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 -1955 --
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!
(PLEASE NOTE NEW PRICE -- The almighty US dollar has been faring poorly of late against the British pound -- a dollar is now worth less than 50p -- and as the wonderful Proper Box is manufactured in the UK our cost has edged up in dollar terms, and we're now in the position of having to pass off some of this increase on to you, our customers. We are, however, as confident as we've ever been that, even at the new price point, the Proper Box continues to represent the greatest value in recorded music today, and that our combination of price, selection, availability and service makes The Copacetic Comics Co. your best source for this great series.)
Here’s
a list of all the boxes currently available for sale.
If you would like to
view
this list in alphabetical order, click
here.
(parenthetical
comments are ours):
PROPERBOX145 Various Artists Little Walter and the Kings of the Blues Harmonica ¡NEW!
PROPERBOX144 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
PROPERBOX143 Various Artists Rockin' Memphis ¡NEW!
PROPERBOX142 Various Artists Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
PROPERBOX141 Cab Calloway & His Orchestra This Is Hep
PROPERBOX140 Various Artists With My Little Ukelele In My Hand
PROPERBOX139 Jimmy Smith Electrifyin'
PROPERBOX138 Fats Domino The King of New Orleans Rock 'n' Roll
PROPERBOX137 Elvis Presley The Tupelo Mississippi Flash ¡NOW AVAILABLE!
PROPERBOX136 John Coltrane Early Trane
PROPERBOX135 Various Artists Rock 'n' Skiffle: Brit Beat Beginnings
PROPERBOX134 Les Paul & Mary Ford In Perfect Harmony
PROPERBOX133 Ray Charles The Way I Feel
PROPERBOX132 Art Blakey The Prime Source
PROPERBOX131 Ronnie Scott Boppin' with Scott
PROPERBOX130 Maxine Sullivan It's Wonderful
PROPERBOX129 Vaious Artists The Cosimo Matassa Story
PROPERBOX128 Various Artists Gypsy Jazz
PROPERBOX127 The Carter Family Country Folk
PROPERBOX126 Milt Jackson Bags of Soul
PROPERBOX125 Jimmy Lunceford Strictly Lunceford
PROPERBOX124 Sonny Rollins Sax Symbol
PROPERBOX123 Lightin' Hopkins Texas Thunderbolt
PROPERBOX122 Various Artists Classic Rockabilly
PROPERBOX121 Tony Bennett Young Tony
PROPERBOX120 Kenny Clarke Klook's the Man
PROPERBOX119 Lefty Frizzell Give Me More, More, More
PROPERBOX118 Bill Haley From Western Swing to Rock
PROPERBOX117 Tubby Hayes The Little Giant
PROPERBOX116 Ella Fitzgerald Dearly Beloved
PROPERBOX115 Woody Guthrie Some Folk
PROPERBOX114 Various Artists Squeeze Me - The Jazz & Swing Accordian Story
PROPERBOX113 Jelly Roll Morton Doctor Jazz
PROPERBOX112 Earl Bostic The Earl Bostic Story
PROPERBOX111 John Lee Hooker The Boogie Man
PROPERBOX110 Various Artists The Louisiana Hayride Story
PROPERBOX109 Benny Goodman The Essential BG
PROPERBOX108 Peggy Lee Miss Wonderful
PROPERBOX107 Red Foley Hillbilly Fever
PROPERBOX106 Mahalia Jackson Come to Jesus
PROPERBOX105 Doris Day Sentimental Journey
PROPERBOX104 Dean Martin Young Dino
PROPERBOX103 Various Artists From Boppin' Hillbilly to Red Hot Rockabilly
PROPERBOX102 Muddy Waters King of Chicago Blues
PROPERBOX101 Thelonious Monk Monk's Moods
PROPERBOX100 Various Artists We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll
PROPERBOX99 Charlie Parker Chasin' the Bird
PROPERBOX98 Charlie Christian The Original Guitar Genius
PROPERBOX97 Chick Webb Stomping at the Savoy
PROPERBOX96 Gerry Mulligan Jeru
PROPERBOX95 Various Artists Blazing Bluegrass
PROPERBOX94 Oscar Peterson Piano Power
PROPERBOX93 Louis Armstrong King Louis (ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY)
PROPERBOX92 Shorty Rogers West Coast Jazz
PROPERBOX91 Various Artists Cajun Capers: Cajun Music 1928-1954
PROPERBOX90 Dave Brubeck Time Was
PROPERBOX89 Big Joe Turner Shout, Rattle and Roll
PROPERBOX88 Various Artists Jazz in Britain 1919 - 1950
PROPERBOX87 Sons of the Pioneers My Saddle Pals and I
PROPERBOX86 Clifford Brown Joy Spring
PROPERBOX85 Artie Shaw The Artie Shaw Story
PROPERBOX84 Chet Baker The Early Years
PROPERBOX83 Various Artists Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers
PROPERBOX82 Various Artists Jazz at the Philharmonic
PROPERBOX81 Lonnie Johnson The Original Guitar Wizard
PROPERBOX80 Jack Teagarden Big "T"
PROPERBOX79 Various Artists Doo-Wop Delight
PROPERBOX78 Bessie Smith Chattanooga Gal
PROPERBOX77 Charlie Mingus The Young Rebel
PROPERBOX76 Various Artists The Arranger's Touch
PROPERBOX75 Various Artists Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
PROPERBOX74 Ella Fitzgerald Romance and Rhythm
PROPERBOX73 Mel Torme Jazz and Velvet
PROPERBOX72 Various Artists Kings of Komedy
PROPERBOX71 "Fats" Waller Handful of Keys (YES!!!)
PROPERBOX70 Roy Acuff King of Country Music
PROPERBOX69 Roy Eldridge Little Jazz Trumpet Giant
PROPERBOX68 Benny Carter The Music Master
PROPERBOX67 Eddy Arnold Eddy's Song
PROPERBOX66 Bix Beiderbecke The Bix Beiderbecke Story
PROPERBOX65 Sonny Stitt Sax O' Bop
PROPERBOX64 Lennie Tristano Intuition
PROPERBOX63 The Hoosier Hot Shots Everybody Stomp
PROPERBOX62 Slim Gaillard Laughing In Rhythm (VOUT OREENEE!)
PROPERBOX61 Various Artists The Big Horn
PROPERBOX60 Art Tatum Piano Grand Master
PROPERBOX59 Milton Brown Daddy of Western Swing
PROPERBOX58 Johnny Hodges The Jeep is Jumpin'
PROPERBOX57 Mildred Baily Mrs. Swing
PROPERBOX56 Various Artists Swing Tanzen Verboten: Swing & the Nazi Era
PROPERBOX55 Wardell Gray The Wardell Gray Story
PROPERBOX54 Ernest Tubb The Texas Troubadour
PROPERBOX53 Django Reinhardt Swing de Paris
PROPERBOX52 Stan Getz The Sound
PROPERBOX51 Sister Rosetta Tharpe The Original Soul Sister
PROPERBOX50 Various Artists Hillbilly Boogie (TWANGIN')
PROPERBOX49 Illinois Jaquet The Illinois Jaquet Story
PROPERBOX48 Machito and His Afro-Cubanos Ritmo Caliente
PROPERBOX47 Louis Jordan Jivin' with Jordan
PROPERBOX46 Charlie Parker Boss Bird (KLACTOVEESEDSTENE!)
PROPERBOX45 Peggy Lee The Peggy Lee Story
PROPERBOX44 Various Artists The Dawn of Doo-Wop
PROPERBOX43 Dinah Washington The Queen Sings
PROPERBOX42 Various Artists Good News: 100 Gospel Greats (GET THE SPIRIT!)
PROPERBOX41 Charlie Ventura Bop for the People
PROPERBOX40 George Shearing From Battersea to Broadway
PROPERBOX39 Hank Williams Hillbilly Hero
PROPERBOX38 T-Bone Walker The Original Source
PROPERBOX37 Ben Webster Big Ben
PROPERBOX36 Jo Stafford Yes Indeed!
PROPERBOX35 Edith Piaf Love and Passion
PROPERBOX34 Bing Crosby It's Easy To Remember
PROPERBOX33 Frank Sinatra All Or Nothing At All
PROPERBOX32 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Take Me Back To Tulsa
PROPERBOX31 Nat King Cole Cool Cole, The King Cole Trio Story (MAX SUAVE)
PROPERBOX30 Dizzy Gillespie The Dizzy Gillespie Story 1939-1950 (TOP BOP)
PROPERBOX29 Various Artists Bluegrass Bonanza
PROPERBOX28 Various Artists Gettin' Funky - The Birth Of New Orleans R&B
PROPERBOX27 Sarah Vaughan Young Sassy
PROPERBOX26 Billie Holiday The Lady Sings (A REASON TO LIVE)
PROPERBOX25 Duke Ellington Masterpieces, 1926-1949 (AWE INSPIRING)
PROPERBOX24 Louis Armstrong Satchmo in the Forties (THIS IS IT!)
PROPERBOX23 Glenn Miller The Golden Years, 1938-1942
PROPERBOX22 Bud Powell Tempus Fugue-It (CLASSY)
PROPERBOX21 Anita O'Day Young Anita (SASSY)
PROPERBOX20 Wynonie Harris Rockin' The Blues
PROPERBOX19 Count Basie The Count Basie Story
PROPERBOX18 Sidney Bechet The Sidney Bechet Story (HOT!)
PROPERBOX17 Miles Davis Young Miles
PROPERBOX16 Dexter Gordon Settin' The Pace
PROPERBOX15 Woody Herman The Woody Herman Story
PROPERBOX14 Coleman Hawkins The BeBop Years
PROPERBOX13 Stan Kenton The Stan Kenton Story
PROPERBOX12 Lionel Hampton The Lionel Hampton Story (JUMPIN')
PROPERBOX11 Fats Navarro The Fats Navarro Story
PROPERBOX10 Various Artists Bebop Spoken Here (COOL, AS IN DEFINITIVE)
PROPERBOX9 Various Artists Hittin' On All Six
PROPERBOX8 Lester Young The Lester Young Story
PROPERBOX7 Various Artists Broke, Black and Blue
PROPERBOX6 Various Artists Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys (BRONCO BUSTIN')
PROPERBOX5 Spike Jones and his City Slickers Strictly for Music Lovers
PROPERBOX4 Various Artists Deep Ska (DEEP)
PROPERBOX3 Various Artists Farewell to Ireland
PROPERBOX2 Various Artists The Engine Room (THE JAM!)
PROPERBOX1 Gene Krupa The Gene Krupa Story (THE MAN!)
¡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. The cost of this series is 20% higher than that of the standard Proper Box series, but, for a limited time, we are offering them at the same price, as a "get acquainted" offer for all our long time Proper Box customers. The price will go up about $5.00 at some point in 2009. Here are the first of the "Deluxe" Boxes:
Proluxe 5001 Buddy Rich Strike It Rich
Proluxe 5002 Oscar Pettiford Oscar Rides Again
We urge you to visit
the Proper
Records Site. Once you're there, just click on "Proper
Box
sets" under "Proper Products" in the upper left-hand corner, and then
once
the new page loads scroll down until you find the box you're looking to
learn more about. There are five pages of the Proper Box
listings,
so it make take a bit of scrolling. As an alternative, just enter
the name of the artist and/or box title that you're looking for into
the
site's search bar. Either way, once you've found the box you're
looking
for you will be able to access all the details about the tracks
contained
on it. A real wealth of information is provided, and the details
are terrific, especially when it comes to recording dates & track
personnel.
Proper
Box Set Series:
copacetic
price -
$29.75
ordering
info
(PLEASE NOTE NEW PRICE
-- The US dollar has been faring poorly of late against the UK pound --
a dollar is now worth less than 50p -- and as the
wonderful Proper Box is produced in the UK (and, as of late, manufactured
in The Czech Republic)
our cost has edged up in
dollar terms, and we're now in the position of having to pass off some
of this increase on to our customers. We are, however, as
confident as we've ever been that, even at the new price point, the
Proper Box continues to represent the greatest value in recorded music
today, and that our combination of price, selection, availability and
service makes The Copacetic Comics Co. your best source for this
great series.)
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 10 June 2009:
All Proper
Boxes are currently in stock except: 66, 108 & 134
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!
AND THERE'S MORE:
•
Proper Pairs
• The
Proper Introduction
• The Copacetic Library of Jazz (books)
•
CDs (overview)
Copacetic
Commodities
