Impulse at 50 box set: here we go again!...

[bogdan101]

https://www.amazon.ca/Impulse-At-50-Black-Orange/dp/B005ORVN1O/

 

[felser]

Well, it would actually be Impulse at 55 now.  Maybe they'll put stickers over the 50's or something.

[bogdan101]

...And cram in 5 more albums!

[king ubu]

just the opposite ... it looks like all those Sony boxes (Essential Albums, Vogue etc.) - more details here:

http://www.udiscovermusic.com/discover-your-impulsive-side-with-this-25-cd-box-set

contents:

I. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers- Jazz Messengers!!!!!
II. Max Roach- Percussion Bitter Sweet
III. Shelly Manne- 2-3-4
IV. The Gil Evans Orchestra - Into The Hot
V. Quincy Jones - The Quintessence
VI. Benny Carter And His Orchestra- Further Definitions
VII. Roy Haynes Quartet - Out Of The Afternoon
VIII. Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins- Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
IX. Freddie Hubbard- The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard
X. Chico Hamilton- Passin' Thru
XI. John Coltrane Quartet- Ballads
XII. Sonny Stitt & Paul Gonsalves- Salt & Pepper
XIII. Charles Mingus- Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
XIV. McCoy Tyner- Today And Tomorrow
XV. Oliver Nelson- More Blues And The Abstract Truth
XVI. Shirley Scott- Queen Of The Organ
XVII. Earl Hines- Once Upon A Time
XVIII. Sonny Rollins- Alfie
XIX. Stanley Turrentine- Let It Go
XX. Dizzy Gillespie- Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
XXI. Tom Scott- Rural Still Life
XXII. Alice Coltrane- Journey in Satchidananda
XXIII. Charlie Haden- Liberation Music Orchestra
XXIV Gato Barbieri- Chapter One: Latin America
XXV. Keith Jarrett- Death And The Flower

 

just in case, this was how it was originally supposed to look:

don't have a contents list handy, but I'm sure it can be found here, somewhere ...

[felser]

1 hour ago, king ubu said:

just the opposite ... it looks like all those Sony boxes (Essential Albums, Vogue etc.) - more details here:

http://www.udiscovermusic.com/discover-your-impulsive-side-with-this-25-cd-box-set

contents:

I. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers- Jazz Messengers!!!!!
II. Max Roach- Percussion Bitter Sweet
III. Shelly Manne- 2-3-4
IV. The Gil Evans Orchestra - Into The Hot
V. Quincy Jones - The Quintessence
VI. Benny Carter And His Orchestra- Further Definitions
VII. Roy Haynes Quartet - Out Of The Afternoon
VIII. Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins- Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
IX. Freddie Hubbard- The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard
X. Chico Hamilton- Passin' Thru
XI. John Coltrane Quartet- Ballads
XII. Sonny Stitt & Paul Gonsalves- Salt & Pepper
XIII. Charles Mingus- Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
XIV. McCoy Tyner- Today And Tomorrow
XV. Oliver Nelson- More Blues And The Abstract Truth
XVI. Shirley Scott- Queen Of The Organ
XVII. Earl Hines- Once Upon A Time
XVIII. Sonny Rollins- Alfie
XIX. Stanley Turrentine- Let It Go
XX. Dizzy Gillespie- Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
XXI. Tom Scott- Rural Still Life
XXII. Alice Coltrane- Journey in Satchidananda
XXIII. Charlie Haden- Liberation Music Orchestra
XXIV Gato Barbieri- Chapter One: Latin America
XXV. Keith Jarrett- Death And The Flower

 

just in case, this was how it was originally supposed to look:

don't have a contents list handy, but I'm sure it can be found here, somewhere ...

The Hines and Scott are the only two titles I don't already own, so don't see any need for this.  The original config had Sam Rivers - Streams, and a John Klemmer.  Sorry to see those gone.

[mjzee]

So there's a 50-CD box and a 25-CD box?

[felser]

7 hours ago, mjzee said:

So there's a 50-CD box and a 25-CD box?

It was originally planned to be a 50-CD box to mark the 50th anniversary of the label ("50 at 50") but now is five years late and apparently has been truncated to 25 CD's.

[Chuck Nessa]

How's that for commitment!

 

[mjzee]

2 hours ago, felser said:

It was originally planned to be a 50-CD box to mark the 50th anniversary of the label ("50 at 50") but now is five years late and apparently has been truncated to 25 CD's.

But the amazon.ca link at the top of the thread shows a 50-CD box and says "This title will be released on September 23, 2016."  Perhaps they got it wrong and it will only be 25 CDs.

[soulpope]

7 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

How's that for commitment!

 

Staying with math, in another 5 years there would'nt be a release at all  ....

Edited August 2, 2016 by soulpope

[king ubu]

16 hours ago, felser said:

The Hines and Scott are the only two titles I don't already own, so don't see any need for this.  The original config had Sam Rivers - Streams, and a John Klemmer.  Sorry to see those gone.

Guess that's why I finally just bought "Streams" last week ...

This new set definitely holds little interest ... I think the Tom Scott is the one album I don't know. It's neither a collection of Impulse's best albums nor a collection of rarities or oddballs. Seems almost like they're aiming at those that have no clue ...

Re: Hines and Scott ... the Hines is a bit of an oddity, but a charming one - I wish for more playing time/solo space each time I listen to it. The Scott is brilliant, maybe the perfect example of the Turrentine/Scott team. The old GRP CD contained some substantial bonus tracks (but I think some cuts were still missing, compared to the vinyl releases of the material?) ... bet this time it'll be sans any bonus tracks? That would be a pity for the Ellington/Hawkins album, too ... just one bonus track there, but a gorgeous one (as is the whole album anyway).

Also, for some, the Shelly Manne may be new? It has some prime Hawkins and some Eddie Costa, too. Mighty fine album, for sure (it was part of the recent Japanese Impulse reissue series, but I have a battered LP of it, too).