Any buyers on the upcoming Billie Holiday set?

[tranemonk]

I've been on the fence on this one for a long time....

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?...&cart=289876563

but that great CDU price is going to go soon....

[Spontooneous]

The packaging makes it look like the Charlie Parker masters set they did a year or two back. A small gain in sound quality over the previous editions. But DUMB packaging. I felt ripped off, and I didn't pay anything close to full price.

Get the complete Billie set or one of the compilations from it instead.

[take5]

Looks pretty good to me, actually.

I had the Parker Verve master takes box but traded it in for the compelete set because I did want to hear the alternates, but I have no interest in Billie Holiday alternate takes, so this is an attractive colleciton.

[take5]

Scratch that last bit- a visit to allmusic.com informs me that the old box has live stuff and that this new set is just studio, so I'll be getting the old one instead.