Dmitry Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 San Francisco store eliminated their classical/jazz sections to make way for the VHS/DVDs. No jazz section now, just a jazz rack. I hear that similar downsizing is happening in Berkley and LA. This is not good news for the West Coast fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 What?!?!?!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted March 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 (edited) There's only one way to find out. B) If you see Far Away Lands, please consider me.. I hope they're just moving jazz to to smaller quarters. That store was great. Here're [and I hope they don't mind me posting their faces ] O.Bivins[l], moi [c] and Cali[r] in Amoeba LA last summer. Edited March 12, 2004 by Dmitry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 Omigod...get this puppy to the caption thread, fast!!! The ideas are absolutely exploding in my head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 WTF??!!!!??? This has GOT to be a temporary situation. Did you ask them what's going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjazz Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 I can understand the downsizing of the classical sections. But jazz? The DVD market has gotten very large. Seems like everybody has a DVD player and way too many movies. Does Amoeba ever have any sales?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 I asked them. They say they're just moving the jazz to the main room, and turning the jazz/classical room into a DVD/video room. Jazz will still be there. Time will tell if their jazz section will still be as good as it used to be. Dmitry, did you check out all the unused RVG's they're selling for >$10? It's a jazz newbie's dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 There's only one way to find out. B) If you see Far Away Lands, please consider me.. I hope they're just moving jazz to to smaller quarters. That store was great. Here're [and I hope they don't mind me posting their faces ] O.Bivins[l], moi [c] and Cali[r] in Amoeba LA last summer. Great pic, Dmitry! Hey, what happened to Cali? He hasn't posted here since late November... and is O. Bivins here under another name? I remember him from the BNBB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 I asked them. They say they're just moving the jazz to the main room, and turning the jazz/classical room into a DVD/video room. Jazz will still be there. Time will tell if their jazz section will still be as good as it used to be. I sort of figured that might be what they're doing. I would have been shocked (SHOCKED) if they had eliminated the section. It's too bad it's not in it's own room with it's own music anymore, but if you ever looked in their DVD section, it was obvious that something had to be done there. Anyway......I feel MUCH better now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted March 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 (edited) Great pic, Dmitry! Hey, what happened to Cali? He hasn't posted here since late November... and is O. Bivins here under another name? I remember him from the BNBB. GoM, Cali's been pretty busy with his work, I think. When I was in LA last summe,r Cali and I met O. Bivins in Amoeba by sheer accident, we just happened to be in the Jazz section at the same time. O.Bivins is a contributor to AllAboutJazz LA, I think I saw him post on that conference some while ago.. I'm hugely relieved that jazz still lives in Amoeba. Edited March 13, 2004 by Dmitry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GloriousBlues Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 No jazz section now, just a jazz rack. I hear that similar downsizing is happening in Berkley and LA. Booooooo!! This is horrible. Amoeba was a GREAT store. It was the only reason I would ever go to L.A. But why would I fight all the traffic and the smog and the gangsta kiddies for one little jazz rack? I wouldn't. We have used CD stores here in San Diego too. I'll buy my jazz at Lou's instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 No jazz section now, just a jazz rack. I hear that similar downsizing is happening in Berkley and LA. Booooooo!! This is horrible. Amoeba was a GREAT store. It was the only reason I would ever go to L.A. But why would I fight all the traffic and the smog and the gangsta kiddies for one little jazz rack? I wouldn't. We have used CD stores here in San Diego too. I'll buy my jazz at Lou's instead. Just a rumor. It sounds like they're just doing some re-organizing of space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Christmas Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 Ack! Glad the news isn't fatal. Dima, I make it out to the Sunset Blvd. store 4 or 5 times a year. In fact, that's where I picked up my copy of FAR AWAY LANDS (poke, nudge). Their classical section is already pitifully small. Any word that they'll be expanding their experimental section from its current 2 racks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzdog Posted March 14, 2004 Report Share Posted March 14, 2004 The Berekely store has an upstairs Classical room. Funny thing is, in my 10+ years of shopping there, I have NEVER been in that room. Maybe I'll correct that mistake today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted March 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2004 Dmitry, did you check out all the unused RVG's they're selling for >$10? It's a jazz newbie's dream. I'm in NY. Al , your nudge is more like an uppercut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Just went to the Haight store today. What they did was flip-flop the DVD and jazz/classical sections. They also have soundtrack CDs in the DVD room. It might be my imagination, but it almost seems that they have more used jazz CDs out than they had before. There used to be a lot of "under-stock" in the old area that I never bothered to look through. The only drawback now is that it's noisier because it's out on the main floor. The DVDs are certainly better organized now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Dmitry, did you check out all the unused RVG's they're selling for >$10? It's a jazz newbie's dream. I'm in NY. Whoops! Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 My last time in Amoeba (a week or two ago) in Hollywood, there had been no change in the jazz. When they opened the store, the created a separate jazz/classical/blues room in the back, and the 2nd floor is DVDs/videos/soundtracks. Aside from a slight expansion of jazz & blues DVDs in the jazz room, nothing else seemed different. Good picture of Ollie. I've run into him at Amoeba as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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