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I wonder if these Mosaic sales will result in one or two sets ending up on their Running Low or even Last Chance lists...

Sorry to throw cold water on your suggestion, but if Mosaic's current offerings are selling slowly, I can't imagine that the ones you suggest will exactly fly off the shelves. I can understand Mosaic's caution. I agree. I don't think the avant-garde etc. will sell any better than the "bourgeois" stuff, on the contrary. Maybe, maybe not. You're probably right. All I know is that the catalog is looking awfully stale these days, from my perspective, and I've bought more than 20 of their sets, counting Selects and boxes. They keep offering these sales and I keep looking at what's available and thinking, "Nah, I'll pass." I'd like it if they came out with something that would surprise me a little bit, maybe target a different audience, maybe bring in some new customers, even. I think that's what Mosaic Contemporary is all about. Not necessarily YOUR type of music - but an attempt to bring in new customers. I've thought Mosaic Contemporary was a mistake for a while (well, since they announced it, actually). People who might possibly like that kind of music surely aren't going to be attracted to Mosaic by the availability of a few things when there is so much that's as good (from that point of view) available anyway, at lower prices. It's not generally my kind of music, but I think Face's idea isn't bad. MG I doubt they'd recoup the investment needed for the licensing, research, mastering, etc. of an avant-garde set or something similar.

I just ordered a set and everything went smoothly

It should be noted that these titles are being issued on a type of disc that is being called an "SHM-CD". Supposedly, the plastic used for the CD is a special, low-loss plastic like the plastic used for LCD displays. The claim is that this material will allow the laser to track better and cause less jitter. Sounds far-fetched to me, but some people may want to give one a try. Thanks for the info, Kevin. I'll pass, I've had enough "sonic upgrades"

Sorry to throw cold water on your suggestion, but if Mosaic's current offerings are selling slowly, I can't imagine that the ones you suggest will exactly fly off the shelves. I can understand Mosaic's caution. I agree. I don't think the avant-garde etc. will sell any better than the "bourgeois" stuff, on the contrary.

Thanks for clearing that. I have the 1201 (or is it 2101? whaterver, it's that DA Music/Black Lion successor label) version of "Reaching Out", with all the bonus tracks, but I haven't got it with me... seems "Gettin' into Somethin'" I don't have. I have one more though, that's been released under several others' name, I think. Mine is under Flanagan's and on Prevue and OMITS the bonus track that were part of another reissue (I think on Black Lion under KD's name). Anyway, Frank Haynes is there, too, and doing great! Is "Gettin' into Somethin'" available? If not, Lonehill might be my way of choice - though maybe not, as I always enjoyed Sony/Legacy reissues a lot soundwise, and I'm sure these will sound good, too! (Koch even though they had that HD stuff going on, always kind of left me indifferent, but then I own only five or six Koch CDs.) Gettin' into Somethin' is only available on the Lonehill 2CD-set. It was available on LP a while ago, but as far as I know that's now OOP.

When I ordered from UK Amazon (earlier this week) 17.5 percent VAT was added during the check-out process. I was surprised; thought they had to include VAT from the start. That's strange, EU Amazon prices always included VAT before check-out - I just remembered that during the check-out process prices were adjusted to include the VAT percentage of the EU country the customer lives in. Maybe they've changed it and just add VAT at the end.

EU Amazon prices include tax. For orders to destinations outside the EU tax is deducted.

Remember to include couw's booklet with it, that's worth more than the original anyway! And don't forget couw's piece of the €5000 cake, either

You should I don't think so. Besides, I read some of her work years ago and didn't like it (that's not really an opinion, it's just how I felt about it). My former girlfriend had quite a few of her books - I don't remember any titles, though.

You should I don't think so.

Apparently still no Gettin' into Somethin', Dave Bailey's remaining Epic album.

I agree, they should have honoured Greene while still alive. Haven't read that much Lessing, so I can't give an opinion on her work.

When the delivery time is 4-6 weeks, it usually means an item is not available. It's standard Amazon lingo for unavailable stuff.

The following CDs are scheduled for release * = cardboard mini-LP sleeve On November 21, 2007 SICP 1581 Davis,Miles(tp) Complete On the Corner Sessions 15120 SICP 1648 Davis,Miles(tp) Evolution of the Groove: Remixed & Unmixed 1890 SICP 10096(Hybrid) Hino,Terumasa(tp) & Masabumi,Kikuchi(p) Edges* 3045 VRCL 18840(Hybrid) Jones,Hank(p) July 5th The Great Jazz Trio Live At Birdland N.Y.* 2835 VRCL 18841(Hybrid) Jones,Hank(p) July 6th The Great Jazz Trio Live At Birdland N.Y.* 2835 VICP 64014 J.J.Cats Bigband Jazz Work Shop: For Swing Boys & Girls 3000 VICJ 61535 Evans,Bill(sax) Other Side Of Something 2520 BVCM 35165 Walker,David T(g) From My Heart* 2310 BVCM 35166 Walker,David T(g) Dream Catcher* 2310 BVCM 35167 Walker,David T(g) Beloved* 2310 KICJ 525 Quinteiro,Amber(vo) Forever Tonight 3000 KICJ 526 Foti,Calabria(vo) A Lovely Way to Spend the Evening 2700 KICJ 527 Nakagawa,Eijiro(tb) E 3000 ABCJ 436 Hanna,Roland(p) Sir Elf 2500 ABCJ 437 Hanna,Roland(p) Sir Elf+1 2500 ABCJ 438 Haig,Al(p) Strings Attached 2500 ABCJ 436 Brackeen,Joanne(p) Tring A Ling 2500 ABCJ 440 Togashi,Masahiko(per) Sousyo+1 2500 KICC 647 Swingle Singers Christmas Present 2500 KICJ 480 Manhattan Transfer Acappella Christmas 3000 On December 5, 2007 VRCL 3046 Ito,Takeshi(sax) Mellow Madness 3045 PVCP 8252 Modern Groove Syndicate Ms.Popular 2415 PCD 93040 Weldon,Maxine(vo) Right On 2415 PCD 93041 Weldon,Maxine(vo) Chilly Wind 2415 PCD 93042 Vaughan,Sarah(vo) Time in My Life 2415 On December 19, 2007 VICJ 61481 Pettiford,Oscar(b) Another One* 2520 VICJ 61482 Pettiford,Oscar(b) & Vini Burke Bass by Pettiford / Burke* 2520 VICJ 61483 Mingus,Charles(b) East Coasting* 2520 VICJ 61484 Mingus,Charles(b) Jazz and Poetry* 2520 VICJ 61485 Ellington,Duke(p) Duke Ellington Presents* 2520 VICJ 61486 Ellington,Duke(p) The Duke* 2520 VICJ 61487 Blakey,Art(ds) Big Band* 2520 VICJ 61488 Blakey,Art(ds) Hard Drive* 2520 VICJ 61489 Persip,Charles(ds) And the Jazz Statesmen* 2520 VICJ 61490 Levey,Stan(ds) This Time the Drum's on Me* 2520 TKCW 32200 Ambrosetti,Franco(tp) Heart Bop* 2400 TKCW 32201 Scofield,John(g) Shinola* 2400 TKCW 32202 Friedman,David(vib) Of the Wind's Eye* 2400 TKCW 32203 Anderson,Ray(tb) Old Bottles-New Wine* 2400 TKCW 32204 Hawkins,Coleman(ts) Supreme* 2400 TKCV 35412 Parrott,Nicki(vo) Cry Me a River 2800 TKCV 35413 Higgins,Eddie(p) You Are Too Beautiful 2800 TKCV 35414 Peplowski,Ken(ts) When You Wish Upon a Star+1 2500 TKCV 35415 Peplowski,Ken(cl) When You Wish Upon a Star+1 2500

Could be... but then there's been so many BN reissues in the past years, and some albums have come out several times within short periods of time, so I guess there's no need. And honestly, not much interest here for more BN Mosaics, either... there's lots of other much more interesting ground for them to cover! Dan Gould and I want a Three Sounds box. MG And I want a whole lot of other stuff, but the main thing now is the survival of Mosaic... I think a Three Sounds box would make a good contribution to that cause. MG But a box like that would probably need a huge investment before it would generate some money and I understand they need cash now.

Why not have an even LONGER look and reverse your decision - that is one of the best ever Mosaic sets in my opinion.

..And 10 - 15% off the prices of the big sets. See also this thread. The sale ends October 14.

Could be... but then there's been so many BN reissues in the past years, and some albums have come out several times within short periods of time, so I guess there's no need. And honestly, not much interest here for more BN Mosaics, either... there's lots of other much more interesting ground for them to cover! Dan Gould and I want a Three Sounds box. MG And I want a whole lot of other stuff, but the main thing now is the survival of Mosaic...

I think you would like it ! Great set!

I think it was Reinier who recently posted that according to Michael Cuscuna sales are very slow and steadily falling...

Forgot a link to Mosaic.

I just got an e-mail from Mosaic, announcing a new sale: MOSAIC RECORDS ONE WEEK SALE - ENDS SUNDAY OCTOBER 14th To thank you for your loyal support and to entice you to delve into the new site, we are putting all Mosaic Box Sets, Mosaic Selects and Mosaic Singles on sale this week and this week only. Mosaic Records Box Sets are sale priced at 10 - 15% off, Mosaic Selects regularly $44 are sale priced at $39 and Mosaic Singles regularly $15 are sale priced at $13.

Some favorites of mine in more or less chronological order: 1 Haitink/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Abbado/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Chailly/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam 2 Walter/New York Philharmonic Orchestra Klemperer/Philharmonia Orchestra London Haitink/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Chailly/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam 3 Horenstein/London Symphony Orchestra Haitink/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 4 Szell/Cleveland Orchestra Chailly/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam Abbado/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 5 Barbirolli/New Philharmonia Orchestra London Abbado/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Chailly/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam 6 Szell/Cleveland Orchestra Abbado/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 7 Chailly/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam Abbado/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 9 Klemperer/New Philharmonia Orchestra London Giulini/Chicago Symphony Orchestra Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (second live recording) Abbado/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Chailly/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam

No problem here either.