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Additional updates made. To all who have purchased thus far, a big thank you! Please note that the post office is closed tomorrow, so these won't go in the mail until Tuesday.

It's directional information on the condition of the discs themselves, nothing more.

Correct. Thanks for catching that. Corrections made and availability updated.

Hey everybody, I've got a ton of box sets that I'd like to sell, and I thought I would bring them here to give you the first shot at them before going to eBay. The majority of them are in mint condition; if not, I've listed details as to why not. I haven't been very active on the board in recent years, so if you're not familiar with me and are worried about my trustworthiness, my eBay ID is slbrownhk. I have 100% positive feedback with over 200 transactions as a buyer and a seller, so buy with confidence. Payment via PayPal only--no exceptions. The prices below include insured shipping to a US address. I am happy to ship to foreign addresses at additional actual cost. Since international shipments cannot be insured, I will only do this at the buyer's risk. Please PM me if you're interested or if you have any questions. Thanks! MOSAICS 1. The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions: discs 1-2 played once, discs 3-5 still sealed. $70 SOLD 2. The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Art Blakey's 1960 Jazz Messengers: Each disc played twice. $170 $150 SOLD 3. Buddy Rich Argo, Emarcy and Verve Small Group Sessions: Sealed. $120 $110 4. Oliver Nelson - The Argo, Verve and Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions: Sealed. $100 $90 SOLD 5. Anita O'Day - The Complete Verve/Clef Sessions: Each disc played twice. $130 SOLD 6. Dizzy Gillespie - The Verve/Philips Small Group Sessions. Sealed. $120 $110 7. Roy Eldridge - The Complete Verve Studio Sessions. Mint--opened but never played. $135 $125 SOLD 8. Count Basie - The Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings. Sealed. $135 $125 9. Duke Ellington - The Reprise Studio Recordings. Each disc played twice. $90 SOLD 10. Johnny Hodges - Complete Verve Small Group Sessions 1956-61. Each disc played twice. $145 $130 11. Tal Farlow - Complete Verve Sessions. Each disc played twice. The inside of the flip case for discs 1/2 cracked and is missing a piece of plastic. No effect on the discs or functionality. $80 $70 12. Kenton Presents Bob Cooper, Bill Holman & Frank Rosolino. Each disc played twice. $80. $70 SOLD 13. The Complete Illinois Jacquet Sessions 1945-50. Each disc played twice. Glossy paper on front cover of the box has a small crease in the upper lefthand corner. $100 $90 14. The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions. Each disc played twice. $75 $70 SALE PENDING 15. The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra. Each disc played twice. $100 $90 SALE PENDING 16. The Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Studio Sessions. Each disc played twice. $95. $85 SOLD 17. The Complete Blue Note 1964-66 Jackie McLean Sessions. Box has a bit of minor shelf wear. Each disc played twice. $125. SOLD 18. The Complete Blue Note Andrew Hill Sessions 1963-66. Each disc played twice. One jewel case has some scratches on it, courtesy of the factory. $225 SOLD 19. The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Larry Young. Some minor shelf wear on the box and booklet, and bit heavier wear on the jewel cases. The tops of some CDs have marks, but the playing surfaces are in excellent condition, with very light scuffs/scratches only being visible on discs 2, 3, 4 (playback is not affected in any way). $275 $250 20. The Blue Note Stanley Turrentine Quintet/Sextet Studio Sessions. Each disc played twice. $65. SOLD 22. The Complete Capitol Live Recordings of George Shearing. Each disc played once. $150. $135 23. The Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Band Sessions. Each disc played once. $90. SOLD 24. The Complete Blue Note Lee Morgan Fifties Sessions. Each disc played once. $140. $125 SOLD 25. The Complete Blue Note Lou Donaldson Sessions 1957-60. Each disc played once. There are two 2" indentations on the front right edge of the box, and one 2" indentation on the front left side of the box (all courtesy of the factory). $75. SOLD 26. The Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions. Each disc played once. $200 $180 27. The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions. Each disc played once. $115 $105 28. The Complete Roost Sonny Stitt Studio Sessions. Each disc played once. $130 $120 29. The Complete Blue Note Horace Parlan Sessions. Each disc played once. $115 SOLD 30. The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions. Each disc played once. $90 $80 31. The Complete Blue Note Blue Mitchell Sessions 1963-67. Each disc played once. $140 $125 SOLD OTHER BOX SETS 32. Joe Henderson - The Milestone Years: Sealed. UPC is blackened out. No effect to discs or box condition. $50 $40 33. John Coltrane - The Prestige Recordings: Sealed. $125 $110 34. Miles Davis - Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951-1956. Each disc played once. $55 $45 SOLD 35. Bill Evans: The Complete Riverside Recordings. Mint condition--each disc played twice. Booklet appears to have shelf wear on the back, but it came this way and has never been read. $75 SOLD 36. Lee Morgan: Live at the Lighthouse. Each disc played once. $45. $35 SOLD 37. John Coltrane: The Heavyweight Champion - The Complete Atlantic Recordings. $50. $45 SOLD 38. Charles Mingus: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-61. Each disc played once. $45. SOLD 39. Thelonious Monk: The Complete Riverside Recordings. Each disc played once. No box or large booklet, only the jewel cases and notes contained therein. Jewel cases show some signs of shelf wear. $60. $45 SOLD 40. Keith Jarrett: Mysteries - The Impulse Years 1975-76. Slipcase has a bit of minor shelf wear; everything else is in excellent condition. $75 $60 SOLD 41. Herbie Nichols: The Complete Blue Note Recordings. A tiny bit of shelf wear on the slipcase and a couple of jewel cases; discs have each been played once. $30. SOLD 42. Modern Jazz Quartet: The Complete Prestige & Pablo Recordings. Opened but never played. $40. $35 SOLD 43. The Complete Lionel Hampton Quartets and Quintets with Oscar Peterson on Verve. Each disc played twice. $45. $35 SOLD 44. The Complete Wes Montgomery Riverside Recordings. Each disc played once. $90. SALE PENDING

Thanks to everyone who has bid and/or won on my auctions thus far. I just listed dozens more items, including loads of SACDs, some DVDs and more.

Loads of SACDs and other good stuff ending today and tomorrow. Have a look, and thanks again to all who have bid and won my auctions. http://www.ebay.com/sch/slbrownhk/m.html?_adv=1&_dmd=1&_in_kw=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1

Many thanks to those of you that have viewed and bid on my auctions. I just listed more than 50 SACDs, CDs, DVDs and more. Check 'em out: http://www.ebay.com/sch/slbrownhk/m.html?_adv=1&_dmd=1&_in_kw=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1

I just listed a bunch more SACDs, DVD-As, etc. Happy bidding, and thanks. http://www.ebay.com/sch/slbrownhk/m.html?_adv=1&_dmd=1&_in_kw=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1

Thanks to everyone that has bid on my auctions thus far. I just listed over 50 more items, including some SACDs, DVD-As, and Mofis. Happy bidding!

Up for some additional pimping. Several auctions ending in a few hours, with more ending tomorrow.

Lots more stuff just posted for auction: AUCTIONS SACDs, DVD-Audio, and more. Thanks for checking 'em out!

Lots more stuff going live at 8pm Pacific tonight. Check it out!

Loads more items are now up for auction: my auctions SACDs, DVD-Audio discs and more are available, including several rarities and OOP items. Check 'em out!

I'll take either. Both my ego and my bank account could use some stroking.

More SACDs, the Beatles mono box set and more went up last night.

Hey everybody, I'm back from the dead with a host of auctions on eBay. I'm trying to dig myself out of the pit of crass music consumerism I created for myself over the past decade, so please view my auctions, take advantage of my lack of self-control and find yourself a deal: My auctions You can also search for my user ID on eBay: slbrownhk I have tons of stuff up right now, including SACDs, DADs, CDs, the Neil Young Archives on Blu-ray, a Total BitHead headphone amp and more. More stuff will be coming soon as well. I'll also have 20-30 Mosaic and Mosaic Select sets coming in the near future. Feel free to PM me if there's a specific set you're looking for and we can discuss possibilities. Feel free to PM me any questions. Enjoy!

I used to focus a lot on reissues because I feared things going OOP or having ridiculous prices if I waited. I abandoned that strategy 4-5 years ago after buying a ludicrous number of Mosaics that I never listened to. I always seemed to buy high and sell low. Sure, I could still make back a decent amount of money, but it just wasn't worth it. I still have two or three dozen Mosaics gathering dust, a few of which haven't even gotten one CD's worth of attention. These days, I just buy whatever I want to listen to most at the time. If I find cool stuff at retail (a rarity these days, considering my options), then I'll buy a ton of stuff at once. Otherwise, my spending is more measured and focused on exactly what I want.

I've spent the last few years primarily not listening to jazz, but was intrigued by the notice about the AP Blue Note SACDs I received from Acoustic Sounds, so I bought these: Grant Green - Green Street Grant Green - Idle Moments Art Blakey - Moanin' Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue I also bought the AP SACD of John Coltrane's "Coltrane". I've found all of these releases to be uniformly excellent, and exactly the kind of SACD releases I've been waiting for ever since I bought my first player some 7-8 years ago. They're very clear and very natural sounding, and have been a nice way for me to reconnect with jazz. I'll have to pick up more sometime. I will say that I'd be a lot more interested in what AP's doing if they chose some Blue Note releases that were more "out", like Jackie McLean's mid-60's work, Grachan Moncur, etc. There doesn't appear to be any of that on the horizon, which is disappointing.

I've been on a Brazilian kick lately, so the little lady and I hit Fogo de Chao for dinner last night (our third Brazilian meal in as many weeks). Excellent food, but totally overpriced. Too bad Minneapolis doesn't have more options for churrasco.

Thanks, everybody (one month later). I haven't been around these parts much lately, so thanks for remembering.

I am he whom you seek. Unfortunately, I sold it about a month ago. Best of luck with your search.

Damn it. Time to play "Unity." And here's another plug for "Vibes in Motion." I love vibes (hence the handle), and this is in my top five best vibes CDs. Ever.

Mrs. vibes and I took two weeks off and went on an 11-night cruise with stops in Italy, Greece and Turkey in the latter half of May. It was the first time I'd taken a vacation and not taken a computer or phone since 2001, and it was great. It was also our first cruise, and I really enjoyed it, despite the fact that we were less than half the age of the average passenger on the ship. I'm already thinking about where we should cruise next. That was the longest vacation I'd ever taken, and I was so disconnected from my normal life that I started to forget I had a normal life. To me, that's the best kind of vacation.

Up, since I'm back in town.