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Complete Prestige being? ... this: http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/the_complete_prestige_recordings_1956-1957_2-cd_set-cd-4919.html Then asking 40$ is a bit much unless you throw in "Tome VI" as well, but it's really none of my business

hope it was a good one!

Same here, no clue he had still been around. Always enjoyed those wacky trio sides by Krupa! r.i.p.

you're aware of the cheaper reissue of this? different packaging, but as far as I remember previous discussions here, including the booklet: http://www.amazon.com/Heavyweight-Champion-Complete-John-Coltrane/dp/B00E5R5TAA/ pay crap, get crap? (sorry, couldn't resist)

@JohnS: you should! Best you look for this CD, combining the Trane session with the Jubilee album Trane made as a sideman with Ray Draper: It also adds an alternate of "Exotica" to the Trane date - some specifics here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_Sonny

"Streams" (Impulse) would need some kind of real CD reissue as well. But I would (unknowingly) assume Impulse to be out of reach? Would love the tuba trios! And "Paragon", which I consider one of his very best. Less sure "Rendez-Vous" is really up to your (Jonathan's!) high standards, but a fine one it is. "Waves" is excellent, but probably too readily available? "Sizzle" and "The Quest" I don't know so far.

Yes on the Blake! And that Rivers I'd surely buy as well, in spite of having the LP. The Roscoe ... probably not, the Delmark CD is just fine for me.

They're a most reliable store, based on my experience - no reason not to go ahead and order there!

this one, too:

Wot?

No idea, but with Resonance it was recently similar. Not sure if the Wes Montgomery "In the Beginning" set is out yet in the US, but it was available at jazzmessengers.com several weeks (even months) ago.

btw, there are two editions it seems - the one for 10€ (which I have) is a regular jumbo jewel case with a tiny booklet (small print, thin paper, one essay by some French dude I never heard of, plus a note by Cuscuna, 8 or 12 pages max). Then there's a a somewhat more expensive edition, not properly labelled on evil A, but I guess that one's the 7" cardboard/deluxe edition (design likely similar to say the Elvis deluxe editions of recent years). Not sure if that has more extended notes or just larger print and more photos - anyone can shed some light there? Sticking to aFR, this is probably the "larger" edition: http://www.amazon.fr/Lady-Satin-Centennial-Billie-Holiday/dp/B00TTZPY12/ Note regarding the booklet says: "Livret 36 pages avec les contributions de Sebastian Danchin (auteur de Billie Holiday - le roman d'une rebelle) et de Michael Cuscuna (producteur de la réédition) abondante iconographie dont de nombreuses photos rares." Which has me believe there isn't any additional text, just photos and a nicer design.

btw, once more these are already available in Europe - look here: http://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/69296/jr-monterose/live-in-albany-1979 http://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/69297/billie-holiday/banned-from-new-york-city-live-1948-1957

are these new releases? wonder how they managed to get Grant Green and Horace Parlan back - as holograms? please someone merge with matching previous thread ...

Ha, missed congeniality there Thanks for sharing, Chuck!

Co-sign yup - r.i.p.

Well, all links in the European section seem to be dead - so there's that. Sir Winston's revenge, I guess, and right on time, too

The new Carter/Bradford certainly will be good enough for several months! But do we need an extra sub-forum, I don't know ... would only be useful, I guess, if some old threads got moved there as well.

Funky Blues! But yes, the entire set is very good!

Happy Birthday, Erik!

Thanks again! Btw, no RSD here ... the one shop still standing that I visitn more or less regularly doesn't even take part. But still plenty of new music coming in all of the time

Thanks everyone!

Btw, there's lots of photos, one inside the digipack, front of and inside the booklet (four double pages, I think), and on the back of the booklet you get the actual concert flyer. All in small format, sometimes two pics per page, but all annotated. Very nice job for sure!