tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post8413581892761471071..comments2023-10-21T07:14:37.880-07:00Comments on Jazz: The Music of Unemployment: I don't get itAndrew Durkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11471871547839907538noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-53279108606186295432010-08-26T21:11:02.404-07:002010-08-26T21:11:02.404-07:00Re your final question: Deserve's got nothin&#...Re your final question: Deserve's got nothin' to do with it.cinderkeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578961959712679966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-48770479003507638302010-08-26T10:52:06.795-07:002010-08-26T10:52:06.795-07:00I thought Sony was off the deep end when they rele...I thought Sony was off the deep end when they released that "Complete Albums" box a few months ago with something like 70 CDs. How many people who don't already own that music would be willing lay down almost four bills to buy it <i>all at once</i>? Probably not many, which leads one to think that there must be a target audience of people who fetishize these things enough to keep buying the same music (it's not even remastered!) over and over just to own the shiny new package. And then it turned out that the set was so shoddily put together that the album jackets were falling apart and there was glue all over the playing surface of the CDs. It's depressing on many levels.<br /><br />This new thing is just embarrassing, and the price tag ($1199) is ridiculous considering how many CDs you're actually getting. It's mostly packaging (and a very expensive t-shirt, I guess). For that price you could buy a real trumpet case, with an actual trumpet inside.<br /><br />(I'll go ahead and admit that this is pretty much my favorite music in the world, but like you I don't see the point in buying it over and over again. I'm perfectly happy with my shelf full of original Miles LPs, which sound better than the CD mixes anyway...)Kris Tinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01605676500619480309noreply@blogger.com