Should I spent $100 I don't have on the Goodbye Babylon box set?

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THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I NEED A RESEARCH BUDGET--I actually require this for the book i am writing (plus an essay i am in the middle of comparing some of this material to qwalli), and i cannot afford it by any stretch of the imgination. (actually jes or matos, if you have it--can you burn it for me ?)

anthony, Wednesday, 30 March 2005 19:55 (nineteen years ago) link

i don't think you REQUIRE it; you can get a lot of this stuff more cheaply, even including some of the sermons if you check out the document records catalogue.

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 20:38 (nineteen years ago) link

except Document's CDs sound like shit and GB doesn't

Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 20:40 (nineteen years ago) link

is JSP, the same as http://www.propermusic.com/ ??

a few months ago i got the "Good News: 100 Gospel Greats" 4cd boxset for 20$. i was kinda bummed because almost all of it was acapella small groups Jubilee type shit (kinda like the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet). i liked it, but 4cds was kinda much.

i also got the bluegrass box from them. pretty cool little lable.

The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 20:48 (nineteen years ago) link

JSP is not the same is Proper (that I know of), but the box sets of old out-of-copyright material are very similar.
JSP has the Jimmie Rodgers box, two Carter Family boxes, etc.

Edward Bax (EdBax), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 22:01 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah, JSP does five-disc boxes while Proper does four. very different artwork, too. I love Proper's art and haven't really dove into the JSP stuff yet, though some of it's mouthwatering.

Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 22:05 (nineteen years ago) link

not all the material is actually out of copyright, a lot of that stuff is essentially bootlegged. but i'm not complaining.

jsp has better sound quality than proper, all told. and jsp tends to release "complete" collections and proper releases more survey-style stuff. although that's changing in the former case. jsp just released a hawaiian music box set, i need to pick that up.

jsp does four-cd boxes too! in fact most of their boxes are 4 cds. but yeah some of them are 5.

the jsp bluegrass box is great. the proper one is ok but has the most atrocious graphic design ever. proper's design is hit and miss. jsp's is always kind of the same, which is to say tolerable enough.

not all of document sounds like that; it doesn't matter so much for a sermon, anyhow. (as long as you can make out the words!)

but yeah, i'm not stopping anyone from buying this, i just have a strong reaction against stuff that's so lavishly packaged and priced accordingly. i'd rather just have the music and not the wooden box that won't fit on my shelf and the cotton etc. seems rather silly. and yes, i hate fun.

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 22:11 (nineteen years ago) link

it probably comes from the same part of me that vaguely objects to people loading dvds with "bonus material" (especially--ugh--commentaries). i like it when it's just the movie, or in t his case just the music. there's something appealing to me about that.

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 22:13 (nineteen years ago) link

three years pass...

http://eldiablotuntun.blogspot.com/search?q=Goodbye+Babylon

Jazzbo, Thursday, 29 May 2008 15:46 (fifteen years ago) link

did anyone see the article in the nyer abt the dude who put this together?

t_g, Friday, 30 May 2008 10:34 (fifteen years ago) link

eleven months pass...

Is there a more general Dust-to-Digital thread? I can't see one...

New release, "Take Me To The Water: Immersion Baptism In Vintage Music", looks as unavoidably tempting as ever.

krakow, Friday, 15 May 2009 22:30 (fourteen years ago) link

oh really? sounds great.

Matos W.K., Saturday, 16 May 2009 00:16 (fourteen years ago) link

six months pass...

anyone heard any of these?

high-five machine (schlump), Monday, 14 December 2009 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link

actually may just be one single non-dtd release of the earliest recording of the human voice.

high-five machine (schlump), Monday, 14 December 2009 17:30 (fourteen years ago) link

five years pass...

disc 1 of this is really great. WOW at "Lift Him Up That's All" by Washington Phillips.

Poliopolice, Friday, 30 January 2015 05:41 (nine years ago) link


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