Miles Davis\u2019 \u2018Kind of Blue\u2019 is, at 65, a shape-shifting album that transcends time and genre<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nThere are three piano-trio versions of \u201cBlue in Green\u201d \u2014 one of the standout selections from \u201cKind of Blue\u201d \u2014 on \u201c55: The Prestige Recordings.\u201d Some of the other best-known songs on \u201c55\u201d are also standards, including \u201cThere Is No Greater Love,\u201d \u201cJust Squeeze Me\u201d and \u201cHow Am I To Know?\u201d<\/p>\n
But there is nothing standard about their inspired performances here, which capture a band that soared at will. Davis\u2019 playing is an exquisite combination of concision and emotional depth, be it on the wonderfully tender, blues-drenched \u201cGreen Haze,\u201d a sultry reinvention of Dizzy Gillespie\u2019s \u201cA Night in Tunisia\u201d or the joyous romp \u201cMinor March,\u201d which also features exemplary solos by pianist Garland, vibraphonist Milt Jackson and alto saxophonist Jackie McLean.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBold As Love\u201d is an expanded version of the second album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. (K.C. Alfred \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)
\nThe Jimi Hendrix Experience, \u201cBold As Love \u2014 The Axis: Bold As Love Sessions\u201d (Experience Hendrix\/Sony Legacy)<\/p>\n
No matter how you do the math, Jimi Hendrix\u2019s constantly burgeoning discography almost defies explanation. The trailblazing guitarist completed only three studio albums and one live collection before he died in 1970 at the age of 27. Since then, there have been more than 85 posthumously released albums by the hugely influential Seattle native.<\/p>\n
Last year saw the release of \u201cElectric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision,\u201d a 3-CD box set that also included a documentary film on Blu-Ray. Now comes \u201cBold As Love: The Axis Bold As Love Sessions,\u201d which qualifies as yet another act of questionable musical alchemy. How else to explain the transformation of the second album by his seminal power-trio, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, from a 13-song collection on one vinyl album into a 53-song box set that contains 4 CDs and a Blu-Ray disc?<\/p>\n
Of the 40 bonus tracks, 27 are previously unreleased recordings that Hendrix made while he was recording the original \u201cAxis\u201d album in 1967. That a dozen of them are live recordings is no surprise \u2014 he, bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell performed a staggering 265 concerts in 1967 in Europe and the United States. Even more remarkably, \u201cAxis\u201d was the band\u2019s second album released that year.<\/p>\n
Coming between \u201cAre You Experienced?\u201d and the epic 1968 double-album \u201cElectric Ladyland,\u201d \u201cAxis\u201d was a transitional album for Hendrix. He was evolving at a near-dizzying speed, but not without some bumps and misfires, and \u201cAxis\u201d captures all of it.<\/p>\n
While not as startling as his debut album, \u201cAre You Experienced?\u201d, Hendrix\u2019s second album finds him eagerly expanding his sonic palette and experimenting at will. \u201cBurning of the Midnight Lamp\u201d was his first song to feature the wah-wah pedal that would soon become synonymous with his name.<\/p>\n
Some audiophiles may welcome having both stereo and mono versions of \u201cAxis.\u201d To these ears, the stereo mix suffices, especially since this set\u2019s Blu-Ray disc offers an even-better Atmos mix. The more than two-dozen alternate takes enable listeners to hear how quickly these songs evolved in the recording studio, most notably \u201cYou Got Me Floating\u201d and \u201cUp From The Skies.\u201d<\/p>\n
At least some of the live recordings offered here have been available in previous Hendrix collections, and the in-concert recordings here focus on \u201cAre You Experienced?\u201d selections that he and his band were already outgrowing. Ultimately, though, it is the \u201cAxis\u201d songs here \u2014 in both their raw and completed iterations \u2014 that are the real draw as Hendrix and his band use their blues, rock and soul foundation as a springboard to a brave new psychedelic world of music that they would help to irrevocably change.<\/p>\n
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The cover photo on Joni Mitchell\u2019s new box set, \u201cJoni\u2019s Jazz,\u201d shows her with two of her closest collaborators, pianist Herbie Hancock (at left) and saxophonist Wayne Shorter. (K.C. Alfred \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)
\nJoni Mitchell, \u201cJoni\u2019s Jazz\u201d (JMA\/Rhino)<\/p>\n
Joni Mitchell\u2019s love for jazz dates back to her teen years in Canada, specifically her enchantment with the bebop-driven vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross and with such storied Miles Davis albums as \u201cSketches of Spain\u201d and \u201cKind of Blue.\u201d Her vocal fluidity and innovative use of alternate guitar tunings were already evident on her 1968 debut album, \u201cSong To A Seagull,\u201d one of whose standout numbers \u2014 \u201cMarcie\u201d \u2014 is featured on this four-disc, 61-track collection.<\/p>\n
Mitchell\u2019s 1974 album, \u201cCourt and Spark,\u201d was her first to team her with a jazz-oriented band, Tom Scott\u2019s L.A. Express, which featured San Diego-bred drummer John Guerin. But Scott was also featured on her 1972 album, \u201cFor The Roses,\u201d as was Jazz Crusaders\u2019 bassist Wilton Felder. And for those paying attention, Mitchell\u2019s wordless singing at the start of the title track of her classic 1971 album, \u201cBlue,\u201d was an homage to Davis\u2019 impeccably crafted muted trumpet-playing on \u201cKind of Blue.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJoni\u2019s Jazz,\u201d which last month earned a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Historical Album category, combines selections from her studio and live albums with alternate takes and two previously unreleased demos, both from 1980. The first is a barebones duo run-through of \u201cBe Cool\u201d by Mitchell and Guerin. Far better is her superb trio version of \u201cMoon At The Window,\u201d which features Guerin and bassist Larry Klein. Mitchell\u2019s wonderfully supple singing here is a joy.<\/p>\n
\u201cJoni\u2019s Jazz\u201d showcases songs from the increasingly jazz-inspired albums she made in the 1970s, including \u201cThe Hissing of Summer Lawns,\u201d \u201cHejira,\u201d \u201cDon Juan\u2019s Reckless Daughter\u201d and \u201cMingus,\u201d her collaborative album with the towering jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus. There are also tracks from some of her subsequent albums, as well as her guest appearances on two stellar Herbie Hancock albums, \u201cGershwin\u2019s World\u201d and \u201cRiver: The Joni Letters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her musical rapport with such simpatico masters as pianist Hancock, saxophonist Wayne Shorter and, especially, bassist Jaco Pastorius is thrilling to behold. And hearing such songs as \u201cPaprika Plains,\u201d \u201cThe Man I Love\u201d\u201d and \u201cGod Must Be A Boogie Man\u201d in one package is a treat.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s some of what missing: Mitchell\u2019s 1974 London concert performance of \u201cTwisted\u201d with Annie Ross of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross; the never-released \u201cMingus\u201d album sessions Mitchell recorded with drum great Tony Williams, guitarist John McLaughlin and saxophonists Phil Woods and Gerry Mulligan; or even a single number from her final U.S. concert tour in 2000 with Hancock, Klein and a band that also included trumpeters Wallace Roney and Mark Isham. Here\u2019s hoping a second edition of \u201cJoni\u2019s Jazz\u201d is in the works.<\/p>\n
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English guitarist Robin Trower\u2019s new box set, \u201cFor Earth Below,\u201d features recordings made in 1975. His band at the time included drummer Bill Lordan, who at the time was a resident of Lemon Grove. (K.C. Alfred \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)
\nRobin Trower, \u201cFor Earth Below \u2014 50th Anniversary Edition\u201d\u00a0(Chrysalis Records)<\/p>\n
Like everyone from Lenny Kravitz, Christone \u201cKingfish\u201d Ingram and Orianthi to Gary Clark Jr., Pearl Jam\u2019s Mike McCready and Red Hot Chili Peppers\u2019 John Frusciante, Robin Trower was profoundly inspired as a young guitarist by Jimi Hendrix. But Trower, who turned 80 in March, is the only one to have shared concert stages with Hendrix, who died in 1970 at the age of 27. And Trower is the only one who jammed with him in 1967 at a London nightclub, where Hendrix joined Trower\u2019s band, Procol Harum, for a version of Tim Rose\u2019s \u201cMorning Dew.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some of Trower\u2019s later recordings with Procol Harum had a distinct Hendrix-like sound and feel to them, in particular 1971\u2019s \u201cSong For a Dreamer.\u201d It was the direction he pursued full-throttle after launching his solo career in 1973. His second album, 1974\u2019s Hendrix-fueled \u201cBridge of Sighs,\u201d propelled Trower to international stardom. The intense Hendrix influence was nearly as pronounced on his next album, 1975\u2019s solid, if less visceral, \u201cFor Earth Below.\u201d It was the second of four consecutive Trower albums to earn gold-record status for selling more than 500,000 copies each.<\/p>\n
The \u201cFor Earth Below \u2014 50th Anniversary Edition\u201d\u201d box set includes a remastered version of the original album on one disc. A second features a new 2025 stereo mix of the same eight songs, although six are slightly longer than on the remastered version. What makes this set more than just a rehash is the inclusion of two more discs with 28 additional tracks. The first 15 include five studio outtakes \u2014 including \u201cHappy\u201d and \u201cThe Moody One,\u201d which are not on the original album \u2014 and six songs and two interviews recorded in London in 1975 for two BBC radio shows. A seventh number, an instrumental jam, dates from late 1974.<\/p>\n
The fourth disc was recorded in early 1975 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. It features three songs from \u201cFor Earth Below,\u201d six from \u201cBridge of Sighs,\u201d three from Trower\u2019s debut solo album, \u201cTwice Removed From Yesterday,\u201d and a bristling version of B.B. King\u2019s \u201cRock Me Baby\u201d \u2014 all released here for the first time. There\u2019s also a 24-page book with liner notes and an interview with Trower and his then-drummer, Sly & The Family Stone alum Bill Lordan, who is a former Lemon Grove and Del Mar resident.<\/p>\n
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\u201cStax Revue: Live in \u201965\u201d features 21 concert performances by such soul and R&B greats as Booker T. & The MG\u2019s Wilson Pickett, David Porter and Carla Thomas. (K.C. Alfred \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)
\nVarious Artists, \u201cStax Revue: Live in \u201965!\u201d (Craft)<\/p>\n
Recorded in the summer of 1969 at Club Paradise in Memphis and the 5-4 Ballroom in Los Angeles, \u201cStax Revue: Live in \u201965\u201d offers a zesty feast of Southern-fried soul music and R&B. The lineup of performers includes some of the standout artists on the roster of Memphis-based Stax Records and its sister label, Volt, including Wilson Pickett, William Bell, David Porter and Booker T. & The MG\u2019s, who also serve as the house band, with contributions from The Memphis Horns.<\/p>\n
The bare-bones recording quality is more raw than refined, as is some of the music. But these artists skillfully infuse every note with passion and gritty elan. And, 60 years since they were recorded, many of these performances still bristle with power.<\/p>\n
Booker T. & The MG\u2019s were Stax\u2019s biggest act at the time. They are accorded six songs here, including the prophetic \u201cYou Can\u2019t Sit Down,\u201d \u201cBoot-Leg\u201d and the chart-topping \u201cGreen Onions.\u201d The audience erupts when Pickett rips into his breakthrough hit \u201cIn The Midnight Hour.\u201d It was co-written by MG\u2019s guitar great Steve Cropper, who died just 11 days ago at the age of 84.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear why Pickett is accorded only one song here. But he stretches \u201cMidnight Hour\u201d to nearly 9 minutes of gospel-tinged fervor, buoyed by the taut accompaniment of The MG\u2019s. It\u2019s a master class in how to build and sustain dynamic tension.<\/p>\n
Other highlights include Porter\u2019s blues-drenched \u201cYou Don\u2019t Miss Your Water,\u201d Rufus Thomas\u2019 dance-happy \u201cWalking The Dog\u201d and his 19-minute version of the boogaloo-infused \u201cThe Dog,\u201d which mixes Thomas\u2019 gruff vocal and bawdy stage patter with biting guitar work by Cropper.<\/p>\n
What makes \u201cLive in \u201965!\u201d doubly enjoyable is the inclusion of performances by some of the lesser known Stax\/Volt acts. These include: The Mar-Keys\u2019 brassy rave-up, \u201cLast Night\u201d; The Astors\u2019 sweet street-corner vocal harmonies on \u201cWhat Can It Be\u201d; and Wendy Rene\u2019s suitably sizzling \u201cBar B-Q.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stax would soon rise higher with timeless hits by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Albert King, Isaac Hayes and other artists whose bodies of work would have a resounding impact. But that doesn\u2019t diminish the unvarnished charm of the two-disc \u201cLive In \u201965!\u201d<\/p>\n
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Neil Young\u2019s newest box set features newly re-mastered versions of his albums \u201cHarvest Moon,\u201d \u201cUnplugged,\u201d \u201cSleeps With Angels\u201d and \u201cMirror Ball.\u201d (K.C. Alfred \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)
\nNeil Young, \u201cOfficial Release Series Discs 26, 27, 28 & 29\u201d (Reprise Records)<\/p>\n
At last count, Neil Young has released at least 25 albums and seven box sets since 2000. His newest set, \u201cOfficial Release Series Discs 26, 27, 28 & 29,\u201d features four albums: 1992\u2019s \u201cHarvest Moon\u201d; 1993\u2019s \u201cUnplugged\u201d; 1994\u2019s \u201cSleeps With Angels\u201d; and 1995\u2019s \u201cMirror Ball,\u201d his 11-song collaboration with the members of Pearl Jam.<\/p>\n
Each is now presented in newly mastered form on this limited-edition box set, which devotes 2 vinyl discs to each of the four albums. The lack of any bonus material may disappoint some, but the exemplary sonic quality underscores Young\u2019s tireless devotion to high fidelity. This, after all, is the same Neil Young who in 2015 underwrote Pono, a portable digital media player and music download service he created to offer audio excellence to fans who shared his aversion to the audio compression endemic to digitized music.<\/p>\n
Pono folded in 2017. Young debuted his Analog Originals series earlier this year and has vowed all his new archival releases will use their original analog master recordings to ensure his music is heard as he intended it to be heard. His recently released \u201cTonight\u2019s The Night 50\u201d is also part of his Analog Originals series.<\/p>\n
\u201cOfficial Release Series Discs 26, 27, 28 & 29\u201d is a testament to Young\u2019s attention to detail as a musician who is also an uncompromising audiophile. \u201cHarvest Moon\u201d and \u201cUnplugged\u2019 are both lilting works whose predominantly acoustic instrumentation and warm vocals are well-suited to intimate, campfire sing-alongs.<\/p>\n
Recorded with his band, Crazy Horse, \u201cSleeps With Angels\u201d is by turns hopeful and despairing. Its poignant title track finds Young mourning the drug-fueled loss of Kurt Cobain, Nirvana\u2019s doomed singer, guitarist and principal songwriter. Young sings its lyrics with the world-weary resignation of a survivor who has seen the needle and the damage done more times than he would ever care to recall.<\/p>\n
\u201cMirror Ball\u201d remains an interesting but flawed album. On paper, the teaming of Young and Pearl Jam was rich with potential. But the band\u2019s lead singer and driving force, former San Diegan Eddie Vedder, only contributes to one song and his absence robs the album of a greater degree of multigenerational collaboration.<\/p>\n
Some of its songs, most notably the surging \u201cI\u2019m The Ocean,\u201d still sound potent now, several decades after it was recorded. Happily, \u201cI\u2019m The Ocean\u2019s\u201d key line \u2014 \u201cPeople my age, they don\u2019t do the things I do\u201d \u2014 is as true today for the 80-year-old Young as it was when he first made that musical declaration back in 1995 when he was a young pup of only 50.<\/p>\n
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Neil Young\u2019s \u201cTonight\u2019s The Night 50\u201d is pressed on clear vinyl and includes six bonus tracks. (K.C. Alfred \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)
\nNeil Young, \u201cTonight\u2019s The Night\u201d \u2014 50th Anniversary\u201d (Reprise Records)<\/p>\n
With the possible exception of Scott Walker\u2019s chill-inducing 1995 album, \u201cTilt,\u201d and San Diego-bred vocal marvel Diamanda Galas\u2019 1991 epic, \u201cPlague Mass,\u201d it is difficult to think of any other album by a major veteran artist that is as harrowing, deeply affecting and ultimately cathartic as Neil Young\u2019s \u201cTonight\u2019s The Night.\u201d<\/p>\n
Suffused with soul-sapping images of loss and lamentation, drug-ridden decay and death, \u201cTonight\u2019s The Night\u201d is so bleak Young\u2019s record company, Reprise, delayed its release until two years after the recording was completed in 1973. Young responded a short while later that year by mounting a tour featuring the songs from the album, undaunted by the fact his audiences had not heard any of them before.<\/p>\n
The fatal overdoses that inspired much of the album are grim realities. Danny Whitten, the guitarist in Young\u2019s band, Crazy Horse, died in 1972. Bruce Berry, a road-crew member for Young and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, died the following year.<\/p>\n
Reeling from their losses, Young and the remaining members of Crazy Horse commenced a series of late-night, booze-soaked recording sessions that yielded such haunted songs as \u201cWorld On A String,\u201d the frazzled \u201cBorrowed Tune,\u201d the plaintive \u201cTired Eyes\u201d and \u201cTonight\u2019s The Night\u2019s\u201d darkly ruminating title. Other songs, such as the country-rocking \u201cCome On Baby Let\u2019s Go Downtown\u201d and \u201cLookout Joe,\u201d invoke good times in a past gone bad, as captured in the couplet: \u201cHavin\u2019 a ball rollin\u2019 to the bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n
This 2-vinyl album set, also available on CD and digitally, includes a rough-and-tumble early version of \u201cLookout Joe\u201d and an alternate take of \u201cTonight\u2019s The Night\u201d that seems to come from another dimension. Three of the six bonus cuts here \u2014 \u201cEverybody\u2019s Alone,\u201d the Joni Mitchell-penned-and-sung \u201cRaised On Robbery\u201d and\u00a0the lurching, fall-off-your-stools \u201cSpeakin\u2019 Out Jam\u201d \u2014 were also featured on Young\u2019s 10-disc box set, \u201cArchives Vol. II (1972-1976).\u201d<\/p>\n
For audiophiles, the real draw is the exclusive limited edition vinyl version of \u201cTonight\u2019s The Night 50.\u201d Pressed on clear vinyl. It sounds pristine even when the music is at its most raw and anguished.<\/p>\n
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Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention\u2019s \u201cCheaper Than Cheep\u201d was filmed and recorded in June, 1974. It captures the former San Diego music maverick in peak form with one of the finest bands of his career. (K.C. Alfred \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)
\nFrank Zappa, \u201cCheaper Than Cheep\u201d (Zappa\/UME)<\/p>\n
In contrast with Jimi Hendrix, who completed only four albums between 1966 and 1970 in his short 27 years on earth, Frank Zappa recorded nine studio albums in the same four-year time span. Zappa was so prolific that the 62 albums of his multifarious music released during his lifetime have been surpassed by the 70 more that have come out posthumously since his death at the age of 52 in 1993.<\/p>\n
With such an abundance of his work available and with his recording and performing career so well-documented, it seems almost unthinkable there could be any surprises \u2014 big or small \u2014 remaining in the Zappa vaults. Enter \u201cCheaper Than Cheep,\u201d which Zappa described as: \u201cThe world\u2019s cheapest Television special.\u201d<\/p>\n
Make that the world\u2019s cheapest television special that has only now emerged, 50 years after it was filmed on June 21, 1974, in front of a live audience at Zappa\u2019s Hollywood rehearsal hall. Because of a major technical snafu, the audio was out of sync with the video on which this just-over two-hour \u201cspecial\u201d was shot. The entire project was promptly shelved. All the audio recordings and video footage were put in storage, with no identifying information other than the June 1974 date.<\/p>\n
It was only in the last decade that Zappa vault master Joe Travers discovered what has now been released as \u201cCheaper Than Cheep.\u201d Years of quiet, behind-the-scenes work then ensured to correct the syncing issues that had doomed the original undertaking 50 years ago. It was well worth the wait.<\/p>\n
This long-overdue box set features a Blu-Ray disc, \u201cCheaper Than Cheep: The Movie,\u201d and two CDs with the more than two dozen songs featured in the film. Zappa is in visibly good spirits as he leads his one-woman, five-man band, The Mothers of Invention, through a dazzling array of what were then relatively new numbers, including \u201cCosmic Debris,\u201d \u201cMontana\u201d and \u201cApostrophe.\u201d There are also several early Mothers favorites, including \u201cI\u2019m Not Satisfied,\u201d \u201cWowie Zowie\u201d and \u201cHow Could I Be Such A Fool?\u201d<\/p>\n
Zappa, who attended high school in the San Diego communities of La Mesa and Pacific Beach, was an astute judge of talent. The many iterations of his bands over the years featured such immensely gifted young musicians as guitarist Steve Vai, drum marvels Chad Wackerman and Terry Bozzio, and San Diego\u2019s Mike Keneally on guitar and keyboards.<\/p>\n
But to my ears, the band on \u201cCheaper Than Cheep\u201d was very likely the most versatile and enjoyable ensemble Zappa ever led. Percussionist Ruth Underwood, keyboardist-singer George Duke, saxophonist-singer Napoleon Murphy Brock, drummer Chester Thompson, guitarist-vocalist Jeff Simmons and bassist Tom Fowler performed Zappa\u2019s most deviously intricate compositions with equal poise and panache.<\/p>\n
Duke, Brock and Thompson were also among the most jazz-savvy musicians in any Zappa band. The combination of swing, improvisational ingenuity and sheer joy they brought to his music is palpable.<\/p>\n
Highlights include: Underwood\u2019s dazzling marimba solo on \u201cRDNZL\u201d; Duke\u2019s incisive electric piano solo on \u201cInca Roads\u201d; and the band\u2019s lithe ensemble work on \u201cVillage of the Sun,\u201d which at times sounds like the best Steely Dan song that is not actually by Steely Dan. As an added bonus, Zappa drums alongside Thompson and Underwood on an ebullient version of \u201cPenguins in Bondage.\u201d<\/p>\n
A notorious taskmaster and perfectionist, Zappa smiles and grins frequently during \u201cCheaper Than Cheep\u201d as his band negotiates even the trickiest and most demanding passages with admirable aplomb. It\u2019s clear that he recognizes just how talented this group is and how uniquely well suited these players are to elevate his music. Chances are good you\u2019ll be smiling along as well.<\/p>\n
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Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, \u201cOne Size Fits All \u2014 50th Anniversary\u201d box set features four CDs and one Blu-Ray disc. (K.C. Alfred \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)
\nFrank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, \u201cOne Size Fits All \u2014 50th Anniversary\u201d<\/p>\n
At almost any other time, the 50th anniversary edition of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention\u2019s \u201cOne Size Fits All\u201d might be welcomed by fans.<\/p>\n
This holds especially true since this 5-disc box set includes 18 live recordings from September 1974 that are spread over two discs and showcase the same outstanding one-woman, five-man band that also performs on the newly released \u201cCheaper Than Cheep\u201d set.<\/p>\n
But for Zappa devotees on a budget, the previously unseen two-hour-plus concert film included in \u201cCheaper Than Cheep\u201d makes choosing between the two fairly easy, even with the two bonus videos on \u201cOne Size.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been 40 years since Bob Dylan\u2019s \u201cBiograph\u201d became the first CD box set to be released and…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":446646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,64,1582,276,171,1370,5424,6270,3549,3550,7264,1072,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-446645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-latest-headlines","14":"tag-music-and-concerts","15":"tag-retail","16":"tag-san-diego","17":"tag-san-diego-county","18":"tag-sandiego","19":"tag-things-to-do","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115718481651579251","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The Beatles \u201cAnthology 4\u201d box set is available in various configurations that range from a 2-CD set to an 8-vinyl albums package, all with enhanced audio quality (Apple Corps LTD)<\/p>\n![\"San](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SUT-L-MUSIC-BOXSETS-1214-002.jpg\")
Bill Evans\u2019 impact on jazz and on other pianists can still be felt today, 45 years after his death in 1980. (K.C. Alfred \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)![\"San](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SUT-L-MUSIC-BOXSETS-1214-009.jpg\")
Miles Davis\u2019