David Ayers

(1) these are the Universal, US made Mosaics (2) so far there have been five: Mulligan, Farlow, Jazztet, Eldridge, Basie

So often that strip leaves gum on the CD case and turns it into a mess. I've tried white spirit which cleans it off but also fogs the CD case. Anyone got any better ideas? Talk about customer unfriendly! They don''t use these strips in Europe.

I note that amazon.de have also increased prices on the other Mosaic bargains to around the 100 euro mark.

Some early Bleys are in poor sound and short measure, though interesting (e.g. the ESPs, the Haarlem). Some, to my mind, lack bite, even (for ME anyway) such praised disks as 12+6 (right title? on Hat) and the reunions with Giuffre. The early stuff with Giuffre is some of the best; the ECM with Parker is good (maybe there is more than one?); the Hillcrest club recordings with Ornette are invaluable but hard to find and in rough sound. Just my opinions, and there's more Bley I haven't heard than I have. Quite a few of his LPs have been and gone in my collection without impressing me too much, though I like Bley and I like the idea of Bley.

Looks like I'm going to be talked out of this one... why is nothing ever easy?

Well done guys! Let's just hope Crazy Jazz can actually locate the stock...

Thanks for posting that. Hmm. I do have some of the material - I'm just trying to work out whether the History box is an in any way tolerable method of filling (big) gaps and then working up from that to better versions of things I actually really want...

Who said life isn't tough? Well, over here we are used to these prices! These really are great records.

Tough one. Let's hope the copyright is with EP and he can do it as part of the Psi series, at some point. I'm pretty sure the Chronoscope won't reappear, though I bet there are copies floating around somewhere. That said, I see that Crazy Jazz still lists this and Monoceros as available in 'limited stocks': 17539 : EVAN PARKER SOLO SOPRANO SAXOPHONE : MONOCEROS - (1978 - LIMITED STOCKS) : CHRONOSCOPE : £12.95 : 07672 : EVAN PARKER SOLO SOPRANO SAXOPHONE : SAXOPHONE SOLOS - (1975 - LIMITED STOCKS) : CHRONOSCOPE : £12.95 :

Thanks guys. This goes for around 40 EUR currently, which sounds about right in terms of your descriptions of it. I'll see if I can slot it into my merciless box set regime!

My first Parker LP. Just wonderful.

Can anyone comment on sound/content/presentation of this bargainous box?

Basie disks 1-1,000,000. This box has NO RIGHT to be so good!

That's right, keep at it. Didn't bother with the Mosaic set as I had a few of the sessions on vinyl Actually the LPs do still turn up from time to time. Maybe I'll go that route. I still wish I'd bought it though, seeing as how I saved so much on the German Mosaic deal.

Just played the one Ella solo and three duets with Joe Williams on the Basie Clef/Verve Mosaic disk 8. Gems (as the True Blue catalogue would no doubt call them).

I'm hoping all the useless information I pick up on this board is going to... er, what was I saying?

That's right, keep at it.

Yeah go ahead - make the procrastinators suffer...

Only if you've written your own individual number inside the booklet. ← Don't give me ideas.

In fact if I were you I'd sell it, buy the TOCJ CD as a stand in, and go on holiday!

Nice find. This can go on ebay for a very tidy sum.

Not at HMV London though, where I observed today that the Eldridge Mosaic was £99.99 and the Carmell Jones Select £59.99.. The Teutonic deals brokered by Alfred are better.. ← I got mine from amazon.de, but when I checked jpc I noticed the Selects were more than the full euro-mosaic sets. The Selects are evidently on a different deal altogether than the full sets. The three I ordered worked out a shade under £40 each. But I have to live with the non-mosaic serial number on the spine and NO individual numbering inside the booklet... I feel like I've cheated but I know I haven't. Have I?

I picked up a copy of ConSequences a while back from Ecstatic Yod. Looks like it's still available from Yod for $16, in case anyone's interested. HERE ← Funny, ConSequences was gathering dust on my sales list before it finally sold. No one here seemed to be interested, even though it wasn't very expensive... ← Sorry Hans - I didn't notice it - I'd have bought it I swear!

Just keep in mind that with box sets, what's important is not how they sound when they're played, but how they look when they're sitting on the shelf! ← Not to mention the part where I sit and stroke them every night as the evening light melts into darkness. Do you think the head print which results from putting them under my pillow reduce their eventual ebay value?

I ordered the Basie, Jazztet and Eldridge from amazon.de. Total cost including shipping and tax, EUR 175. As shopping experiences go, this is one I have so far managed to enjoy. My only problem is I am up to my eyes in box sets and I am far too busy to listen to them! It makes me regret passing on the Ory, which I did because it wasn't near enough the top of my wants list. But I just took a big chunk out the wants list and I'm already planning how I should have spent the money I 'saved'... I'm wondering what price the Herman set will eventually appear at (if there is a deal with Sony, as seems possible, though I know these others are Universal), and the Rich seems likely to come through at a tempting price eventually. These and all the classical box set deals which are going - it's box set El Dorado around these parts.