP sets by Miles, Sonny, Monk, Wes, etc.  They featured music originally on Prestige and Riverside.  It was a lot of good jazz and got my collection going strongly right away.  Blue Note and Impulse did it too, but I mostly I bought Riverside/Prestige.  I have warm recollections of those days, the excitement of finding those records.

I guess my original entry can be found in the attachment.

    

 

Jazz Twofer.docx

Edited 5 hours ago by Milestones

[felser]

I bought a ton of those back then, especially the Prestige/Riverside/Milestone ones.  Titles I had never heard or even heard of, at a great price.  I think their heyday was actually in the mid-late 70's IIRC.

[Milestones]

At Discogs, I see a date of 1972 for Tallest Trees by Miles.  I guess they had a long run; I think I bought this a full decade later.