Vinyl Me Please Anthology

I watched the AMA video chat earlier and it was pretty fun! Storf and another VMP guy whose name escapes me talked about how the anthology came together, some of their originally proposed albums for the set, what they'd want in a "Herbie Hancock 2: Electric Boogaloo" anthology, their woes at getting The Piano and 1+1 pressed right, and why Herbie resequenced Live Under the Sky (because he wanted to and who are they to say no).

Also found out Storf's favorite Herbie record is Monster, which is both the most and least surprising thing I learned out of all this.
 
NewsFedora said:
I watched the AMA video chat earlier and it was pretty fun! Storf and another VMP guy whose name escapes me talked about how the anthology came together, some of their originally proposed albums for the set, what they'd want in a "Herbie Hancock 2: Electric Boogaloo" anthology, their woes at getting The Piano and 1+1 pressed right, and why Herbie resequenced Live Under the Sky (because he wanted to and who are they to say no).

Also found out Storf's favorite Herbie record is Monster, which is both the most and least surprising thing I learned out of all this.
Click to expand...
Oh damn I forgot about it. Is there a link to the recording or was it a one-time thing?
 
Well... I did it. I bit the bullet and bought the Herbie set. I still feel like it’s too expensive, but it’s my 30th birthday in a couple of weeks, so I’m using that as justification.

Herbie is one of my favorite artists of all time, so I know this will get a lot of listens.
 
jfitzy said:
Well... I did it. I bit the bullet and bought the Herbie set. I still feel like it’s too expensive, but it’s my 30th birthday in a couple of weeks, so I’m using that as justification.

Herbie is one of my favorite artists of all time, so I know this will get a lot of listens.
Click to expand...

I one time had a shit day at work so I went home and bought an Eels boxset I hadn't pulled the trigger on due to price.

Sometimes you gotta treat yourself.
 
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.
 
Ghost said:
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.
Click to expand...
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.
 
Ghost said:
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.
Click to expand...
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.
 
jfitzy said:
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.
Click to expand...
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
 
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.
 
Last edited:
Rowan said:
Three down and I can pretty safely say that this Herbie box is the best thing I’ve picked up from VMP in the 5 years I’ve been a member… along with Room On Fire that is

if anyone is on the fence I’d get off it and pick one up.
Click to expand...

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.

 
Mather said:
Could be Mingus? His big albums were spread across a whole series of labels.
Click to expand...
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.
 
Selaws said:
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.
Click to expand...
That sounds awesome. A Jazz Messengers anthology set would be sweet. They’re going to keep pulling me in with these jazz anthology sets...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top