Another Miles Box ...

[Brad]

Miles Does Laundry

I'll have to give it a spin.

[mikeweil]

Anyway, of course it's even sillier to just wrap a cardboard box around 14 straight OJCs!

They are simply copying the concept of the latest Columbia box set.

[Matthew]

I'm thinking of buying it...

Bought this from Amazon Germany for $68.35. Stamp sucker on my forehead, but still, 14 albums for less than $5.00 per is a good buy, and I like albums in their original format.

PS: Link for anyone interested.

Edited March 5, 2010 by Matthew

[porcy62]

When in the future our great grandchildren will google 'Coltrane' on internet they will got three hundred entries with 'Coltrane, John: saxophone player on Miles Davis' first quintet'.

Edited March 5, 2010 by porcy62

[Matthew]

My excuse:

I had Miles

I sold Miles

With two purchases (this and the Columbia Album Collection) I have Miles again.

I like Miles

[Shrdlu]

What a desparate, ridiculous idea.

[David Ayers]

I have this all on vinyl, some of which is a little worn... so... I thought maybe I'd get the 14 CD set... can anyone confirm which masterings were used? and... do they really have those OJC logos on the covers?? (yeah it's all about the music etc., but aesthetics of presentation are important too...)

[jazzbo]

I haven't been able to find any reviews that mention remastering, sound etc. But every indication seems to point to the logo being on the paper sleeve covers.

[JSngry]

FWIW, I've seen the contents of this entire "box" being sold at various Half Price outlets for $5.95 as a data disc, emanating from somewhere w/different notions of copyright law than America.

[JETman]

I have this all on vinyl, some of which is a little worn... so... I thought maybe I'd get the 14 CD set... can anyone confirm which masterings were used? and... do they really have those OJC logos on the covers?? (yeah it's all about the music etc., but aesthetics of presentation are important too...)

Original OJC mastering from the late 80s/early 90s. Yes, I'm afraid the OJC logo does appear on all the sleeves. These only have the front covers with white back covers listing tunes, dates, credits and mastering credits.

[MartyJazz]

Anyone who doesn't think this latest incarnation of Miles' Prestige output is a terrible "conception" is in "denial". I see no logic whatsoever in this 14 CD monstrosity. There's no chronological order consistency whatsoever, witness for example, the four track session with Dave Schildkraut being split into two discs ("I'll Remember April" opening CD4 while, the other three tracks are placed in CD5). While I retain much Miles Prestige vinyl, I do dig the 8 CD box set that came out 2 decades ago, along with the Coltrane 16 CD box that contains his sideman work with Miles. That's enough forever.

[JETman]

Without having knowledge of my reasons for picking up the "latest incarnation", what am I denying?

[David Ayers]

Thanks for the input so far, guys. My point is that I am used to the albums as issued on vinyl so at the right price this set would work for me as being easier to navigate than the chronological set which I never purchased. That said, reports of the mastering and artwork issues are putting me off...

[JETman]

Early Fantasy OJC mastering is actually quite good when compared to early Blue Note, Columbia and Impulse cd's. This was just a cheap way for Concord to get the OJC's back into the marketplace through their new association with Universal Distribution. There's also a similar 8 cd Sonny Rollins Prestige set and an 8 cd Duke Carnegie Hall set. I'm sure others will follow.

[David Ayers]

Early Fantasy OJC mastering is actually quite good when compared to early Blue Note, Columbia and Impulse cd's. This was just a cheap way for Concord to get the OJC's back into the marketplace through their new association with Universal Distribution. There's also a similar 8 cd Sonny Rollins Prestige set and an 8 cd Duke Carnegie Hall set. I'm sure others will follow.

Hm. Well I *may* go for it - and in any case modern remasterings don't generally find much favor with me either...

[Tjazz]

It's $50 from

Importcds

[GA Russell]

Is this a public domain release, or is it something that Concord released in Europe?

[JETman]

Is this a public domain release, or is it something that Concord released in Europe?

Something released in Italy through Universal. Totally legit.