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Late 2010 at the earliest, but probably later. Haven't heard from them lately. There were no LP albums in the 1930s, just 78s.

The general rule in the European Union is that if the declared value of a package from outside the EU exceeds a certain amount, you have to pay tax/duty. I guess it's the same in Canada.

Who's Alastair? How do you get him and get stuff from him please? MG Alastair is Alastair Robertson, founder and owner of Hep. Hep website (you can also find the link elsewhere in this thread) Thanks Hans - but "Warmin' up" is still "temporarily unavailable". How does one get a copy, as Ghost did? MG Why don't you use the "contact" button in the left-hand column and ask Alastair if he can supply a copy?

I don't think Sony will issue a "Complete" Ellington set. A set with Sony-owned 1930s material is still planned by Mosaic.

Who's Alastair? How do you get him and get stuff from him please? MG Alastair is Alastair Robertson, founder and owner of Hep. Hep website (you can also find the link elsewhere in this thread)

Done

Custom forms are mandatory on shipments from non-EU countries to the European Union.

Good to hear Alastair is stocking repressings. I hope things are picking up for him and Hep.

Curious to know what the postage is on a haul like that? Must be a small fortune... When the sets finally reach Belgium, the buyer probably also will have to fork out a small fortune on tax/duty and fees. He'll probably have to fork out for the stuff he DIDN'T order, too MG If he did get that stuff at all - but if he did and returned it, he can get a refund from customs if he did indeed have to pay tax/duty and if he can prove that he did actually return it. (That's a lot of ifs... ) Mosaic should be very concerned about things going wrong like this, it gives them a bad name.

Curious to know what the postage is on a haul like that? Must be a small fortune... When the sets finally reach Belgium, the buyer probably also will have to fork out a small fortune on tax/duty and fees.

That doesn't sound good. Let's hope they can charge the extra cost to the company that's taking care of the shipping.

The 1994 remaster is the Virgin reissue: Amazon - I can't guarantee that the sellers on Amazon are offering the correct version, of course; I'd ask them first before ordering anything.

Because they don't own any Stones recordings after Let It Bleed, which came out in 1969. The Stones' contracts with both Allen Klein (ABKCO) and Decca Records (London in the United States) expired in 1970. Exile on Main Street was recorded between July 1971 and March 1972; it was released in 1972.

I merged the two threads

Remastering engineers are not always to blame, they're often just doing what the producers and/or artists tell them to do.

You're the only one who can answer that. song samples of one of the albums (scroll down) separate albums on Amazon (song samples included) If you don't have any Russell, start with his earlier albums. You can find reviews of his albums on AMG - for what they're worth

Hip-O sets are $20 per CD on their site, which I think is quite steep, especially if you don't like "modern" masterings - lots of their sets are quite loud and have boosted highs. Pity, because musically some of their sets are worthwhile.

The yellow graph is from the original CD release, the grey one from the new remaster. Compared to the former, the latter shows added compression and limiting - it's what some would call "brickwalled": loud and no dynamics left.

Seriously, in case there's any doubt: Hip-O is a Universal reissue label and this release is legit; the recordings on this set are owned by Universal.

Don't have it at hand to check, but did you look at the back of the booklet (producer's note or something like that?) - usually they're quite accurate to note such mistakes, same as on other Blue Note discs, where there are notes about "phasing cymbals" etc... The Mobley booklet says nothing about any problems/errors.

Hip-O tracklisting and description

So what I was told is correct: maximum compression/no dynamics left/loud/boosted higher frequencies. No thanks, I'll stick with my early Japanese issue and the Virgin remaster from the 1990s. Not so much compressed but heavily e.q'd. Everything is dry but a little too upfront. Improvement over the original CBS CD from the 80's but not the original US vinyl. Never heard the 94 Virgin so I can't compare it to that. Not as good as last years Beatles remasters thats for sure. If it's one-dimensional, without depth and, as others have told me, without dynamics, there must be a lot of added compression. Anyway, as I said I'll pass.

So what I was told is correct: maximum compression/no dynamics left/loud/boosted higher frequencies. No thanks, I'll stick with my early Japanese issue and the Virgin remaster from the 1990s.

Haven't heard this new set yet, but I've been told that the remastering is very "modern": loud, with squashed dynamics. If that's correct, I'm not going to buy it.

I'm a big Mobley fan, but I don't have the box anymore. I have all the material in the box on "Blue Note Works" TOCJs, with the exception of a couple of alternates, and sold the box. I also have a non-numbered copy of the Mosaic booklet.