djcavanagh

I'm off to Paris this weekend and if I can lose the wife for a couple of hours might be able to have a look around. I've been before so know where the FNAC and Virgin stores are but does anyone have any pointers? Thanks in advance. Denis

I'm in the same boat - unfortunately came to jazz too late to get the chance to hear him live. Very sad news.

If you do, can I piggyback something on it and pay for shipping from Corpus to Philly? They are quite good at combining orders so if they've actually not sent yours ( ) you might save on the shipping. Every cloud and all that...

Now if only Jim could seek affiliate status with Zwe... then he could pay us to use the board.

Apologies to those who were trying to avoid these deals but they have some new ones! The Coltrane Prestige @ €50 (502933) The Oscar Peterson Pablo @ €30 (502936) The Rollins Prestige @ €30 (502934) The Tatum Groups @ €25 (500881) The MJQ Prestige + Pablo @ €7.99 (!) (500118) They still have the Gordon Prestige @ €40 (500733). Now if they would just sell the Joe Henderson Milestone at that kind of price then we can all retire happy.

They have changed their numbering so I don't know what the Secret Seesions number is any more. It never showed up when searching for Bill Evans. Perhaps someone should email them.

Sorry that you won't be able to make it Brownie but thanks for mentioning it here. My wife and I were planning a weekend in Paris after my exam in early April anyway so I was able to swing it . If anyone else is interested I booked the tickets here: [url=http://bosebluenote.fnacspectacles.com/ficheManifestation.do?codman=BOSE8]

I have the Japanese Pangaea. Like the Japanese Aghatha the sound is much better than on the Columbia-versions. That said, I can't compare them to the original LP's. Any extra music on the Japanese edition? From my ipod (so subject to a slight margin for error), the japanese times are as follows: Pangaea: Zimbabwe - 41.42 Gondawana - 49.46 Agharta: Prelude - 32.33 Maiysha - 13.10 Interlude... - 1.00.48

Their website says that they are sold out of the Wes Montgomery so I can't replace my defective one. I don't suppose anyone would be willing to go to the Frankfurt (or any other store) to buy another one for me? I could then return my defective one to the mail order part.

I've just checked mine and they seem ok. Certainly didn't notice anything initially. However the last track on cd 7 (Jingles) has skipping/distortion at the very end, which isn't meant to be there. There doesn't look to be any scratches or anything so it looks like it must be defective. Sidewinder, which track on the Dexter Gordon did you have problems with? I'd like to check before I go back to them on the Montgomery.

I can't imagine you'll have any trouble selling it on at that price! I have a sneaky feeling that the big boxes may always have been made in Germany - it's just the ones that were sold there that were small. And I don't think that it was just the US. Certainly in the UK I haven't seen any of the smaller ones for sale.

They do have the Secret Sessions (#76679) but it is more expensive at €65.99. I received my Wes Montgomery today and it too is the "big box"

Nearly everything seems to be back in stock now using the search option - there is also stuff I'd not seen before.

Seems to be €9.20 no matter how much you are ordering. They did combine a couple of orders that I made separately into one order from the point of view of shipping so they get a from that perspective.

They seem to be back again. As Tjobbe says if you click on the Mein Bestellzettel button on the right of the screen (which takes you here) and then enter a 1 followed by the numbers you want (the Gordon is 76520) then click Aktualisieren and if there is a price on the following screen then they are in stock. Tick that you accept their terms and conditions and click on Weiter to proceed to payment. The Monk doesn't seem to be in stock though. If you need any help within the next half an hour or so PM me with your telephone number (if you're in the UK which it looks like you are ejp626) and I can talk you through it.

The Wes, Evans, Gordon & Pepper boxes are in stock at the minute.

They also now have the Dexter Gordon Prestige for €39.99! I am pleased to say that you also know seem to be able to pay by credit card so I will be watching like a hawk for the Wes Montgomery to make an appearance again

Can anyone give advice on how you can pay without a German bank account? I tried last week (when they said that they had the Montgomery in stock) but there didn't seem to be a credit card option. My German is non-existant so I emailed them to ask but haven't had a response (possibly because I emailed in English ). Thanks Denis

Whilst I stand by what I said about London I'm not sure I'd agree that it suffers in comparison with Boston. I'm sure it does with regards to price but I'd have said that the selection was as good, if not better due to the larger number of outlets. Unless of course I was looking in the wrong places when I was in Boston I meant to say, though didn't of course, with regards to second-hand discs, at least in Boston (and then, you get to buy more, of course, what with the ridiculously high prices in London - and around Europe, more generally). But in general, I'd much rather go to NYC than London if I were shopping for either classical or jazz cd's. Yeah unfortunately there isn't a great second hand market for jazz in London (but I suppose that's what ebay is for ). I've only been to New York once and that was before my "conversion" to jazz but can well believe that it is much better. Am hoping to go at some point this year!

amazon.co.uk have it at £28.99 (and say that they will dispatch within 24 hours)

For those interested they also have the second volume of the Complete Stax/Volt Singles for €40, which is an absolute bargain for some great music.

It shut not long before Christmas unfortunately.

Whilst I stand by what I said about London I'm not sure I'd agree that it suffers in comparison with Boston. I'm sure it does with regards to price but I'd have said that the selection was as good, if not better due to the larger number of outlets. Unless of course I was looking in the wrong places when I was in Boston

Fopp is a great little shop (it's on Shaftesbury Avenue near Cambridge Circus) but as you say the selection is fairly limited and is often hit and miss as to what they have in stock. To be honest Bol I think that you will be a bit disappointed. Apart from the HMV and Virgin shops already mentioned there isn't a great deal of choice. There is Ray's Jazz shop, which is part of Foyles book shop on Charing Cross Road but it isn't exactly massive. There are a variety of second hand shops but unfortunately none that spring to mind as being particularly good for jazz. I can give you more details if you would like. And there is also the aforementioned pricing issue. I went into HMV on Wednesday with vouchers in hand to spend in their sale and came out completely empty handed. There seems to be nothing in the sale that wasn't in it before Christmas. So whilst I would have said that your timing would have been good, unfortunately I don't think that this will turn out to be the case. Can't help you with Amsterdam I'm afraid. Hope you enjoy your trip anyway

Thanks. I'd come to the same conclusion given that you can get three for the price of one but will have to wait and see if they come back in stock.