I just ordered this

This was released several months ago,did anyone get this?

Import only five CD box set containing a quintet of original albums from the Funk legend: Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy Baby!, Bootsy? Player Of The Year, Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band, This Boot Is Made For Fonk-N and Ultra Wave. Warner. 2010.

They're basically reissues of the US releases. No remastering or anything. But it's nice to have two post-Bootsy? The Player of the Year releases on CD, as they're long out of print.

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silverchild said:

They're basically reissues of the US releases. No remastering or anything. But it's nice to have two post-Bootsy? The Player of the Year releases on CD, as they're long out of print.

So this package is similiar to the Chaka Khan 5-CD set,I guess.Do you know if there are liner notes with the CDs?

SoulAlive said:

silverchild said:

They're basically reissues of the US releases. No remastering or anything. But it's nice to have two post-Bootsy? The Player of the Year releases on CD, as they're long out of print.

So this package is similiar to the Chaka Khan 5-CD set,I guess.Do you know if there are liner notes with the CDs?

They come in cheap slipcovers with no liners or booklets. Just a case and the CDs. A flimsy package just like the others in the series.

Ha! that "Original Album series" really offers great value for money! no remasters but still...

over the last year I used this series to fill some holes in my collection and to spare me the Vinyl to MP3 conversion on dozens of old albums. so far I got:

Bootsy Collins
Aretha
Dr. John
Donny Hathaway
Manhattan Transfer
Aztec Camera
Duke Ellington
Spinners
Chaka Khan
Otis Redding
Wilson Picket
Margie Joseph
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

and I'm dying to get the Slave set, but it didn' turn up yet in my local store so I'l wait til the online price drops

also a few other sets might make the cut, as soon as my budget is balanced again thinking of Chicago, George Duke, Ray Charles, Ricky Lee Jones, Cars, Drifters, Dionne Warwick, Natalie Cole, George Benson

Dancelot said:

Ha! that "Original Album series" really offers great value for money! no remasters but still...

over the last year I used this series to fill some holes in my collection and to spare me the Vinyl to MP3 conversion on dozens of old albums. so far I got:

Bootsy Collins
Aretha
Dr. John
Donny Hathaway
Manhattan Transfer
Aztec Camera
Duke Ellington
Spinners
Chaka Khan
Otis Redding
Wilson Picket
Margie Joseph
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

and I'm dying to get the Slave set, but it didn' turn up yet in my local store so I'l wait til the online price drops

also a few other sets might make the cut, as soon as my budget is balanced again thinking of Chicago, George Duke, Ray Charles, Ricky Lee Jones, Cars, Drifters, Dionne Warwick, Natalie Cole, George Benson

I agree. I brought the Chaka Khan package just for her out-of-print, self-titled 1982 album and I was glad I had it because I couldn't find it no where. You can't beat having a package with worthy albums, even though they aren't remastered.

Those sets are great value. There's also the Original Album Classics series which usually do feature remastered sound and sometimes include bonus tracks.

Tons of great buys:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=Original+Album+Classics&x=0&y=0

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silverchild said:

SoulAlive said:

So this package is similiar to the Chaka Khan 5-CD set,I guess.Do you know if there are liner notes with the CDs?

They come in cheap slipcovers with no liners or booklets. Just a case and the CDs. A flimsy package just like the others in the series.

oh well,at least I'll finally have these CDs.All these years,all I had was a 'Best Of' CD by Bootsy.

SoulAlive said:

silverchild said:

They come in cheap slipcovers with no liners or booklets. Just a case and the CDs. A flimsy package just like the others in the series.

oh well,at least I'll finally have these CDs.All these years,all I had was a 'Best Of' CD by Bootsy.

It's kind of a case of you get what you pay for but it's an easy and cheap way to get some great music.

rialb said:

SoulAlive said:

oh well,at least I'll finally have these CDs.All these years,all I had was a 'Best Of' CD by Bootsy.

It's kind of a case of you get what you pay for but it's an easy and cheap way to get some great music.

I like how you put that rialb!

silverchild said:

rialb said:

It's kind of a case of you get what you pay for but it's an easy and cheap way to get some great music.

I like how you put that rialb!

Honestly, the first time I got one of those sets I was a little disappointed with the packaging. However, that disappointment vanished very quickly once I started piling up on them and realising how much more bang for the buck they deliver.

Well a first . . . . I didn't order something Soul's had posted.

TD3 said:

Well a first . . . . I didn't order something Soul's had posted.

what you waiting for? Place your order now! lol

Dancelot said:

Ha! that "Original Album series" really offers great value for money! no remasters but still...

over the last year I used this series to fill some holes in my collection and to spare me the Vinyl to MP3 conversion on dozens of old albums. so far I got:

Bootsy Collins
Aretha
Dr. John
Donny Hathaway
Manhattan Transfer
Aztec Camera
Duke Ellington
Spinners
Chaka Khan
Otis Redding
Wilson Picket
Margie Joseph
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

and I'm dying to get the Slave set, but it didn' turn up yet in my local store so I'l wait til the online price drops

also a few other sets might make the cut, as soon as my budget is balanced again thinking of Chicago, George Duke, Ray Charles, Ricky Lee Jones, Cars, Drifters, Dionne Warwick, Natalie Cole, George Benson

I was considering getting the Slave set but I'm reluctant because it's missing their 1981 album 'Showtime' that's one of their best albums,imo.

SoulAlive said:

I just ordered this

This was released several months ago,did anyone get this?

I have each of these 5 already on CD, and I have all of them on vinyl, plus I have 2 of them on cassette, and I have 1 on 8-track tape, lol. I was excited when I first saw this box set when it came out, until I quickly noticed it wasn't remastered. The only thing this set would offer ME is a lighter wallet, lol.

I really think they missed an opportunity by not remastering this set.

SoulAlive said:

TD3 said:

Well a first . . . . I didn't order something Soul's had posted.

what you waiting for? Place your order now! lol

..... for 12.95.

Nah, I already have these albums. I haven't listened to Bootsy's music in years. I not sure why but I'm not all that interested. Do you ever get that way about an artist?

TD3 said:

SoulAlive said:

what you waiting for? Place your order now! lol

..... for 12.95.

Nah, I already have these albums. I haven't listened to Bootsy's music in years. I not sure why but I'm not all that interested. Do you ever get that way about an artist?

yeah,I know what you mean.Surprisingly,I never had any of Bootsy's albums before....just a really good 'Best Of' CD and the occasional song on a funk compilation.

PDogz said:

SoulAlive said:

I just ordered this

This was released several months ago,did anyone get this?

I have each of these 5 already on CD, and I have all of them on vinyl, plus I have 2 of them on cassette, and I have 1 on 8-track tape, lol. I was excited when I first saw this box set when it came out, until I quickly noticed it wasn't remastered. The only thing this set would offer ME is a lighter wallet, lol.

I really think they missed an opportunity by not remastering this set.

true,but I'm happy to have it nonetheless

SoulAlive said:

PDogz said:

I have each of these 5 already on CD, and I have all of them on vinyl, plus I have 2 of them on cassette, and I have 1 on 8-track tape, lol. I was excited when I first saw this box set when it came out, until I quickly noticed it wasn't remastered. The only thing this set would offer ME is a lighter wallet, lol.

I really think they missed an opportunity by not remastering this set.

true,but I'm happy to have it nonetheless

That's great brother, I didn't mean to imply that you shouldn't be happy with it. I only meant to answer the question "Did anyone get this?" by explaining why I didn't.

I think it's a 'must have' for a music lover like yourself, being that you've only previously owned the "Best of..." Bootsy. Enjoy those great jams that you didn't get to hear before.

TD3 said:

I haven't listened to Bootsy's music in years. I not sure why but I'm not all that interested. Do you ever get that way about an artist?

Funny you should mention that, I've mentioned that very same thing about Bootsy on several threads here. I'm a hardcore, long time, fan of Bootsy, but probably listen to the more recent stuff he's done with Bill Laswell more than I listen to his first 5 albums.

Something about Bootsy has turned me off in recent years, and I don't know what that is or what happened exactly. I saw him back in '78 (...maybe it was '77) when he literally blew the roof off the Charlotte Civic Center in North Carolina - Bootsy was sued and several concert-goers got rushed to the hospital when at the end of the show Bootsy's Rubber Band set off this huge explosion. When the smoke cleared, so was the stage, lol. Bootsy arrived on stage in a puff of smoke, and he left in a giant explosion!

Since then, I've seen him 3 or 4 more times in concert in various parts of the country over the years. Even got to meet him when he played here in NY at a club called TRAMPS on 21st St (...no longer there). Hell, I was even his "friend" on MySpace when I had an account there.

So I don't know what happened, but I know what you mean when you ask "Do you ever get that way about an artist?". Yes, I do.

PDogz said:

TD3 said:

I haven't listened to Bootsy's music in years. I not sure why but I'm not all that interested. Do you ever get that way about an artist?

Funny you should mention that, I've mentioned that very same thing about Bootsy on several threads here. I'm a hardcore, long time, fan of Bootsy, but probably listen to the more recent stuff he's done with Bill Laswell more than I listen to his first 5 albums.

Something about Bootsy has turned me off in recent years, and I don't know what that is or what happened exactly. I saw him back in '78 (...maybe it was '77) when he literally blew the roof off the Charlotte Civic Center in North Carolina - Bootsy was sued and several concert-goers got rushed to the hospital when at the end of the show Bootsy's Rubber Band set off this huge explosion. When the smoke cleared, so was the stage, lol. Bootsy arrived on stage in a puff of smoke, and he left in a giant explosion!

Since then, I've seen him 3 or 4 more times in concert in various parts of the country over the years. Even got to meet him when he played here in NY at a club called TRAMPS on 21st St (...no longer there). Hell, I was even his "friend" on MySpace when I had an account there.

So I don't know what happened, but I know what you mean when you ask "Do you ever get that way about an artist?". Yes, I do.

I think it's only natural. There are only so many hours in the day and there is so much music out there, it's impossible to squeeze everything in. The good thing is that you can always return to an old favourite and if you take a long break it adds a bit of freshness when you do revisit them.

rialb said:

PDogz said:

Funny you should mention that, I've mentioned that very same thing about Bootsy on several threads here. I'm a hardcore, long time, fan of Bootsy, but probably listen to the more recent stuff he's done with Bill Laswell more than I listen to his first 5 albums.

Something about Bootsy has turned me off in recent years, and I don't know what that is or what happened exactly. I saw him back in '78 (...maybe it was '77) when he literally blew the roof off the Charlotte Civic Center in North Carolina - Bootsy was sued and several concert-goers got rushed to the hospital when at the end of the show Bootsy's Rubber Band set off this huge explosion. When the smoke cleared, so was the stage, lol. Bootsy arrived on stage in a puff of smoke, and he left in a giant explosion!

Since then, I've seen him 3 or 4 more times in concert in various parts of the country over the years. Even got to meet him when he played here in NY at a club called TRAMPS on 21st St (...no longer there). Hell, I was even his "friend" on MySpace when I had an account there.

So I don't know what happened, but I know what you mean when you ask "Do you ever get that way about an artist?". Yes, I do.

I think it's only natural. There are only so many hours in the day and there is so much music out there, it's impossible to squeeze everything in. The good thing is that you can always return to an old favourite and if you take a long break it adds a bit of freshness when you do revisit them.

Agreed! I may not have even listened to some of my most favorite albums in months, and in some cases; years. Doesn't make them any less great because I'm not actively playing them.