BN Deletions 2008

[Gary Sisco]

An email from True Blue says BN will delete these titles. TB has them in limited quantity.

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BLUE NOTE RELEASES - CATALOG DELETIONS

A large number of superb titles from the Blue Note labels will go out of print by the end of this year, including a number of CDs from the RVG and Connoisseur Series. So you don't miss out on albums that you have been intending to purchase, here is a list of the casualties of 2008. We don't know the exact quantities left on these items, so it's best to order sooner rather than later. To ease the squeeze, we have put a number of these titles on sale.

BLUE NOTE DVDs


The Manhattan Project (Wayne Shorter, Michel Petrucciani, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White)
Michel Petrucciani - Power Of Three (with Wayne Shorter & Jim Hall)

RUDY VAN GELDER REMASTERED CDs


Art Blakey - Like Someone In Love
Sonny Clark- Dial S For Sonny
Joe Henderson - Our Thing
Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore -Blowing In From Chicago
Jackie McLean - Capuchan Swing
Jackie McLean - Right Now!
Blue Mitchell - Boss Horn
Blue Mitchell - Down With It
Hank Mobley - Hi Voltage
Lee Morgan - The Rumproller
Leo Parker - Let Me Tell You 'Bout It
Bud Powell - Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell-Volume 3
Ike Quebec -Heavy Soul
Horace Silver - In Pursuit Of The 27th Man
Horace Silver - The Stylings Of Silver
Jimmy Smith - The Sounds Of Jimmy Smith
Cecil Taylor - Conquistador!

BLUE NOTE CONNOISSEUR SERIES CDs


Tina Brooks - Minor Move
Tina Brooks - The Waiting Game
Donald Byrd - The Transition Sessions (w/Doug Watkins) (2 CDs)
Bobby Hutcherson - Now!
Jackie McLean - Jacknife
Sam Rivers - Fuchsia Swing Song
Charlie Rouse - Bossa Nova Bacchanal
Jack Wilson - Easterly Winds
Larry Young - Mother Ship

BIG BAND CDs

Cannonball Adderley - Domination (with Oliver Nelson)
Count Basie - Breakfast Dance And Barbecue
Count Basie - Basie Meets Bond
Count Basie - The Count Basie Story (2 CDs)
Don Ellis - Live At Monterey
Don Ellis - Jazz In 3 & 2/3 /4 Time
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra - Consummation
Stan Kenton - At The Las Vegas Tropicana
Stan Kenton - Back To Balboa
Stan Kenton - City Of Glass
Stan Kenton - Kenton Showcase
Stan Kenton - Standards In Silhouette
Stan Kenton - Viva Kenton!
Buddy Rich - Buddy And Soul

VOCAL CDs


Mose Allison - Jazz Profile
Dr. John - Sippiana Hericane
Billie Holiday - Billie's Blues
Sheila Jordan - Portrait Of Sheila
Peggy Lee - Basin Street East Presents
Julie London - About The Blues
The Best Of Nellie Lutcher
Bobby McFerrin - Spontaneous Inventions
Dakota Staton & George Shearing - In The Night
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Sings Soulfully
Sarah Vaughan & Lester Young - Town Hall Concert 1947
Joe Williams - A Swinging Night At Birdland
Joe Williams And Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra
The Best Of Joe Williams


AFRO-CUBAN/BRASILIAN CDs


Luarindo Almeida & Bud Shank - Brazilliance-Volume 2
Art Blakey - African Beat
Los Van Van - Dancing Wet
Sabu - Palo Congo

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[BFrank]

I wonder how long it will be before they stop taking this stuff "out of print" and make the entire catalog permanently available online.

[Gary Sisco]

I'm wondering about recordings themselves.

BN has a policy of deleting all titles that don't sell more than 500 copies a year.

They also have a practice of later repackaging. Not always, though.

I'm not in True Blue's bracket anymore. Their sales prices are out of my league, but so's retail in general. I don't even look at store selections anymore. I'm not altogether thrilled with it, though. I miss flipping through stacks and coming away with titles I hadn't known I was going to buy. But times have changed.

[Gentle Giant]

Meanwhile, Kind of Blue is on how many reissues?

[Gary Sisco]

Yeah but's not a BN.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Just this morning, someone over on another board pointed out that Amazon.com is now selling "on demand" CD-Rs of out of print Blue Note titles. They have the Gil Melle 2 CD set for $16.95 now. I assume this could become the business model of the future.