Guest Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 I got the Farmer/Golson Jazztet box two weeks ago and so far I'm happy with it. For some reason I like the two quartet discs better than the Jazztet stuff though. Hmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 That may be 'cause all involved get a chance to stretch out a little more than on the Jazztet albums - among these, the one arranged by John Lewis is my favorite. I think I will go for the Pepper ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 That may be 'cause all involved get a chance to stretch out a little more than on the Jazztet albums - among these, the one arranged by John Lewis is my favorite. I think I will go for the Pepper ... The John Lewis album is terrific! I like this "more organized" hardbop very much -it's just not so lose around its corners as say Blakey or your usual Blue Note blowing date. Not that one thing is better, but sometimes the lose ends are just a bit too unorganized, and then the Jazztet is perfect. About Pepper: that's a *great* one! I got the small edition back in that other sale, a couple of years ago. I was tempted to go for it again (as well as the Wes Riverside ) but now that there are some boxes available that are really new to me, it was easy to make the decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djcavanagh Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 holy holy! another 100 € gone... both Bill Evans boxes (after that all I miss, as far as Evans boxes go, is the "Secret Sessions" box...), the Dexter box, plus the recent Bud Powell, "Bebop", for 3 eurozlotys. this should be great! I have not heard any of the Evans, only got one ("The Panther!") of the Prestige Dexters, and have been watching that Powell for a long time (this was the third instalment of the Paris stuff, yes? I also miss the second one...) They do have the Secret Sessions (#76679) but it is more expensive at €65.99. I received my Wes Montgomery today and it too is the "big box" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I received my Wes Montgomery today and it too is the "big box" Whopeee ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjobbe Posted January 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 so lets all praise the Concord take-over and its impact on the German Fantasy record distributor change Finally it has some positive impact on all Jazz fans Cheers, Tjobbe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I received my Wes Montgomery today and it too is the "big box" Whopeee ! Only that you mis-quoted and it's not me that got it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I received my Bill Evans - complete Riverside today. It IS the big box but the CDs were pressed in Germany. I thought the bix boxes are only from the US? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveronfriday Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I was stupid enough to add two Stax Vol. 2 to my basket without reading/noticing the fact in I don't know how many "are you sure that is what you want" windows and e-mails. Duh. Duh. Duh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djcavanagh Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I was stupid enough to add two Stax Vol. 2 to my basket without reading/noticing the fact in I don't know how many "are you sure that is what you want" windows and e-mails. Duh. Duh. Duh. I can't imagine you'll have any trouble selling it on at that price! I received my Bill Evans - complete Riverside today. It IS the big box but the CDs were pressed in Germany. I thought the bix boxes are only from the US? I have a sneaky feeling that the big boxes may always have been made in Germany - it's just the ones that were sold there that were small. And I don't think that it was just the US. Certainly in the UK I haven't seen any of the smaller ones for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I'm fine with my Evans box. The sound is ok, at least on my nice player. Maybe it depends whether ZYX is involved or not. My Evans set is "ZYX free"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron S Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Well, I just placed an order--those box set prices were just too hard to resist. Believe it or not, I muddled my way through the web site order process by translating things with the AltaVista Babel Fish Translation page. That led to some amusing English syntax, but it seems to have worked! Welcome to the 21st century. Thanks to everyone who gave me feedback on Zweitausendeins, and especially to Tjobbe for spreading the word! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 (edited) I've just been giving the 'small box' Bill Evans a spin and the sound is pretty damn good to my ears. It's a shame that the 'Complete Fantasy' set hasn't been listed as part of the deal. It will be nice to get to read the booklet for the Complete Riverside set. Edited January 21, 2006 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 I received my Wes Montgomery today and it too is the "big box" Whopeee ! Only that you mis-quoted and it's not me that got it Woops - apologies. 'Off with his head !' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnhrtg Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 It's probably just me but I can't figure out how to place an online order using my credit card. On the delivery & payment page, it seems to be that the options are either "payment through bank transfer" or "payment on delivery"; or do you have further options on the next page (this possibility just occured to me, so it might well be the case). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 It's probably just me but I can't figure out how to place an online order using my credit card. On the delivery & payment page, it seems to be that the options are either "payment through bank transfer" or "payment on delivery"; or do you have further options on the next page (this possibility just occured to me, so it might well be the case). I believe you will only get the creditcard option if you fill in a non-German address (?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 It's probably just me but I can't figure out how to place an online order using my credit card. On the delivery & payment page, it seems to be that the options are either "payment through bank transfer" or "payment on delivery"; or do you have further options on the next page (this possibility just occured to me, so it might well be the case). That's Step 4 of the ordering process. I get "Per Bankeinzug" (works with German bank accounts only) and "Per Kreditkarte" (only outside of Germany), there you can choose your card and enter your data. Or you should be able to, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnhrtg Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Thanks ubu (and couw), I'm home now but will try again from my office tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Thanks ubu (and couw), I'm home now but will try again from my office tomorrow. Otherwise just drop a mail here: sluening[at]zweitausendeins[dot]de - he seems to do all the customer support for online orders, and is very kind in doing so. He will also answer in english, it seems! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Woops - apologies. 'Off with his head !' Well, that would be a bit drastic, then... instead just let me mention that back in that *other* zweit/zyx-boxes sale two years or so ago, I *did* get the Evans Fantasy, for, if memory serves me right, around 15 euro-zlotys... that should be punishment enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Gokhan, as an infamous British politician dealing with Germans said years ago: 'If you don't succeed at first, try, try, try again...' It took me many tries before making thru with the Zweitausendein box. Finally managed to order the Dexter Gordon Prestige box (a steal at €49 including shipping) and got a notification email. All in German of course! Wish I had paid more attention when learning german in highschool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjobbe Posted January 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 .... Finally managed to order the Dexter Gordon Prestige box (a steal at €49 including shipping) and got a notification email. .... glad to here that ! so I can keep mine Cheers, Tjobbe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Gokhan, as an infamous British politician dealing with Germans said years ago: 'If you don't succeed at first, try, try, try again...' It took me many tries before making thru with the Zweitausendein box. Finally managed to order the Dexter Gordon Prestige box (a steal at €49 including shipping) and got a notification email. All in German of course! Wish I had paid more attention when learning german in highschool! To offer a wee bit of further help to our germanophile friends... this notification email (the first one, subject "Bestellung bei Zweitausendeins: [order-no]". A day or so later you'll get another mail, this time a personal one, from said Mr. Luening (subject: "Ihre Bestellung - Kunden-Nr.: [your customer-no.]"). In that mail, you can see if all your items are there for delivery ("Alle gewuenschten Artikel sind lieferbar..."). I suppose that if you do not see that line ("Alle gewunschten...") you drop Mr. Luening a mail and ask for explanation/help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron S Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 For those who don't read German, as I mentioned above, I used this page to get through the ordering process and to understand the confirmation email. I also tried the translation function through the Google toolbar (right-click on relevant web page and left-click on "Translate Page into English"), but the AltaVista Babel Fish Translation page seemed to be more reliable (I just copy/pasted blocks of text into the translater) and also can be used for emails. I guess I'll find out how reliable it really is when--and if--I get my order and see what's inside the box! I would not recommend using the AltaVista site to translate from English into German to compose emails to Zweitausendeins because, as I also mentioned above, the resulting syntax and word choices could be a bit comical. Apparently, there is sufficient facility with English in the customer service department (a couple of people have mentioned a helpful fellow named Stephan who responds in English) so that English emails should get you whatever information you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 .... Finally managed to order the Dexter Gordon Prestige box (a steal at €49 including shipping) and got a notification email. .... glad to here that ! so I can keep mine Cheers, Tjobbe Thanks Tjobbe for your offer. I feel better now that I know you'll keep the box And royal thanks to Ubu for his help too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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