jazzbo Posted June 9, 2009 Author Report Posted June 9, 2009 Great! My gift copies arrived today as well! Quote
felser Posted June 9, 2009 Report Posted June 9, 2009 Great! My gift copies arrived today as well! Got mine. Thanks, what a deal! Quote
Guest Bixieland Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 Order placed. Thanks Lon!!!!!! To those who've received there's -- any thoughts on the SQ? As others have hinted, is it identical to the 1996 release? Quote
jazzbo Posted June 11, 2009 Author Report Posted June 11, 2009 Well here's hoping an old dog can learn a new trick. Quote
felser Posted June 11, 2009 Report Posted June 11, 2009 Order placed. Thanks Lon!!!!!! To those who've received there's -- any thoughts on the SQ? As others have hinted, is it identical to the 1996 release? Listening to it right now, sounds great to me. May be identical to '96 (I never heard the old one), but they were able to do a fine sounding CD by 1996, came a long way from the 80's and early 90's. Incredible bargain even at the correct price, let alone at $13.99, and nice packaging. Maybe Nonesuch can buy the Fantasy catalog from Concord and do it right :-). Quote
Guest Bixieland Posted June 11, 2009 Report Posted June 11, 2009 Yeah they did achieve good sound by the mid 90s. Even, not harsh and nicely balanced. Not wildly dynamic -- but true. Nonesuch does a pretty good job -- kind of like a minor league Rhino. Regarding Fantasy...I felt they did a real nice job on the Coltrane boxes (Fearless Leader, Interplay). Two boxes I've decided I'm "takin' with me!" Quote
felser Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 Yeah they did achieve good sound by the mid 90s. Even, not harsh and nicely balanced. Not wildly dynamic -- but true. Nonesuch does a pretty good job -- kind of like a minor league Rhino. Regarding Fantasy...I felt they did a real nice job on the Coltrane boxes (Fearless Leader, Interplay). Two boxes I've decided I'm "takin' with me!" Agreed. Fantasy was doing great stuff at the time of the sale, and Concord put out what was in the pipeline, but then pulled the plug and went to slop. A pity we never got the third Coltrane Prestige box to finish the set. Quote
CJ Shearn Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 mine should be here today. The only other Evans I have is The Complete VV 1961 set, musically how does it compare? I know Bill was playing far more aggressive at this point. Quote
fent99 Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 Any one able to help out a UK fan looking for a bargain? Will cover costs of course? Quote
felser Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 Any one able to help out a UK fan looking for a bargain? Will cover costs of course? Colin, Send me a PM, I can do it for you if they are still available. JF Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 Since this product seems to be moving pretty well, will the industry Evans-watchers take note and decide to reissue the Verve collection in something other than the clunky rust box? Quote
Ron S Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 Since this product seems to be moving pretty well, will the industry Evans-watchers take note and decide to reissue the Verve collection in something other than the clunky rust box? I'd even be willing to spring for the cost of a can of Rustoleum if they did reissue it in the rust box. Quote
felser Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 Since this product seems to be moving pretty well, will the industry Evans-watchers take note and decide to reissue the Verve collection in something other than the clunky rust box? I'd even be willing to spring for the cost of a can of Rustoleum if they did reissue it in the rust box. Feel free to make me an offer on mine - nice music but I HATE the packaging! I'd rather just gather/wait on the individual session issues. Quote
Guest Bixieland Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 Yeah they did achieve good sound by the mid 90s. Even, not harsh and nicely balanced. Not wildly dynamic -- but true. Nonesuch does a pretty good job -- kind of like a minor league Rhino. Regarding Fantasy...I felt they did a real nice job on the Coltrane boxes (Fearless Leader, Interplay). Two boxes I've decided I'm "takin' with me!" Agreed. Fantasy was doing great stuff at the time of the sale, and Concord put out what was in the pipeline, but then pulled the plug and went to slop. A pity we never got the third Coltrane Prestige box to finish the set. AH! I was wondering what happened to the third box! I could have sworn I read there was to be a third...and then the trail went cold. Real cold...I couldn't even find where I thought I read about it. I was beginning to think it was something I imagined. By the way...what was to be in it? Fearless Leader was his solo lead sessions, Interplay his sideman role...what else is there? Quote
king ubu Posted June 12, 2009 Report Posted June 12, 2009 Yeah they did achieve good sound by the mid 90s. Even, not harsh and nicely balanced. Not wildly dynamic -- but true. Nonesuch does a pretty good job -- kind of like a minor league Rhino. Regarding Fantasy...I felt they did a real nice job on the Coltrane boxes (Fearless Leader, Interplay). Two boxes I've decided I'm "takin' with me!" Agreed. Fantasy was doing great stuff at the time of the sale, and Concord put out what was in the pipeline, but then pulled the plug and went to slop. A pity we never got the third Coltrane Prestige box to finish the set. AH! I was wondering what happened to the third box! I could have sworn I read there was to be a third...and then the trail went cold. Real cold...I couldn't even find where I thought I read about it. I was beginning to think it was something I imagined. By the way...what was to be in it? Fearless Leader was his solo lead sessions, Interplay his sideman role...what else is there? Interplay was the co-led dates, the third would have been the sideman dates (Red Garland, Mal Waldron, Elmo Hope, Gene Ammons...). I'd have loved to see it happen, too! Quote
Guest Bixieland Posted June 13, 2009 Report Posted June 13, 2009 Yeah they did achieve good sound by the mid 90s. Even, not harsh and nicely balanced. Not wildly dynamic -- but true. Nonesuch does a pretty good job -- kind of like a minor league Rhino. Regarding Fantasy...I felt they did a real nice job on the Coltrane boxes (Fearless Leader, Interplay). Two boxes I've decided I'm "takin' with me!" Agreed. Fantasy was doing great stuff at the time of the sale, and Concord put out what was in the pipeline, but then pulled the plug and went to slop. A pity we never got the third Coltrane Prestige box to finish the set. AH! I was wondering what happened to the third box! I could have sworn I read there was to be a third...and then the trail went cold. Real cold...I couldn't even find where I thought I read about it. I was beginning to think it was something I imagined. By the way...what was to be in it? Fearless Leader was his solo lead sessions, Interplay his sideman role...what else is there? Interplay was the co-led dates, the third would have been the sideman dates (Red Garland, Mal Waldron, Elmo Hope, Gene Ammons...). I'd have loved to see it happen, too! Oh, that makes sense. Yeah...I really LOVE the first two. Excellent sound, great books (interplay had annoying cd holders) but overall extremely attractive sets. So there's no chance of the third set??? Quote
Niko Posted June 13, 2009 Report Posted June 13, 2009 If you don't see an announcement soon (for the Christmas market), I'd say forget it. Same for the next Prestige Miles box - I know the notes were written 2 years ago. quoting chuck nessa who has mostly been right with this type of stuff... (from last year) Quote
captainwrong Posted June 13, 2009 Report Posted June 13, 2009 Yeah they did achieve good sound by the mid 90s. Even, not harsh and nicely balanced. Not wildly dynamic -- but true. Nonesuch does a pretty good job -- kind of like a minor league Rhino. Regarding Fantasy...I felt they did a real nice job on the Coltrane boxes (Fearless Leader, Interplay). Two boxes I've decided I'm "takin' with me!" Agreed. Fantasy was doing great stuff at the time of the sale, and Concord put out what was in the pipeline, but then pulled the plug and went to slop. A pity we never got the third Coltrane Prestige box to finish the set. AH! I was wondering what happened to the third box! I could have sworn I read there was to be a third...and then the trail went cold. Real cold...I couldn't even find where I thought I read about it. I was beginning to think it was something I imagined. By the way...what was to be in it? Fearless Leader was his solo lead sessions, Interplay his sideman role...what else is there? Interplay was the co-led dates, the third would have been the sideman dates (Red Garland, Mal Waldron, Elmo Hope, Gene Ammons...). I'd have loved to see it happen, too! Oh, that makes sense. Yeah...I really LOVE the first two. Excellent sound, great books (interplay had annoying cd holders) but overall extremely attractive sets. So there's no chance of the third set??? I could have sworn the third set was coming later this year. I mean, I even recall seeing art and a title and everything. Maybe I'm hallucinating or it's just wishful thinking. I'm kind of surprised our European public domain friends haven't filled this void yet. I'll have to admit, if Concord didn't and some else did, I'd buy. Quote
Lush Life Posted June 13, 2009 Report Posted June 13, 2009 Alas, I ordered this 10 days ago from Best Buy, immediately got a "Back Ordered" notice....and then received a second "Back Ordered" e-mail yesterday. In that second e-mail, they used language encouraging me to call to discuss alternatives, including cancelling my order. I'm hopeful this isn't their way of telling me it's never coming, but I'm not particularly optimistic on that count. Quote
Matthew Posted June 13, 2009 Report Posted June 13, 2009 I must be out in left field on this one, but it's not high on my list of Bill Evans favs. It feels too rushed to me, maybe too many ideas but not enough execution (plus, I skip Nardis most of the time ). That's not to say it's not at a high level musically, but it just doesn't hit me, and I find that I rarely listen to this, my least favorite Evans box set. Quote
jlhoots Posted June 13, 2009 Report Posted June 13, 2009 Alas, I ordered this 10 days ago from Best Buy, immediately got a "Back Ordered" notice....and then received a second "Back Ordered" e-mail yesterday. In that second e-mail, they used language encouraging me to call to discuss alternatives, including cancelling my order. I'm hopeful this isn't their way of telling me it's never coming, but I'm not particularly optimistic on that count. I'm in exactly the same situation. I'm going to wait a little longer. Quote
WorldB3 Posted June 14, 2009 Report Posted June 14, 2009 Alas, I ordered this 10 days ago from Best Buy, immediately got a "Back Ordered" notice....and then received a second "Back Ordered" e-mail yesterday. In that second e-mail, they used language encouraging me to call to discuss alternatives, including cancelling my order. I'm hopeful this isn't their way of telling me it's never coming, but I'm not particularly optimistic on that count. I'm in exactly the same situation. I'm going to wait a little longer. Same here but happy to wait it out since its such a great deal. If doesn't happen so be it. I can grab it for 40 if I decide I can't live without it. Still a good deal since it use to go for 100. Quote
CJ Shearn Posted June 14, 2009 Report Posted June 14, 2009 got mine yesterday. Disc 1 so far is outstanding, a much more extroverted Evans, and the model of the '61 trio really refined. Quote
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