Question about Miles Davis' Complete On the Corner Sessions

[J.A.W.]

Was Miles Davis' Complete On the Corner Sessions set only issued in the later longbox format or was it ever released as a CD-sized box and if so, did it have a metal spine?

Edited August 6, 2009 by J.A.W.

[Chuck Nessa]

Mine is the smaller version with metal spine and metal box.

[J.A.W.]

Thanks Chuck.

That leaves me with the question if the set was ever reissued in the longbox format.

[Chuck Nessa]

Possibly not. I bought mine in March of this year as it seemed to be disappearing.

[7/4]

Uh oh...they're letting it all go OOP so we'll be forced to buy the Complete Miles Davis - 70CD + DVD!

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[sidewinder]

Thanks Chuck.

That leaves me with the question if the set was ever reissued in the longbox format.

I don't ever recall seeing a longbox version of this one - just the version that Chuck mentions.

[GregK]

They seemed to have stopped the longbox reissues at the Jack Johnson box- so no Seven Steps, Cellar Door or On the Corner longboxes.

[David Ayers]

How does the mastering of He Loved Him Madly and Calypso Frelimo in the box compare to the Get Up With It 2 CD issue? Only these two tracks interest me, in this set. I currently have them on vinyl but not CD. I'd get the box to secure immaculate versions of these tracks, maybe, but I am happy with the versions I already own of the rest of the music in the set. Thanks for any input!

[B. Clugston]

I only have the old muddy 2 CD Japanese version to compare to. He Loved Him Madly, in particular, and Calypso Frelimo sound better on the box set, but it's not a drastic improvement. Calypso Frelimo has always sounded partially submerged and I don't think any amount of remastering can fix that.

[Rooster_Ties]

Possibly not. I bought mine in March of this year as it seemed to be disappearing.

Wow, I hadn't expected you'd be buying this set, Chuck. If I might ask, do you also have the complete Jack Johnson box? And/or the complete Bitches Brew set? I know these eras of Miles' career are not particularly your favorites.

But I can't help but asking if you have a preference between these three eras of Miles' career?? How might you force-rank the three??

(I have all of them, and the one I listen to the least (by far) is the complete Bitches Brew set. I've never been able to get my ears fully wrapped around the BB material.)

[Chuck Nessa]

I have all the boxes and my impressions ain't you're bidness.

I listen to all kinds of things and don't necessarily like all.

[J.A.W.]

Thanks for the info, it's appreciated

[David Ayers]

I only have the old muddy 2 CD Japanese version to compare to. He Loved Him Madly, in particular, and Calypso Frelimo sound better on the box set, but it's not a drastic improvement. Calypso Frelimo has always sounded partially submerged and I don't think any amount of remastering can fix that.

Thanks. About what I thought. Decisions, decisions...