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This may be of interest to EU residents - the upcoming Vanguard Piano Mosaic can now be pre-ordered from Belgian store TYQMusic: Classic Vanguard Jazz Piano Sessions - Limited Edition Box Set | TYQmusic

Got the Lyons a while ago from CDJapan and hated the sound, way too loud for my liking. The old needledrop I have sounds better.

I'm looking fior this CD-set in at least Exc condition - box and booklet included: Please contact me via PM if you have one for sale. Payment via PayPal, but not friends/family. I'm in the Netherlands.

Look here: Belgian store TYQMusic Owner Mark Steyaert told me a few days ago that he has plenty of V-Disc sets in stock. He'll surely get the Vanguard set as well.

The V-Disc Mosaic can now also be pre-ordered on the site of Belgian store TYQMusic; price 189 euros + shipping: https://tyqmusic.eu/product/classic-v-disc-small-group-jazz-sessions-limited-edition-box-set/

Correct. If the set was delivered by FedEx they will send a VAT bill (plus handling fee) some time after delivery.

Within the EU only the applicable VAT is due (and probably a handling fee) when importing CDs from outside the EU, and NO import tariffs when the total value of the order exceeds 150 euros. I checked the Dutch tax authority's site but it applies throughout the EU - scroll down to "BTW (VAT) en invoerrechten (tariffs) voor veel gekochte producten" - go to CDs, and there the tariff is 0.

Belgian store TYQMusic is listing the upcoming Bobby Hutcherson Mosaic at a (for EU residents) very attractive price: https://tyqmusic.eu/label/mosaic-records/ Their service and packaging are excellent.

Better mail Scott personally: Mosaic mail

Just heard the terrible news that Michael Cuscuna has died - Joe Harley posted this: Michael Cuscuna RIP

Sorry to hear this sad news.

You may be in for an unpleasant surprise: if the set was shipped by FedEx they will send you a VAT invoice separately, usually within one or two weeks of delivery. Note that only VAT (21% in the Netherlands) and a handling fee wiil be due, no import duties, CDs are exempt from import duties in the EU. TYQMusic's prices for Mosaic sets are usually lower than Jazz Messengers'.

TYQMusic do not have it in stock. The owner, Mark Steyaert, told me yesterday Mosaic had informed him that something had gone wrong with TYQMusic's order, and it won't be filled until mid- or late January at the earliest.

If you ordered directly from Mosaic there is no VAT included, they do not use the EU IOSS ("Import One Stop Shop") scheme as far as I know. Within the EU you pay VAT on arrival of an order from outside the EU, unless the non-EU seller uses IOSS, in that case VAT is charged at check-out if the total value does not exceed 150 euros, and no VAT is due on arrival. By the way - and this might be of interest to EU residents - Belgian store TYQMusic is currently offering the Byas Mosaic for 189 euros (pre-order) plus shipping. They told me they're expecting the set mid- or late December: TYQMusic

...and their prices are reasonable. TYQMusic Mosaics

Exactly. Their projected Lucky Thompson set was also killed by licensing issues many years ago.

Again, LPs turned out not to be economically viable for them; after all, they're only a 3-man operation these days without the resources to handle post-sales care in case of defective LPs - one of the problems with that format according to the many complaints about bad pressings etc.

Sometimes they are, as was the case with the projected Lucky Thompson set years ago. As I understand it a Mary Lou Williams set was also considered at one time, but that was dropped just because of licensing issues.

Mosaic's release policy has been discussed here many times, and people tend to forget that they can't afford releases anymore that are not expected to sell well. Their Select series was terminated because it was not economically viable; same with LP sets. There's also the problem of licensing issues, especially when artists recorded for many different labels with different owners, who are often reluctant to license those recordings to be collected in one set - case in point: a Mary Lou Williams set; that will probably never happen, just because her recordings are all over the place. People have also often wondered why downloads are not offered by Mosaic - simple, rights owners refuse to license downloads to Mosaic.

As far as I know they didn't, the licenses expired.

Mosaic won't be releasing LPs again because of the many problems with pressings and things like that, and the financial consequences of having to replace faulty copies etc. Having seen the horror stories on another forum I can fully understand that.

I'm 76 and don't exactly remember when I got my first Mosaic, but it was soon after they started.

Seconded. I suggested something like that to Scott some time ago, and I wouldn't be suprised if we'd see an Ellington set with those recordings someday. Scott told me years ago they were planning to release a Lucky Thompson Select, and then thought of releasing a "regular" set. Nothing came of it, if I remember correctly the licensing problems couldn't be solved.

Licensing original artwork would drive up the cost of a set, and they chose not to include it. A wise decision, given the problems they had to stay afloat.