Well we're talking OOP Mosaic here, "reason" is relative. The Buy-it-Now auctions are stupidly steep, I agree, but the regular auctions are what they are. $80 sounds pretty reasonable to me for a Shank/Cooper or the like.
The deleted Selects have been all over Ebay lately. There are several Richards, Slack, Pepper, Gordon, Brookmeyer, Jones, Pearson, Shank/Cooper, PJPT, Reece, and Patton sets listed right now.
I got my ESP order yesterday (Hilversum, placed 2/7). My JazzLoft order (Sunny and Milford), placed the day before, has yet to arrive 11 days on.
The ESP package was entirely hand-marked so yeah...very small operation. Also, I have received no shipping notice for the 2/6 JazzLoft ESP order, but I DID receive a shipping notice for a JazzLoft Hatology order I placed on 2/10, which seems to substantiate the theory that JL is getting their stuff from ESP before shipping-- or something.
I've never had a problem with them, but I agree that, aside from a few BN titles that I should be whipped for not yet owning, my 40-some item queue is bogged down by "3 star" material. Tho I'm glad to see those two ECM titles finally show up.
I very much like Tristano's New York Improvisations a trio set with Peter Ind and a drummer whose name escapes me.
NYI was the title when it was released on an Elektra LP in the 70s. It's out in a different form now, but I don't recall the most recent title.
I used refund money from the broken Minimalism of Erik Satie I received earlier this week and got Ne Plus Ultra and The Dark Tree to make up for my disappointment.
I got an e-mail from Amazon for this this morning. Looks just like the Parker Master Takes set. I wish it was just Verve releasing this so I could get it on YourMusic.
Anyone know where I can get this set for a decent price? Or is the $40 being asked on Amazon about the best I can do?
I suppose that's not so bad for 4 discs of great music, but I still feel like I could do better.
I just got a copy of The Minimalism of Erik Satie in the mail from an ebay auction and the disc was broken completely in half
So annoyed. I have been looking for this forever and managed to get it at a reasonable price.
SIGH.
Yeah, reading his notes to The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions "humble" was not really a word that came to mind.
But I agree with Chuck on his latter point, and the Blue Note 2xCD is one of my most treasured recordings.