Still look for these occasionally, got two in the mail today.
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Total cost: just under $30 including shipping. I've got two of the Bos and two of the Buddys on vinyl, but that's pretty damn great. Many more in the series I want to look into.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 01:56 (eleven months ago) link
There's a Psychedelia volume in this series which has 3 no-brainer killer albums by Tomorrow, July and Idle Race. All three are celebrated by psych-heads but completely unknown to normie rock fans. Tomorrow wasn't really a tough one to get, but the other two weren't exactly common finds in the CD era. It's almost like a before-they-were thing with Jimmy Page in the Yardbirds, Steve Howe in Tomorrow, and Jeff Lynne in Idle Race. The two others included: final Yardbirds album is ok (White Summer is nice). The Gods album? Don't remember being impressed by that one.
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 02:17 (eleven months ago) link
The Gods and July also had members who went on to join Uriah Heep and form Jade Warrior respectively. I'm interested in all those records but hadn't got around to listening yet, I'll look out for that package.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 17:14 (eleven months ago) link
is there one of these for Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers?
― broken breakbeat (sleeve), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 17:22 (eleven months ago) link
and wow, had no idea about the July-Jade Warrior connection
― broken breakbeat (sleeve), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 17:23 (eleven months ago) link
There are some Blakey boxes around. All the albums in this one are great, especially A Night In Tunisia and Free For All:
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― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 17:48 (eleven months ago) link
thank you!
― broken breakbeat (sleeve), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 18:16 (eleven months ago) link
There’s also a nineteen (yep, nineteen) classic albums Blakey box (10 CDs). Dunno how hard (or cheap) it is to find now, but it’s got so many of the classics (Moanin’, The Big Beat, At The Cafe Bohemia) in addition to several all-percussion albums, and lesser-known gems like his date for Impulse! and later-released early ‘60s dates like The Witch Doctor. As the kids say, it’s all killer, no filler.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 18:31 (eleven months ago) link
Two of them on Amazon, one for $8 and the other for $14.
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― clemenza, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 18:57 (eleven months ago) link
xp looks like a US copy for $60, not a bad deal tbh but I'll prob start with the 5-disc one, not much overlap between the two!
― broken breakbeat (sleeve), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 18:58 (eleven months ago) link
not the thread for it but i love Tunisia so much. SO MANY DRUMS ALL AT ONCE!
― serving aunt (stevie), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 08:47 (ten months ago) link