TREASURE TROVE OF MOSAIC LP SETS ON E-BAY

[jazzkrow]

There is an estate dealer on e-bay now (Stareintothesun) selling a bunch of Mosaic lp sets. I bought the Basie Live Roulette 12 lp set for $170 including shipping/insurance. I've waited to post on this till I received my set to make sure everything was kosher. My set was mailed Friday from Chicago and just arrived today by priority mail. Everything is here-and lps look NM as do the box and booklet. The seller had 100% perfect feedback-I have no relation to her.

Anyway, she has now posted many more-Cole, Brown, all 3 Commodore sets, T-Bone Walker, etc- None have a reserve!

Thought I'd give a heads up to the rest of the board members!

Happy Hunting!

Was my $170 shipped price a decent deal? I have not tracked the sale of Mosaic lp sets to really know. A little over $12.50 an lp looked more than fair to me

Edited March 9, 2004 by jazzkrow

[desertblues]

If it's NM you got a very good deal, IMHO. I've seen the live Basie go for well over $250 in M- or "unplayed" condition. Ebay prices on most Mosaics seem to be going down a little lately. Enjoy the Basie!

[John B]

Thank you for the heads up! I've got bids in on two of the Commodore sets.

[Shrdlu]

Those Commodores should be in great demand. That's a body of material which should be constantly available. The stuff is part of the National heritage and public organizations should step in and make it available to anyone who wants to hear it. Sad it is that such pieces of American history are so badly neglected.

[Shrdlu]

Here is the link, and fascinating it is.

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?View...&sort=3&rows=50

Also, what a professional presentation of each item - a pleasure to read. But bidding on these is way out of my league, and I sure don't have time to listen to 66 Commodore LPs! That's a lot of LP!

[mmilovan]

BTW, are those Commodore sets issued on CD, ever?

[Harold_Z]

BTW, are those Commodore sets issued on CD, ever?

I think a very large percentage of what is in this box won't be issued for a long time - if ever. There are 3rd and 4th takes of some tunes and I believe these are the only issues EVER of those. At this stage -15 or 16 years after the first of these boxes was issued, a lot of the MASTERS are unavailable on cd. I really think there will never be a reissue of this material as complete as this.

[Tjazz]

BTW, are those Commodore sets issued on CD, ever?

I think a very large percentage of what is in this box won't be issued for a long time - if ever. There are 3rd and 4th takes of some tunes and I believe these are the only issues EVER of those. At this stage -15 or 16 years after the first of these boxes was issued, a lot of the MASTERS are unavailable on cd. I really think there will never be a reissue of this material as complete as this.

Yeah, but since LPs can be transferred to cdrs.

I'm sure that have been a ton of transfers already. Then look at what Definitive and other European companies do after 50 years...

Just bug one of those companies and I'm sure we'll see the Complete Commodore issued as a cheap box set. Probably about $5/disc.

[Bol]

I wonder why Mosaic did not release these on CDs. And I hope Mosaic or someone else releases this material soon. I have some individual CDs released by Universal, and they just whet your appetite.