discographical ques on H. Mobley set

[tranemonk]

okay... so I'm looking at the Mosaic site and one of the reasons I had ruled out getting this set was I have several Mobley Blue Note Cd's....

the title of the box says the "Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions" and the discographical info on their site says the following:

"Album index:

BLP 5066 The Hank Mobley Quartet

(J)CJ28-5128 CD reissue of above

BLP 1540 Hank Mobley Sextet

BLP 1544 Hank Mobley And His All-Stars

BLP 1550 Hank Mobley Quintet

B2-46816 CD reissue of above

BLP 1560 Hank

BLP 1568 Hank Mobley

(J) BN 61006 Curtain Call

(J) GXF 3066 Poppin'

BLP 1574 Peckin' Time

B2-81574 CD stereo reissue of above"

I have "Peckin' Time and ... His All-Stars' on CD... Is this set worth the other 7 sessions???

I assume there's no new material... just the 9 alternate takes the website mentions?

[jazzbo]

Yes. These earliest sessions are amazing.

[tranemonk]

I sense I will be taking your advice jazzbo....

Yes.  These earliest sessions are amazing.

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[Jim R]

Is this set worth the other 7 sessions???

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Wow, I'm surprised you haven't been mobbed here. YES. Not only is it worth getting the other sessions you don't have, but it's a fantastic value. Some of the other titles being Japan-only on CD, it could get very expen$ive to get them later if you decided against the Mosaic. I had already bought them all (except for "Quartet"/5066, which was a bitch to find on CD in the days before mini-LP's), and I still couldn't resist buying the Mosaic.

[Ed S]

I love the Mobley set. Grab it!

[Ron S]

I love the Mobley set.  Grab it!

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I second the motion (or third, or fourth, or whatever . . . .).

[sidewinder]

I know its become an oxymoron but I still can't believe it's still in print !

[J.A.W.]

I'm not a fan of Ron McMaster's remastering, but the sound of this set is decent.

This Mosaic is a wonderful document.

[Ron S]

I know its become an oxymoron but I still can't believe it's still in print !

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And then there's that Johnson set.

[J.A.W.]

I know its become an oxymoron but I still can't believe it's still in print !

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And then there's that Johnson set.

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...Which is absolutely wonderful and a must in my opinion.

[Man with the Golden Arm]

yes, yes and those sessions with Silver on the bench are the cornerstones of "funk" - which, btw, I tried to explain to my kids just yesterday that jazz gave birth to funk and that the Black Eyed Peas are not worthy successors by any means!

[tranemonk]

you all are making me feel better... I had my order in already for the Mulligan + the Brookmeyer Select... and then decided to give another listen to the Cd's I had and decided that the Mulligan was going to be around a lot longer than the Mobley. So I called Mosaic and changed the order.... so I'm due to get both the Mobley and the Brookmeyer select....

:phew:

I hope I don't regret this.....

[jazzbo]

I would be very very very very very surprised if you even entertain a second thought after hearing the first few discs. . . .

[Jim R]

I hope I don't regret this.....

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It's a win / win situation. Even if you end up not liking the Mobley set, you can eventually sell it for a profit.

[Ron S]

I would be very very very very very surprised if you even entertain a second thought after hearing the first few discs. . . .

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That's only 5 "very's." Is that enough?

[jazzbo]

Yes, it's a carefully studied and structured response; not too many, but enough.

[JSngry]

As the Prophets T-birds so aptly put it, one's too many and a hundred ain't enough...

[David Ayers]

I would be very very very very very surprised if you even entertain a second thought after hearing the first few discs. . . .

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After hearing the first disc, I'd say!

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

You'll have fun flipping through the booklet as well, wondering why Blumenthal speculates that the control room crew was egging Mobley & Co. on to stretch out a bit longer on "Dance of the Infidels" in order to fill out an LP?