Deluxe box set features all 31 albums (across 34 CDs) released by Columbia Records; Includes first U.S. release of 8 albums which originally appeared on CBS/Sony (Japan)
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NEW YORK, July 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Herbie Hancock: The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972-1988 brings together, for the first time, the master musician's complete Columbia Records and CBS/Sony Japan catalog. The deluxe 34-CD box set arrives in stores November 12, 2013, through Columbia/Legacy, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Pre-order now at http://smarturl.it/hancock_amzn.

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Hancock's catalog on Columbia and CBS/Sony Japan is a microcosm of musical development in the 1970s and '80s, and an uncannily accurate forecast of many trends that would follow. Those developments played out over the course of 31 albums. Eight have never been issued in the U.S. (or outside of Japan), three others have never been issued on CD in the U.S. (Sunlight, Magic Windows, Lite Me Up), and some that were issued on CD have been out of print for years. Most importantly, all of them have never been gathered in one box set collection before.

The stunning box set structure is a chest with removable lid, housing 28 single albums and three double-CD albums (for a total of 34 discs). Each album will be packaged in a mini-LP CD cardboard replica of the original jacket, with original artwork including gatefold jackets where applicable.

Accompanying the discs will be a 200-page book, published exclu­sively for this collection. In addition to dozens of rare photographs, the book will contain several sections, starting with a comprehensive 5,500-word historical essay written by Bob Belden. Belden has won three Grammy Awards for his work with Columbia/Legacy on The Miles Davis Series, including album no.......
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Jedyny w swoim rodzaju, niepowtarzalny box zawierający kompletny katalog albumów Herbie Hancocka wydanych w amerykańskim Columbia Records oraz japońskim CBS/Sony Records.

Wydawnictwo zawiera 31 albumów ( na 34 płytach CD) z lat 1972-1988, w tym osiem płyt niewydanych do tej pory nigdzie poza Japonią. Dodatkowo w boxie znajdzie się bogato ilustrowana 120-stronnicowa książeczka z opisami każdego albumu i wieloma ciekawostkami dotyczącymi twórczości Herbie Hancocka. Ten wyjątkowy zbiór 34 krążków to świadectwo odwagi, innowacyjności i muzycznej ewolucji artysty, którego wpływ na rzesze fanów i innych muzyków był i jest ogromny.


ALBUMY:



1. Sextant (1973)

2. Head Hunters (1973)

3. Dedication (1974)*

4. Thrust (1974)

5. Death Wish /OST (1974)

6. Flood (1975)*

7. Man-Child (1975)

8. Secrets (1976)

9. V.S.O.P. (1976 - 2CD )

10. Herbie Hancock Trio (1977)*

11. V.S.O.P.: The Quintet (1977)

12. V.S.O.P.: Tempest In The Colosseum (1977)*

13. An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea (1978 - 2 CD)

14. Sunlight (1978)

15. Feets Don't Fail Me Now (1978)

16. Direct Step (1978)*

17. The Piano (1978)

18. V.S.O.P.: Live Under The Sky (1979 - 2 CD)

19. V.S.O.P.: Five Stars (1979)*

20. Butterfly w/ Kimiko Kasai (1979)*

21. Monster (1980)

22. Mr. Hands (1980)

23. Magic Windows (1981)

24. Herbie Hancock Trio w/ Ron Carter + Tony Williams (1981)*

25. Herbie Hancock Quartet (1981)

26. Lite Me Up (1982)

27. Future Shock (1983)

28. Sound-System (1984)

29. Village Life (1984)

30. Round Midni.......
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