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So where can we buy the Complete RVG collection?

email sent for both volumes.

Pepsi looking to 'Jazz' up colas? Sources say the No. 2 soft drink company plans to launch new fruit-flavored diet cola brand this summer. By Parija Bhatnagar, CNNMoney.com staff writer April 7, 2006: 11:36 AM EDT NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Pepsi is expected to launch a new brand of fruit-flavored diet colas this summer called "Jazz," a move that one industry expert says is intended to add "some excitement" to the company's cola offerings. John Sicher, editor of industry trade publication Beverage Digest, said possible flavors would include strawberries and cream and cherry-vanilla. The brand would belong to the Pepsi trademark although it's not certain whether or not it will also carry the Pepsi name. The product is expected to launch some time in the summer, Sicher said. "The diet cola category is still growing and both Coke (Research) and Peps (Research)i already have flavored cola offerings which have done well," Sicher said. "This new product should create some excitement for Pepsi because fruity-flavored drinks right now are popular right now with consumers." Sicher said it was also unclear whether "Jazz" will become a permanent addition to Pepsi's portfolio but that as the new products are launched, Pepsi will discontinue production of regular and diet Pepsi Twist and regular Pepsi Vanilla. Coca-Cola Co. already has a black cherry vanilla version of Diet Coke, which it launched in January. Pepsi spokeswoman Nicole Bradley declined to comment on the story other than to say that the company is "always looking for new ways to grow our portfolio and innovation is very important to us."

Did anybody try the new Pepsi JAZZ drinks? I was thinking of just getting the cans for the JAZZ markings.

Alot of people wouldn't get a computer, if it weren't for the internet. Alot of people can barely use a computer, but they can search the internet and do email.

Thx, GA. 65% of sale (great for multi-disc sets, better than the yourmusic prices) - code AU06PM2 This 65% off sale has free shipping too. (the best part)

new: (from BMG site, probably will appear on yourmusic in a few days) Shannon Brown - Corn Fed Ralph Stanley - A Distant Land To Roam Serge Chaloff - Boston Blow-Up! Herbie Hancock - The Essential Herbie Hancock The Jazz Crusaders - At The Lighthouse Stan Kenton - Sophisticated Approach Liquid Soul - One-Two Punch Lou Rawls - Black And Blue / Tobacco Road Yellowjackets - Twenty Five (1 CD/1 DVD) Massive Attack - Collected Jim Reeves - The Essential Jim Reeves Huey Lewis & The News - Greatest Hits

Here's a link My Ex-wife

Looks like this set got re-issued without the piano box. It's just a square box (kinda like Mosaic boxes), but priced cheaper this time. $72.96 with free shipping. Deepdiscountcd (the Deepdiscountcd.com description is wrong - it is no longer in a piano shaped box)

Chuck, I agree with you 100%. I certainly new what the deal was/is and had/have no complaints. It's a good deal even with the shipping in most cases. However, under the terms of the settlement of the class action suit (which, just for the record, I had no part in whatsoever nor was I even aware of until recently and after the settlement was reached), if BMG doesn't get a certain amount of takers, they are required to go back to those who did file and offer them more discounted CDs until the total value of the discounts in the aggregate/cost to BMG reaches a specific dollar amount (I don't recall how much off hand). It just seemed to me that if they are required to essentially give this stuff away at 80% off anyway there was no reason, moral or otherwise, not to take part. I don't condone actions of this sort, but given the court order it didn't seem to me that not claiming the discounted CDs would benefits BMG in any way. Yes, I think the settlement amount was about $8 million. Aprox $17.17 will be deducted for each CD mailed in the settlement.

This guy looks like Michael Jackson. He's no killer. HOAX

Just got these RVG Blue Notes and they didn't have any BMG label markings. They were sealed and had the sticker on top with the artist/title, same as the CDs bought at retail. Dexter Gordon : Gettin Around Dexter Gordon : Swinging Affair Hank Mobley : Workout Lee Morgan : Tom Cat Stanley Turrentine : Joyride Lee Morgan : Gigolo Andrew Hill : Smoke Stack Horace Silver : Silver's Serenade Hank Mobley : Dippin' Horace Silver : Horace Scope Art Blakey : Mosaic (course, I ordered Andrew Hill : Time Lines and it had the BMG label on it)

OTHER will be remembered.

CDs received. Credit card not charged yet.

If you're a current member, they send you voucher for 3 or 4 single CDs. You get billed. $3.60 plus tax (30 cents for CA)/CD.

Question? My credit card has not be charged, but I've received the Fed Ex tracking number & email. Estimated arrival date is Monday 8/7. Did your orders get charged on credit card after receipt of your package?

Firms Said to Stop Supplying Tower Records At least three major music companies suspend deliveries to the struggling retailer, sources say. By Charles Duhigg and Geoff Boucher, Times Staff Writers August 4, 2006 At least three major music companies cut off CD shipments to Tower Records on Thursday after record executives said that the iconic music retailer had stopped paying its bills. Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group Corp. and EMI Group sources confirmed privately that each of the companies had stopped sending albums to the Sacramento-based chain, which has struggled with declining sales as digital technologies have changed the way consumers buy music. Sony BMG Music Entertainment also suspended shipments, according to industry sources. The four record companies declined to comment. The move comes just days after Tower Records named a new chief executive: crisis management and bankruptcy specialist Joseph D'Amico. Tower executives informed record companies this week that they would not pay outstanding invoices, according to sources familiar with the conversations. Tower executives, including D'Amico, did not return phone calls. A Tower spokesperson declined to comment. Industry insiders and analysts said it was unclear whether Tower Records had run out of money or was attempting to pressure the record companies to extend better terms. If the music companies suspend shipments for long, Tower Records could be forced to shutter its 89 locations, including the famous store on Los Angeles' Sunset Strip, analysts said. Tower Records confirmed Thursday that it was working with a Los Angeles investment bank to sell the company. The retailer reportedly received at least five bids this year from private equity firms. When a sale failed to materialize, D'Amico was hired in what is the third management shuffle in four years. The hard line by record companies, insiders said, is a response to Tower's unilateral decision to withhold payments after music executives had extended the chain credit for years. "There are some music companies that have been trying very hard to keep Tower afloat," said an executive at one of the music companies familiar with the talks who requested anonymity because of the situation's delicacy. "They owe a lot of money." Music fans bemoaned the potential loss of a retailer that catered to fanatical tastes. "Led Zeppelin changed my life, AC/DC changed my guitar playing, and Black Sabbath changed my approach to songwriting — and I found all of them because of Tower Records," said Dave Mustain, lead singer of the veteran heavy-metal band Megadeth. "What could they possibly put in the place of that Sunset store? Another Starbucks?" Others pointed out that Tower Records had averted crises before — most notably in 2004, when the retailer filed for bankruptcy protection but emerged less than a month later, after bondholders took control of 85% of the company's stock. "Being on hold doesn't mean Tower is going to close up shop tomorrow, but it means they need a serious plan," said Geoff Mayfield, senior analyst at the music industry trade publication Billboard. "The industry isn't in a hurry to lose another retailer. There will be a lot of people who will want to support them in coming up with a plan." Tower Records began in 1960, when a music enthusiast named Russ Solomon began selling records out of his father's Sacramento drugstore. In less than a decade, Tower Records expanded to San Francisco and Los Angeles, and soon thereafter across the nation and abroad. Tower pioneered the mega-store concept, building multilevel stores with exhaustive inventories and passionate and knowledgeable staffs. Tower's late-night hours and in-store concerts drew crowds. By the mid-1990s, Solomon was listed by Forbes magazine as one of America's richest men. Amid soaring profit, the company launched a major expansion financed by bonds worth $110 million. But soon afterward, profit at Tower Records and other music-only retailers began to decline amid pressure from Internet piracy and chains such as Best Buy Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Retail music sales decreased by 17% from 2000 to 2005, according to the Recording Industry Assn. of America. In 2003, Tower's parent company, MTS Inc., tried to sell the retailer after it defaulted on a $5.2-million payment, but there were no takers. Less than a year later, the Solomon family lost all but 15% of the company after it filed for bankruptcy protection. This year the company installed in-store kiosks that would eventually allow customers to burn compilation CDs of current and out-of-stock songs. Last month the company launched a digital store where listeners could download individual tracks for 99 cents apiece. Industry analysts said the efforts were gaining traction. LA TIMES article

Why not offer the local store $250 and see what happens.

Is there a cheap Mosaic Oliver Nelson or Dizzy box set?

If you're into LPs, that's probably a fair price.

order #5627 7/13/06 Nothing so far. (credit card not charged yet)

You can always sample CDs from shopping websites like Tower Records Tower Records - Lou Blackburn

So how many of these CDs purchases are for re-sale? I bought the CCR collection again, even though I already had them. A local CD store owner mentioned he ordered 500.

Just got this disc, an artist I haven't heard about, but was on the Blue Note Connoisseur series. (recent release) Love it. Trombone and trumpet swings.

I still have SEALED mosaic sets.