GregK Posted May 19, 2004 Report Share Posted May 19, 2004 I'm really hoping they stay consistent with the original issues and put out the new 63-64 box with a metal spine like the others were. I much, MUCH prefer those. No problem at all with the packaging here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris olivarez Posted May 19, 2004 Report Share Posted May 19, 2004 I decided to pick up the Quintet and IASW boxes down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave9199 Posted May 19, 2004 Report Share Posted May 19, 2004 The way I feel about longboxes can be summed up with a few lines from a Bugs Bunny cartoon with the word longboxes in place of the word rabbit: Cowboy: "Longboxes. I hate longboxes. If there's one thing I can't stand more than one longbox...is TWO longboxes." All my cds are in a big open "box" where I can keep things in chronological order or as much as possible with box sets. But I put mine two rows high & two rows deep so long boxes just fuck it up. Although if I want to get to the bottom first row in back, I have to take a bunch of cds out, but I've gotten used to it. I've got two of them & haven't filled them as I get rid of some cds after a while, but those days might be over with trimming the wheat from the chaff (spelling?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Up for some scrutiny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleM Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 I agree that long boxes can be a pain in the arse. I have a Marvin Gaye box set in a long box, and all I have to do is look at that MoFo and the discs come falling out. To return to the topic (Miles), I still don't have the SSTH box, and all I can say is... !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 The only longbox I have and because it came out no other way was the Dex BN box. I've passed up on these Miles boxes until I can find the old variety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBlutarski Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Here are discographies of the sets, as well a s pictures of the packaging of the old sets. It doesn't mention the album names though http://www.kind-of-blue.de/box_index.htm ahhhh, this link is whta I was looking for!!! thanks a lot!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASNL77 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 (edited) Would anybody know which Miles metal spine sets are now OOP?Are all the metal spines boxes square? I'd like to order a few of them on Amazon but I want to make sure I order the right ones... Edited November 14, 2007 by ASNL77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Would anybody know which Miles metal spine sets are now OOP?Are all the metal spines boxes square? I'd like to order a few of them on Amazon but I want to make sure I order the right ones... Not entirely sure but I suspect that the 'Miles/Gil' will be very hard to track down now in the original box. 'Plugged Nickel' is pretty elusive now too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluerein Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Just to let you know (and you're not going to search for it) the Plugged Nickel set wasn't in the series and thus not issued with a metal spine (just regular jewel cases in a carton box). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave9199 Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 From what I remember they reissued the Coltrane, Evans, 65-68, Silent Way & Bitches Brew in long boxes all about the same time. You might still be able to find them used on amazon & ebay. I still see them in stores sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASNL77 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) Could somebody complete the list, please? Which Miles sets have been released with a metal spine? Miles & Coltrane; 63-64; 2nd quintet 65-68, Bitches brew, Corner sessions..... Which ones are missing? Is there a version of IASW with a metal spine? I have everything on Mosaic LPs but I like these sets and the booklets. Edited January 18, 2008 by ASNL77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Clugston Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Could somebody complete the list, please? Which Miles sets have been released with a metal spine? Miles & Coltrane; 63-64; 2nd quintet 65-68, Bitches brew, Corner sessions..... Which ones are missing? Is there a version of IASW with a metal spine? I have everything on Mosaic LPs but I like these sets and the booklets. In A Silent Way was issued in the same dimensions as the other metal spine boxes, but I don't recall it having an actual metal spine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 In the metal spine series: Miles & Coltrane Miles & Gil Evans Bitches Brew Seven Steps In a Silent Way (cardboard spine) Cellar Door (cardboard spine & not numbered, so I dunno if this one technically counts, but it LOOKS like one) Complete On the Corner Complete Second Quintet 65-68 Jack Johnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASNL77 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Thanks Aggie! I forgot the Seven Steps. I have two Seven Steps boxes since somebody got me one two years ago for Xmas thinking I didn't have it. I should sell that one. It is still sealed. I still need to find the Jack Johnson, The Miles & Coltrane and the IASW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crabgrass Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 In the metal spine series: ...Cellar Door (cardboard spine & not numbered, so I dunno if this one technically counts, but it LOOKS like one)... I just got the On The Corner set, thus completing the series. They (Sony) say it's the last in a total of eight, but if you include the Cellar Door box (which indeed seems more like part of the series packaging-wise than the In A Silent Way box), it comes to nine. The way I figure it, the series was intended to document mostly Miles studio work (although the Seven Steps set has a good deal of live material). It is for this reason that I feel that despite the deluxe packaging, the Cellar Door set isn't part of the series proper and this is why it's spine has no number. The complete "metal spine" series, as numbered on their spines... 1) Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings 2) Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings 3) Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis, 1963-1964 4) The Miles Davis Quintet 1965-'68: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings 5) The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions (cardboard spine, numbered "5") 6) The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions 7) The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions 8) The Complete On The Corner Sessions I can remember when the Miles & Gil box came out wondering what the number "2" on the spine was for (it was the first of the series to be released). I speculated that because of the way the lettering was cursive and ornately etched on the brass spine, that this was an attempt to mimic Miles' trumpet, with the "2" indicating a Martin No. 2. As the other sets came out with their numbers on them, it became apparent the numbers were to place them into a chronological order. some other box sets of note... the aformentioned Cellar Door set, the Plugged Nickel set, The Complete Friday & Saturday Night at The Blackhawk set, The Complete Miles Davis at Montreux 1973-1991, Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings (1951-1956), The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions and the unreleased Complete Warner Bros. Sessions (which I heard got canceled because they could not get Prince to release his portion of the recordings). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Not exactly a box, but there's also the 2-CD set, "It's About That Time - Live at the Fillmore East (March 7, 1970)". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crabgrass Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 (edited) Not exactly a box, but there's also the 2-CD set, "It's About That Time - Live at the Fillmore East (March 7, 1970)". I think Sony should have made It's About That Time's packaging comply with the cardboard fold out double album re-issue packaging of... Live-Evil Black Beauty Miles Davis at Fillmore Miles Davis in Concert and Dark Magus taken together, these make for a great box set of sorts. What I'd like to see next is for Sony to put out "The Complete Osaka Concerts, Feb. 1, 1975" set, with both the afternoon and evening shows that comprise Agartha and Pangaea, unedited. And speaking of the packaging for the In A Silent Way set, Sony could easily have opened the vaults and included some pre-Bitches live material like "1969 Miles: Festiva de Juan Pins" and fleshed out the box enough to warrant a metal spine. Edited February 22, 2008 by crabgrass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 I'll be getting some of these down the road. The "deluxe" packaging for the 4 cd set of "Bitches Brew" was an absolute nightmare. I've never seen this packaging, except for, maybe, in pictures. What made it a nightmare? I had to call Columbia customer service to have two of the four discs replaced. Glue from the sleeves got onto the discs making large portions unplayable. Same here! No amount of cleaning would make one of the discs playable after the glue got on it! Also, the Armstrong Hot 5 & 7s set is pretty good for scratching the discs -- I would recommend storing the discs in some other way away from that box. On the other hand, Sony's customer service is good at replacing defective discs with a minimum of fuss, which is more than I can say for some other behemouth companies! I don't recall where it was discussed elsewhere, but I had the same glue problem... got' J.A.W.'s set and it had it as well (so I gave one away to a friend whom I had given the 2CD edition already, previously)... now as a result of some baaad teeth surgery I've got going on, I have these alcohol prep pads (good thing their name is written in English on the box, else I'd have no idea what to call them) and with one of those, all of the glue was easily removed and the whole disc 1 just played through as it used to in the beginning! Let's hope the alcohol will not eat itself through the disc... I rinsed it with water immediately after. Will have to wait another few years to see if this did the trick. Anyway, with the 40th anniversary big box in my collection, it's not such a loss, but I guess I'll pass on one of these pads to said friend, too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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