tranemonk Posted October 11, 2013 Report Posted October 11, 2013 Anybody got any background info on this???? http://www.importcds.com/music/2671828/verve-singles-box thanks... Quote
mjzee Posted October 11, 2013 Report Posted October 11, 2013 Amazon, but no additional info as of yet. Quote
thirdtry Posted October 11, 2013 Report Posted October 11, 2013 Looks to me to be a tie-in with the upcoming book of the same name. http://www.thamesandhudson.com/Verve/9780500517147 Could be interesting. Quote
Head Man Posted October 11, 2013 Report Posted October 11, 2013 Looks to me to be a tie-in with the upcoming book of the same name. http://www.thamesandhudson.com/Verve/9780500517147 Could be interesting. Indeed it could. I wonder whether they might come packaged together. Quote
tranemonk Posted October 11, 2013 Author Report Posted October 11, 2013 Looks very interesting. I wonder how much of this stuff has been released before. ..I would HOPE that most of it hasn't... Quote
mikeweil Posted October 11, 2013 Report Posted October 11, 2013 Announced for November 1 release on amazon.de - will stop by the Thames & Hudson booth on the Frankfurt Book Fair tomorrow and see I they already have a copy of the book. Looks very interesting. I wonder how much of this stuff has been released before. ..I would HOPE that most of it hasn't... From what I remember from the Verve discography, many were edited versions of LP takes. There may be a handful that never was on LP, but I don't have the book on hand to check. FWIW, the amazon.de site has a track list: click here Judging from this list, it is not a complete set of all singles - e.g. Tjader had a few more, but the included only "Soul Sauce", of course. Quote
felser Posted October 11, 2013 Report Posted October 11, 2013 Much more interesting would have been a singles box from their Verve Forecast label. Quote
tranemonk Posted October 11, 2013 Author Report Posted October 11, 2013 thanks for that track list... It woud be helpful if THEY told us what was previously unreleased as opposed to us having to figure out... Quote
mikeweil Posted October 11, 2013 Report Posted October 11, 2013 When you say "previously unreleased" you are talking about CD issues, right? There are some ttracks on the fifth CD that never were on CD, AFAIK, e.g. the melba Moorman and Chico O'Farrill's Manteca. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted October 11, 2013 Report Posted October 11, 2013 Nothing better than short versions of longer performances. Quote
JSngry Posted October 12, 2013 Report Posted October 12, 2013 I had no idea that Tony Bennett did two albums for "MGM Verve" after leaving Columbia. Shows you how much I cared then (and then kept on caring). One's with Don Costa, and so much "eh" for that, but the other one is with Robert Farnon? I might have to go looking for that one? Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 12, 2013 Report Posted October 12, 2013 Oh dear - no 'I'm walkin'' by Ricky Nelson. MG Quote
gmonahan Posted October 12, 2013 Report Posted October 12, 2013 I had no idea that Tony Bennett did two albums for "MGM Verve" after leaving Columbia. Shows you how much I cared then (and then kept on caring). One's with Don Costa, and so much "eh" for that, but the other one is with Robert Farnon? I might have to go looking for that one? "Tony Bennett: The Complete Collection" has three discs from MGM/Verve: "The Good Things in Life" with Robert Farnon and His Orchestra "'Listen Easy' featuring 'Tell Her It's Snowing'" arranged and conducted by Don Costa "Tony Bennett's Greatest Hits Volume 7" which appears to be made up of singles. All are listed as "Tony Bennett Enterpise Productions" but I can't tell if that was original, or whether that was added for the box. My guess is that Tony was freelancing at the time before he started his Improv label. Don't think these albums are available on cd anywhere else. Leastwise, I haven't seen them. Might be some old LP copies around, though. gregmo Quote
JSngry Posted October 12, 2013 Report Posted October 12, 2013 Wow, that's $400.00! Don't think I care that much! And apparently there was a Columbia album with Farnon as well, With Love. Amazon offers it as MP3. But not the MGM Verve album. I did some checking, and there's LPs of both for sale on the internets, just not at prices I want. so now they're on "the list", things to start looking for casually, and to pick up when a good deal shows up. Quote
mikeweil Posted October 12, 2013 Report Posted October 12, 2013 Announced for November 1 release on amazon.de - will stop by the Thames & Hudson booth on the Frankfurt Book Fair tomorrow and see If they already have a copy of the book. They did have four copies ... a rather nice book with lots of photos, many of which were unknown to me. It covers the story of Norman Granz and the label and its importance for the documentation of jazz. I thumbed through it and since US and British publishers are allowed to sell their books at the end of the fair to spare them the freight costs back home, my wife an I meditated about getting a copy on our way back at the end of our visit. When we returned four hours later, only one copy was left! They usually keep that as a reference copy til the very end on Sunday, but were so nice to sell it to us at half price .... so you can imagine what's my bedside reading right now ... Quote
sidewinder Posted October 12, 2013 Report Posted October 12, 2013 Well done ! We look forward to your thoughts/opinions on this tome with interest. Quote
mikeweil Posted October 27, 2013 Report Posted October 27, 2013 There's a review of the book linked - I suggest we continue discussion of the book there. Quote
762rob Posted November 17, 2013 Report Posted November 17, 2013 I just ordered this on Amazon UK for $40.94 including shipping release date 11/18/13 Amazon US site price is $66.56 release date 12/10/13 UK shipments usually arrive in about 7 days Quote
king ubu Posted November 18, 2013 Report Posted November 18, 2013 Uhm, just to be clear: there's a book and a CD box and no overlap between them (i.e. the book holds no CDs, the CD box has only some booklet but does not contain the entire book)? Quote
romualdo Posted November 18, 2013 Report Posted November 18, 2013 Uhm, just to be clear: there's a book and a CD box and no overlap between them (i.e. the book holds no CDs, the CD box has only some booklet but does not contain the entire book)? that's correct AFAIK Quote
king ubu Posted November 18, 2013 Report Posted November 18, 2013 Okay, I was confused (thinking the book held the discs, too ... and that there were paperback and hardcover editions or some such).Guess I might go for both then ... Quote
romualdo Posted November 18, 2013 Report Posted November 18, 2013 What I suspect they'll eventually do is to sell both as a significantly reduced double set (Amazon US is currently offering this but at $105 i.e. the same price as the individual items) Quote
mikeweil Posted November 18, 2013 Report Posted November 18, 2013 I have the book but I'm not sure I need the discs ... I'm afraid I won't listen to it more than once ... Quote
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