J.A.W.

I really hope France will qualify, but my first concern is the Dutch national team, which has had a great run under new coach Marco van Basten, getting good results with sometimes mediocre football. They stand a good chance of qualifying, but the quality of their football has to improve dramatically to get anywhere in the finals in Germany next year.

Me too! ← Hopefully the re-master will make it all worth it. ← Depends on who will do the remastering.

I share brownie's pessimism, Zidane is way past his prime and I haven't seen him play a good game for ages. Still, he will always remain one of the all-time great soccer players.

I almost fainted when I saw how they adjusted their shipping charges to Europe ... ← Same here! Crazy indeed! Now if they had cheapo prizes and crazy shipping (as 2001 has for the 'mericans), I would not bitch... but this is a little bit too much! And I went for US postal services (since I would not be home anyway when DHL or UPS or whoever delivers), and that still takes 2-4 weeks! For that, 30$ is way too much, no? ← I agree, it's a pity the option of slow but cheaper surface mail is now only available for orders less than $100. I can't quite believe I stumped up $30 over 10 days ago to ship the O'Day set and I still haven't received it !!! Higher prices and slower service don't bode well really !! ← I guess U.K. Customs is very happy with your order...

Apparently it depends on the person you're asking about it...

I almost fainted when I saw how they adjusted their shipping charges to Europe ... ← Same here! Crazy indeed! Now if they had cheapo prizes and crazy shipping (as 2001 has for the 'mericans), I would not bitch... but this is a little bit too much! And I went for US postal services (since I would not be home anyway when DHL or UPS or whoever delivers), and that still takes 2-4 weeks! For that, 30$ is way too much, no? ← According to the latest Mosaic brochure their international airmail shipping rates are: order value up to $40: $12 order value $41 - $100: $23 order value $101 - $200: $30 order value $201 - $300: $35 order value exceeds $300: $45

Mosaic's Scott Wenzel just told me there are 150 copies each left on the Anita O'Day and the J.J. Johnson sets.

I couldn't agree more. Another sad day for jazz and music in general.

Same here, both on Opera and MSIE6.

Ah, I see what you mean (took me some time, but hey, I've got more things to do... )

Well, I don't - that is, I'm not familiar with and don't understand the "lingo" he's using, and as a consequence it prevents me from understanding the meaning of his prose.

As far as I'm concerned quite a lot, actually, like for instance the Rich, Tyner, the Jazz Crusaders, and one or two others.

I must admit that I understand hardly anything of what he's saying, just because of his writing style. My not being a native speaker might have something to do with it.

And Pacific Jazz Piano Trio fans like me

Ah, you beat me to it, Ed

Oscar Peterson's unnecessary busy playing spoiled that album for me.

Yeah, but that was almost 3 years ago, can't we continue a discussion here? ← Almost 3 years ago this board didn't even exist...

His last post dates from June 18.

That would be a shame, the JJJ set is on of the all-time great Mosaics in my opinion.

My sincere condolences.

Tony ("Chaney") is taking a break from posting.

The bulk of the set is currently not available on individual CDs in the United States.

I believe it's the same mastering - if you're talking about the regular individual OJCs, that is, not the 20-bit remasters.

Winning bid $191.50! Nice score!

Geoff, Why don't you use eBay's "Ask seller a question" feature? You might get an answer sooner that way.