Vinyl Me Please Anthology
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Man, all the albums in this boxset are pretty awesome. The Joni Letters are a beautifully melancholic batch of recordings aren't they. Think thats the one that surprised me the most, guess I was expecting the least from it.
Selaws
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I read Herbie’s biography a while back and was always curious about the amount of emphasis he placed on the Joni Letters. The album clearly means a lot to him.
trickyseven
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You all are really making it hard to not buy this lol.
Same. A late era Herbie Hancock album full of Joni Mitchell covers doesn’t exactly sound all that exciting to me on paper. But it’s actually real solid. And you can tell a lot of thought and passion went into it.
Very interesting timing on my end as well. Next month I’ll have the Herbie Hancock and Joni Mitchell box set touching down. Can’t wait
Selaws
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I have just finished listening to the AMA/Behind The Scenes video and really enjoyed it.
As much hate as certain VMP staff gets it's clear from this that they just really enjoy Herbie's music and were hell-bent on making the best possible set whilst also allowing Herbie to have free reign over the decision making process.
Also worth mentioning that they teased 2 upcoming Anthologies which are in the works, one is focusing on a specific jazz label much like the Blue Note Anthology (Prestige? Savoy? Impulse!?, Steeplechase? Enja? Contemporary?) and another that focuses on a "vitally important member of jazz history" that requires working with 3 labels to get HIS catalogue out there.
As much hate as certain VMP staff gets it's clear from this that they just really enjoy Herbie's music and were hell-bent on making the best possible set whilst also allowing Herbie to have free reign over the decision making process.
Also worth mentioning that they teased 2 upcoming Anthologies which are in the works, one is focusing on a specific jazz label much like the Blue Note Anthology (Prestige? Savoy? Impulse!?, Steeplechase? Enja? Contemporary?) and another that focuses on a "vitally important member of jazz history" that requires working with 3 labels to get HIS catalogue out there.
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Could be Mingus? His big albums were spread across a whole series of labels.
Well I've been working hard to keep my VMP orders down. Doing pretty well until now if I say so myself.
However, I've been going back to Herbie off-and-on since it was announced. So with this thread and the SHF comments mostly being favorable this is my 2nd VMP Anthology after original Blue Note. I upped to the 3mth for the discount, made a quick email to VMP CS to get it updated asap ( less than CS 24hr turnaround and they applied a store credit to my acct b4 I ordered), and a couple unboxing videos I went for it. It is Herbie Hancock. I have good quality audiophile versions of 1st 3 in the box so it should be fun to compare. The rest will add to my HH discography.
Selaws
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There's just too many to guess at this point.......but lets do so anyway!
I was actually thinking that an Art Blakey one would be so so so cool. There has been so many iterations of the Jazz Messengers that it could essentially be an overview of the 'greatest' line-ups from the 50's through to 1990 when he passed.
avecigrec
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Mingus would probably see me pull a trigger on a VMP anthology finally. Even if I had to sign up for another credit card to do so!
That sounds awesome. A Jazz Messengers anthology set would be sweet. They’re going to keep pulling me in with these jazz anthology sets...
It'll be Kenny G with a gift certificate for a free starbucks frappucino. There's also a blu ray documentary about the history of the frappucino.
wmeugene
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Jazz Anthologies are probably a smart way to go - the format lends itself well to the genre, audiophile level recordings go for a pretty penny, and the fan base has lots of disposable income.
What someone at vmp said about a grateful dead anthology
wmeugene
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TCell
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Well I've been working hard to keep my VMP orders down. Doing pretty well until now if I say so myself.
I upped to the 3mth for the discount, made a quick email to VMP CS to get it updated asap ( less than CS 24hr turnaround and they applied a store credit to my acct b4 I ordered), and a couple unboxing videos I went for it. It is Herbie Hancock. I have good quality audiophile versions of 1st 3 in the box so it should be fun to compare. The rest will add to my HH discography.
I caved in and ordered today too. All this talk about how good it sounds and, funny enough, listening to the podcast pushed me over the edge. And I emailed VMP this morning about the discount code and they came through within an hour with $60 in store credit. Made it sting a little less. (Fingers crossed on getting 11 flat LPs from GZ.)
Anyways, I love Herbie. Saw him on the 1+1 tour with Wayne in 1997 and saw him in 2008 in a sextet with Dave Holland on bass and Lionel Loueke on guitar. An early Happy Father's Day present to myself.
jamieanderson1968
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You people are not helping me resist this. Anyone want to give me a nice bit of $$ for my original Head Hunters and 80s Japanese press of Maiden Voyage?
doncornelius
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My guess is they're going to go with one of the living legends. Sonny Rollins or Wayne Shorter, probably.
Selaws
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I could definitely see them making a Wayne Shorter box. He and Herbie are best mates and I can see them chatting about the idea. Shorter also has had a really diverse career so it could certainly go down a similar route with Weather Report etc.
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