Black Saint/Soul Note Box Sets

[king ubu]

I got mine from there, yes... they arrived Monday 6/Tuesday 7 of September, all of them. Took way longer than I'm used to. I profit, of course, from free shipping (and deduction of the huge French VAT, too).

The Dixon is supposed to be out on the date you mention (or thenarounds), but the others have been out for a while now...

Played the whole Motian and Bowie sets so far - the Motian needs time, all except for "Misterioso" is new to me. This is a kind of music that I need more time to digest. The Bowie/Leaders albums are great fun, though, right away!

[jazzbo]

Did any of the folks ordering from amazon.fr get their boxes yet? It looks like the new batch isn't out until September 28th.

I got mine, before Flurin did.

I pre-ordered the day I found out about them, here.

[king ubu]

So you *did* order yours from amazon.fr?

I thought maybe you got them from dusty's and that was why you got them that much earlier... weird!

Amazon should be large enough to be able to absorb such orders and pre-orders in no time, one would think... no idea why mine took so long this time (they also arrived several days after the timeframe given in my order).

Anyway, great series, great price... and now the Dixon coming on - me = happy camper!

[Van Basten II]

Played the whole Motian and Bowie sets so far - the Motian needs time, all except for "Misterioso" is new to me. This is a kind of music that I need more time to digest. The Bowie/Leaders albums are great fun, though, right away!

Listened to both sets and came to the same conclusion, the Bowies are pure fun while the Motians are at the first spin at least a bit underwhelming...

Next the The Russells

[jazzbo]

The Bill Dixon set is now shipping.

[king ubu]

The Bill Dixon set is now shipping.

Yeah, and I bet yours will be there a week before mine again

Not that I mind... still haven't dug into the Russell and Taylor sets yet.

Felt like hardbop in the past weeks and that's been rare enough in the past years, so it's been mostly Horace Silver since Saturday!

[colinmce]

Italy has one of the worst mailing services in the world. As an ebay seller, I just don't ship there because things get "lost."

Hm, I wish I'd known that before I dropped $18 on a CD from Italy on Ebay a few weeks ago. Needless to say it hasn't shown up ...

[Van Basten II]

So far, have listened to the first three Russells, fantastic stuff

[jazzbo]

They're ALL great, imo.

[JSngry]

Where/who is a reliable retailer on these sets who also has a fair price? Not necessarily the best price, just a fair one. I'm put off by some of the stories about this Dusty's place and Italian postal service in general, but I really want that Dixon set...

[Van Basten II]

Amazon France is pretty reliable. If the language puts you off, we can help translate.

What I'd like to know is why after two batches of 4 sets each time, they elected to put out the Dixon set alone, are they still going to keep doing them.

[jazzbo]

Jim, I'd also recommend amazon.fr . . . if you have an amazon account, it's a piece of cake to order. The cost is very reasonable even with shipping. Doesn't take that long to receive as well.

[brownie]

One more recommendation for Amazon.fr.

They really are excellent

[PHILLYQ]

I ordered from Amazon.fr, no problem at all.

[Niko]

What I'd like to know is why after two batches of 4 sets each time, they elected to put out the Dixon set alone, are they still going to keep doing them.

to me it looked like they tried to add the Dixon to the second batch after his death? at least that's what i'm, hoping...

[king ubu]

Oct 5 also marks his 85th birthday... I hope to get it around that time - the set's been on its way for a few days now, but the recent ones took long to arrive.

[Van Basten II]

Did a search on Amazon UK which is as as good as Amazon France is now selling the sets at a very good price, just a small glitch, they mention being out of stock for the Dixon at this moment.

Edited September 28, 2010 by Van Basten II

[JETman]

Just noticed that the excellent duet album "Flux and Change" is included on both the Pieranunzi and Motian boxed sets. Why Cam would do this is anybody's guess!

[king ubu]

Don't find it so excellent, fine, but nothing more... but I got to spend more time with both the Pieranunzi and the Motian sets. I don't mind the duplications - these sets are out for such attractive prices, I really am not bothered!

[Chuck Nessa]

Never had a problem from multiple sources.

[king ubu]

Ah well, my Lester Bowie didn't even make the few kilometres from France to here undamaged. But then wiht just three discs in there, the box is half emplty and damaged much easier than all the others.

[PHILLYQ]

Question for US customers ordering Black Saint/Soul Note sets from foreign destinations.......Most important.....do the sets arrive undamaged? I don't want any beat up dinged. dented box sets.......that's my major concern.....

I ordered from Amazon.fr and the boxes(Bowie & Taylor) arrived in perfect shape, no problems at all.

[brownie]

Just noticed that the excellent duet album "Flux and Change" is included on both the Pieranunzi and Motian boxed sets. Why Cam would do this is anybody's guess!

The back cover of the Paul Motian box says 'Flux and Change' star Paul Bley and Paul Motian!

The disc liner notes correct this and indicate the players are Pieranunzi and Motian!

[king ubu]

Ah well, my Lester Bowie didn't even make the few kilometres from France to here undamaged. But then wiht just three discs in there, the box is half emplty and damaged much easier than all the others.

You mean they don't tailor make each box in accordance with the amount of CDS that's in it......I'm ordering the George Russell set with 9 CDS so it might not be a problem.....they must be making 9 cd boxes for everything.

Yes and no... the Threadgill with 7 discs won't close that well, but it seems they learned and made the Russell for 9 discs a bit fatter. The Bowie with 3 discs was standard size (same as the other sets with 5 or 6 or 7 discs).

[Hoppy T. Frog]

Is anybody domestic (USA) going to be carrying this? The last bunch came through JazzLoft.