Hey Kids, Have You Heard The News? MOSAIC's IN TROUBLE!!!

[gmonahan]

4 hours ago, Scott Dolan said:

Mine wasn't necessarily packaged poorly, but it still sustained some very minor damage to the box. 

Whatever. I care about the music more than the packaging. It would have had to have been really fucked up in order for me to make a stink about it. 

Sounds like a friendly email is in order. I never received a shipping number. 

I recently got the Threadgill and never got any kind of shipping notice either. I think they're a bit...busy...as others have noted!

 

 

gregmo

[Rooster_Ties]

I got my Bee Hive box day before yesterday, and did get a sort of shipping notice from Scott in a really nice email, in reply to an email I'd sent when I first made the order.

Haven't had the chance to spin but 3-4 discs. Damn, that second disc of every fat-boy box is nearly impossible to get out!! -- which I'd read here before, several times, but I never dreamed just HOW difficult it is to get out safely.

Will have to break off two opposite tabs on each one (as someone suggested here).

[Big Beat Steve]

4 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

That reminds me of the time I wrote an e-mail to Sergio Veschi of Red Records, someone who I used to interact with regularly on-line, to tell him that there were several grammatical errors in the English liner notes for a few of his CD releases. I volunteered to review his English liner notes if he needed a hand for future CDs. I offered to do it for free.

His answer caught me off guard, basically saying that their English liner notes were perfect, my inquiry was insulting and no, they would never accept my help.

I often wonder if my English E-mail was forwarded to the Red Records label's English translator and that this return e-mail was actually written by the very person whose writing I was criticizing.

 

You've gone to the wrong place, it seems. There ARE liner notes/booklets out there that are in dire need of having their contents tidied up, but no - pride wins out, even if this pride ridicules itself as soon as those "in the know" come across the items in question.

Happens with bilingual books too - and makes you cringe sometimes if you consider some of these books were done as a "labor of love" by the author, only to have some sub-par translation (or sloppy proofreading of the foreign-language version) appended to it.

Edited May 19, 2017 by Big Beat Steve

[sidewinder]

11 hours ago, Rooster_Ties said:

I got my Bee Hive box day before yesterday, and did get a sort of shipping notice from Scott in a really nice email, in reply to an email I'd sent when I first made the order.

Haven't had the chance to spin but 3-4 discs. Damn, that second disc of every fat-boy box is nearly impossible to get out!! -- which I'd read here before, several times, but I never dreamed just HOW difficult it is to get out safely.

Will have to break off two opposite tabs on each one (as someone suggested here).

I find that a bit of inward pressure applied by finger nails on the tabs first of all, followed by a bit of rotating the disk side by side, helps with removing the Disk 2s. Just had the same issue with the Savoy set. Ludicrous !

[WarpedOrb]

@David Ayers  I don't know if it's generational David, but I'm a big movie buff and probably would've gotten a reference to Meshes in the Afternoon. I think cinema is at the centre of world pop-culture and cuts through generations - especially when it's about a great movie by one of your great American directors and a film that plays every year at Christmas time; my young nieces love the film. Then again all of us here seem to like old stuff, I've always loved old films have'nt you? It's about sensibility not age.

@Scott Dolan  you're right and I want to emphasize it hasn't happened that often usually only with the heavier vinyl boxes – I have not complained about it either. Still, when you buy something that's expensive, desirable, collectible and new having it arrive mint is the tits. I just mentioned it because like I said I have a pretty heavy 3-box order coming...fingers crossed.

[Scott Dolan]

That's cool. But it's really not a big enough deal for me to bother with, honestly. I have the discs ripped to my iMac now, so once I figure out where I'm going to put the box, there's a good chance I never touch it again. 

[Rooster_Ties]

1 hour ago, BFrank said:

Goes back to the always horrible design of jewel boxes in the first place.

I just bent/broke off two of the four tabs on the second disc of each 3-disc fat-boy on my Bee Hive set.

Still(!!) surprisingly more than just a little tough to get out, but far preferable to "damn near impossible".

[David Ayers]

The jewel case in general was a big factor in me giving up CD. The cracks, scuffs, broken teeth and hinges, before you even play the CD very often - it was like buying instant junk. 

[erwbol]

Jewel cases are easily replaceable and keep the artwork safe. Occasional problems with hard to remove discs usually resolve themselves after the first couple of removals. Or just replace the tray. Don't you people have spare parts lying around?

 

2 hours ago, David Ayers said:

The jewel case in general was a big factor in me giving up CD. The cracks, scuffs, broken teeth and hinges, before you even play the CD very often - it was like buying instant junk. 

Oh the glorious pops, clicks, scratches, degradation, and warping of vinyl. So unlike buying instant junk or winning ephemera in a lottery. 

Edited May 21, 2017 by erwbol

[Scott Dolan]

Hahaha...jewel cases can indeed be maddening. Although I had zero issue with my Benedetti set.

But, I will take jewel cases all day long over the cardboard sleeves some companies started using. Sometimes those things would be so tight I swore I was going to have to extricate the disc by employing a pair of scissors! 

[Rooster_Ties]

Really enjoying the Bee Hive box I got on Wednesday. Have spun about 60% of it (discs 3-4, & 6-10), and everything so far has been a very solid 7/10, with a couple albums closer to 8/10.

A very consistent set, with a number of real winners. Anyone interested but on the fence, I'd suggest going for it.

[Hardbopjazz]

I placed my order the day after Mosaic sent the email that they are having problems. Other than an email "Thanks for you order," I haven't received an email about shipping. Are any others here waiting for their orders?  

[Clunky]

1 hour ago, Hardbopjazz said:

I placed my order the day after Mosaic sent the email that they are having problems. Other than an email "Thanks for you order," I haven't received an email about shipping. Are any others here waiting for their orders?  

I'm in the same position re the Threadgill set. Last thing I heard was an email indication that the shipping confirmation would follow . It never did ,......      

[WarpedOrb]

On May 4th I ordered Getz - received notice that it's been forwarded to the warehouse. Nothing yet stating the warehouse has shipped. Another order took a few days before I received the "forwarded to warehouse" notice.

In both cases, because the email had the header Mosaic Records Shipping Notification and sported an all-caps TOTAL ORDER SHIPPED I thought these emails were telling me my orders were on their way...until I checked again because of your comment.

The intermediate (and slightly misleading) notification is unnecessary. I don't care that it's been sent to a warehouse. The email goes on to say it may be another week before it's off in my general direction.

They're extra busy - I wouldn't worry about it just give it an extra fortnight to get to you. 

 

:: :: For what it's worth I ordered the Armstrong All Stars vinyl from Jazz Messengers on the 4th of May as well - was told it shipped on Monday the 8th - received it four days later on Friday - total time of 6 business days - double boxed and packaged like it was a mail-order baby. Mosaic needs some of that mojo, but I love 'em anyway.

Edited May 22, 2017 by WarpedOrb

[JSngry]

Anybody heard whispers about the Goodman set coming back around?

[Brad]

Scott emailed me today that they are temporarily out of the Fitzgerald Webb set, in case anyone else besides me is waiting on the set.  They're expecting it in approximately two weeks. 

The set is also on the Running Low list. 

[Hardbopjazz]

That was one f the two I ordered. The other one is the live Armstrong. 

[miles65]

 

3 hours ago, JSngry said:

Anybody heard whispers about the Goodman set coming back around?

No but in the catalog page sets on backorder have two designations. With or without month when the set is expected back in stock. The sets with a specific month are most likely to return to the catalog. Alas the Goodman is so far without a specific month. About the Goodman set there was not so much fuss as there was about the JPJ or the Clifford Jordan sets. But for those who do not yet have the Goodman set set I hope it returns to the catalog.

[bluesoul]

6 hours ago, Hardbopjazz said:

I placed my order the day after Mosaic sent the email that they are having problems. Other than an email "Thanks for you order," I haven't received an email about shipping. Are any others here waiting for their orders?  

I placed an order on May 4th, and got the "forwarded to warehouse" notice on May 14th.  Received the Mulligan LP set today.  I thought they were going to wait to ship it with the MJQ, but that wasn't the case.  I'd also ordered the Mingus.

I have to say, the boxes for the vinyl sets are much nicer than they look in the photos on the website.  

 

[JSngry]

2 hours ago, miles65 said:

 

No but in the catalog page sets on backorder have two designations. With or without month when the set is expected back in stock. The sets with a specific month are most likely to return to the catalog. Alas the Goodman is so far without a specific month. About the Goodman set there was not so much fuss as there was about the JPJ or the Clifford Jordan sets. But for those who do not yet have the Goodman set set I hope it returns to the catalog.

That makes sense. This is one that I don't really "need" to have. But I'd rather have it than not have it, I guess. There's enough on there that I don't yet have for that. None of it's essential to me, though. But you know. Save The Children and all that, I've got an order in if it comes back.

[Tom 1960]

6 hours ago, Hardbopjazz said:

I placed my order the day after Mosaic sent the email that they are having problems. Other than an email "Thanks for you order," I haven't received an email about shipping. Are any others here waiting for their orders?  

I placed an order for the Woody Shaw Muse set last Wednesday. I received an email from Mosaic on Sunday stating they wont have it shipped till next week because of the heavy order demands. I'm ok with that. I also made a point of updating my mailing address since my address has changed from the last time I ordered from them.  I'm also thinking of getting the Savoy and Beehive sets although I will wait till the Shaw set arrives.

[Brad]

This may have been mentioned but Scott said the Johnson set is due for a July or August repressing. 

[king ubu]

12 hours ago, JSngry said:

Anybody heard whispers about the Goodman set coming back around?

When I asked, Scott had in on the list of boxes to re-appear ... but as has been mentioned, without a specific date yet.

[psu_13]

FWIW I got my Charlie Parker and Woody Shaw sets today. Ordered them about 2.5-3 weeks ago. Got an email about shipping two weeks ago. I think the warehouse must have still had something of a backlog at that time.

[medjuck]

I got an e-mail which said (amongst other things):

 

We had a very strong response to our offerings over the last few days and want to thank you for your support!

Please note that we are behind in shipping and we expect to ship your order in the 5 - 7 days.