More Devilin Tunes, Open Boxes, Vol. 2

[AllenLowe]

Just got 6 boxes from the distributor, opened as review copies; otherwise mint and complete, notes and all - Volume 2 of That Devilin Tune, 9 CDs;

can sell for $35 shipped media mail - email me at alowe@maine.rr.com (which is also my paypal address)

add volume 1 to your order and I will ship both for $80 -

Edited September 22, 2006 by AllenLowe

[Dmitry]

These come with a book?

[connoisseur series500]

I'll kindly wait for Scott Yanow's review first, Allen.

[kulu se mama]

somebody buy these - you will not be disappointed.

(well 99 out of 100 people here will not be disappointed).

[rostasi]

These come with a book?

Yup! Glorious they are!

About 100 pages each - packed with info.

[AllenLowe]

each volume has notes that are taken directly from the book complete, and that roughly correspond with the years covered -

[AllenLowe]

I was fighting the urge to do this, but here's some lines from a review by Michael Steinman from the September issue of Cadence:

"near revelatory" "revelation repeated from track to track"

"radically imaginative" "you won't believe the varieties"

"a rare, irreplaceable pleasure...as if as if we were permitted to see three dimensions having lived in a flat world"

"the transfers...strike a comfortable balance between surface noise from incredibly rare records and the digitally restored musical signal"

"and to top it off Lowe is incredibly good looking"

Edited September 22, 2006 by AllenLowe

[Dmitry]

So they come with the book proper or each set comes with a little booklet compiled from the book?

[tjobbe]

send you an email re: Vol.2 and shipment to Germany....

Cheers, Oliver

[jazzbo]

So they come with the book proper or each set comes with a little booklet compiled from the book?

Each comes with the appropriate quarter of the book.

A real bargain I tell ya!

[Hot Ptah]

Both volumes are fantastic, and a steal at the price quoted here.

[Dmitry]

Tell you the truth, I would've jumped on these a long time ago if Lowe wasn't such an unpleasant individual....

[RDK]

Tell you the truth, I would've jumped on these a long time ago if Lowe wasn't such an unpleasant individual....

I hope you're joking, but even if you're not and even if Allen is so unpleasant... well, you've waited long enough.

Highly recommended. Jump away.

[AllenLowe]

what I lack in charm I make up in rudeness -

[Quincy]

Thought I'd throw in a superficial comment or 2 as it's the only kind I'm qualified at.

Lest folks who haven't bought this yet think it's some sort of dry historical thing, you couldn't be more wrong. One night whilst drinking a wee bit of bourbon I had on discs 5 & 6 (or was it 6 & 7? - it was good bourbon) on from the 2nd collection (Vol. 2, 1927-1934.) Lemme tell ya, thanks to the selection of songs & sequencing, these discs worked like only the best mix tapes do.

And uh, if you have some sort of negative perception of the author/compiler/one-man-band, or are a highly loyal charter member of the Dexter Gordon fanclub, DON'T let that get in the way of getting this (or these) set(s).

The delightfully packaged sets also don't hog shelf space either.

[Stefan Wood]

Buy the damn sets! I did!

[RDK]

That's a great idea, Quincy. Allen, have you tried marketting these as "like a mix tape from the 1930s?" That might attract the young 'uns to this fine ol' music.

[AllenLowe]

not a bad idea - also will mention that if the next two volumes ever get issued, there's actually some Dexter on there somewhere (I think) -

[Hot Ptah]

IF?

I already have a piggy bank filled with the money to buy the next two volumes!

[AllenLowe]

well, it took them 5 years to issue the first two - so I'm just hoping everything goes smoothly -

[Adam]

Hi Allen,

I'd like to buy one. PM sent. Thanks!

Adam

[Alexander]

PM sent.

[rostasi]

It even features Bing's heavier set brother Big Crosby!

[mikelz777]

PM and email sent, thanks!

[AllenLowe]

more news - a volume 3 is supposed to be out any day, and volume 4 will definitely follow relatively quickly, or at least I am told -

the distributor is unloading promos because of the new volume, so I've got about 5 more and that'll be it for a while, at least until the new volume is out -

so 5 more available at $35 shipped media mail - shoot me an email at alowe@maine.rr.com - my paypal address is the same -

Edited September 26, 2006 by AllenLowe