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Well I’ve placed a pretty big order. If I would have ordered trough Amazon.de, eBay and Discogs I would have paid more than 200 dollars more plus not every item was availble there. But still: most of the time what seems to good te be trough...... I keep you guys informed if this is recommendable or not. So when the order has arrived ( which is probably going to take a very, very long time) I share my experience. I have used Buyee btw. Kupiku will never be my choice again as they are more expensive, offer less options, and still have a defect website.

Was listening to that yesterday! Beautiful tribute indeed. The version of In A Sentimental Mood is beautiful and show some signs of the style he played in in his later days.

I do hope so Brad. Been waiting for 6 weeks now for mine!

Yeah OP always manages to surprise me as well. Sometimes in a bad way but also sometimes in a good way

Two Dutch websites mention august as the month of releasing The Kicker and Its Time....

i did it....

That’s crazy! No I’ll support my local record store with new releases

Up till now I wasn’t really interested in the releases of these series but McLeans’s It’s Time and Hutcherson’s The Kicker got my attention. And they are both scheduled for release this month...

Anyone who knows if the June releases are postponed or something? I would think that around this time they must be available for per order. Or am I just a bit impatient?

Seems like a very appropriate playlist for this coming week!

That’s a great one!

Have two orders from Japan. One was shipped on the 24th of April and still has not arrived. The other one was shipped on the 25th of May and arrived today. Now that’s weird...

With Mal Waldron, Fred Braceful and Raoul Walton. Did not knew this guy but I am pleasantly surprised. Nice funky modal playing. Braceful is in prime form!

Nah I don't do that stuff. I can name plenty of examples. Just to name a few: the Maturity series by Mal Waldron. And more recently I found a copy of Thierry Bruneau's Live at the Kave. Also, sometimes they are to be found on Discogs but for ridiculous prices. 60 euros, 70 euros or even 100 +. These proxy sites count multiple shipping costs and of course a fee but then still the items are way cheaper. Plus those sites also give access to for example Rakuten and Yahoo Japan. Anyway, apparently I am the only one on the board who has used these kind of websites? Did not expect that!

I’m really talking bout the stuff you can’t find nowhere else. Also not on Discogs.

Yeah for the new stuff CDJapan is definitely my favorite, thanks Hutchfan. Using these proxy sites is really for very hard to get out of print items only.

Language is not really the biggest problem. Most of those Amazon.co.jp sellers do not ship outside of Japan. Plus the shipping costs get very high with multiple items. For these things, proxy shipping is a pretty good solution, although still expensive. I have tried the proxy shipping option by CDJapan once but they were unable to deliver the item I wanted....

Amazon.co.jp sometimes have items that you cannot get anywhere else. Ordering them is expensive but also not very easy because of the language barrier and the high shipping costs. But most of all: most of the smaller sellers do not ship overseas. There are a few websites offering their services to make this easier. Of course they ask a fee for it and it is still expensive. I know three of them and I have used one of them. I always used Kupiku but their search function is defunct for almost 6 months now, which really sucks. And my last experience with them was not very positive. Searching the web I found two more: White Rabbit Express and Remambo. What are your experiences with these companies? Which one do you use and why? Or are there more and better options?

You lucky....

ah that sounds more than reasonable

Anyone any experience with USA to Europe mail? I want to place a big order in the US but am a bit worried by the stories about the US mail service....

Yeah I know: it's a rare one. But the 150 euro + on Discogs is a bit too much for me... If anyone here wants to sell for a more reasonable price I'd be happy. Thanks!

Great player but not one of my favorites. But one of his records is one of my favorite: it’s the Survivors Suite. I think I like the American Quartet best especially because of Dewey Redman. I really never cared a lot for the solo and standards stuff.

R.I.P. Jimmy what a life you had!

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