Duke Ellington: The Reprise Studio Recordings

[B. Goren.]

To the best of my knowledge this is oop for years. Amazon offers it for £30.97.

In addition, if you buy it with The Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings, you pay only £62.96 . Sounds too good to be true....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0000A9...0326390-0172636

[tranemonk]

thanks.... I think I just snapped up the only one they had!!!!

I'll let you know if/when it gets here....

[Van Basten II]

Thanks, too bad i'm not a mother because it would make for a great mother's day gift.

Two great sets for about 130 Canadian bucks, let us know if you have more deals like that.

[mikelz777]

I wasn't even in the market for it but at that price (and not a little guilt ), I couldn't resist springing for the Basie set. When will this buying madness end!? I seem to be powerless against it! I'm anxious to see how this plays out.

Now when is that Gillespie Mosaic price going to drop?

Edited May 13, 2007 by mikelz777

[Claude]

The Mosaic box is OOP, but the Warner version of the set has remained available in Europe. There is also an edition from the german Spiegel magazine:

http://shop.spiegel.de/shop/action/product...;artiId=4398489

More discussion here:

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=4716

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=5537

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=6953

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=19045

Edited May 13, 2007 by Claude

[tranemonk]

thanks Claude.... but now I'm even more confused...

So what is the difference between the one I just bought & the original Mosaic set??

(I didn't buy the German version...)

[sidewinder]

The 'spiegel' edition is in a smaller, rectangular 'book-type' pack (a bit like the Complete Herbie and Dexter Blue Notes) with the same cover photo as the bigger, square box Mosaic.

[tranemonk]

But having read the other threads that is the German one... right? I bought mine from amazon.co.uk. not amazon.de and I've seen the other picture. The picture on the UK website looks just like a Mosaic cover....

The 'spiegel' edition is in a smaller, rectangular 'book-type' pack (a bit like the Complete Herbie and Dexter Blue Notes) with the same cover photo as the bigger, square box Mosaic.

Edited May 13, 2007 by tranemonk

[Claude]

Amazon.co.uk states "Warner" as the label, so it's clearly not the Mosaic set.

I've seen a Warner set at Zweitausendeins some years ago, it was a rectangular box with the square Mosaic cover on the upper front, as sidewinder has described.. The Spiegel set seems to be the Warner set with a Spiegel sticker on the front.

Edited May 13, 2007 by Claude

[sidewinder]

Amazon.co.uk states "Warner" as the label, so it's clearly not the Mosaic set.

I've seen a Warner set at Zweitausendeins some years ago, it was a rectangular box with the square Mosaic cover on the upper front, as sidewinder has described.. The Spiegel set seems to be the Warner set with a Spiegel sticker on the front.

Apologies - It's the Warner set, not the spiegel that I described. I've seen them in the shops over here.

[ASNL77]

Yes I have seen this set in a few shops in the UK and the box is definitely rectangular. (same size as the Herbie Hancock BN sessions). I nearly bought it for £30 a couple of years ago but I gave it a miss. I bought the larger box on Ebay a few months later. I like this set!

Edited May 13, 2007 by ASNL77

[Van Basten II]

As long as the music and the liner notes remains the same, i'm happy.

[tranemonk]

but one of the earlier threads also noted a difference in the number of songs???

[Van Basten II]

Are you sure, to be honest, i did not look much for details, i was more in a hurry to find my credit card number, anyway for the Ellington set it's not like i'm gonna find a Mosaic set to replace it.

[Van Basten II]

Here's the track list from the Warner set, anybody can sent us the one from the Mosaic set.

Disc: 1

1. Christopher Columbus

2. Let’s Get Together

3. Goodbye

4. Chant Of The Weed

5. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You

6. One O ’Clock Jump

7. Tuxedo Junction

8. Ciribiribiri

9. It’s A Lonesome Old Town

10. Minnie The Moocher

11. Sentimental Journey

12. When It’s Sleepy Time Down South

13. For Dancers Only

14. Rhapsody In Blue

15. Contrasts

16. Sleep

17. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

18. Auld Lang Syne

19. The Midnight Sun Will Never Set

20. Woodchopper’s Ball

21. Artistry In Rhythm

22. Smoke Rings

23. The Waltz You Saved For Me

24. Cherokee

Disc: 2

1. Afro Bossa

2. Purple Gazelle

3. Absinthe (J)

4. Moonbow

5. Sempre Amoré

6. Caliné

7. Tigress

8. Angu

9. Volupté

10. Bonga

11. Pyramid

12. Eighth Veil

13. Resume #1

14. Resume #2

15. Tricky’s Licks

16. Blues In C

17. Limbo Jazz

18. Pretty Little One

19. String Along With Strings

20. The Feeling Of Jazz

Disc: 3

1. Take The A Train

2. In A Sentimental Mood

3. Don’t Get Around Much Any More

4. Day Dream

5. Cotton Tail

6. Night Creature (First Movement)

7. Night Creature (Second Movement)

8. Night Creature (Third Movement)

9. Non-Violent Integration

10. La Scala, She Too Pretty To Be Blue

11. Harlem

Disc: 4

1. Hello, Dolly!

2. Call Me Irresponsible

3. Fly Me To The Moon

4. So Little Time

5. Danke Schoen

6. More

7. The Second Time Around

8. Never On Sunday

9. I Left My Heart In San Francisco

10. Blowin’ In The Wind

11. Stranger On The Shore

12. Red Roses For A Blue Lady

13. Charade

14. People

15. All My Lovin’

16. A Beautiful Friendship

17. I Want To Hold Your Hand

18. Days Of Wine And Roses

19. I Can’t Stop Loving You

20. The Good Life

21. Satin Doll

22. Moon River

23. Ellington ‘66

Disc: 5

1. A Spoonful Of Sugar

2. Chim Chim Cheree

3. Feed The Birds

4. Let’s Go Fly A Kite

5. Stay Awake

6. I Love To Laugh

7. Jolly Holiday

8. Sister Suffragette

9. The Perfect Nanny

10. Step In Time

11. The Life I Lead

12. Supercalifragilistic-expialidocious

13. Islanirgin

14. Virgin Jungle

15. Fiddler On The Diddle

16. Jungle Kitty

17. Things Ain’t What They Used To Be

18. Big Fat Alice’s Blues

19. Chelsea Bridge

20. The Opener

21. Mysterious Chick

22. Barefoot Stomper

23. Fade Up

[tranemonk]

Well it arrived today...

Its a long box format and it looks like the the liner notes are in the same format. I haven't opened it yet... but I'm glad I got this LONG gone set....

If it looks like a Mosaic, sounds like a Mosaic..... then it must be....

[Lazaro Vega]

Check out "Rhapsody in Blue."

[jeffrey r]

My copy arrived today also from Amazon UK. Glad to have this set, and at a decent price to boot. My long box is pretty banged up, but so be it. This is clearly the European box, but the long box says "1999 Mosaic Records".

[Van Basten II]

Mine seems to be in back order

[sidewinder]

First port of call in the set is the 'Afro Bossa' session. Superlative. On paper the later material such as the Mary Poppins looks very iffy but it works suprisingly well. And the music swings like crazy. This set is recommended !

[B. Goren.]

My set arrived 2 days ago and so far I have listened to the first 2 CDs. As you sais sidewinder: the music swings like crazy.

[jeffrey r]

My set arrived 2 days ago and so far I have listened to the first 2 CDs. As you sais sidewinder: the music swings like crazy.

Hey, thanks for the heads up on this being available at Amazon. I got through about 2/3 of disk 1 last night, and it was great stuff. Very good sonics as well.

[mikelz777]

I just received The Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings in the mail today. I never would have picked this up at Mosaic for their delivered price of $146.00 because that price was way too steep for me. To get the same thing at Amazon.UK for just over $61.00 delivered is a bargain I couldn't pass up! I was tempted to get the Ellington Reprise set as well but it looked like it contained a lot of stuff that I would find of dubious enjoyment. I just had a chance to listen to disc 1 of Basie and I'm very impressed so far. Check the encyclopedia under "swing" and you should find pictures of Basie with these bands! I can't wait to dig into the rest of it!!

Edited May 25, 2007 by mikelz777

[Van Basten II]

Received my Basie set while still waiting for the Ellington set.

Someone can explain why in my invoice they converted the Amazon UK price into Euros.

When i figured out the price of my stuff i converted the Pound into Canadian dollars, am i going to get screwed in the process ?

[Head Man]

My 'Ellington - Reprise Recordings' arrived this morning.

Haven't had a chance to listen to the music yet but my first impression of the long-box & liner notes is favourable. I wonder if Mosaic will ever go for this format? It would certainly allow them to reduce the cost of shipping, particularly to 'non-US' destinations.

Edited May 30, 2007 by Head Man