I have the Time/Life Giants of Jazz (or something like that) series -- twenty or more 3-LP sets in slip cases. They consist of recordings from the 20s to the early 50s and sound just fine, really good, in fact. Of course, given the age of the masters, you're buying mainly for the performances anyway. Wonderfully annotated as well -- track by track notes, photos, etc. Highly recommneded if you can find them. I don't think they ever made it to CD?
