king ubu Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 The Bill Dixon set is now shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 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 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 So far, have listened to the first three Russells, fantastic stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 They're ALL great, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 One more recommendation for Amazon.fr. They really are excellent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 I ordered from Amazon.fr, no problem at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETman Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 30, 2010 Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 Never had a problem from multiple sources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 30, 2010 Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted October 1, 2010 Report Share Posted October 1, 2010 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). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy T. Frog Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Is anybody domestic (USA) going to be carrying this? The last bunch came through JazzLoft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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