tranemonk

if you go on there now... 5:25pm EST... all the Selects are gone... and most of the boxes... Obviously they must be updating the site or something... Kinda bizarre.... makes me even more glad I got the Bryd/Adams set...

Elvin Jones Disc 4.... I've got a new tack Ron... I'm gonna enjoy the Mosaics I have instead of agonizing over the ones I don't have... At least that's this moment's approach ....

Damn... couldn't you tell me it was awful... Something in the vein of Sun Ra meets Paul Desmond meets Kenny G.... ? Oh well.... guess can I find a reason I didn't need $50.... I like it a lot. FWIW, I got it from Mosaic about a month and a half ago, and my set is number 4323. I know they don't sell the Selects in exact sequential order (unlike the big boxes), but my understanding is that they get their Select stock in prenumbered batches that are generally sequential. If that's true, this one could go OOP pretty quickly. ←

Anita O'Day Disc 8.... nice.... How can you go wrong with Barney Kessel and Ben Webster as part of 'the band?" Hey Ron... How's the Brookmeyer... I actually bought it and then when I was feeling overextended ($$$$) with my Mosaic purchases, I sent it back...

THANK YOU .... that helps... ! Preferably I'd rather talk about the sexy album covers

I really don't get this post... and I'm REALLY not understanding the value/purpose of this thread....

Anita O'Day Disc 6... Still good but getting a little redundant with the Billy May Orchesta.... Let's see what happens with the last 3 discs...

I'm with Big Al on this one Ron.... Stop thinking about this nonsense... Instead start thinking about how many birthdays/you need to have this year to get the Elvin/Anita/Turrentine/Parlan sets... It's WAY TOO HOT for this nonsense.... It's too hot outside to think about anything constructive! Whattya think the high's gonna be today, Jim? At least there's a nice breeze where I'm sitting! ←

as much as I'm enjoying this set.... (And I am!!! You gotta put the Elvin ahead of this one... IMHO.... Damn. Another one to add to the list. ←

Anita O'Day Disc 4... 1st half with Oscar Peterson is OUTSTANDING!!! Woo - HOO!!!! 2nd half of Disc 4 also pretty good....

Elvin Jones Disc 6..... Slamming...!!! Just to give Ron S. a little nudge... I do miss Mr. Jones... Can you believe it was a little over a year ago, that he died???? Damn....

I'm a big Elvin fan.... This stuff is really good... And what's really strange about Elvin is that it seems that a lot of his solo stuff is not in print.... or is very hard to find (foreign labels)... The Live at the Lighthouse sessions are great... A fair amount of this set is trio and quartet dates (which is my preferred configuration..) Out of my 25+ sets.. this is in my top 5.... And no one else is going to give a drummer a 8CD set.... This wasn't on my radar screen, but I take it you think it should be. ←

Sidewinder... You DON'T have the Elvin???? AUGHHHH!! You gotta grab it....

I saw the following post on another board and wanted to get your take on the question and my reply..... (I'm deleting the poster's name.) -------- From my perspective... I can't imagine them doing this for a manipulative sales based reason... I think it is related to licensing issues and how many sets they have already printed. For example, if the license for a 5000 set of xxx is due to expire at the end of 2005, and they've already printed 3500 and sold 3100, they might move it to "running low." If this is accurate, they would do this since a) the license is going to expire and b) there's no point in them printing another 1500 (to get the 5000 limit) since they are not going to sell them. Secondly, I think the loyal Mosaic base might catch on to this and would not take it well. It seems to be that we (at least me,) assume that there is a high level of honesty at Mosaic in terms of the production, selling and distribution of the sets... but that's my opinion... I'm not sure how the licensing thing works but that's my guess...

that's a great question!!! Hmmm... to me it seems like one way to figure this out is to do the following... 1) Start with the sets of 5000 (not the 7500 or 10000) 2) look at the copyright date or set # (highly reasonable to assume the some of older sets will go OOP sooner) 3) focus on the popularity of the artist/genre 4) safely eliminate some of the more obscure (pre bebop sets - IMHO those will take a LONG time to go oop.. .but that's just my opinion)... and that might lead me to believe... Hmm.... drum roll please????? Horace Parlan...? maybe Max Roach??? That's my thought... And I don't think the Parlan is going OOP soon. I bought mine a year or two ago and it was #1912 - Copyright date 2000.

Anita O'Day Disc 3... This is a really strong CD...(Hope the rest of the set keeps up with it...)!! I have not been happy with Mosaic vocalist sets..... but so far.....

Anita O'Day Disc 2.... Excellent!!! It's pushing that BAD Dinah set out of my head...

OKAY OKAY YOU WERE RIGHT, RON!!!! Ahh... but commonsense overcame me (at least momentarily.... ) and I did get it!!!! AhA... Another reason to stay away from the evil cluthes of.... E-BAY!!! That was really fast. Hope everyone here pulled the trigger in time! ← And to think that some people (we won't embarrass tranemonk by mentioning him specifically) actually thought that they could wait until this weekend to order. ←

My set #3167.. just arrived... based on the numbers of the sets of those of us who just ordered it... it is going fast.... Will be listening tonight and tomorrow... thanks again Ron

wow that is weird... You should call them and talk to them about it... I usually order via the web but I had a feeling it would be slower than if I called, so I called my order in.... AND.... on a related but different note.... I think this is a board first... (At least in my era).... "obsequious" .... Wow... didn't know I needed to use a dictionary to read the board... Good job!!! Always keeping us on our toes....!

Amen on the Turrentine and the Parlan..both outstanding...!! Methinks the Mobley is the better of the two Complete sets you ordered. However, both sets are highly recommended by me. Uhhh... you still need the Horace Parlan and the Stanley Turrentine boxes. ←

I completely do not GET this post...

okay... OKAY... I FINALLY called them and ordered mine.... The guy who took the order said he thought the rest would be gone within 2 weeks... Also mentioned that someone called in and ordered 6 (SIX) copies... Smells like an E-BAY Profiteer to me... (NOT to start THAT Debate over again...@!) Anyway... I hope this was a good purchase.... $70 I can swing... (Although I definitely should have saved my money from that god AWFUL Dinah Washington set...) -_-

Whoa! THAT'S fast! ← Okay .. okay... I'll probably place my order today....

just what I was thinking too Ron... Guess I'll have to cough up a couple of more bucks... Just glad it's not a 10CD set... Whew.... I'll probably order mine this weekend... thanks for the news... Sounds like the license is expiring significantly short of the 5000 limit. ←