Sad to see this goes so slowly! One of the very best Mosaics, in my opinion!
"Sad"?
It just gives some of us more time to get up the funds to pop for this.
You can avoid shipping costs altogether if you go to eMusic. They carry the Arabesque catalog, so you can download all of these albums for real cheap (and legal).
Amazon is ready to ship next week, too: "Availability: This title will be released on December 20, 2005. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives."