What is your favorite vinyl box set ?

[Josquin des Prez]

Originally Posted by shindostevesan

The Herbie Nichols Mosaic Box Set. An overlooked, short-lived piano genius with a sound all his own. His music stimulates the same part of my brain Bach does...intellectual (mathematical) but absolutely musical.

I have three Mosaic vinyl box sets:
Complete Blue Note Sessions of Thelonious Monk
Complete Thelonious Monk at the It Club
Clifford Brown/Max Roach Emarcy Albums

All are excellent. I wish I had more of them. I really want the Complete Blue Note Sessions of Sam Rivers.

[Whart]

Does Mosaic still press vinyl sets? I have a few that I bought quite a long time ago, I think one is a set of T-Bone Walker recordings. Don't hear much about the company anymore.
After that whole thing about the Beatles reissue, I broke down and bought a Parlaphone Blue Box. I'm looking forward to listening to these, starting with the first album.

[Plink]

The Ellington Era, Vol I

....three disk set of 1920s/early 1930s Ellington bands. On Columbia and from the late 50s or early 60s. Sound is surprisingly very good for the 78 based material. Hot Jazz at it's finest as the early Ellington bands weren't big bands but bands with far fewer players...and we get to know them on this set as they play legendary Ellington tunes.

[Plink]

Originally Posted by Whart

Does Mosaic still press vinyl sets?.

Yes, in fact, they have a nice Clifford Brown/Max Roach set out right now.

[Josquin des Prez]

Originally Posted by Whart

Does Mosaic still press vinyl sets? I have a few that I bought quite a long time ago, I think one is a set of T-Bone Walker recordings. Don't hear much about the company anymore.
After that whole thing about the Beatles reissue, I broke down and bought a Parlaphone Blue Box. I'm looking forward to listening to these, starting with the first album.

Mosaic MRLP 3004 "Clifford Brown/Max Roach Emarcy Albums" is brand new. I preordered it and received it at the beginning of this month. The Monk It Club sessions is from last year.

[Josquin des Prez]

Originally Posted by Plink

Yes, in fact, they have a nice Clifford Brown/Max Roach set out right now.

And it is excellent.

[Whart]

Originally Posted by Plink

Yes, in fact, they have a nice Clifford Brown/Max Roach set out right now.

Thanks, re the sound of 78's, I haven't progessed to those yet, but that's the next step, along with a regression to mono. The ultimate, of course, is to get to wax cylinders and acoustic playback before I finally leave this mortal coil.....

[Whart]

Originally Posted by RaceTripper

And it is excellent.

I may have to buy that box, I didn't realize the guy he played (and died) with was Bud Powell's brother. Sad....

[Josquin des Prez]

Originally Posted by Whart

I may have to buy that box, I didn't realize the guy he played (and died) with was Bud Powell's brother. Sad....

I've had the Japanese imports on Emarcy for ages. But to be able t get a version mastered from the original analog tapes is great, at $100 for a 4 LP set is a good deal.

These sets sell out more quickly than other limited releases. If you plan to get it, then do. I think the Monk It Club sessions is now out of print and it came out later last year.

[Plink]

Originally Posted by Whart

Thanks, re the sound of 78's, I haven't progessed to those yet, but that's the next step, along with a regression to mono. The ultimate, of course, is to get to wax cylinders and acoustic playback before I finally leave this mortal coil.....

Well I tried progressing to 78s but it hasn't sunk in yet. I do listen more and more back in time, however. MThe neat thing about that Columbia box is that it is on lps...and was done really well.

Would love to have an acoustic setup somewhere in the house!