Paul Segal | Philadelphia, PA United States | 07/23/2008
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Wondering why you get 10 CDs for 17 bucks? Because this product is pure junk--the kind of rip-off music that reputable vendors should steer clear of.
Despite it's title and the tracks listed on the Amazon page, this boxed set does not contain the album, "Mysterious Blues." This 10-CD set is a monaural hodge-podge of unidentified tracks supposedly recorded by Mingus, though you can't be sure. There is not a single word of text accompanying the CDs. There's no way to tell where these tunes come from, when they were recorded, or who plays them. And it's doubtful that this set was authorized by Sue Mingus.
If you want genuine Mingus, buy a known entity.
"
101 recordings
David Porta | Sacramento | 08/03/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Many are extended far beyond 3 minutes. 6,7,8,9,10,11,13,19 minutes.
Comes in at under 14 cents per track, if you shop. Wow!
Jazz!
Thank goodness for different copyright expiration laws in Europe.
If you know Germany's Membran-Documents label and their 10-disc box sets of public domain recordings, this is one of them.
Charles Mingus - Mysterious Blues [Wallet Box]
Label: DOCUMENTS
Track Title Duration
CD 1
1. (Jubilee) Hallelujah 3:54
2. All the Things You Are 8:11
3. Ghost of a Chance 3:09
4. Move 2:37
5. Stormy Weather 13:23
6. Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart 3:27
7. Lyon's Roar 2:35
8. Merle's Mood 2:56
9. Minor Intrusion 10:11
10. This Subdues My Passion 2:50
CD 2
1. Medley [You Go to My Head] 2:43
2. A Night in Tunisia 7:53
3. Baby, Take a Chance with Me 2:50
4. Pennies from Heaven 2:24
5. Spur of the Moment 8:28
6. What Love? 15:22
7. Honey, Take a Chance with Me 3:14
8. I've Got You under My Skin 2:24
9. Thrice upon a Theme 6:39
10. Time and Tide 2:31
CD 3
1. Bass-ically Speaking 4:00
2. Cheek to Cheek 2:41
3. Four Hands 8:43
4. Cherokee 4:50
5. I'm Yours 4:03
6. Mysterious Blues 8:42
7. These Foolish Things 3:16
8. Too Marvelous for Words 3:35
9. Thrice upon a Theme 6:30
CD 4
1. Hot House 9:28
2. I Get a Kick out of You 2:26
3. I've Got You under My Skin 3:19
4. If I Had You 4:08
5. Lock' Em up 6:46
6. Night and Day 4:08
7. Perdido 7:54
8. Say it Isn't So 2:39
9. Weird Nightmare 3:03
10. Make Believe 2:42
11. Mingus Fingers 2:57
CD 5
1. Lullaby of Birdland 2:33
2. Me and You Blues 9:51
3. Memories of You 3:12
4. Bedspread 3:04
5. Coffee Pot 4:07
6. Godchild 4:10
7. Precognition 2:45
8. Reincarnation of a Lovebird 9:12
9. Shuffle Bass Boogie 2:54
10. Original Faubus Fables 9:14
CD 6
1. Polka Dots and Moonbeams 4:03
2. Salt Peanuts 7:50
3. Stormy Weather 3:16
4. Body and Soul 10:45
5. Can You Blame Me 2:50
6. Extrasensory Perception 2:50
7. September Song 3:31
8. This Can't Be Love 2:26
9. Wee 6:54
10. Montage 2:53
11. Old Devil Moon 3:49
CD 7
1. Sure Thing 2:09
2. What Is this Thing Called Love? 8:06
3. What's this 2:38
4. Boppin' in Boston 2:51
5. Bottoms up 2:57
6. Four Hands 8:49
7. Jay 3:40
8. Old Folks 3:36
9. Portrait (Take 1) 3:13
10. M D M (Monk, Duke & Me) 19:14
CD 8
1. Abstractions 4:13
2. Embraceable You 4:22
3. Minor Intrusion 10:03
4. Cherokee 4:51
5. Embraceable You 4:20
6. He's Gone 3:30
7. Have You Met Miss Jones? 3:00
8. I Remember You 3:04
9. Jubilee 3:54
10. Paris in Blue 3:14
11. Pipe Dream 3:13
CD 9
1. Ain't Jivin' Blues 2:54
2. All the Things You Could Be by Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother 8:35
3. I'll Remember April 3:20
4. Drum Conversation 4:19
5. It's You or No One 4:05
6. Little White Lies 3:46
7. Story of Love 2:52
8. Sure Thing 2:11
9. What Is this Thing Called Love? 7:58
10. Vassarlean 6:35
CD 10
1. The Spur of The Moment / Echonitus 8:36
2. Time after Time 4:11
3. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams 3:48
4. Folk Forms No. 1 13:04
5. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me 2:53
Track Listings (10) - Disc #1