Blue Notes Going OOP

[Leeway]

Received the following e-mail from BN:

Dear Jazz Lover,

We regret to inform you that the following CD titles are being discontinued on September 1, 2004.  If you have been contemplating any of these titles for your collection, we suggest that you purchase them now through your local retailer or the Blue Note Web Site at (http://www.bluenote.com/specials.asp).

Until August 9 or when supplies run out, they are being offered at a special low price on the Blue Note Web Site and can be found clicking on the WEEKLY SPECIALS button. Track listings and other information about these recordings are also available on the site.

CDs

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - Three Blind Mice, Volume 2

DON BYRON – Romance With The Unseen  (Supplies are very limited)

SONNY CRISS – The Complete Imperial Recordings (Connoisseur Series – 2 CDs)

LOU DONALDSON – Good Gracious

JACKIE McLEAN Nature Boy (with the Cedar Walton trio)

DIANNE REEVES - Bridges

180-gram LPs

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY – Somethin’ Else (Supplies are very limited)

JOHN COLTRANE – Blue Train  (Supplies are very limited)

Any thoughts on the vinyl Coltrane?

Edited July 8, 2004 by Leeway

[couw]

Any thoughts on the vinyl Coltrane?

Is this the ancient one from way back when, the one with the "adjusted" cover art (first CD-style) or was there another release after that? Did that one with the "CD cover" use a digital master?

[undergroundagent]

"Good Gracious" is gone, huh? Too bad...it's a great record.

[Guest ariceffron]

blue note are idiots---- how did they determine to drop 3 blind mice II and Good Gracious anyway? are those the 2 worst sellers this month? i dont get how they picked these two classics to dismiss..... who has info

[charlesp]

Leeway,

If you are willing to spend more for glorious vinyl, the Classic Records reissue (either mono or stereo) is a big improvement over the Blue Note late-90's vinyl reissue. I have both and much prefer the Classic, but it costs $30.00, compared to $18.00 for the BN.

charles

[mgraham333]

"Good Gracious" is gone, huh? Too bad...it's a great record.

Never heard of it....

[RDK]

Never heard of it....

Is that a "sammitch" in her pocket or what?

[bertrand]

As usual, they are fucking clueless. They already announced that Nature Boy was being discontinued a long time ago.

Bertrand.

[Leeway]

As usual, they are fucking clueless. They already announced that Nature Boy was being discontinued a long time ago.

Bertrand.

They really mean it this time

[Brad]

For those who don't have it, get Good Gracious and the Sonny Criss Imperial Sessions, truly wonderful music. Why they would let the Sonny Criss go out of print is beyond me.

[Jazzmoose]

Well, it is a Conn after all, so I guess it's supposed to be "limited".

As for Nature Boy, I would guess they're having trouble clearing it out...if you don't have it, I'd give 'em a hand; it's good stuff!

Gotta get that Three Blind Mice myself...

[walker]

What I don't understand is that in this day and age Blue Note doesn't just say that though they will no longer make the CDs, they will be available for download at iTunes or another comparable site. As a matter of fact, isn't it about time that they created their own download service?

[TomNYC]

What I don't understand is that in this day and age Blue Note doesn't just say that though they will no longer make the CDs, they will be available for download at iTunes or another comparable site. As a matter of fact, isn't it about time that they created their own download service?

I emailed Blue Note about this very concept -- putting OOP albums up on iTunes. I got the response: "We are working on this right now!"

Take it for what it's worth.

[BFrank]

It would be MUCH better if BN went with eMusic rather than iTunes. Probably won't happen, though.

[jazzypaul]

re; the idea of making OOP sessions available for download...I suggested this to someone at EMI at the 2002 IAJE and they said they were working on it then, after they got offended that I said that I was glad that Kazaa, Napster and the rest exist, because at least that way, if they refuse to keep their music out there, the music lovers of the world could.

I'm surprised that no one's mentioned the Don Byron session yet. In my humble opinion, that's the best session that Byron's yet recorded. It's thoroughly enjoyable. If you don't have it, and they have it on sale, you owe it to yourself to pick it up.

[TomNYC]

It would be MUCH better if BN went with eMusic rather than iTunes. Probably won't happen, though.

Why do you say that? What does eMusic add over iTunes?