bluesbro Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 I went to my local Borders with my 25% coupon hoping to buy one of the RVG's I was missing in my collection. I checked the box set section and saw the BIG Duke box, for $400. It was too tempting and could not resist, specially since I got 100 dollars off with the coupon!! I never compared prices before on this, and I see one on ebay going for $200 right now. So, did I do good or should I have shopped around some more? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47 West 63rd N.Y.C. Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 These went for around $232 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=4725272838 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=4726260935 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 I think you did fine. I bought mine when it first came out, and the best price I found was . .. 300 bucks. So enjoy the incredible music within! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 You did good! You might have saved a few bucks by looking around, but I think you did just fine to get this great set in the $300 range. I'm sure you'll enjoy the music! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 (edited) I'm surprised that you found a sealed copy in a Borders. Didn't this set go OOP a year or two back? When I managed the music dpt. at a Borders, we got deletion lists every month ("D" meant Borders was deleting it from inventory; "D*" meant that the label was deleting it, period) and had to send back anything that was about to go OOP. (I ended up buying a fair # of such titles from the jazz section.) I think you done good. That's such a great set... myself, I used the coupon to spring for the Dec. 1943 Duke at Carnegie set on Storyville. Can never have too much live 1940s Duke, I always say... Edited May 24, 2005 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 I traded the Joe Pass and Jimmy Smith Mosaic sets for an Ellington set. I am a happy man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 I traded the Joe Pass and Jimmy Smith Mosaic sets for an Ellington set. I am a happy man. ← Good deal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesbro Posted May 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 I'm surprised that you found a sealed copy in a Borders. Didn't this set go OOP a year or two back? When I managed the music dpt. at a Borders, we got deletion lists every month ("D" meant Borders was deleting it from inventory; "D*" meant that the label was deleting it, period) and had to send back anything that was about to go OOP. (I ended up buying a fair # of such titles from the jazz section.) I was surprised too. I am almost positive that the last time I looked, two months ago, it wasnt there. I have been enjoying this set, so far I have listened to the first 6 Cd's, and the sound is great, actually, impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Including tax I payed about $220 at the local Tower brick and mortar a few years ago. I think the set was mismarked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Congrats Sundog. The box is fantabulous you will love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 You have a great set at a great price. Wish I had it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 I was seriously thinking about going after that one today, but I've been buying so much lately and am really overextended. I have some of the material on other CDs already, and there are a lot of alt. takes on the first half of the set (not that I don't appreciate alts, but there's already 24 discs to listen to!). So I think I'll placate myself and buy the Never No Lament set instead. At least for now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 It's the 1927-34 stuff I want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Question for you, Chuck: how do the RCA recordings of 1927-34 stack up against the Brunswick and Okeh sides from this period? Same band, right, just different label? Never quite understood the overlap... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Question for you, Chuck: how do the RCA recordings of 1927-34 stack up against the Brunswick and Okeh sides from this period? Same band, right, just different label? Never quite understood the overlap... ← Short answer is the Brunswick an Victor recordings were recorded in better sound. Second part of that is the Victors cover a longer time span and more material. This is desert island stuff for me. If you want more info/opinions email me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Desert Island stuff for me too, always something new and fresh to hear! I think Ray that you will eventually be able to get all the material in this set separately . . . may take another decade . . . but they'll bring it out. I would have thought that the earliest material would come out by now. . . . But it will. In this set the sound on this material is phenomenal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereojack Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Duke didn't have an exclusive contracy with any one label in the 1920's, so his records appeared on a number of labels, including Victor, Brunswick, Okeh, Gennett, Vocalion, Columbia, Cameo, etc. Many titles were recorded more than once, so it can be interesting comparing the different versions, which sometimes feature different soloists. I've owned the Victor sides in various configurations over the years, but after acquiring this box, I am astounded by the amazing sound quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Totally agree about the amazing sound quality. The original RCA Bluebird cds were too "scrubbed." Not bad, but when I discovered the great sound on the Chronogical Classics versions of this material, I dropped the Bluebirds. But this Centennial remastering is truly superb for the first decade! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron S Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Totally agree about the amazing sound quality. The original RCA Bluebird cds were too "scrubbed." Not bad, but when I discovered the great sound on the Chronogical Classics versions of this material, I dropped the Bluebirds. But this Centennial remastering is truly superb for the first decade! ← So why hasn't BMG released the first-decade stuff in a smaller box like the "Never No Lament" Blanton-Webster box? (mostly rhetorical question) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 I DON'T know. I would have wanted that FIRST, but we got the "third period," we got the "Live and Rare" (including some material not in the box set, mostly "talkin' Duke") and then we got the real money-maker (I would think) the Blanton-Webster material. Perhaps they feel there is little commercial potential in this material based on past sales, etc.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron S Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 (edited) Well, Lon, then you just need to buy enough Bertelsmann stock to get a controlling interest and make it happen. Edited May 25, 2005 by Ron S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 I am aware of one sealed box set in a Chicago Borders, but I think they jacked up the price higher than $400, so you would need a mighty coupon for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Hmmmm. . . . I sure wish I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 The reason I asked was because I have the Brunswick and Okeh comps alrready, as well as some of the early Victor sides. I'm mostly (though certainly not exclusively) interested in the later 30's and 40's stuff, so I'll certainly pick up the "Never No Lament" set asap. Lon, don't think I can wait another ten years to get the rest of this stuff, but I'm sure I'll stumble across another copy of this box before then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron S Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 I'll certainly pick up the "Never No Lament" set asap. Yourmusic.com has it for $17.97. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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