Are there any box bargains currently available?

[kh1958]

Wayne Shorter"s Complete Columbia Album collection has a pre-order (June 12 release) price of $25.99 on amazon.com.

[GA Russell]

Twofer: Roland Kirk - Rip, Rig & Panic/Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith - $4.22

http://www.amazon.co...ils_o00_s00_i00

Edited June 7, 2012 by GA Russell

[ornette]

The Dave Brubeck Quartet Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1955-1966 is £90.25 at Amazon UK.

That's only about £9 less than Popmarket, but if you're in the UK you will avoid the shipping and customs costs you'd otherwise pay. Works out as £4.75 a CD.

Now up to £122.

[GA Russell]

Riverside History of Classic Jazz (3 CDs) - $11.29

http://www.amazon.com/Riverside-History-Classic-Various-Artists/dp/B000000ZG2/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1341765743&sr=1-4&keywords=Riverside+Story

*****

The Verve Story - 1944-1994 (4 CDs) - $24.95

http://www.amazon.com/Verve-Story-1944-1994-Lester-Young/dp/B0000046TS/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_6

*****

The Very Best of Prestige Records - 60th Anniversary (2 CDs) - $3.99

http://www.amazon.com/The-Very-Best-Prestige-Records/dp/B001QIVEOG/ref=pd_sim_m_2

*****

Best Blue Note Album in the World...Ever (2 CDs) - $10.25

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Blue-Note-Album-World/dp/B00000JB1W/ref=pd_sim_m_1

*****

(Sony) 3-Pac: Classic Jazz (3 CDs) - $7.76

http://www.amazon.com/3-Pak-Classic-Various-Artists/dp/B00005NKKH/ref=pd_bxgy_m_text_b

[GA Russell]

The Complete Woody Shaw Columbia Albums Collection - $33.28

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Woody-Columbia-Albums-Collection/dp/B005QOR1ZM?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camels-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B005QOR1ZM

[brownie]

The Complete Thelonious Monk Quartet Columbia Studio Recordings, 4CD, Euros 21,53

Amazon.fr Monk

The Complete Charles Mingus Columbia Album Collection, 10CD, Euros 35,88

Amazon.fr Mingus

[king ubu]

The Complete Charles Mingus Columbia Album Collection, 10CD, Euros 35,88

Amazon.fr Mingus

Does anyone know if that box has any new remasters compared to previously available CD reissues?

[jazzbo]

I've been frustratingly waiting for my copy of this. Shipped on the same day as my Weather Report set, which I received on Monday.

I think yes, there are new remasters here, especially likely for the later albums in the set. I heard from one fellow jazz collector who says these final albums sound improved.

[king ubu]

Okay - that might mean I'm interested then.... & Friends sounds fine to me in it's available edition but having new remasters of "Let My Chillun" and "Epitaph" might be nice indeed!

[Jay]

Thanks for the tip on the Monk and Weather Report.

Why would I want to buy the Mingus if I have the 2CD Bluebird of Tijuana and the latest remasters of Ah Um, Alt Takes and Dynasty? Is it really worth it for those last three records? I have the blue/purple border of Let My Kids.

Edited August 3, 2012 by Jay

[jazzbo]

Probably not. It's a personal thing. Mingus is very important to my listening world, and I would like to have new re-masterings of those final albums. I also like these box sets, all the material is one place, and I like pulling out a box and listening to some discs. So it was clear to me that the box set was something I would have.

[kh1958]

Except for Epitaph (one version), I have 2-5 different versions of all the material in the Mingus box set. I think I'm going to pass, absent an absurd bargain price.

[felser]

Mingus is very important to my listening world

Mine too. Named my first male cat "Mingus".

[jazzbo]

And I'm glad these sets are available for new jazz listeners. These are great packages for those new to jazz to legally acquire the music cost-effectively in great sound.

Edited August 3, 2012 by jazzbo

[Patrick]

Lon,

is jazz now a "job"?

[jazzbo]

Sorry, I guess I had something else on my mind. I'm going to correct that to "jazz."

[T.D.]

Some UK-based sellers on amazon.com (US site) have very low prices on the Monk and Mingus "Complete Columbia Albums". This has been happening with a number of boxes originally offered by Popmarket.

[sidewinder]

Picked up the Complete Monty Python Series 1-4 on DVD yesterday for £15. At the supermarket, no less. Now that, to me, is a bargain !

Edited August 4, 2012 by sidewinder

[romualdo]

Some UK-based sellers on amazon.com (US site) have very low prices on the Monk and Mingus "Complete Columbia Albums". This has been happening with a number of boxes originally offered by Popmarket.

The UK sites are even better (Rarewaves & Zoverstocks) for us in Australia

Monk - 13.49 & 13.51 pounds

Mingus - 22.84 & 22.86 pounds

[GA Russell]

The US price of the Mingus Columbia/RCA box continues to sink. It is now going for $31.00.

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Albums-Collection-Charles-Mingus/dp/B007Y2W49W?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camels-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B007Y2W49W

[mjzee]

This is easily the most dangerous thread on this BB.

[Jay]

Indeed. Worst thread ever.

The Monk and WR boxes I ordered from Zoverstocks are now a few bucks cheaper even than last week.

[GA Russell]

mjzee, I probably have said before that it has been my experience going back to the 60s that a much higher percentage of my list price albums have been duds than my $1.99 cutouts!

Nowadays, I find that a box set on sale is like a cut out. It helps that so many of us here like decades-old music, which many of these box sets are.

For my tastes, the box set pickings have been slim since the first of the year, but I'm hoping that things will pick up at Christmastime.

[StarThrower]

I just bought the Miles Davis Quintet 1965-1968 for 19 dollars! Same price for the Miles/Gil Evans, and Miles/Coltrane boxes.

That's right! 6 CD sets for 19 bucks!!!!

http://www.grooves-inc.com/davis-miles-1965-1968-col-cd-album-pZZa1-1896336418.html

[mjzee]

mjzee, I probably have said before that it has been my experience going back to the 60s that a much higher percentage of my list price albums have been duds than my $1.99 cutouts!

Nowadays, I find that a box set on sale is like a cut out. It helps that so many of us here like decades-old music, which many of these box sets are.t

I agree with all of this.