brownie Posted December 3, 2007 Author Report Posted December 3, 2007 at least two of them had less than 20 minutes of music Ridiculous. Indeed. Thanks to Claude's link we can see that discs 1, 2 and 8 fall short of 20 minutes of music! Quote
ASNL77 Posted December 3, 2007 Report Posted December 3, 2007 (edited) Amazon.fr has this set for 81 euros. That's better. I haven't got much Chet's music in my collection. I may go for that one. Edited December 3, 2007 by ASNL77 Quote
Swinging Swede Posted December 3, 2007 Report Posted December 3, 2007 at least two of them had less than 20 minutes of music Ridiculous. Indeed. Thanks to Claude's link we can see that discs 1, 2 and 8 fall short of 20 minutes of music! Disc 8 falls short of 12 minutes! Who came up with this idea? Quote
jazzbo Posted December 30, 2007 Report Posted December 30, 2007 I received this set a week or so ago from amazon.fr I must say I'm really enjoying this. The book(let) is beautiful. The sound on these discs is wonderful. There's something interesting about having each session on a disc. I'm a happy camper; this has always been among my favorite music by Chet, and to have it showcased so with such majesty is pleasing. Quote
jazzbo Posted December 30, 2007 Report Posted December 30, 2007 Right now it's back in stock at Dusty. Quote
ASNL77 Posted December 31, 2007 Report Posted December 31, 2007 I really like this set and I have been digging it big time lately. The booklet is top class with some very nice photos and good comments. This is a very good set to own in my opinion. Obviously, the fact that I didn't own much Chet Baker music apart from the Mosaic sets made the purchase of this set much easier... I strongly recommend it. Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted January 1, 2008 Report Posted January 1, 2008 Dusty Groove is selling it for $86.99, although it seems to be temporalily out of stock at the moment. Dusty Groove Glad I moved on this one yesterday 'cause once again it's history, dust, archives............ Quote
sidewinder Posted January 2, 2008 Report Posted January 2, 2008 I think I'll stick with my Barclay 'Chet Baker In Paris' 2LP set from the 70s - unless somebody tells me I'm missing a whole load of essential extras ! Quote
sidewinder Posted January 2, 2008 Report Posted January 2, 2008 yes I'm telling you...... Uh oh... Quote
Quasimado Posted January 20, 2008 Report Posted January 20, 2008 While you're at it, don't overlook Jazz at the Concertgebouw, The Complete 1955 Concerts in Holland, put out in the Dutch Jazz Archive Series, which has the quartet with Twardzik, just before you know what... Imo, some of the finest early Chet on disc ... (just one CD, and a very fine production). Q Quote
Bluerein Posted January 20, 2008 Report Posted January 20, 2008 (edited) but still lousy sound......Indeed a nice package but such a bad sounding tape/disc isn't going to be sounding well. Maybe Andrew and the XR remastering treatment can do some wonders here...... Edited January 20, 2008 by Bluerein Quote
Kyo Posted January 21, 2008 Report Posted January 21, 2008 And this one: http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/jazz/detail/-/hnum/8410814 How can I have missed this until now? Quote
street singer Posted February 12, 2008 Report Posted February 12, 2008 Back in stock (again) at Dusty Groove. I'm attempting to resist the urge... Quote
sthomas Posted March 6, 2008 Report Posted March 6, 2008 Back in stock (again) at Dusty Groove. I'm attempting to resist the urge... I failed to resist the urge ... and I'm very happy about my failure! Quote
street singer Posted March 6, 2008 Report Posted March 6, 2008 Yeah... I failed, too. Oh well. I tried, right? It's a gorgeous box set. Sturdy packaging with large, 12x12 book with lots of great, color photos. As much as I love my Mosaic sets, after seeing how well this set was put together makes me wish Mosaic would take it up a notch when it comes to their packaging. Like Lon said earlier in this thread - it's kind of nice to have the sessions on individual discs. I had reservations about this before ordering due to the short time limits on some of the discs. It actually works out nicely, though... Highly recommended to fans of Chet. Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted March 7, 2008 Report Posted March 7, 2008 I think I'll stick with my Barclay 'Chet Baker In Paris' 2LP set from the 70s - unless somebody tells me I'm missing a whole load of essential extras ! Sidewinder, if you feel you cannot resist the urge to get the box set and want to part with your Barclay 2LP set I'd be glad to take this off your hands. I am sure I'lll be content with the material on that vinyl (you can't be a completist all the time), and as mentioned on another thread, back then I bought those sessions on some kind of a bizarre issue - Vol. 2 and 3 as INDIVIDUAL LP's on Blue Star/Barclay (Spanish pressing). It wasn't until much later I discovered the French pressing had Vol. 1 and 2 on a 2LP set, but as the Spanish pressing (same jackets, just liner notes in Spanish) will probably be inexistent anywhere outside Spain (I bought mine while on holiday there) I'll likely have to settle for the 2 LP set in order to get my hands on Vol. 1. Quote
sidewinder Posted March 7, 2008 Report Posted March 7, 2008 Hi Big Beat Steve - I'll probably hang on to the 2LP set anyway (sounds pretty good as I recall), always nice to have this music on vinul playback medium. Thanks anyway ! Quote
king ubu Posted December 18, 2009 Report Posted December 18, 2009 waiting for one of these suckers to arrive at my place... had some credit w/amazon and it cost me 14€ Quote
gmonahan Posted December 18, 2009 Report Posted December 18, 2009 I haven't ordered this one. Just haven't been able to get over the very stingy playing time on the discs and the sense that it's a royal ripoff. I have the Twardzik material on another disc. gregmo Quote
king ubu Posted December 18, 2009 Report Posted December 18, 2009 Now I'm jealous Ah well... the only "payback" from my blog is that I can change in my "rapidpoints" for a premium every once in a while... this time it was a 50€ amazon thingie and I went with amazon.de, which offers the Baker box for a pretty good prize. I'm not sure I'd have gotten it otherwise... Quote
king ubu Posted December 24, 2009 Report Posted December 24, 2009 The box arrived yesterday, and of course I had to pay some custom fees/VAT and all... but gee, it looks great! From the "classically designed" boxes, it might indeed be the most beautiful one I've seen (contenders, though not "classically designed", would be the Ayler box, the Charley Patton box, the Ray Charles box). Maybe the Ellington Centennial would be similarly fine if you could open its book without being afraid it falls apart (mine hasn't so far). I have a quick look at the booklet, and it's great, with lots of fine photos - was that the sister or wife of [one of the] Rovère and was Chet romantically involved with her? There's also an attempt to re-create the diary of Chet's months in Europe, and it's all in French and English, very nice! Quote
brownie Posted December 24, 2009 Author Report Posted December 24, 2009 I have a quick look at the booklet, and it's great, with lots of fine photos - was that the sister or wife of [one of the] Rovère and was Chet romantically involved with her? That was Liliane Rovère. Chet and Liliane (photo by William Claxton): Liliane was the reason Chet Baker came to Paris in 1955. Her US visa had expired and she had to return to France. To be with her, he arranged for an European tour. Liliane later married bass player Gilbert (Bibi) Rovère and kept the name. She has appeared in numeroux films under that name. She also was Dexter Gordon's copanion for a time (and made an appearance in Bertrand Tavernier's 'Round Midnight'. Quote
king ubu Posted December 24, 2009 Report Posted December 24, 2009 Interesting... so she was called Rovère and by chance married another Rovère? But Paul was Gilbert's (Bibi's) brother, right? There's not even a wiki entry on him, and the Loustal Barney Wilen site spells him without the accent! Quote
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