J.A.W.

Simple explanation: set #240 will be released later. As noted in a separate thread I started a while ago a few sets are still in preparation (Braxton, Goodman).

Don't worry, Mosaic's Scott Wenzel told me the Akiyoshi/Tabackin Select won't be available for pre-order until mid-September at the earliest and it's scheduled for release in October

It's up again

Link works for me. Are any you guys familiar with this stuff? The samples sound great. Tried again and it works for me now too.

Clicked on the link you posted but the Oscar Peterson set didn't show up. Mosaic's Scott Wenzel told me last Monday (8/11) that the set would not be up for pre-order until some time next week.

I'm looking for this CD in Exc or better condition: Spinners - New and Improved - Atlantic/Rhino R2 71883 PayPal is my only payment option. Please PM me if you're selling a copy or know where I can get one. Thanks.

According to Scott Wenzel the Braxton set will be up for pre-order in about a month or a little later.

Mosaic's Scott Wenzel just told me that the Oscar Peterson set will be up for pre-order in about a week and a half, the Akiyoshi/Tabackin set in about a month.

Did the seller clearly limit the shipping destinations to the U.K. in the description of the item? If he didn't, he should ship to the United States, but if he did, why didn't you ask him before bidding if he'd be willing to ship to you?

I have just listed a few CDs on eBay. Thanks for looking

Probably the best of that era. I agree. It's a good quartet session with Chick Corea, Ron Carter and Grady Tate. I have the 1983 Verve CD issue and don't need an "upgrade"

Probably the best of that era. I agree. It's a good quartet session with Chick Corea, Ron Carter and Grady Tate. I have the old 1983 Verve CD issue and don't need an "upgrade".

It is. One of their best sets.

Which ones are you talking about? Your post doesn't exactly provide much info... A list would be helpful. Edit: Are you referring to these recent reissues?

I was wondering about that too. A few more details would be helpful, such as CD label and number, release date, things like that. Edit: Found some info. CBS France issued a set back in the 1980s, The Complete Duke Ellington (1947-1952), first on 6 LPs and later on CD. Here's the AMG review of the LP-set and here their review of the CD-set.

Not a bad idea.

I received my Donaldson box yesterday 1 Aug 2008 and its number is 1853! So, 3 years after this discussion started and 6 years after the release of this marvelous set, it has not yet reached the halfway point... Very strange... I already listened to the first CD two times! Best Alex This has been discussed many times around here but I suspect you were not with us at that time. The set numbers don't really mean much. The fact that you have received number 1853 doesn't mean that they have only sold 1853 sets. I am sure this one is not far from going OOP. BTW, welcome here! Actually, the numbers DO mean much for the big boxes. It's been well established here that those are numbered sequentially as they are sold (hence, the hand-numbering of the booklet using the sequential number on the receipt at the time of sale). Of course, there's a wrinkle in this system with the Universal-distributed Mosaics (which don't include the Donaldson, of course), since those are not individually numbered and are sold by a variety of merchants. Also, the older Selects (as opposed to the newer ones, which aren't numbered at all) are machine-numbered at the time they were produced, and are not sold in sequential order (especially since, like the newer Universal Mosaics, they are widely distributed and not only sold directly by Mosaic). But the big boxes sold directly by Mosaic are all individually numbered in sequence at the time of sale, so Alexandros' set number 1853 is, in fact, the 1,853rd Donaldson set sold. Not quite true. The folks at Mosaic told me it's the computer that assigns the number to the big boxes, picking it at random from all still available numbers, and it's then written into the booklet. Therefore, set #1,853 isn't necessarily the 1,853rd set sold.

Why did you wait so long to reissue it? Issuing stuff is not exactly cheap for an independent label like Chuck's.

No panic here, I had the Donaldson set and got rid of it ages ago because of its to my ears horrendous sound quality - loud/maximized/things like that In my view it's one of the very few Mosaics with really bad sound - but that was discussed on this forum a long time ago and things got very heated, so I'd better keep my mouth shut this time Edit: I just remembered that I've already commented on this set's sound quality earlier in this thread, about three years ago

Based on what? Did the folks at Mosaic tell you so?

Just got a copy

Yep, it was originally released on Monument (KZ-31302). One Way Records reissued it on CD in 1995, but if I remember correctly it was withdrawn shortly after its release. The vinyl is not rare, but the CD is extremely hard to find and usually costs a small fortune...

To avoid any confusion: you're talking about the now OOP box Fantasy put out years ago, The Prestige Recordings, not any of the newer boxes that were released by Concord, Fearless Leader and Interplay.

Jason Bay

Saw that one. Saw another one on GEMM that was selling for $128 - it turned out to be a needle drop...