Late Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 (Side by Side comes to mind), How cool would THAT have been, though? Very cool — but not if the title ended up being BACKSIDE to BACKSIDE. Quote
Shawn Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 yep, this is a classic session that I'm very happy to own. Quote
JohnBlutarski Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 This week's "Verve" reissues are all worth picking up - not the usual fare! (The Edison may be the best of the bunch, but every one has something going for it.) The 'live" Joe Newman (with Oliver Nelson) was new to me. so what reissue have come then, exept this one? JB Quote
Big Al Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 This week's "Verve" reissues are all worth picking up - not the usual fare! (The Edison may be the best of the bunch, but every one has something going for it.) The 'live" Joe Newman (with Oliver Nelson) was new to me. so what reissue have come then, exept this one? JB This thread is almost two years old. Is SWEETS even still in print anymore? Quote
ghost of miles Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Beautiful record--get it while it's still around. I doubt we'll see titles like this getting domestically reissued much longer. Quote
JohnBlutarski Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 This week's "Verve" reissues are all worth picking up - not the usual fare! (The Edison may be the best of the bunch, but every one has something going for it.) The 'live" Joe Newman (with Oliver Nelson) was new to me. so what reissue have come then, exept this one? JB This thread is almost two years old. Is SWEETS even still in print anymore? ah, I didn't see it had begun 2 years ago... a lot can change in 2 years... JB Quote
ejp626 Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 This thread is almost two years old. Is SWEETS even still in print anymore? I believe it is. You can order it new through Amazon (and probably CD Universe) and there are a bunch of used copies floating around. Inspired by this thread resurfacing, I will probably go pick it up this weekend. I've got the 2-CD set with The Soul of Ben Webster and the other Sweets-Webster session. Quote
Late Posted March 24, 2007 Report Posted March 24, 2007 Harder to find, but well worth the effort, is Edison's 2-fer The Swinger and Mr. Swing. Great Sweets on this 2-disc set. Also has some fine contributions from Jimmy Forrest. Walmart, of all places, still carries this Verve Master Edition ... Quote
Big Al Posted March 24, 2007 Report Posted March 24, 2007 Harder to find, but well worth the effort, is Edison's 2-fer The Swinger and Mr. Swing. Great Sweets on this 2-disc set. Also has some fine contributions from Jimmy Forrest. Walmart, of all places, still carries this Verve Master Edition ... The Swinger and Mr. Swing was a Verve Elite. WalMart actually carries this???? Quote
ejp626 Posted March 24, 2007 Report Posted March 24, 2007 The Swinger and Mr. Swing was a Verve Elite. WalMart actually carries this???? Their on-line store often has some really unusual OOP CDs. I picked up some rare Benny Golson and Clark Terry CDs once. Quote
Big Al Posted March 24, 2007 Report Posted March 24, 2007 What other Sweets Verve albums are there that aren't in print? Quote
Late Posted March 24, 2007 Report Posted March 24, 2007 What other Sweets Verve albums are there that aren't in print? I think you might already have it, but there's Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You? from the Ben Webster 2-fer. Quote
BruceH Posted March 24, 2007 Report Posted March 24, 2007 This thread is almost two years old. Is SWEETS even still in print anymore? I believe it is. You can order it new through Amazon (and probably CD Universe) and there are a bunch of used copies floating around. Inspired by this thread resurfacing, I will probably go pick it up this weekend. I've got the 2-CD set with The Soul of Ben Webster and the other Sweets-Webster session. Same here. I'm glad this thread got revived. Quote
Late Posted March 24, 2007 Report Posted March 24, 2007 In the vein of this thread, another hard-to-find swing trumpet package that Verve put together and reissued in 1996 is Swing Trumpet Kings. It contains work by Buck Clayton, Red Allen, and Roy Eldridge. 2 discs! Verve was great, reissue-wise, in the early-to-mid-90's. It seems like those days are fading ... Quote
montg Posted March 24, 2007 Report Posted March 24, 2007 In the vein of this thread, another hard-to-find swing trumpet package that Verve put together and reissued in 1996 is Swing Trumpet Kings. It contains work by Buck Clayton, Red Allen, and Roy Eldridge. 2 discs! Verve was great, reissue-wise, in the early-to-mid-90's. It seems like those days are fading ... The Swing Trumpet Kings was indeed hard to find, I tracked it down a couple of years ago at a Canadian online store whose name I've forgotten. Some nice playing on the Red Allen session too. Quote
Late Posted March 24, 2007 Report Posted March 24, 2007 I just checked, and Amazon has Swing Trumpet Kings for around $37, but half.com has a copy (or copies) for much cheaper. Carpe diem if you want more swing trumpets! :rsmile: Quote
ejp626 Posted March 25, 2007 Report Posted March 25, 2007 Currently The Swinger and Mr. Swing is going for a pretty high price (almost $50). I did discover that this is in the batch of Verve Vault releases that should be available thru iTunes, so I will probably go ahead and get it this way though I generally avoid iTunes where possible. Curiously, Sweets is also listed with OOP Verve recordings, though there are still plenty of copies floating about. Quote
Late Posted March 25, 2007 Report Posted March 25, 2007 Through iTunes it's $9.99, which isn't too bad considering there are 13 tracks. You'll get the cover of The Swinger rather than Mr. Swing after the download, but that's OK. Overall, I think the purchase is worth it for the music. Weird that Sweetss is already being listed as OOP? Quote
Big Al Posted March 26, 2007 Report Posted March 26, 2007 Through iTunes it's $9.99, which isn't too bad considering there are 13 tracks. You'll get the cover of The Swinger rather than Mr. Swing after the download, but that's OK. Overall, I think the purchase is worth it for the music. Weird that Sweetss is already being listed as OOP? Well, those LPRs only had a limited run to begin with. I don't have SWEETS in front of me, but each LPR indicated how long each one was going to be in print. Quote
J Larsen Posted March 26, 2007 Report Posted March 26, 2007 Through iTunes it's $9.99, which isn't too bad considering there are 13 tracks. You'll get the cover of The Swinger rather than Mr. Swing after the download, but that's OK. Overall, I think the purchase is worth it for the music. Weird that Sweetss is already being listed as OOP? Well, those LPRs only had a limited run to begin with. I don't have SWEETS in front of me, but each LPR indicated how long each one was going to be in print. March '08, so it was supposed to be around another year. This is especially strange considering that many of these have been avaialble well past their "expiration date". I just picked up about a dozen of supposedly OOP titles the other day, all in one shop. Quote
Free For All Posted March 26, 2007 Report Posted March 26, 2007 This thread is almost two years old. Is SWEETS even still in print anymore? CDUniverse (I don't know how to make the official Organissimo link, maybe someone can do that) Quote
Big Al Posted March 26, 2007 Report Posted March 26, 2007 Through iTunes it's $9.99, which isn't too bad considering there are 13 tracks. You'll get the cover of The Swinger rather than Mr. Swing after the download, but that's OK. Overall, I think the purchase is worth it for the music. Weird that Sweetss is already being listed as OOP? Well, those LPRs only had a limited run to begin with. I don't have SWEETS in front of me, but each LPR indicated how long each one was going to be in print. March '08, so it was supposed to be around another year. This is especially strange considering that many of these have been avaialble well past their "expiration date". Hmmm.... interesting. I forgot about that, but you're right. Quote
ejp626 Posted March 26, 2007 Report Posted March 26, 2007 Actually, Yourmusic.com has Sweets, so I have tried to order it that way. I'll post later if it actually shows up. Quote
jeffrey r Posted March 26, 2007 Report Posted March 26, 2007 Actually, Yourmusic.com has Sweets, so I have tried to order it that way. I'll post later if it actually shows up. That's where I picked up my copy about a year ago. Great album. Quote
BruceH Posted March 26, 2007 Report Posted March 26, 2007 I just want to thank everybody who recommended this album. I bought it a few days ago and have been playing the hell out of it. Damn good album! Quote
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