Ron S

That's why I don't give them more than the 2-business-day limit set by Amazon for shipment by Marketplace merchants. What I've found with Caiman, and some of the other Amazon Marketplace merchants, is that if they really have something in stock, they'll ship it within the 2 days (sometimes 3 days), whereas if they don't have it in stock (and they shouldn't list it if it's not in stock, but they obviously sometimes do anyway), it can take weeks or months. So when I order something from them, I email them if I haven't received a shipping notice within a couple of days, and if they can't say when it will ship, I cancel immediately. They usually process a refund through Amazon within 24 hours. You just have to realize up front that you may have to do that, and then you'll never wait more than a few days for shipment by these Marketplace merchants. As I indicated before, the vast majority of my many CD purchases from Caiman and other Amazon Marketplace merchants have been shipped within a couple of days.

I just wish they'd use a single CD to put out those Buddy Bolden sides they've been sitting on, but noooooooooooo, Cuscuna insists on waiting until they've found enough sides to do a Select.

What are you trying to do, my friend? ← He was trying to clone a human embryo, but the South Koreans beat him to it.

Hey, if Marlon Brando could sing the lead in "Guys and Dolls," anything's possible.

Plus there are so many other greats on "Blue Lights," and the music and sound are terrific. (and you get the cool Andy Warhol drawing on the cover )

"Midnight Blue" is essential, and I also really like this 2-CD set: There's also this live date from the same period:

I guess I must have missed this (I didn't have time to read all the prior posts in this thread), but to which Mosaic or other box set does this relate?

Same here, and I only order brand-new discs from Amazon Marketplace sellers (including Caiman). Occasionally, an item won't be shipped within 2 or 3 business days (this happens a bit too often with Caiman, albeit not most of the time) and, if they can't tell me when it will ship, I just cancel the order and get a refund within 24 hours through Amazon, and order from someone else. On the whole, though, my experience with many, many CD's purchased from Marketplace sellers has been great.

And don't forget The Bookworm (Roddy McDowell).

What about:

Just got an email from Yourmusic.com informing me that Bill Evans' "Conversations with Myself" is no longer available and has been removed from my queue. Guess they don't always give a warning even when something's in your queue.

Lulu Sir Virgil "They-Call-Me-Mr." Tibbs

Headin' to Collegeville?

Rudy Giuliani Rudy Huxtable Rudy Vallee

Do tell. Actually, we got into a discussion about this a couple of months ago in another thread, and I listed some of Philly's extraordinary--if unsung--features and attractions both here and here.

Let's see--how many Conference Championship games have the Giants or the Jets been in the last 4 years?

Oscar Wilde Dorian Gray Earnest Hemingway

Well why else would anyone move to Philly??? (Just kidding--I'm actually a big Philly booster and think there are many, many great things about it that, unfortunately, are not well known to the rest of the world. )

Dawn Wells Bob Denver Alan Hale, Jr.

You didn't happen to see Freddy Kruger in your rear-view mirror, did you???

Thanks for the heads-up, Erik and Chuck.

The Board seems slow this morning, especially going from thread to thread.

B-)

Well, there's always this high-tech sanding device (sandpaper not included):

Sounds like you got the Black & Decker Mouse, which is a very flexible and useful sander. But the nice thing about a random-orbital sander like the Porter-Cable for the larger flat areas is that the sanding disc moves in a random orbital pattern while it spins (hence the name), significantly reducing or eliminating the chance of getting sanding marks like the ones it sounds like you got with the drill attachment. It may be overkill for your needs but, if you're going to be doing a lot of flat sanding, it makes it easier, faster, and relatively foolproof.