Chu Berry & Dizzy Gillespie Mosaics now running low

[alankin]

Email from Mosaic today. These two titles added to the running low list:

Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions

The Verve/Philips Dizzy Gillespie Small Group Sessions

[ghost of miles]

Both excellent sets... wouldn't want to be without 'em. I'd like to revisit the Gillespie sides in particular sometime soon.

[king ubu]

Thought they'd been on the list for quite a while ... no mail received today anyway.

[mjzee]

I finally pulled the trigger on the Chu Berry set today. It intrigues me, and I can't wait to get more Fletcher Henderson.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

The Diz box is on its way over here.

MG

[sidewinder]

The Diz box is on its way over here.

MG

Good move !

[miles65]

Chu Berry is on last chance. Get it while you can.

[mjzee]

Just got the Chu Berry. #2207.

[king ubu]

Not a big surprise that this one times out long before it would have actually sold out ... too bad this seems to happen so often in recent years!

[crisp]

Yes, it's sad that there seem to be so few newcomers to early 20th century jazz. The Chu Berry is a fantastic set.

[SwingItTrev]

Yes, it's sad that there seem to be so few newcomers to early 20th century jazz. The Chu Berry is a fantastic set.

There's some hope of newcomers to early jazz through the burgeoning swing dance communities and school jazz music programs. I'm trying share the joys, but it's hard to persuade younger folks the value of an [expensive] nicely done box set when they can download [poor] versions of the same tracks for virtually nothing.

[jazzbo]

Not a big surprise that this one times out long before it would have actually sold out ... too bad this seems to happen so often in recent years!

But. . . the numbers aren't sequential . . . though I guess you're right meaning this is timing out rather than selling out.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

The Diz box is on its way over here.

MG

Good move !

Held up in Customs. Got a demand for £12-32 yesterday and paid it, so I hope to get it before Christmas.

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Not a big surprise that this one times out long before it would have actually sold out ... too bad this seems to happen so often in recent years!

But. . . the numbers aren't sequential . . . though I guess you're right meaning this is timing out rather than selling out.

Not a big surprise that this one times out long before it would have actually sold out ... too bad this seems to happen so often in recent years!

But. . . the numbers aren't sequential . . . though I guess you're right meaning this is timing out rather than selling out.

If it's timing out, this is a funny time for it, as it was issued in the summer of 2007 - seems very odd to license material as old as ths for six and a half years

MG

[king ubu]

Well I wouldn't know for sure, but with sets going on backorder and then being re-pressed again, I assume the fact that sets numbered in the 2000 range being sold at the end of the run means that there haven't been 5000 sets manufactured.

Seems a fairly logical thought to me

[ejp626]

It really seems almost yesterday that this was announced and I picked it up after it had been out maybe a year. *

My understanding is that much of the material does time out at about 7 years. Obviously doesn't apply to the Mobley and a few other sets.

* Sad that time is just flying by; not a good sign...

Edited December 22, 2013 by ejp626

[king ubu]

No clue about timing out either ... might just not be feasible to manufacture another 1000 or so if it sells too slowly (2000 in 6 years ... including all the enthusiast pre-and early orders ... do another 1000 when the license runs 10 years and sales have slowed down?)

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

My Diz box just arrived. It's so well packed I might not be able to get it open until after Christmas

MG

Well, I got it open in three minutes. The number is 3021!! And for an edition of 10,000!!!

Goodness!

[ArtSalt]

The Chu Berry set is one of my favourites, particularly the Cab Calloway stuff.

According to my sources, the swing era Mosaic sets sell well in the US, but very little in Europe. I actually thought it would be the opposite.