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Last Chance: Dizzy Reece Select

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neveronfriday Rookie

neveronfriday

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crap - they feghed up and sent me the Witherspoon single instead of the Reece select!!!

Seems the Reece is now gone... I just ordered another one somewhere else - fegh fegh fegh!!!!

My shipment has been stuck in customs for bloody weeks now. So I wouldn't even know if I got the right one.

Seems like they have two people working there to battle the Christmas rush.

That would be twelve thousand packages per person per day.

[Edit: And two forms, two letters and five phone calls per package.]

That's Germany for you.

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king ubu Contributor

king ubu

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crap - they feghed up and sent me the Witherspoon single instead of the Reece select!!!

Seems the Reece is now gone... I just ordered another one somewhere else - fegh fegh fegh!!!!

Yikes ! :o

Seems that someone at Mosaic was thinking about 'Reece Witherspoon' instead of 'Reese Wetherspoon' (sorry ubu, couldn't resist :P ).

The Dizzy Reece Mosaic Select sounds great, by the way !

And may I recommend the Tony Williams as an alternate, if you don't already have it?

Ï'd have gone for the Paul Chambers... but they already seem to have processed a refund and told me to keep the Witherspoon as a gift (Captain Reese James?)

No shipping confirmation for my amazon order yet, but I keep hoping...

sidewinder Mentor

sidewinder

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crap - they feghed up and sent me the Witherspoon single instead of the Reece select!!!

Seems the Reece is now gone... I just ordered another one somewhere else - fegh fegh fegh!!!!

My shipment has been stuck in customs for bloody weeks now. So I wouldn't even know if I got the right one.

Seems like they have two people working there to battle the Christmas rush.

That would be twelve thousand packages per person per day.

[Edit: And two forms, two letters and five phone calls per package.]

That's Germany for you.

Those two guys are covering the UK and France too.. ;)

Ï'd have gone for the Paul Chambers... but they already seem to have processed a refund and told me to keep the Witherspoon as a gift (Captain Reese James?)

No shipping confirmation for my amazon order yet, but I keep hoping...

Hope it comes through OK - I'll keep a look-out in London today just in case you need a set.

king ubu Contributor

king ubu

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Thanks Bob!

In the very worst case I'd hang on to my Conns, the TOCJ and look for some japanese edition of "Soundin' Off"...

There are still a few acceptably priced (but quite higher than Mosaic) copies on offer at amazon... haven't gotten a shipping confirmation, the order is "en course" since ten minutes after I put it in. Hope that's not a bad sign.

It's not quite as bad with Swiss customs, alas, but I guess they now need to search additionally for hidden minarets in larger packages... :crazy:

king ubu Contributor

king ubu

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Got a shipping notification, after all! :)

Me too (from amazon.com, most likely their last copy of the set).

Whew! ^_^

Yeah, big relief!

And I'm of course excited to finally get to hear "Soundin' Off", too! :excited:

sidewinder Mentor

sidewinder

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Got my set yesterday and immediately put on "Soundin' Off"! :tup

Disk 2 has been playing non-stop in my place for the last 3 days. Great stuff !

(this post is taking ages to load - not suprising I guess as I've a simultaneous download of Autocad going on.. ;) )

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neveronfriday Rookie

neveronfriday

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I do believe that this Mosaic Select, which I bought about 2 seconds before it disappeared, might possibly have been the best reissue I bought in 2009.

And it has A LOT of stuff .... Beatles (mono and stereo), Fitzgerald (Hollywood), Peterson (Duos), Radiohead (complete), Chopin (complete), Mozart (piano works) ... and much, much more (rather eclectic) stuff to compete with.

I'm lovin' this set.

:tup:tup:tup:tup:tup

sidewinder Mentor

sidewinder

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I do believe that this Mosaic Select, which I bought about 2 seconds before it disappeared, might possibly have been the best reissue I bought in 2009.

I'd certainly put it well up there, if not at the top. It's one of those Mosaic Selects that I'd say was 'essential'.

Shrdlu Newbie

Shrdlu

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I second the post about all Dizzy's BN recordings being great.

Don't forget Duke Jordan's "Flight To Jordan" - that's where I first heard Dizzy. It's a superb album all round, sadly not often mentioned. Veree tasty!

king ubu Contributor

king ubu

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I don't have the Jasmine/Progress stuff yet (aren't there two Dizzy Reece discs?), but the Duke Jordan album is indeed great (and also the place I first heard Reece).

There's however another one that should not be overlooked for sure!

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Asia Minor (Prestige/OJCCD)

Line-up: Dizzy Reece, Cecil Payne, Joe Farrell, Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Charlie Persip

Kyo Newbie

Kyo

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Still waiting for my Mosaic Select to arrive, but I did get the Asia Minor CD yesterday. I've had

the mp3s from eMusic for ages, but I wanted the real thing on the shelf next to the Mosaic set. :D

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