Original Album Classics

[crisp]

I know this series has been discussed before, but I couldn't find a dedicated thread.

Anyway, after a lot of pop sets, there are some more jazz-themed releases coming on 29 June, in the new three-CD format. Artists are Ahmad Jamal, Sylvain Luc, Michel Petrucciani, Steve Grossman, Didier Lockwood and Bireli Lagrene.

Amazon search string here.

[king ubu]

The thread is here, had to use google to find it - neither "original" nor "album" is in its title:

[crisp]

No, that's the similar series from Warner -- Original Album Series, not Original Album Classics from Sony. It's confusing.

[king ubu]

I know there are two series, but both were discussed and linked to in the previous thread.

Was there yet another one?

[Niko]

since it says three cds - unless there is a mistake, these should differ drom the existing Lagrene and Petruciani sets... wonder what the Steve Grossman will be...

[JETman]

These are all Dreyfus dates!

[Niko]

we wondered about that as well in the other thread... looks like some sort of distribution deal (since at least the marcus miller mixes dreyfus and non-dreyfus albums iirc)

[Niko]

the grossman set has (not surprisingly) three albums:

Do it, with Barry Harris/Reggie Johnson/Art Taylor

Small Hotel with Cedar Walton/David Williams/Billy Higgins

Quartet with Petrucciani, with Michel Petrucciani/Andy McKee/Joe Farnsworth

looks good to me...

[king ubu]

I only know the Petrucciani - not that exciting.

"Time to Smile" with Tom Harrell and Elvin, as well as the dirty trio live recording one with Art Taylor are better, in my opinion.

Haven't come around to listen to the Grossman/Griffin set yet.

These 3CD sets are also available from Sony/BMG artists, I think - partly even from some I think that also have 5CD sets out. Not sure of overlap, but the 3CD didn't seem to be priced very attractively, so I didn't look around the web too much.

From the Rhino sets, I got the Dr. John, the Warren Zevon and the Otis Redding. Only played the Dr. John so far - it misses "Remedies", but otherwise it's fabulous!

[Chuck Nessa]

These sets make it difficult for smaller companies selling new music or reissues of neglected music.

They can do these "cheap" sets because of artfully written contracts and the power of mass.

[king ubu]

I can see that - however I'd consider Dreyfus a small label, too, no?

Or is there any affiliation with SonyBMGTimeWarnerEMI there? In the other thread when I asked the answer was no, but what do I know...

[mjzee]

If anyone doesn't have the first 5 Mahavishnu Orchestra albums, this price is too crazy to pass up... $7.76 for all 5:

Amazon

[Chuck Nessa]

Thanks.

[Quincy]

If anyone doesn't have the first 5 Mahavishnu Orchestra albums, this price is too crazy to pass up... $7.76 for all 5:

Amazon

Some prices that are very close for some other jazz artists. (Look below the Amazon price, and yes there is some postage.) These include some of the Thelonious Monk studio Columbia releases (bonus tracks included), Weather Report, John McLaughlin and a few others in the $8 range.

[mikelz777]

It's a nice way to pick up some of George Benson's stuff before he dove head-first into the smooth jazz-pop world.

I was amused to see this pop up when I narrowed the Original Album Classics search to just "jazz".

No, it's not the Norwegian releases of one of our favorite trombonists.

Edited July 12, 2010 by mikelz777

[crisp]

Looks like the old Brubeck Time box is to be reissued in this series. Amazon UK's price must be a mistake.

[crisp]

There's another batch of five-disc sets coming on October 25, including a few jazz titles:

Al Di Meola

Miles Davis

George Duke

Soft Machine

[GA Russell]

I bought every Soft Machine LP as it was released. I'm definitely up for getting these five on CD. Thanks for the heads up!

[A Lark Ascending]

Those Soft Machine albums are wonderful.

Though I wonder what they are using for Third. I've been through three versions on CD - the first two were atrocious soundwise, the most recent was acceptable but still not brilliant. But it was a double CD with a live broadcast too. Hope they are using the most recent remastering if they've gone back to a single disc.

I'm tempted to ask which mix of the Miles albums is being used. But that would be mischief making.

[crisp]

Another new release has come up, a further Brubeck set: details here

You know, I think Sony should just do a complete Brubeck mini-LP sleeve set, like the recent one they did for Miles. Surely all of his albums have been digitised at some point somewhere in the world.

[crisp]

Two new titles. Duke Ellington with Such Sweet Thunder, The Far East Suite and ...And His Mother Called Him Bill. Nina Simone with Sings the Blues, Emergency Ward and Baltimore.

[Swinging Swede]

Such Sweet Thunder still not corrected, I suppose.

[crisp]

Another new jazz title: Thelonious Monk with Misterioso, Monk in Tokyo (both discs), Monk and Thelonious Sphere Monk

[paul secor]

Another new jazz title: Thelonious Monk with Misterioso, Monk in Tokyo (both discs), Monk and Thelonious Sphere Monk

Wonder why they included the last one. Would have been a good set without it - or with another album replacing it.

[Chuck Nessa]

I still haven't sorted out Misterioso. Can anyone tell me which tracks, from where are on it.