wmeugene
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Wouldn't it be great to get a nice book instead of a mediocre podcast? Just a thought
The idea of a $40 audiophile reissue of Future Shock is wild to me.The great thing about Herbie is that there are clearly defined stages within his musical career. Sure there are several options for each era, but as long as one is picked from each of these it will be an interesting set.
Do we know if Herbie is involved in the selection process? In his book he places a lot of emphasis on Mwandishi and VSOP. Future Shock was another big one for him (he won a grammy for Rockit) as was River: The Joni Letters (I will be surprised if this isnt picked if he does have an involvement).
Yeah, i get what you mean but if you consider albums of importance in Herbie's career, it's a pretty big one. Rockit alone won a Grammy, 5 MTV Awards, and the music video was one of the most successful of all time (if there was an award for freakiest I'm sure it would have got that too). But yeah, I could certainly do without a $40 audiophile copy.The idea of a $40 audiophile reissue of Future Shock is wild to me.
It will be interesting to see if they try to do a big career encompassing set like you guys are guessing or not. I doubt I can afford this set anyway, but I would be far more interested in one that picks great albums (he has so many to choose from) over 1 each decade as I would very rarely play the latter ones.
Fingers crossed. It would be cool to get an interview or something from him. Does each anthology come with the podcast or is it just certain ones?
Sure, but that is the definition of a dollar bin album. If I wanted it, I'd have an original free or for less than $5.Yeah, i get what you mean but if you consider albums of importance in Herbie's career, it's a pretty big one. Rockit alone won a Grammy, 5 MTV Awards, and the music video was one of the most successful of all time (if there was an award for freakiest I'm sure it would have got that too). But yeah, I could certainly do without a $40 audiophile copy.
They're all on spotify, except for Stax and Grateful Dead. Not sure if Grateful Dead podcast has been released yet, though. No idea why Stax isn't on there.
I really hope Thrust and Empyrean Isles are included in the Boxset!Empyrean Isles would be great. I know it had a BN75 but those suck and the MM is long sold out. I was going to say My Point of View but looks like that's getting the Tone Poet treatment. Thrust could use an AAA repress. Maybe Sextant?
I really hope Thrust and Empyrean Isles are included in the Boxset!
I want Man-Child and Secrets to be in the Boxset too! But I know that’s impossible as all those 3 albums were released next to each other!
I’m super keen to see what the albums in the Herbie Hancock Anthology Boxset are! I’m so excited for that announcement!
I had a look on their Instagram but didn’t see anything! I’m hoping they do an announcement in the next coming weeks though! I’m too excited for this Boxset!are they teasing an announcement of this sometime soon?
Haven’t heard a single thing. I thought it had an August shipping date but last I saw they hadn’t sold 3,000 copies yet.Has Grateful Dead shipped yet? or have they announced a date for that?
are they teasing an announcement of this sometime soon?
Yea--I thought it was really weird to announce that early and then do the GD box...it did kinda seem like they only announced it because of his bday and for no other reason hah. But whatever Herbie wants!When I asked Storf about this last week I got this:
“Hopefully soon. We announced it bc Herbie wanted to make a splash for his birthday, which was far in advance from when we might have announced otherwise. Summer is young though, so hopefully soon.”
Nice! I gotta check them out. I think my dislike of the Blue Note ones have stopped me from listening to this one.I finally have gotten around to listening to the Zamrock podcasts and I have to say, I'm really enjoying them! I never bothered with any of the others because I never got any other box so I can't compare it to those and I'm not sure if there's any added value but it's really informative and I'm enjoying the inclusion of music throughout!
Nice! I gotta check them out. I think my dislike of the Blue Note ones have stopped me from listening to this one.
Yep. Not the best idea.From Storf...kind of crazy that the people curating and putting out the box set and doing a podcast on the Dead have minimal knowledge about the Dead...
And mowing my lawn. In case you didn’t know, VMP is releasing an 8 album, 14 LP box set under VMP Anthology containing 4 live Dead records, and 4 studio records. It’s a very handsome set, and it’ll start shipping soon. As part of this set, me and Amileah have been tasked with taking a journey through the Dead along with the folks buying this to better understand the Dead. We’ve been spending the last 8 weeks making a podcast to accompany this box set, and have been talking to a mix of Dead experts, Dead Heads, and to each other, about the Dead. Amileah had limited exposure to the Dead before she started, while I had always found the live stuff to be a bit byzantine, and was entirely unsure of what to listen to, for, and why I should listen to live Dead.
My main takeaway from my experience with the Dead so far is that they are a rare band that is willing to meet you wherever you are on the spectrum of being a fan of them; there is no right or wrong way to love the Dead. And they are also the only band where there are essentially three tiers of exploration to be had: the studio albums (which are documents of what their songs sounded in the studio at that time and place), the officially released live albums (which are documents of what their songs sounded like live, generally, over the course of a tour they were proud of), and the archive of live shows (which are documents of how they sounded, show by show).
Which is to say, as someone who only listened to studio Dead before May 1, I have a newfound appreciation for live Dead. They are a band worthy of the obsession I found strange and inexplicable before this experience! Letting my guard down to let them in has been a welcome blanket for me this summer.
From Storf...kind of crazy that the people curating and putting out the box set and doing a podcast on the Dead have minimal knowledge about the Dead...
And mowing my lawn. In case you didn’t know, VMP is releasing an 8 album, 14 LP box set under VMP Anthology containing 4 live Dead records, and 4 studio records. It’s a very handsome set, and it’ll start shipping soon. As part of this set, me and Amileah have been tasked with taking a journey through the Dead along with the folks buying this to better understand the Dead. We’ve been spending the last 8 weeks making a podcast to accompany this box set, and have been talking to a mix of Dead experts, Dead Heads, and to each other, about the Dead. Amileah had limited exposure to the Dead before she started, while I had always found the live stuff to be a bit byzantine, and was entirely unsure of what to listen to, for, and why I should listen to live Dead.
My main takeaway from my experience with the Dead so far is that they are a rare band that is willing to meet you wherever you are on the spectrum of being a fan of them; there is no right or wrong way to love the Dead. And they are also the only band where there are essentially three tiers of exploration to be had: the studio albums (which are documents of what their songs sounded in the studio at that time and place), the officially released live albums (which are documents of what their songs sounded like live, generally, over the course of a tour they were proud of), and the archive of live shows (which are documents of how they sounded, show by show).
Which is to say, as someone who only listened to studio Dead before May 1, I have a newfound appreciation for live Dead. They are a band worthy of the obsession I found strange and inexplicable before this experience! Letting my guard down to let them in has been a welcome blanket for me this summer.