Ellington-Fargo Concert

[Bill B]

Amazon is advertising CDRs of this concert for $15.98. Can anyone comment on the sound quality and are there other sources of this material less than $20 per CD ?

[AllenLowe]

well, my only sense is that I would not pay that much for a CDR which they stick in a machine and whicn maybe costs them 25 cents plus another 25 cents for the jewel case.

[jazzbo]

Hey don't forget the 50 cents for artwork, and whatever licensing dollars for the material.

I'd say go for the Storyville version if you can find it standalone, or in the Ellington Storyville box set, and can afford those. The sound on both is a little different, but in my opinion either is better than other cd releases.

I just looked and it's the Storyville that is offered on cdr. If you have no issues with cdr I'd go for that at the price. Just my two cents.

[Bill B]

Thanks for the input,I will try the CDR route.

[king ubu]

You'll miss out on a large booklet going the CDR route... if that's no biggie for you... I kept the 2CD Storyville box even though I have the "Duke Box", just because of the big booklet.

[AllenLowe]

at the risk of starting an argument, the sound on the original Stash release of the Fargo concert is significantly better than the Storyville version because Storyville, great a label as it is, has taken, on a lot of its later jazz reissues, to using a somewhat destructive de-hisser which significantly lops off the high end (listen to the Tatums).

[jazzbo]

It's funny Allen, but I replaced the Stash for the Storyville because to me it sounded LESS NR'd and much more lively and full. Ah well.