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Title: Great set -- shoddy packaging
Review: Mostly a great set of music that goes a long way toward dispelling the myth that Monk's Columbia sides weren't worthy of him. Unfortunately, this set drops a star because of the shabby packaging. It's artistically quite nice, but Columbia makes the same mistake that it did with Armstrong's Hot Fives set -- the way the discs are housed is stinko.This time around, they're held in place (at least for a while) with little rubber hubs glued to the cardboard folder. While it's charming to have the black hubs as part of Monk's beard when the CDs are in place, it's not going to be as charming when the hub glue loosens after a few disc removals, and the hubs fall off or the glue gets on the discs themselves.In short, Music: 5 stars, Package Execution: 1 star.
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