Ever weaken?

[David Ayers]

Well, nothing will ever make me into a GG fan (I won't repeat all that stuff here...), but I picked up the Retrospective Box at the weekend and have been more impressed than I thought. The sound on this box is terrific, really among the best Blue Note remastering of recent years from any source. Very colorful, vivid, rich, detailed and dynamic. Better on organ and piano than any BN CD mastering I can think of. So just as an experience I am getting a lot out of this set, as well as finding that there is quite a lot of music on it I didn't have.

I'm developing quite a soft spot for this one (as long as I manage to listen through the fluffs and gaucherie). Did folks here buy the box or skip it 'cause they were collecting the individual disks? And I am over-rating the sound or is it as good as I presently think? Or am I going to come down to earth with a bump?

[jazzbo]

I've never heard this, definitely never bought it because I have all the material elsewhere, and I sortof never really fully utilize "retrospectives" and similar compilations. . . .

Glad to hear that it is a successful one, especially sonics-wise!

[Brad]

I bought this even though I had most but not all of the material and I'm with you on this David. The sound was nice and of course the music great. I must have had it in rotation in my car for about two weeks. I think it's the best box of this kind they've produced.

[take5]

I have this one and love it. I complimented it with the remastered Grandstand, Idle Moments and Green Street albums, as well as the Mosaic Clarke/Green box set to give me a nice Grant Green collection.

[J.A.W.]

Who remastered the set?

[Parkertown]

It's a McMaster-ing...

[David Ayers]

Yes it's a McMastering, probably his best and really better than you would expect. Oh but I did mean to say better than any source outside Japan. I wouldn't put my money on McMaster (2002 vintage) versus TOCJ24.

Edited September 29, 2005 by David Ayers