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A nice sale at erstwhile records: https://www.erstwhilerecords.com/news .

"Occasional" imports of gifts from individuals (not companies!) to individuals of value up to €45 is apparently not subject to VAT in the EU. I have something shipped from the UK this way at the moment to see if this works.

Not necessarily new (actually a lot of old stuff), but Scott Fields is selling a lot of his CDs for just €5 from his website. Flat worldwide shipping regardless of the order size. https://www.scottfields.com/store

There is always 1984.

I was targeting for 2083, but I was extremely efficient.

Good stuff recorded in 1983: The Jazztet – Moment to Moment (Soul Note) Derek Bailey / John Zorn / George Lewis – Yankees (Celluloid / Charly) Stan Getz / Albert Dailey – Poetry (Elektra / Blue Note) Terje Rypdal / David Darling – Eos (ECM) Paul Bley / George Cross McDonald – Sonor (Soul Note) George Russell & the Living Time Orchestra - The African Game (Blue Note) Kenny Clarke / Andrew Cyrille / Milford Graves / Don Moye - Pieces of Time (Soul Note) Chet Baker with Åke Johansson Trio - Live In Sweden (Dragon) AMM - Generative Themes (Matchless Recordings) – recorded in 1982-83 Iskra 1903 (Paul Rutherford / Barry Guy / Philipp Wachsmann) - Chapter Two: 1981-83 (EMANEM) Henry Threadgill Sextett - Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket (About Time) Jimmy Lyons Quintet – Wee Sneezawee (Black Saint) Joëlle Léandre ‎– Les Douze Sons (nato)

Yes! The whole Swedish Jazz Masters series is a worth checking out. Very interesting.

Rolf Kühn Quintett "Solarius" is good (recorded 1964 in East Germany). It was reissued on CD in 2012 as a part of the very nice AMIGA JAZZ mini-series, an is already quite hard to find. Gil Cuppini - What's New Vol. 2 (recorded September 1961), a pan-European team of Italian Cuppini, French Wilen, Swiss Gruntz, Macedonian Goykovich and German Geier.

Well, amazon Japan will charge you UK VAT, 20%, but will subtract the Japanese one, 10%. There shouldn't be any additional charges upon import.

Sorry for dumb question, but why don't you order from amazon Japan yourself? They deliver to the UK by DHL.

It's a bit of a hassle, but you might want to consider contacting the Discogs sellers - more likely than not, they will be happy to sell to you directly.

Ah, so that's what it is. In any case, I listened to that Hannibal album for the first time (thank you amazon) - it is good stuff indeed (except for the chanting track closer to the end).

Nice people at Edel (the current owner of MPS) have made a lot of MPS albums (including the Harper and Hannibal ones) available on streaming platforms.

I like Greene's music a lot, his klezmer projects including (coincidentally, I started listening to Klezmokum's "Le Dor Va Dor" today before I saw this thread). Recently bought this one https://balancepointacoustics.bandcamp.com/album/lifes-intense-mystery-mf193-as090 , did not listen to it yet:

Thee is a new one by Northwoods Improvisors as well, have not listend to it yet: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3a36NPSlZtXaO9K1KAhNKw

Rogueart gives 30% discount on their back catalog on June 19-22.

Yeah, that was my first exposure to Thomas, through "Transmissions". Got very excited and bought a few of his other CDs (duo with Gino Robair, some albums with a female vocalist...) and they were all quite weak.

Potlatch sale: €10 / CD, free worldwide shipping - http://www.potlatch.fr/ Note that quite a few CDs are OOP.

Which you should also source from Emanem (http://www.emanemdisc.com/E5046.html) because Japanese version is a needle-drop.

No, both bonus tracks are at the end (tracks 5 and 6). On Black Lion version they are in positions 3 and 6. The sound quality is that of a typical new Japanese remaster - (too) crisp, bass boosted a bit too much for my liking, tad too loud. But good overall. This might have actually been a remix, the tenor saxophone is perfectly audible now, and the placement of the instruments is different. I have no understanding of the process, perhaps you can achieve such result through remastering alone now. Black Lion version sound quality is funny in that the original four tracks sound like crap (and I am not talking about the tenor saxophone under-miking) - muddy, bad instrument placing, etc. The bonus tracks sounded noticeably better overall (compare two versions of "Brilliant Circles", track 1 and track 6, on the Black Lion version) - except for inaudible tenor, that is. The new Muzak edition all sounds closer to the track 6 of the Black Lion edition. I generally don't buy newer versions of reissues, but for me this was a tangible upgrade.

Yes, same ones as the Black Lion edition, but in a different order.

Is it possible to disagree with somebody without calling him / her a retard?

The guy has his views, however wacky they might be. He is voicing them from time to time (to a grand worldwide audience of maybe 500 people). The Wire says this makes him "selfish and irresponsible"? How is that? Who is he supposed to be responsible to? Why can't he be selfish? He is not a government official, he does not formulate public policy, his views have no implications. As far as I am concerned, Evan Parker can say whatever the fuck he wants.

It varies. Sometimes CDs are "sealed" by polyethylene to a sturdy cardboard, which is OK. Sometimes the CDs come just packed in regular flimsy (single-layer) cardboard. Then you should expect some cracked jewel cases. In any case, this is not CDJapan level of packaging. This is how it came recently, for example. This was all the packaging. 20210605_101124.jpg - OneDrive (live.com)

Well, thanks. I am off to 1983 stuff.