Big Al Posted January 24, 2005 Author Report Posted January 24, 2005 Last week I noticed that 25 Music Points had been subtracted from my total. I called, and was told that it's a "use 'em or lose 'em" situation; and that I should have been told a couple of months ago that they were going to expire. Well, I wasn't told, so she gave me my points back. I decided to spend them, since I expect most of my shopping in 2005 will be with yourmusic.com. So I ordered the Ray Charles Complete Atlantic R&B box, which arrived today. Yes, I have 25 points as well. May as well try and bump it up to 29 or 30 to pick up the Legacy Edition of either the Allman Bros. Fillmore East or Santana’s first album. Quote
GA Russell Posted January 24, 2005 Report Posted January 24, 2005 At the bottom of my cart is a place indicating how many free CDs I have coming. I believe that this is independent of the Music Points deal. I think it has to do with referring new members. This morning I noticed that one had been subtracted. Looks like I have another phone call to make! Quote
GA Russell Posted January 24, 2005 Report Posted January 24, 2005 The code for 60% off with no shipping is L5OD7. Offer expires 1/26/05. Quote
BFrank Posted January 25, 2005 Report Posted January 25, 2005 The code for 60% off with no shipping is L5OD7. Offer expires 1/26/05. 60%?????? Damn! I just used the 50% (no S&H) coupon to order the Santana "Legacy" album and Horace Silver "The United States Of Mind". Oh, well .... Quote
GA Russell Posted January 25, 2005 Report Posted January 25, 2005 OK, I called them about that indicator at the bottom of my cart showing how many free CDs I have coming. It turns out that the number is a combination of all the free CDs, including what my Music Points total would buy. So since I spent some Music Points, the indicator number was decreased. Quote
GA Russell Posted January 29, 2005 Report Posted January 29, 2005 New code for 60% off with no shipping: L5ODL Offer expires 1/30/05. Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 29, 2005 Report Posted January 29, 2005 New code for 60% off with no shipping: L5ODL Offer expires 1/30/05. Thanks, man! I've been holding off on the latest Hutcherson, Silver, and Wilson Connoisseurs... just picked them all up (4 CDs) for $26 total. Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 29, 2005 Report Posted January 29, 2005 Don't know if these clearance titles have been posted recently, but BMG currently has the RVGs of MILES DAVIS V. 1 and V. 2 for $1.99--as well as Charlie Parker's LIVE AT STORYVILLE and Sinatra's POINT OF NO RETURN. Quote
j lee Posted January 29, 2005 Report Posted January 29, 2005 (edited) Good point -- yesterday I bought a bunch of clearance $1.99 titles and, using the 60% off/no s/h code bought two 2-cd sets -- that, with four free cds I had coming to me brought the average cost to around $4.12/CD or something like that. At any rate $1.99+2.74 < $4.99, if you're into the uber-realm of bargain seeking. Also at $1.99: Hampton Hawes, "Northern Windows"; Richter on Prokofiev's 8th Sonata and 5th Concerto; von Karajan conducting Mahler's 5th; Monk's "Misterioso" (one of my favorites); recent Brendel on Mozart's concerti 22 and 27 (if you're an Alf fan); Martha Argerich "Live from the Concertgebouw 1978-1979"; Emerson Str Quart playing Webern's works for string quartet (if you don't have one of the boxes, this is a good place to start, I suppose). Plus the ones mentioned and some others. Edited January 30, 2005 by j lee Quote
BFrank Posted January 29, 2005 Report Posted January 29, 2005 Some other $1.99 clearance deals they have: "Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins" - on Impulse Jack Bruce - "Shadows In The Air" Sandy Denny - "No More Sad Refrains - Anthology" (2 CD - $3.98) Richard & Linda Thompson - "Best of the Island Years" Jefferson Airplane - "Takes Off" (remastered) , "Crown of Creation" (remastered) Latin Playboys - "Dose" Joe Jackson - "Jumpin' Jive" (Remastered), "I'm The Man" (Remastered) Joni Mitchell - "Taming The Tiger" Laura Nyro - "The Best of Laura Nyro - Stoned Soul Picnic", "Eli And The Thirteenth Confession" (Remastered) Quote
Tjazz Posted February 4, 2005 Report Posted February 4, 2005 New: Count Basie Story (2) Count Basie & Friends - 100th Birthday (2) Quote
chris olivarez Posted February 4, 2005 Report Posted February 4, 2005 Also the Miles Davis box sets are over there. Quote
BFrank Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 Just got the first Santana album ("Legacy edition") and Horace Silver's "United States of Mind" for about $20, total. Both are 2CD sets. Quote
Tjazz Posted February 8, 2005 Report Posted February 8, 2005 New: The Complete Norman Granz Jam Sessions (5) 2 Eric Clapton SACD hybrids Derek & Dominos SACD hybrid 4 Elton John SACD hybrids Quote
riverrat Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 Tjazz and others who monitor BMG closely- do you happen to keep lists of the Connoisseurs, Verve Elites, Verve Master Editions, Riverside/Prestige/OJC K2's that are available from them? I'm trying to optimize my order as I rejoin. While working my way through this thread and checking BMG I found that several of the Verve LPR added just last fall are already gone, e.g. Stitt "Personal Appearance". Thanks! Quote
Tjazz Posted February 14, 2005 Report Posted February 14, 2005 New (on yourmusic.com too): RCA Centennials CD/DVD Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins ($9.98 yourmusic.com) Quote
Craig23 Posted February 21, 2005 Report Posted February 21, 2005 Not a great deal but..... BMG 48-hour sale: $7.99 w/no shipping code: M5OD7 Quote
Big Al Posted February 21, 2005 Author Report Posted February 21, 2005 I don’t know about any of y’all, but BMG seems to be going thru a real dry spell as of late. At least 70% of the “What’s New” is smooth jazz, lite-blues, and big-bland singers (Norah Jones, Jane Monheit, etc). Bleah!!!! Quote
BFrank Posted February 21, 2005 Report Posted February 21, 2005 I don’t know about any of y’all, but BMG seems to be going thru a real dry spell as of late. At least 70% of the “What’s New” is smooth jazz, lite-blues, and big-bland singers (Norah Jones, Jane Monheit, etc). Bleah!!!! That's good! Keeps me from pushing the "Add to Cart" button. Quote
BFrank Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 Anyone had any trouble with Horace Silver's "United States of Mind" from BMG? I've received 2 copies and both have the same raspy, buzzing sound on disk #2 at the end of track 13 and then most of 14. Quote
Free For All Posted March 15, 2005 Report Posted March 15, 2005 I recently joined BMG and I must say since my initial purchase there hasn't been much to get excited about. The biggest drag is that even with the promotions, their HEFTY shipping/handling charges make it much less of a good deal. So far from me. Maybe it will change- we'll see. Quote
Aggie87 Posted March 15, 2005 Report Posted March 15, 2005 Free For All - If you haven't already joined, consider getting into yourmusic.com. It's run by BMG, so the same inventory, which can be limiting. But everything in there is $5.99 all the time, with free shipping & handling. Some of us got in when they had a special $4.99 deal, but that's no longer available, as far as I know. The only major difference is that you have to set up a queue of items that you want, and each month they take the top one from your list and send it to you (and bill your credit card). So make sure there is always something in your queue, because you'll get billed monthly regardless. But other than that, you can order as much as you want at that price, all the time. I'm still in BMG, but haven't been ordering from them, mainly using them for their searches, which seem to be a little better than yourmusic.com's. Quote
Big Al Posted March 15, 2005 Author Report Posted March 15, 2005 I don’t know about any of y’all, but BMG seems to be going thru a real dry spell as of late. At least 70% of the “What’s New” is smooth jazz, lite-blues, and big-bland singers (Norah Jones, Jane Monheit, etc). Bleah!!!! One month later, nothing's really changed. Quote
GA Russell Posted March 15, 2005 Report Posted March 15, 2005 I don’t know about any of y’all, but BMG seems to be going thru a real dry spell as of late. At least 70% of the “What’s New” is smooth jazz, lite-blues, and big-bland singers (Norah Jones, Jane Monheit, etc). Bleah!!!! One month later, nothing's really changed. Al, without doing any research at Jazzmatazz, my first thought is that the situation you describe relates more to the major record labels than it does to the Music Club. Since the majors have gotten out of the jazz business for the most part, BMG needs to do some new deals with some of the smaller labels. The stream is drying up! Quote
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