B. Goren. Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 I received this message today: Dear Mr. Goren, Thank you for your message. Due to a pricing error over the weekend we experienced an unexpected surge in sales and quickly ran out of inventory. Unfortunately, the items in your order were cancelled because there was no more available inventory. We apologize for any inconvenience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedR Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 My order for the Bechet box was also cancelled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 It appears to me that the glitch was for items listed as $1.00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freejazz2020 Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 It appears to me that the glitch was for items listed as $1.00. I had jumped into the fire in a big way. After the Brubeck supposedly shipped, they subsequently cancelled six other orders, containing nearly 80 titles, ranging in price from $1 to $22. Not one item was confirmed. Will be interesting to see what arrives in that Amazon box where the Brubeck is to be. BTW - they did list it as "new and manufacturer sealed." Then again, they also showed all the cancelled titles as "in-stock." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 freejazz2020, were any of your cancelled orders for prices other than $1.00? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Just got a notice saying I wasn't going to get the $1 Bechet I'd ordered. (I think I have most of it anyway.) Still waiting to hear about Django. And just heard I wasn't getting Django either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freejazz2020 Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 freejazz2020, were any of your cancelled orders for prices other than $1.00? Yes, a lot were at $1, but 30+ were more - up to $22.00. It just appears they did a mass-cancellation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freejazz2020 Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 Finally received the Brubeck box today- 19 discs, sealed, original factory CDs for $8 ... "They are real, and they are spectacular!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 Nuts! Good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETman Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 Finally received the Brubeck box today- 19 discs, sealed, original factory CDs for $8 ... "They are real, and they are spectacular!" Needless to say, it fell off the back of a truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freejazz2020 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Finally received the Brubeck box today- 19 discs, sealed, original factory CDs for $8 ... "They are real, and they are spectacular!" Needless to say, it fell off the back of a truck. No, it seems there was something more going on here. The fact that they dropped prices massively on most of their stock for two brief windows, filled many of the early orders and then subsequently cancelled huge numbers of orders seems to indicate a computer glitch or some sort of issue. Until all this happened they were a good storefront and had a great reputation (over 99 percent positive w/ a huge number of transactions). It seems more like a fortunate buyer fluke ... despite all the new to cd material, especially since I had well over half the titles, I was not otherwise going to pick this one up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesnik Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 And just heard I wasn't getting Django either. Yeah, same here. Although already a couple of days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Within the last year a WKCR show had a lengthy sequence on very early Django, from before these recordings or the Hot Club. They had no jazz as such, it was French cafe-style standards featuring and accordian, chanteuse and probably more singers-and Django as a young sideman, playing few if any solos. The recordings may have been made in the latest 20s or earliest 30s. You could say they're probably most coveted by Django completists. But I was thrown for a loop, never having heard this stuff. May have been his first recordings, and my foggy memory seems to recall that some of it was live, perhaps Parisian radio airshots that survived. There was at least 45 minutes worth of material. Does anyone have any idea who these people were and if the recordings are commercially available? I'd love to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Well, I answered part of my own question anyway. A bio site claims that Django's first recordings were with accordianist Jean Vassaide, for the Ideal label. No further info on other personnel given, but it was discussed in the context of his teen years. I wonder if this was before the celebrated accident that occurred at age 18? Again, if anyone knows anything about these recordings please jump in.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 here's a more (in some ways) more detailed discography of django's early sessions, a good deal of the recordings can be found in the JSP set "Musette to Maestro", the first 15 tracks of that set are pre-accident (november 1928) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 here's a more (in some ways) more detailed discography of django's early sessions, a good deal of the recordings can be found in the JSP set "Musette to Maestro", the first 15 tracks of that set are pre-accident (november 1928) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwhillman Posted October 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 My Django arrived. Guess I was one of the few lucky ones. Still, if it was a glitch, it is odd that they did fulfill some orders. Mine was placed Friday night and not shipped until Tuesday. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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