colinmce

These have come out late spring/early summer the past few years, so the time is coming up. What do you think, will there be some? Anyone have an inside scoop? To be honest, though, I haven't been too big on some of the recent choices. Stuff like the Farmer and Gillespie titles from last year seemed like they might have worked better as Mosaic singles or something. I'd like to see some more actual Blue Note music in the mix...

ECM does not own those Giuffre dates. They licensed them from Universal/Verve. Hm, I guess I got the wrong information, then. I asked about the possibility of those coming out as Originals, and that's the answer I got. Thanks for the clarification.

Agreed about Konitz and Giuffre, but for the record, Thesis and Fusion are owned by ECM, so those would be no-gos. I really enjoy my LPR of The Easy Way, so I would certainly love to hear more from the period.

Definitely the black box on the top of mine as well, with the Herman, Prez, and Stitt ones right behind. Hopefully I can afford to grab it next month.

Just a heads up, this now OOP set has been pulled from active sale on Amazon, with only used copies left. As far as I know, this is one of the only titles from the 2008 BN deletions to be fully eliminated from retail sale up to this point. So if you'd like a copy before the used prices spike (which can't be long now...) I'd go for it, whether it's through Amazon or some other site.

Wow, I feel dumb. I misread the e-mail (which was laid out quite poorly, to be fair). My set is marked as 'shipped'.

Why did I not get one, then? I ordered on the 15th. Is availability regional?

Ooh, thought of one the other night: The Complete Impulse! Recordings of Archie Shepp and Marion Brown. I would at least like to have a Marion Brown select, but imagine a box with all of their respective I! albums....

My order was cancelled due to lack of stock. Bummer.

Sure, but for instance, so is a lot all of the material in the Gerry Mulligan, Shank/Cooper, and Zeitlin sets. It's more a matter of having them in one place with superior sound and good annotation.

Why? Because I like the MJQ, feel they are underappreciated, and these are (in my opinion) their finest recordings, sparingly available. It would be nice to have them all in one place, properly annotated, etc.

Dammit. Bad news.

My suggestion of the moment: The Complete Atlantic Recordings of the Modern Jazz Quartet.

Of all the OOP Mosaics, this is my most sought after. I hope to own it one day, but the $300+ ebay prices have this looking like a relative impossibility. I guess the Collectables will have to do for this lifetime.

There's something very agressive and cavernous in the sound of this RVG that I'm not sure I like. I was wondering if the OJC has a better, drier sound? I love the subtle sound of the OJC of Waldron's The Quest by the same group. Any opinions?

Yeah, what in the world is going on here? I was thinking about maybe keeping an eye out for the Cecil Taylor Candid box, until I saw it fetch well over 300 on ebay. Just wrong. Even the Giuffre box, which is rather ubiquitous is exploding in price. Disappointing.

Huh? Oh. . . there was a full blown box set of the material, out of print for some time. But not a Select. Right? Right.