ok so what back catalog stuff should I pick for the initial 7 free?

Help me out here, I cant spend the night scrolling through the whole thing- right now I have a couple of Bowie albums selected

those fuckers called me before ten am this past saturday to re-up my membership. never, ever a good idea. thank god i can hang up on people in my sleep.

I can hear you now... "I'm sleeping with Columbia house, bitches!" <ker-slam>

nah...don't get the bowie albums. those are the virgin reissues which aren't as good. look for the rykodisc versions used.

bmg's got a really strong collection of essential jazz albums. If you are still trying to get into jazz use this as an opp to buy some in bulk.

I'd recommend:

Archie Shepp - Attica Blues (A MUST!)
Hank mobley - Soul Station
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness
Gabor Szabo - Spellbinder
Albert Ayler - New Grass
Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby
Horace Silver - Serenade To A Soul Sister/Cape Verdean Blues/Song For My Father
Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay
Lee Morgan - the Sidewinder
Jimmy Smith - The Sermon
Jimmy McGriff - the Worm
Lou Donaldson - The Natural Soul
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage/Headhunters/Speak Like A Child
Quincey Jones - Walking in Space
Thelonius Monk - Brilliant Corners/Solo Monk

good idea; jazz at BMG can be tricky cuz they got a mix of old cds with new remasters w bonus cuts and even a couple SACDs ; stuff can disappear, e.g., Monk's Music remaster

Archie Shepp - Attica Blues (A MUST!) ///they don't got fire music
Hank mobley - Soul Station (pretty short album; remaster but no bonus cuts but this is the one to get by him i agree)
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness /// currently they only version they got of this is the SACD hybrid but it's 24.98 and would count as 2 CDs i bet; a new 2 CD they got is The Essential Sonny Rollins: The RCA Years
Gabor Szabo - Spellbinder
Albert Ayler - New Grass (they don't have Spiritual Unity)
Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby /// not a remaster it appears (i would have sworn they also had companion Sunday at Village Vanguard remaster w bonus cuts but all alts. but it's not currently listed;)
Horace Silver - Serenade To A Soul Sister/Cape Verdean Blues/Song For My Father /// this is a good choice but not a remaster i think: 'Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers'
Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay
Lee Morgan - the Sidewinder i think this is the RVG remaster; good call
Jimmy Smith - The Sermon
Jimmy McGriff - the Worm
Lou Donaldson - The Natural Soul
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage/Headhunters/Speak Like A Child
Quincey Jones - Walking in Space
Thelonius Monk - Brilliant Corners/Solo Monk other monk: Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane (SACD Hybrid) and it's only 18.98 list same as ordinary CDs; also Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall (2005 release of uncovered tape)

I did an album title search for SACD and most of the SACD hybrids are 24.98. Some 18.98 exceptions are Derek & the Dominos : Layla and Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard w/ bonus cuts , Carpenters Singles, and a few Elton Johns. The Dylans are 19.98 so may not work for enrollment as a 1 disc selection.

A great jazz get from BMG is 'Mingus Ah Um' remaster. they currently don't have a lot of Mingus for some reason. Snap this one up!

this is a top 100 list link i saw on acclaimedmusic.net ( i think it's compiled and updated like acclaimed does for rock):

Old Rank Artist Title Year
1 1 Miles Davis Kind of Blue 1959
2 2 John Coltrane A Love Supreme 1964
3 3 Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um 1959
4 4 John Coltrane Giant Steps 1959
5 5 Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus 1956
6 6 The Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out 1959
7 7 John Coltrane Blue Train 1957
9 8 Cannonball Adderley Somethin' Else 1958
8 9 Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage 1965
10 10 Eric Dolphy Out to Lunch! 1964
12 11 Ornette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come 1959
13 12 John Coltrane My Favorite Things 1960
14 13 Miles Davis Bitches Brew 1969
11 14 Louis Armstrong 25 Greatest Hot Fives & Sevens 1929
15 15 Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Moanin' 1958
17 16 Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil 1964
16 17 Charlie Parker The Savoy & Dial Studio Sessions 1948
21 18 Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners 1956
18 19 Miles Davis Birth of the Cool 1950
19 20 Oliver Nelson The Blues & the Abstract Truth 1961
20 21 Lee Morgan The Sidewinder 1963
22 22 Bill Evans Trio Waltz for Debby 1961
23 23 Miles Davis In a Silent Way 1969
26 24 Miles Davis Sketches Of Spain 1960
29 25 Herbie Hancock Head Hunters 1973
25 26 The Horace Silver Quintet Song for My Father 1964
27 27 Stan Getz & João Gilberto Getz/Gilberto 1963
24 28 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Ellington At Newport [2CD] 1956
32 29 Charles Mingus Black Saint & the Sinner Lady 1963
31 30 Keith Jarrett The Köln Concert 1975
30 31 Billie Holiday Lady Day 1944
28 32 The Quintet (w/ Charlie Parker) Jazz At Massey Hall 1952
33 33 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Blanton-Webster Recordings 1942
39 34 Bill Evans Trio Sunday at the Village Vanguard 1961
34 35 Thelonious Monk The Best of the Blue Note Years 1952
35 36 Bud Powell The Definitive Bud Powell 1953
44 37 Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane 1957
37 38 Miles Davis Round About Midnight 1956
36 39 Ornette Coleman Free Jazz 1960
41 40 Miles Davis Quintet Miles Smiles 1966
40 41 Wes Montgomery Incredible Jazz Guitar 1960
38 42 Weather Report Heavy Weather 1977
42 43 Duke Ellington The Far East Suite 1966
45 44 Dexter Gordon Go! 1962
43 45 Clifford Brown & Max Roach Study in Brown 1955
46 46 Ella Fitzgerald The Best of the Song Books 1964
47 47 Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section 1957
54 48 Miles Davis Milestones 1958
48 49 Count Basie Orchestra The Best of Early Basie [Decca] 1939
49 50 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Ella & Louis 1956
51 51 Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert [2CD] 1938
50 52 Hank Mobley Soul Station 1960
55 53 The Mahavishnu Orchestra The Inner Mounting Flame 1971
52 54 Count Basie Orchestra The Complete Atomic Basie 1957
53 55 Count Basie Orchestra April in Paris 1956
61 56 McCoy Tyner The Real McCoy 1967
58 57 Andrew Hill Point of Departure 1964
56 58 Erroll Garner Concert by the Sea 1955
57 59 Coleman Hawkins Body & Soul [RCA] 1956
59 60 Art Blakey Quintet A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 1954
62 61 Duke Ellington (w/ Mingus & Roach) Money Jungle 1962
64 62 Charles Mingus Pithecanthropus Erectus 1956
60 63 Fats Waller The Very Best Of Fats Waller 1940
63 64 John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman 1963
67 65 Larry Young Unity 1965
65 66 Sarah Vaughan w/ Clifford Brown Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown 1954
71 67 Clifford Brown & Max Roach Clifford Brown & Max Roach 1954
74 68 Grant Green Idle Moments 1963
66 69 The Gil Evans Orchestra Out of the Cool 1960
78 70 Thelonious Monk Monk's Music 1957
83 71 John Coltrane Ascension 1965
69 72 The Oscar Peterson Trio Night Train 1962
72 73 Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue 1963
73 74 Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd Jazz Samba 1962
75 75 Jimmy Smith The Sermon 1958
70 76 Louis Armstrong Plays W C Handy 1954
68 77 Chet Baker My Funny Valentine [Blue Note] 1956
79 78 Miles Davis A Tribute to Jack Johnson 1970
76 79 Sonny Rollins The Bridge 1962
77 80 Cecil Taylor Unit Structures 1966
81 81 Albert Ayler Trio Spiritual Unity 1964
90 82 Dave Holland Quartet Conference Of the Birds 1972
87 83 Miles Davis Quintet Relaxin' 1956
80 84 Dizzy Gillespie Musicraft Small Group Recordings 1946
82 85 Ornette Coleman Change of the Century 1959
85 86 Jelly Roll Morton Birth Of the Hot 1927
84 87 Bessie Smith The Collection [1923-33] 1933
89 88 Chick Corea Return to Forever 1972
91 89 Dexter Gordon Our Man in Paris 1963
107 90 Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie Bird and Diz 1950
88 91 Modern Jazz Quartet Django 1955
93 92 Chick Corea Now He Sings, Now He Sobs 1968
86 93 Bix Beiderbecke At the Jazz Band Ball [ASV] 1928
92 94 Miles Davis Nefertiti 1967
104 95 Rahsaan Roland Kirk Rip, Rig & Panic/Beautiful Edith 1967
94 96 Bill Evans & Jim Hall Undercurrent 1962
109 97 Charles Mingus Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus 1963
99 98 Sonny Clark Cool Struttin' 1958
96 99 Chick Corea Light As a Feather 1972
100 100 Dinah Washington Dinah Jams 1954


http://home.austarnet.com.au/petersykes ... op100.html


anybody starting out buying jazz who thinks they'll stay a dabbler could do worse than the ken burns individual artist compilations. this is what bmg has:

Various Artists The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz 2000 Free





Billie Holiday The Definitive Billie Holiday: Ken Burns Jazz 2000 Free





Charlie Parker The Definitive Charlie Parker: Ken Burns Jazz 2000 Free





Coleman Hawkins The Definitive Coleman Hawkins: Ken Burns Jazz 2000 Free





Count Basie The Definitive Count Basie: Ken Burns Jazz 2000 Free





Dizzy Gillespie The Definitive Dizzy Gillespie: Ken Burns Jazz 2000 Free





Ella Fitzgerald The Definitive Ella Fitzgerald: Ken Burns Jazz 2000 Free





John Coltrane The Definitive John Coltrane: Ken Burns Jazz 2000 Free





Sarah Vaughan The Definitive Sarah Vaughan: Ken Burns Jazz 2000 Free





Sonny Rollins The Definitive Sonny Rollins: Ken Burns Jazz 2000 Free





Fletcher Henderson Ken Burns Jazz 2000 Free





Benny Goodman Ken Burns Jazz 2000 Free





Duke Ellington Ken Burns Jazz 2000 Free





Sidney Bechet Ken Burns Jazz 2000 Free





Louis Armstrong Ken Burns Jazz 2000

ok good good, but lets just imagine there is no thing called jazz.. then what

Buck Wild comes with the great post again...I don't know about all those Ken Burns comps though...I'm sure that they are quality. I just find I really would rather listen to a complete session recording of one band.

Some other things I forgot:

Bobby Hutcherson "Montara"/"Oblique" - he's one of my favorites
Rahsaan Roland Kirk "Domino"
Dexter Gordon "Our Man in Paris"/"Go"
Johnny Griffin "A Blowin' Session" - another personal fav
Sonny Clark "Cool Struttin' "
Cannonball Adderley "Something Else"
Jackie McLean "Right now!"


And have you heard "New Grass" I actually like it more than "Spirtual Unity" although I'm definitely in the minority on that one.

Your post wasn't there when I posted...try a bunch of country then.

American Milestones is a great series of reissues and I know that they have a whole lot of 'em.

I wouldn't do BMG unless yr gonna quit right after you pay for 1 cd. Yourmusic.com rocks my world and I can order a cd a week for $5.99 with no s/h. Plus, its owned by BMG so the catas are the same.

www.yourmusic.com is a better deal.
No committment.
No reminder emails to respond to or you get a Blink 182 cd for $21.
No Shipping fees.
Just $5.99 a disc. They simply send you the next one in your que.

My initial order of seven from about a year ago:

The Fiery Furnaces – Blueberry Boat (by far the best of the bunch and one of the best album of this century)
PJ Harvey – Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea (another classic)
King Of Convenience – Riot On the Streets (great)
Razorlight – Up All Night (not as good as I thought)
AutoLux – Future Perfect (good, not as great as people say)
Roxy Music – Avalon [remastered] (classic)
The Walkmen – Bows + Arrows (have only heard once)

Sign up a friend:

Gang Of Four – Entertainment (Expanded Rhino) ( )
Daft Punk – Discovery (because of that other board, fucking amazing!)
Franz Ferdinand – s/t (very, very good)
The Strokes – Room On Fire (I like the White Stripes so much better)
The Libertines – s/t second album (great)

Sign up a friend:

Led Zeppelin:

1, 2 ,3, 4, House of the Holy, and the double Physical Graffiti.

BTW, I’m and will always be a rocker, next is Bob Dylan...

If you are a Cure fan than get the remastered version of these albums and you will be overwelmed, they have blown me away...

Unless it has changed, when I did the math, BMG is actually the better deal.. not by much if I remember correctly, something like 40 cents a CD.

And I know about BMG, believe me... I know how to work it for me.. thank you, come again

Last time I tried to cash in music points on BMG's website to get a free CD, the site automatically charged me $18.98 + $4.79 S & H for the Eels Blinking Lights without giving me any tyoe of verification screen. Soon as I hit "proceed to checkout" it charged my card. I was supposed to get it for just the S & H. That may have been a site glitch, but it's also the last time I ever order from them. Not paying 24 bucks for a CD, no I don't think so.

but it was a double cd
So they average your costs.

Everyone seems to get so annoyed by the automatic shipments like their mailbox is going to get infected if an reo speedwagon cd touchs it. Its really no big deal. If an unwanted cd is automatically sent, just don't open it up, write "return to sender" on the box and drop it back in the mail. It gets credited back to your account when BMG receives it and as long as you don't open it, you don't pay postage. Once I figured this out, I stopped making a big effort to remember to try to respond to the orders in time. Once they figured out that I was returning every cd they automatically sent with postage on them, they stopped sending them to me.

Agreed. I dont use credit card payments because that is just silly. Also, when I sign up I shoot them an email telling them that I never want their monthly CDs -each time you send it, I will send it back-therefore it is in your interest not to send them to me. Each time, this has worked.

i'm guessing you are a fairly well orgnized person.
i am not. anything involving me to remember anything--including paying bills--is an effort.
a bmg set up is just not conducive to my personality.

as for the reo cd...i don't really care*..it's turned into one of those christmas presents my sisters and i repeatedly send to each other every year.

*the sammy hagar album did sting a bit though.

Yes, but I expected at least a "your selection is a double CD and does not qualify for our suck-ass music points system" I mean I've been a member for five years, you'd think they love me by now and want to stroke my e-shaft a bit.

nah, they know they have a lifer!

Yea but having been a member for five years, shouldn't you have already known that double cd's don't qualify?

My point was I didn't get a confirmation screen or the choice to alter my order. When I clicked "proceed to checkout" it billed my card and gave me the "thank you for your order" screen. That's not supposed to happen.

There's always been several options to verify or change your order.

I'm with TJ42 on this one...that 40 cents a CD is worth it for the superior setup yourmusic.com has.

i just bought

lou reed - transformer
VU - velvet underground
VU - white light
marvin gaye - what's goin on

on the latest buy one get three free deal.

I just joined for, like, the 37th time.