Are there any box bargains currently available?

[felser]

That's a nice set.  I'm torn between that and the excellent "Otis!  The Definitive Otis Redding" 4-CD Box Set.  I own them both and probably should sell one since they overlap so much, but feel a sense of loss at the idea of getting rid of either.   Have the same problem with with corresponding Aretha Franklin boxes (the original 1992 "Queen of Soul" and the 2015 "Atlantic Albums Collection"), though that one is easier to justify keeping both, since some key early 70's singles are not on the Albums box.

[GA Russell]

Is Eat to the Beat a legit label?

They have a series of box sets of radio broadcasts called Transmission Impossible.

Here is the Miles box - 3 CDs for $9.95.

https://www.hamiltonbook.com/miles-davis-transmission-impossible-compact-disc

[Kevin Bresnahan]

10 hours ago, GA Russell said:

Is Eat to the Beat a legit label?

They have a series of box sets of radio broadcasts called Transmission Impossible.

Here is the Miles box - 3 CDs for $9.95.

https://www.hamiltonbook.com/miles-davis-transmission-impossible-compact-disc

Since nearly their entire catalog is listed as "unofficial" on discogs, I would think they are a bootleg label.

[Larry Kart]

2 hours ago, bresna said:

Since nearly their entire catalog is listed as "unofficial" on discogs, I would think they are a bootleg label.

Basie at the Crescendo. Live tracks from the late '50s. Three or is it five discs worth for $15. Haven't heard it yet, but it's on its way.

[jlhoots]

5 hours ago, Larry Kart said:

Basie at the Crescendo. Live tracks from the late '50s. Three or is it five discs worth for $15. Haven't heard it yet, but it's on its way.

5 discs - it's excellent IMO.

[JSngry]

It's not all from the Crescendo, though.But most of it is.

[GA Russell]

11 hours ago, bresna said:

Since nearly their entire catalog is listed as "unofficial" on discogs, I would think they are a bootleg label.

Thanks, Kevin!

[GA Russell]

Fleetwood Mac 1969-1974 (8 CDs) - $31.99 + $3.97

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08DBHCYXJ

[felser]

9 hours ago, GA Russell said:

Fleetwood Mac 1969-1974 (8 CDs) - $31.99 + $3.97

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08DBHCYXJ

That's a GREAT set.  The Peter Green-led masterpiece "Then Play On", the three wonderful Danny Kirwan-led albums, an excellent live session with the Bob Welch-led version which far surpasses the studio albums of that version , and three other albums of the Welch version.  Excellent remastering, nice packaging.  

[GA Russell]

To my surprise, I see that the euro is now par with the dollar.

So this might be a good time to order a European box you've had your eye on.

[gmonahan]

On 9/19/2022 at 3:07 AM, GA Russell said:

To my surprise, I see that the euro is now par with the dollar.

So this might be a good time to order a European box you've had your eye on.

Yeah, that happened while I was in Europe. I came home with way too many new things!

[GA Russell]

I see that today...

one pound sterling = $1.05

one euro = $1.04

 

[GA Russell]

The Fleetwoods - Come Softly to Me (Jasmine - Their first four LPs on 2 CDs) - $13.98 prime

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B008VSNNSO

*****

By the way, did you know that their lead singer Gary Troxel had a case heard by the Supreme Court?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troxel_v._Granville

https://www.thefleetwoods.us/biographies/gary-troxel.html

[GA Russell]

MAYNARD FERGUSON: The Roulette Collection (8 LPs on 4 CDs) - $13.95

https://www.hamiltonbook.com/maynard-ferguson-the-roulette-collection-compact-disc

[GA Russell]

FORGOTTEN 60S: Now 100 Hits - $7.95

https://www.hamiltonbook.com/forgotten-60s-now-100-hits-compact-disc

I've never forgotten these songs.  Maybe it's because I've never heard of half of them.

I want to point out one that the Brits here might remember from 1967 - Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear by The Alan Price Set.  This song was the first music video I ever saw (not counting Rick Nelson at the end of Ozzie & Harriet episodes).  Dick Clark showed it on American Bandstand.

[mjzee]

10 hours ago, GA Russell said:

FORGOTTEN 60S: Now 100 Hits - $7.95

https://www.hamiltonbook.com/forgotten-60s-now-100-hits-compact-disc

I've never forgotten these songs.  Maybe it's because I've never heard of half of them.

I want to point out one that the Brits here might remember from 1967 - Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear by The Alan Price Set.  This song was the first music video I ever saw (not counting Rick Nelson at the end of Ozzie & Harriet episodes).  Dick Clark showed it on American Bandstand.

This is a pretty good set for the price, and worth getting.  A lot of good memories, stuff I'd never buy (especially as a kid) but, yes, never forgotten: Bob Lind - Elusive Butterfly (ever try writing a poem in 7th grade?  It sounds like this), Shirley Bassey - As Long As He Needs Me, The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy, Joe South - Games People Play, Brenton Wood - Gimme Little Sign (I have this single, on Double Shot Records), Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine, Crazy Elephant - Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' (I have this one too - Bell Records), The Tremeloes - Here Comes My Baby (great party record), The Showstoppers - Ain't Nothing But A House Party (covered by The J. Geils Band), and that's just CD One.

[jazzbo]

243 dollars below original price! $80.44

John Mayall - First Generation 1965-1974 (Ltd 35CD Boxset/Book & Signed Photo) - CD

https://www.walmart.com/ip/John-Mayall-First-Generation-1965-1974-Ltd-35CD-Boxset-Book-Signed-Photo-CD/203808346

[felser]

2 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

243 dollars below original price! $80.44

John Mayall - First Generation 1965-1974 (Ltd 35CD Boxset/Book & Signed Photo) - CD

https://www.walmart.com/ip/John-Mayall-First-Generation-1965-1974-Ltd-35CD-Boxset-Book-Signed-Photo-CD/203808346

Thanks!  Order placed, hope they honor it!

[jazzbo]

Moi aussi.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

14 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

243 dollars below original price! $80.44

John Mayall - First Generation 1965-1974 (Ltd 35CD Boxset/Book & Signed Photo) - CD

https://www.walmart.com/ip/John-Mayall-First-Generation-1965-1974-Ltd-35CD-Boxset-Book-Signed-Photo-CD/203808346

Have people actually received this? Seems too good to be true.

[jazzbo]

I don't know if anyone has received this. . .just seems to have been "reduced" today or the reduction discovered today. 

I will say this: any time in the past when there has been a bargain like this from Walmart. . . it was received as advertised.

[JSngry]

35 CDs is a LOT of John Mayall.

[jazzbo]

Yes. I happen to like Mayall of this vintage, have quite a bit but this is more than twice what I have. We'll see if the order ships.

[JSngry]

I like how Blue Mitchell made it into the blurb.

[jazzbo]

I saw Mayall with Mitchell at the University of Chicago in a small hall, no seats, just a dance flor, on a double header with the Ohio Players, which was televised later on one of those late night weekend shows. A very memorable night.

Edited November 2, 2022 by jazzbo