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Thanks, Mike, I agree that it might have been useful to include the little information that I had beyond pasting the catalog blurbs. I ordinarily would have done so, but I just didn't notice that this wasn't part of what I had copy/pasted. If it is still of use, the catalog numbers are: NUA 06: Dizzy Gillespie: Complete Big Band Studio Sessions, 1946-1960'. NUA 07: Ellington, Duke: 'The Complete Orchestral Suites'. NUA 08: Miles Davis: Live Recordings, 1948-1957 At this point, I think I can see enough info about the original albums, to avoid too much replication of what I already own, but I still would be curious to hear from anyone who has listened to the UA releases. I have lots of cheapo CDs of European origin that are barely listenable and not even worth the 1 or 2 $ a disc I may have laid out. Sometimes the entire package is the discs and container with a single, uninformative, sheet slipped in that has a title and maybe a picture and close to zero about the origins. I do have access to Lord's Jazz discography on a CD-ROM, so I could probably spend hours extracting all the dates and personnel, but maybe this has already been done by some helpful soul and this labor could be avoided. I will take some more time following the discussions that you have linked in your message and maybe I can locate specific comment on the audio and packaging. I may just bite the bullet and order and chance the consequences. If so, I guarantee to report back. Thanks again, Peter H. On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 3:33 AM, Michael Biel <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [ARSCLIST] United Archives label > From: Peter Hirsch <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, December 23, 2011 9:56 pm > To: [log in to unmask] > > Does anyone have any knowledge of any releases on the United Archives > label? It appears to be one or those (possibly shady legally speaking, > like Fresh Air) European operations that release old jazz recordings > in budget format, but I can't dig up the content of anything that they > have issued. > > I recently seen the following listed at about $4 a disc, but I can't > locate any listing of the tracks and I am more than a little dubious > about the quality of the originals and transfers: > > Miles Davis: Live Recordings, 1948-1957'. (Also featuring John > Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Red Garland, Tommy Flanagan, Philly Joe > Jones, Art Taylor et al. Various concerts and radio broadcasts. Venues > include Royal Roost, Pershing Ballroom, Salle Pleyel, Carnegie Hall, > The Barrelhouse Club, Birdland, Hi-Hat Club, Newport Jazz Festival, > and Cafe Bohemia) > > Dizzy Gillespie: Complete Big Band Studio Sessions, 1946-1960'. (Also > featuring John Coltrane and Quincy Jones) > > Ellington, Duke: 'The Complete Orchestral Suites'. (Composer > conducting. Rec. 1931-60) > > I hope this is not too discographic and non-technical for the scope of > this list, but I'm sure someone here can enlighten me. > > Thanks in advance, > > Peter Hirsch > > > Peter -- > Quite the contrary, unless what you are meaning is you think this is too > discographical a question for the list, your info is really not > discographical enough if you have more info than this. Ypu should > always give all the identifying discographical info you already have > about a record you are asking about to help us identify it and not go > hunting up info you already have. > > This seems to be a fairly new operation issuing both classical and jazz > box sets. There are four classical box sets linked at > http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/l/United+Archives but I see several > other Schubert, Shoenberg and Koussevitzky boxes from a few years > earlier at > > http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=%22United+Archives%22+&x=10&y=19 > . > > The nine jazz sets can be linked at > http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_fr_FR=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=united+archives+jazz&x=0&y=0 > > I also have a listing for the Miles Davis set NUA 08 and Oscar Peterson > set NUA 04 at > > http://harmoniamundiuk.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/oct3_jazzworld_wp.pdf > > They show an Oct 3 2011 release date, so info seems to only be starting > to come available. The dates and locations are show for the Davis > recordings, and the composers for the Songbooks in the Peterson box. No > song titles, but that would be secondary info -- I MUCH rather have the > dates and locations than just song titles for performers who had > performed or recorded each song title perhaps dozens of times! > > There is a discussion of some of the sets in this list > > http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?/topic/61928-are-there-any-box-bargains-currently-available/page__st__840 > > This is a listing of the Davis set > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-Recordings-1948-1957-13CD-box/dp/B005HPQ7KK/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1320389198&sr=1-1 > > > Mike Biel [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >