Ellington Treasury Shows

[gmonahan]

Still haven't gotten mine yet from Jazz Messengers. It's taking kind of a long time!

 

 

gregmo

[jazzbo]

I'm waiting for mine too Greg. . . that and the Mobley are anticipated greatly!

[gmonahan]

Listening to disc 2 of the new Treasury Shows set (vol 23), and I like it very much!  For some reason, the sound seems even better on this one. Mind you, it's always been good on these!

[jazzbo]

Darn. My Jazz Messengers package was for some reason returned (local mail is weird here) and so I don't have this one yet. But glad to hear the sound is even better!

[gmonahan]

On 4/8/2017 at 10:49 AM, jazzbo said:

Darn. My Jazz Messengers package was for some reason returned (local mail is weird here) and so I don't have this one yet. But glad to hear the sound is even better!

Well, *that's* a drag! Hope it comes soon! I'm listening to the Ellington "An Intimate Piano Session" cd right now. Very nice.

[jazzbo]

I've a couple of weeks to wait I guess. Bur lots to listen to.

[Mark Stryker]

Gang:

How many LPs were in the Treasury Shows series as originally released on D.E.T.S. in the plain white sleeves? And does anyone know when these LPs were released?

I just acquired nearly the whole series at a fantastic price. A few gaps in the set that I'll have to fill in, but not that many ...

 

 

[jazzbo]

I believe there were 49 total. It's hard to find when they were released, early eighties is my guess.

Edited June 17, 2017 by jazzbo

[bluesoul]

This eBay listing says there are 48 volumes plus a bonus LP of other radio broadcasts.

[jazzbo]

That's what I thought, 49 total. That's a good price for the whole set in that condition! Must resist. .. I think I can resist as I have all the Storyville cds, a few Phontastic LPs and a number of those transferred to DVD-R.

[brownie]

The LP series started in 1981 and kept publishing thru the decade. 

I had the full set and sold it with the rest of my vinyls. I am now getting the CDs with the added material. All invaluable music. God bless Jerry Valburn!

 

[jazzbo]

AMEN!

[Mark Stryker]

Thanks guys. Yeah, I noticed the price on the Ebay set -- excellent value, especially considering the remarkably quality of the music. Anyone who doesn't have this music should jump at that price.

[Big Beat Steve]

1 hour ago, Mark Stryker said:

Thanks guys. Yeah, I noticed the price on the Ebay set -- excellent value, especially considering the remarkably quality of the music. Anyone who doesn't have this music should jump at that price.

When accessed from here, the listing quotes an INTERNATIONAL shipping price of some $108. This would work out at just over $4 per LP to buyers from here and would even be tempting at that price per item (even if you'd have to allow for customs duty on top of that total - 20% or so). But I am VERY wary of that shipping figure being correct for a bunch of FORTY-NINE LPs.

Edited June 17, 2017 by Big Beat Steve

[Don Brown]

I see that Volume 24 of the Duke Ellington Treasury Series is now available, but so far only from Storyville.

Volume 24 has 42 tracks including bond promos. Most of the music comes from the Blue Note in Chicago in the summer of 1953. There is also bonus material from the Hurricane in New York City from April of 1944.

[ghost of miles]

2 hours ago, Don Brown said:

I see that Volume 24 of the Duke Ellington Treasury Series is now available, but so far only from Storyville.

Volume 24 has 42 tracks including bond promos. Most of the music comes from the Blue Note in Chicago in the summer of 1953. There is also bonus material from the Hurricane in New York City from April of 1944.

Thanks for the heads-up, Don!  Can never get enough mid-1940s bonus material from the Hurricane.

[alankin]

Volume 25 will be the last.  Any ideas what will be on that one?

[Don Brown]

My understanding is that Volume 25 - the final volume in the Treasury series - will have more music by the 1953 band as well as more bonus material from the 1940s.

[ghost of miles]

I ordered DETS 24 from Amazon UK a couple of days ago for about $17, including shipping:

Duke Ellington Treasury Shows V. 24

[jazzbo]

I got it in from Jazz Messengers last week. Another nice volume.

[alankin]

It's on its way to me from jpc.de along with a couple other items.

[ghost of miles]

The end is near--V. 25 now listed on the Storyville site:

D.E.T.S. Volume 25

[medjuck]

I'm happy to see that   cd 2 of this volume is from 1944 at the Hurricane rather than 1953 at the Blue Note.  Makes me more excited to get it. 

[ghost of miles]

8 hours ago, medjuck said:

I'm happy to see that   cd 2 of this volume is from 1944 at the Hurricane rather than 1953 at the Blue Note.  Makes me more excited to get it. 

Yes, me too! I still hope that some day we’ll see a nicely-done box-set of all of the 1943-44 Hurricane material pulled together.

[medjuck]

1 hour ago, ghost of miles said:

Yes, me too! I still hope that some day we’ll see a nicely-done box-set of all of the 1943-44 Hurricane material pulled together.

I've thought of spending a couple of days doing it for myself on my computer.