[78-L] Complete sets [was New Sons of the Pioneers box]

[Cary Ginell]

We also have a single CD of Milton Brown that you can play at your next party...

 

Cary Ginell
 
> Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 17:12:37 +0100
> From: julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Complete sets [was New Sons of the Pioneers box]
> 
> Cary Ginell wrote:
> Like just about every other BF box, the SOTP set is indeed for 
> completists only. Even I'm having a hard time going through nearly 9 
> hours of Sons of the Pioneers records. It will probably take several 
> months to listen to it all. The other thing is that although there are 
> many alternate takes in the box, none are really interesting. Alternate 
> takes in country music, unless there are mistakes or lyric changes, 
> aren't nearly as valuable as in jazz. The only variation you get from 
> song to song is Hugh Farr's violin obbligatos, which, for all their 
> technical expertise, are pretty limited musically. You begin to hear the 
> same riffs over and over again (Farr had a fairly small bag of tricks 
> that he used). The set is like an economy size box of rich chocolates. 
> One or two at a time are plenty, but you can't eat the whole thing or 
> you'll get sick.
> 
> Cary Ginell
> ====================
> Complete box sets are a double-edged sword. You want them, but, on the 
> other hand, you don't want to play them!
> 
> You might use them to play at parties, but then you're going to confuse 
> party-goers after they've heard five near-identical takes of one tune! I 
> find it difficult to find a single CD to play at parties--there's nearly 
> always one track that destroys the mood. A few years back I played most 
> of the Milton Brown Texas Rose set at a New Year's eve party. Normally, 
> I would edit out the waltzes and sentimental ballads, but I was playing 
> it on a DVD player through the TV, without easy edit facilities, so they 
> had to stay in. The following year I chose tenor-and-organ records as 
> the theme, and that worked much better.
> 
> Perhaps someone will invent a CD player with a memory, i.e. one that 
> remembers which tracks you've skipped on a particular CD, and play it 
> that way next time.
> 
> I notice Mosaic have started moving away from complete sets (e.g. 
> Goodman and Shaw).
> 
> Julian Vein
> 
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