THE PROPER BOX SERIES
We've gone out of our way to highlight this series because we want to make sure that all of our customers are aware of it and so have the opportunity to take advantage of this tremendous value.
Produced on a
semi-regular
schedule in London, England, each of the Proper Records Box Sets
contains four CDs and a booklet of 40 to 68 pages in
length.
Each CD is packed to its limit, so every set holds close to five
hours
of music -- which in most cases translates to around 100
individual
tracks. And what music! High quality mastering
accompanies
an extremely discerning selection of the finest recordings of popular
music
of the first half of the 20th Century. While the focus is on Jazz
-- and let’s face it: that’s where the majority of the best music
was being made (or at least recorded) during the period 1900 -1955 --
there
is nevertheless quite a variety to choose from: the great male
and
female vocalists, swing, blues, bluegrass, country & western,
celtic,
ska, gospel and more; with new additions coming every few months or
so.
And everything is good, especially the price. Through the combination
of
employing several different sources and increasing our volume, we are
currently
able to offer each set for the copacetic price of
only $29.75 per box!
Here’s an
alphabetical
list of all the boxes currently available for sale (parenthetical
comments are ours):
PROPERBOX70 Roy Acuff King of Country Music
PROPERBOX157 Cannonball Adderly 'Dis Here' ¡NEW!
PROPERBOX24 Louis Armstrong Satchmo in the Forties (THIS IS IT!)
PROPERBOX93 Louis Armstrong King Louis (ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY)
PROPERBOX67 Eddy Arnold Eddy's Song
PROPERBOX57 Mildred Baily Mrs. Swing
PROPERBOX84 Chet Baker The Early Years
PROPERBOX19 Count Basie The Count Basie Story
PROPERBOX18 Sidney Bechet The Sidney Bechet Story (HOT!)
PROPERBOX66 Bix Beiderbecke The Bix Beiderbecke Story
PROPERBOX121 Tony Bennett Young Tony
PROPERBOX132 Art Blakey The Prime Source
PROPERBOX112 Earl Bostic The Earl Bostic Story
PROPERBOX86 Clifford Brown Joy Spring
PROPERBOX59 Milton Brown Daddy of Western Swing
PROPERBOX90 Dave Brubeck Time Was
PROPERBOX141 Cab Calloway & His Orchestra This Is Hep
PROPERBOX127 The Carter Family Country Folk
PROPERBOX68 Benny Carter The Music Master
PROPERBOX158 Serge Chaloff Boss Baritone ¡NEW!
PROPERBOX133 Ray Charles The Way I Feel
PROPERBOX98 Charlie Christian The Original Guitar Genius
PROPERBOX161 Sonny Clark Sonny's Conception ¡NEW!
PROPERBOX120 Kenny Clarke Klook's the Man
PROPERBOX31 Nat King Cole Cool Cole, The King Cole Trio Story (MAX SUAVE)
PROPERBOX34 Bing Crosby It's Easy To Remember
PROPERBOX17 Miles Davis Young Miles
PROPERBOX105 Doris Day Sentimental Journey
PROPERBOX138 Fats Domino The King of New Oreleans Rock 'n' Roll
PROPERBOX69 Roy Eldridge Little Jazz Trumpet Giant
PROPERBOX25 Duke Ellington Masterpieces, 1926-1949 (AWE INSPIRING)
PROPERBOX74 Ella Fitzgerald Romance and Rhythm
PROPERBOX116 Ella Fitzgerald Dearly Beloved
PROPERBOX107 Red Foley Hillbilly Fever
PROPERBOX119 Lefty Frizzell Give Me More, More, More
PROPERBOX62 Slim Gaillard Laughing In Rhythm (VOUT OREENEE!)
PROPERBOX52 Stan Getz The Sound
PROPERBOX30 Dizzy Gillespie The Dizzy Gillespie Story 1939-1950 (TOP BOP)
PROPERBOX109 Benny Goodman The Essential BG
PROPERBOX16 Dexter Gordon Settin' The Pace
PROPERBOX55 Wardell Gray The Wardell Gray Story
PROPERBOX115 Woodie Guthrie Some Folk
PROPERBOX118 Bill Haley From Western Swing to Rock
PROPERBOX160 Joe Harriott The Joe Harriot Story ¡NEW!
PROPERBOX117 Tubby Hayes The Little Giant
PROPERBOX12 Lionel Hampton The Lionel Hampton Story (JUMPIN')
PROPERBOX20 Wynonie Harris Rockin' The Blues
PROPERBOX14 Coleman Hawkins The BeBop Years
PROPERBOX15 Woody Herman The Woody Herman Story
PROPERBOX58 Johnny Hodges The Jeep is Jumpin'
PROPERBOX26 Billie Holiday The Lady Sings (A REASON TO LIVE)
PROPERBOX111 John Lee Hooker The Boogie Man
PROPERBOX63 The Hoosier Hot Shots Everybody Stomp
PROPERBOX123 Lightin' Hopkins Texas Thunderbolt
PROPERBOX154 Howlin' Wolf The Best of (3 CD + DVD)
PROPERBOX106 Mahalia Jackson Come to Jesus
PROPERBOX126 Milt Jackson Bags of Soul
PROPERBOX49 Illinois Jaquet The Illinois Jaquet Story
PROPERBOX81 Lonnie Johnson The Original Guitar Wizard
PROPERBOX5 Spike Jones and his City Slickers Strictly for Music Lovers
PROPERBOX47 Louis Jordan Jivin' with Jordan
PROPERBOX13 Stan Kenton The Stan Kenton Story
PROPERBOX1 Gene Krupa The Gene Krupa Story (THE MAN!)
PROPERBOX148 Leadbelly The Definitive
PROPERBOX45 Peggy Lee The Peggy Lee Story
PROPERBOX108 Peggy Lee Miss Wonderful
PROPERBOX125 Jimmy Lunceford Strictly Lunceford
PROPERBOX48 Machito and His Afro-Cubanos Ritmo Caliente
PROPERBOX104 Dean Martin Young Dino
PROPERBOX23 Glenn Miller The Golden Years, 1938-1942
PROPERBOX77 Charlie Mingus The Young Rebel
PROPERBOX101 Thelonious Monk Monk's Moods
PROPERBOX113 Jelly Roll Morton Doctor Jazz
PROPERBOX96 Gerry Mulligan Jeru
PROPERBOX11 Fats Navarro The Fats Navarro Story
PROPERBOX21 Anita O'Day Young Anita (SASSY)
PROPERBOX46 Charlie Parker Boss Bird (KLACTOVEESEDSTENE!)
PROPERBOX99 Charlie Parker Chasin' the Bird
PROPERBOX151 Charlie Patton The Definitive (3 CD + DVD)
PROPERBOX134 Les Paul & Mary Ford In Perfect Harmony
PROPERBOX94 Oscar Peterson Piano Power
PROPERBOX35 Edith Piaf Love and Passion
PROPERBOX153 Charlie Poole The Essential
PROPERBOX22 Bud Powell Tempus Fugue-It (CLASSY)
PROPERBOX137 Elvis Presley The Tupelo Mississippi Flash
PROPERBOX156 Louis Prima Buono Sera ¡NEW!
PROPERBOX53 Django Reinhardt Swing de Paris
PROPERBOX92 Shorty Rogers West Coast Jazz
PROPERBOX124 Sonny Rollins Sax Symbol
PROPERBOX131 Ronnie Scott Boppin' with Scott
PROPERBOX159 Phil Seamen Seamen's Mission ¡NEW!
PROPERBOX85 Artie Shaw The Artie Shaw Story
PROPERBOX40 George Shearing From Battersea to Broadway
PROPERBOX33 Frank Sinatra All Or Nothing At All
PROPERBOX78 Bessie Smith Chattanooga Gal
PROPERBOX139 Jimmy Smith Electrifyin'
PROPERBOX87 Sons of the Pioneers My Saddle Pals and I
PROPERBOX36 Jo Stafford Yes Indeed!
PROPERBOX65 Sonny Stitt Sax O' Bop
PROPERBOX130 Maxine Sullivan It's Wonderful
PROPERBOX60 Art Tatum Piano Grand Master
PROPERBOX80 Jack Teagarden Big "T"
PROPERBOX51 Sister Rosetta Tharpe The Original Soul Sister
PROPERBOX73 Mel Torme Jazz and Velvet
PROPERBOX64 Lennie Tristano Intuition
PROPERBOX54 Ernest Tubb The Texas Troubadour
PROPERBOX89 Big Joe Turner Shout, Rattle and Roll
PROPERBOX155 Various Artists Larkin's Jazz ¡NEW!
PROPERBOX150 Various Artists Roots of Bob Dylan (3 CD + DVD)
PROPERBOX149 Various Artists Roots of Led Zeppelin (3 CD + DVD)
PROPERBOX147 Various Artists Little Red Book of Protest Songs (3 CD + DVD)
PROPERBOX146 Various Artists Rare Rock 'n' Roll Rampage
PROPERBOX145 Various Artists Little Walter and the Kings of the Blues Harmonica
PROPERBOX143 Various Artists Rockin' Memphis
PROPERBOX142 Various Artists Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
PROPERBOX140 Various Artists With My Little Ukelele In My Hand
PROPERBOX135 Various Artists Rock 'n' Skiffle: Brit Beat Beginnings
PROPERBOX129 Vaious Artists The Cosimo Matassa Story
PROPERBOX128 Various Artists Gypsy Jazz
PROPERBOX122 Various Artists Classic Rockabilly
PROPERBOX114 Various Artists Squeeze Me - The Jazz & Swing Accordian Story
PROPERBOX110 Various Artists The Louisiana Hayride Story
PROPERBOX103 Various Artists From Boppin' Hillbilly to Red Hot Rockabilly
PROPERBOX100 Various Artists We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll
PROPERBOX95 Various Artists Blazing Bluegrass
PROPERBOX91 Various Artists Cajun Capers: Cajun Music 1928-1954
PROPERBOX88 Various Artists Jazz in Britain 1919 - 1950
PROPERBOX83 Various Artists Stompinn' Singers & Western Swingers
PROPERBOX82 Various Artists Jazz at the Philharmonic
PROPERBOX79 Various Artists Doo-Wop Delight
PROPERBOX76 Various Artists The Arranger's Touch
PROPERBOX75 Various Artists Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
PROPERBOX72 Various Artists Kings of Komedy
PROPERBOX61 Various Artists The Big Horn
PROPERBOX56 Various Artists Swing Tanzen Verboten: Swing & the Nazi Era
PROPERBOX50 Various Artists Hillbilly Boogie (TWANGIN')
PROPERBOX44 Various Artists The Dawn of Doo-Wop
PROPERBOX42 Various Artists Good News: 100 Gospel Greats (GET THE SPIRIT!)
PROPERBOX29 Various Artists Bluegrass Bonanza
PROPERBOX28 Various Artists Gettin' Funky - The Birth Of New Orleans R&B
PROPERBOX10 Various Artists Bebop Spoken Here (COOL, AS IN DEFINITIVE)
PROPERBOX9 Various Artists Hittin' On All Six
PROPERBOX7 Various Artists Broke, Black and Blue
PROPERBOX6 Various Artists Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys
PROPERBOX4 Various Artists Deep Ska (DEEP)
PROPERBOX3 Various Artists Farewell to Ireland
PROPERBOX2 Various Artists The Engine Room (THE JAM!)
PROPERBOX27 Sarah Vaughan Young Sassy
PROPERBOX41 Charlie Ventura Bop for the People
PROPERBOX38 T-Bone Walker The Original Source
PROPERBOX71 "Fats" Waller Handful of Keys
PROPERBOX43 Dinah Washington The Queen Sings
PROPERBOX102 Muddy Waters King of Chicago Blues
PROPERBOX152 Muddy Waters Steppin' Stone (3 CD + DVD)
PROPERBOX97 Chick Webb Stomping at the Savoy
PROPERBOX37 Ben Webster Big Ben
PROPERBOX39 Hank Williams Hillbilly Hero
PROPERBOX32 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Take Me Back To Tulsa
PROPERBOX8 Lester Young The Lester Young Story
¡NEW! - The Proper Deluxe Box Set Series
As best we can tell, this series is simply a revival of the jewel-box format of the first 83 Proper Boxes. In every way they are identical to the rest of the Proper Boxes (4 discs; 5+ hours; 48 - 64 page booklet; etc). The boxes do display a seal, however, that states, "Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set." So, perhaps, these boxes have smaller print runs than the standard Proper Boxes, and will not be kept available, as the Proper Boxes (generally) are, but allowed to sell out. We'll let you know if/when we find out more. Here are the first of the "Deluxe" Boxes:
Proluxe 5001 Buddy Rich Strike It Rich
Proluxe 5002 Oscar Pettiford Oscar Rides Again
Proper
Box Set Series:
copacetic
price -
$29.75
ordering
info
SPECIAL
NOTE: You may now purchase Proper Boxes 1 through
134 directly over the web (payments through PayPal) from The
Proper Box Zone at Copacetic 2.0., our new 24/7 eCommerce site. We'll add the more recent
Boxes as soon as we can.
A Note on Availability: Every
effort is being made to keep the entire Proper Box Series available for
immediate shipping at
all
times. However, from time
to
time temporary holes may appear in our stock. Should it occur
that
you request a particular box which we are out of stock of at that
moment,
we will contact you as soon as it is back in stock. Current stock
status is listed below.
Actual
Availability (we'll update this as often as possible) as
of 30 November 2011:
All Proper
Boxes are currently in stock except: 33, 38, 50, 66,
71, 79, 81, 91, 98, 128 & 144
A SPECIAL UPDATE ON THE PROPER BOX SERIES FORMAT: Beginning with Proper Box 84, Proper Records adopted a new compact format for the Proper Box series. In addition, each time a particular box sells out of stock, it will be reissued in this format (as about half have been so far). This new format eschews the bulky, petro-chemical consuming jewel case and opts instead for an LP-style jacket to hold each of the four CDs (just so there's no confusion: there are four LP-style jackets -- one for each disc). The booklet design has not been affected, but it is 1/2" narrower than originally; however, the quality of paper stock has been improved and there has been, on average, an increased page count for the booklets, so rest assured that there is no skimping going on. What we have here is a new and improved format that will provide you with the same amount of music with the same high quality and with equal if not superior support materials, but will use less resources to manufacture and -- importantly, as these are made in England -- cost less to ship, enabling us to continue to offer these at the same amazingly low price. And, as an added bonus, they will take up less than half the space on your shelves at home!
UPDATE ON THE PROPER BOX SERIES FORMAT #2A: Proper Box numbers 147 through 155 are slimmed down even further and – in most, but not all cases – contain 3 CDs and 1 DVD instead of simply 4 CDs as had all previous boxes. Begining with Proper Box 156, the format returns to the above format that it had beginning with Proper Box 84, with the notable exception that the booklets have – so far, since returning to this format with PB 156 – all been 20-24 pages each; leaner than previously.WANT MORE? HERE'S MORE!
• Proper Introduction
• Proper Pairs
• The Copacetic Library of Jazz Books
