practical? they have two
da bird boxsets which combined make up
18 cds. the three they have mentioned with him as leader total
19cds.
wtf? they might as well have said his entire discography....which isnt a bad thing but
not for a newbie.
i admit i added in the '
savoy & dial' boxset on
my suggestions list....but i point out its the
holy grail of
da bird....as well as including
several single cds with him.
also, they speak about
dubious but include the versions released by
proper or
definitive....which in the
u.s. are
as dubious as you can get. they may be legal in
europe but is in a piece in the
new yorker.
with
definitive its even
more dubious because they
straight rip-off new reissues from the
u.s. and 're-remaster' and release them. by
re-remastering them it saves them from being sued like
the thieves they are. they also mention lack of
liner notes and
authoritative discographies....it was the
proper,
definitive and other similar companies all under the
disconforme umbrella of companies '
which includes definitive' which
Schaap was was referring to. they cant rip-off the liner notes and such which come with the
u.s. releases.
i have no love for labels but this is the reason more than the illegal downloading which has put a
monkey wrench into any releases from anything more than
50 years old.
why spend all that money to do a legal release, which requires approval from all the musicians and or their estates, hunt down all the best tapes of each recording which are available, do a proper mastering, packaging, marketing....
when
definitive will just rip a copy no differently than those who rip
cds and share them online, "
remaster" '
something which is already 20 or 24 bit remastered' and put it in some cheap packaging and have a larger profit margin.
on top of which the musicians or their estates who have been screwed already in the past by labels are now getting screwed even more so when there is a chance for a larger income to be made.
even
jsp has been somewhat dubious since
john r.t. davies 'who was one of the
great engineers' died.
yes, in this day and age it really doesnt matter....but if theyre going to go through the trouble to add in the labels....at least put the ones which doesnt screw the musicians and fans.
each one of those mentioned have a
u.s. version available which could have been mentioned. also, as
grasshoppa panbient mentioned....this is meant for newbies....no real fan would need a list like that....we all already have a top 100. including so many box sets is just a sure fire way of making sure theyre not bought.
next time
mosaic records releases anything older than
50 years....check to see how fast
the thieves at
definitive will have a version released, afterwards.
one handed satchmo strikes,
baby!
finally breaks off a little
somethin' somethin'....
now someone pass the
single malt on the left hand side....that was tiring as hell....and i still havent even gotten around to the list.
right now,
1958 is the cut-off point. just think of how much great music wont be seeing the light of day or getting a proper remastering because of these
thieves and with each year more will be added to that list.
