Proper Box
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 from the folks at Proper Music.
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 -1958 -- there is nevertheless quite a variety to choose from: the great male and female vocalists, swing, blues, bluegrass, country & western, celtic, doo-wop, ska, funk, 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!
| Title | Artist | Publisher | Price | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gene Krupa Story | Gene Krupa | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
The Gene Krupa Story is a 4 CD box set complete with a 32 page annotated and illustrated booklet celebrating the life and times of the greatest drum idol of all time. This marvellous package of 99 tracks has nearly five hours of playing time. | |||||
| The Engine Room: A History Of Jazz Drumming | Various Artists | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
These performances trace the evolution of jazz drumming from two-beat to bebop and are a tribute to the drummer - the man who swings the band. 95 tracks, approximately five hours of music, 48 page fully illustrated booklet. | |||||
| Farewell to Ireland | Various Artists | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
The body of music recorded by Irish emigrants in America during the 1920s and '30s is regarded by many as the lost treasure of the golden age of traditional Irish music. Here are 80 fine examples of these legendary sessions accompanied by a 32 pa | |||||
| Deep Ska: 80 Original Ska Classics | Various Artists | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
Truly authentic and original, all 80 of the recordings on this set were made in Jamaica between 1962 and 1969. DEEP SKA contains lots of recordings that aren't on other compilations and also includes a 24 page illustrated booklet with a fascinat | |||||
| Strictly for Music Lovers | Spike Jones and his City Slickers | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
Nearly five hours worth of musical destruction from the comic genius, who marched his band of City Slickers down a merry path for a few wonderful years. 95 tracks and a 24 page fully illustrated booklet. | |||||
| Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys | Various Artists | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
|
Read more and comment... |
||||||
| Broke, Black and Blue: An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities | Various Artists | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
Tracing the origins of the blues is a problematic and somewhat theoretical venture, because the music is an oral, not a written, tradition. BROKE, BLACK & BLUE tries to follow the development of recorded blues during its first 20 odd years. In m | |||||
| The Lester Young Story | Lester Young | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
Hear the real article in over four hours of tenor magic featuring Lester from his earliest recording through the Basie band with Billie Holiday, in his own group and right up to the Jazz At The Philharmonic period. | |||||
| Hittin' On All Six | Various Artists | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
|
Read more and comment... |
||||||
| Bebop Spoken Here | Various Artists | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
The language of Bebop is one of the most enduring and eloquent in the history of jazz music. The 96 Bebop statements included in this box set sound as fresh and invigorating now as when they were first recorded some 50 years ago. | |||||
| The Fats Navarro Story | Fats Navarro | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
An 87 track, 4CD set showcasing Navarro's immense talent. As with all Proper boxes, this comes with a lavish booklet, here a 40-pager that tells the story of a genius still to be properly recognised. Rare photos & full track information are inclu | |||||
| The Lionel Hampton Story | Lionel Hampton | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
The 92 recordings on this 4CD set tell the story of bandleader, vibraphonist, pianist, drummer and all-round showman Lionel Hampton. The story of a career that is one of the monumental achievements in jazz. is related within the 44 page booklet. | |||||
| The Stan Kenton Story | Stan Kenton | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
Here are the extensive highlights of the first ten years of the Kenton era, presented through 93 tracks on 4 CDs and accompanied by a 48 page booklet that tells the story of this extraordinary figure, including rare photos and full track information. | |||||
| The BeBop Years | Coleman Hawkins | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
Coleman Hawkins reached a new level of creativity during the 1940s. This box set focuses on those years, presenting the original master of the tenor sax in a wide variety of settings, including his encounters with young modernists like Dizzy & Monk. | |||||
| The Woody Herman Story | Woody Herman | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
This box set presents 92 slices of prime Woody focusing on the decade 1939-49 with recordings by The First and Second Herds, two of his most successful bands. Included is a 52 page booklet with extensive biographical notes, discography & rare photos. | |||||
| Settin' The Pace | Dexter Gordon | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
Long Tall Dexter's musical adventures during the Bebop era are extensively featured in this box set.The 55 tracks span the period 1943-50 & feature the immense talents of Dexter himself as well as such luminaries as Dizzy, Fats Navarro & Ben | |||||
| Young Miles | Miles Davis | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
The first years of Miles' recording career are traced on these 82 sides. From classic encounters with Charlie Parker, the immortal "Birth Of The Cool" sessions to spirited live dates & the lovely sessions with Sarah Vaughan. | |||||
| The Sidney Bechet Story | Sidney Bechet | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
Here are 93 tracks spanning over 27 years of Bechet's career, the first being recorded in 1923. The monumental booklet tells the story of this remarkable musician and includes rare photos and discographies. | |||||
| The Count Basie Story | Count Basie | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
The 99 tracks in this box set are testimony to the greatest swing band ever. The 48 page booklet traces Basie's story and his 40 years as leader of bands that were the epitome of swing. | |||||
| Rockin' The Blues | Wynonie Harris | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
The 81 enclosed tracks form Wynonie Harris' complete previously released works between 1944 and 1950 and many appear for the first time ever on CD, let alone ever being available on vinyl. | |||||
| Young Anita | Anita O'Day | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
This box features 88 tracks and follows Anita's adventures with Gene Krupa from 1941-42 and moves through the rest of the '40s with her work with Stan Kenton and her solo sides. | |||||
| Tempus Fugue-It | Bud Powell | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
Bud Powell's early years are documented on the 86 tracks in this 4 CD box set, the years during which he amazed fellow musicians as well as jazz fans, with dazzling bebop piano playing that laid the foundation of modern jazz piano. | |||||
| The Golden Years (1938-1942) | Glenn Miller | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
This set contains 98 tracks including all of Miller's most popular tunes from the period, and a 44 page booklet with the Glenn Miller story, discography and many rare photos. | |||||
| C'est Ci Bon: Satchmo In The Forties | Louis Armstrong | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
Satchmo's adventures in the 1940s are dealt with in this box set, from big band sides, via duets with Ella, Billie Holiday, Louis Jordan and The Mills Brothers to the classic live recordings from the Town Hall and Symphony Hall with the All Stars. | |||||
| Masterpieces 1926-1949 | Duke Ellington | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
The Genius of Duke Ellington, bandleader extraordinaire, pianist and greatest American composer of the 20th century is celebrated in the 93 ducal masterpieces featured in this 4 CD box set. | |||||
| The Lady Sings | Billie Holiday | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
The 99 tracks on this 4 CD set follow the recording career of Holiday between 1935-49. Backed by small All Star bands under Teddy Wilson's & her own leadership & the more formal studio bands during her Decca days, Billie turns every song into | |||||
| Young Sassy | Sarah Vaughan | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
Sarah Vaughan's early work featured in this Proper box set represents some of the finest moments of Sassy's long career, marked by a purity of voice and performance that would not be achieved again. The 4 CD set comes with a 44 page booklet. | |||||
| Gettin' Funky: The Birth Of New Orleans R&B | Various Artists | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
The city of New Orleans has left its unmistakeable imprint on 20th century popular music. Its music has flourished in a highly cosmopolitan atmosphere. The sound of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues ruled the world of popular music during the 1950s and & | |||||
| Bluegrass Bonanza | Various Artists | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
Monster 109 track 4 CD set tracing the history of Bluegrass from the early days of the country string bands of the '20s and '30s through to 1950 with works by its greatest exponents, Monroe, Bill and Flatt & Scruggs. | |||||
| The Dizzy Gillespie Story 1939-1950 | Dizzy Gillespie | Proper Records |
$29.75 ($33.95 list) |
|||
Read more and comment... |
Dizzy confirms his position as the greatest bebop trumpeter ever on the 100 tracks on this 4CD set. From the early years with the bands of Teddy Hill, Lionel Hampton & Cab Calloway to the exciting trumpet virtuoso performances of the mid to late 40s. | |||||