Brad Posted January 16, 2020 Report Share Posted January 16, 2020 Well, I changed my mind and ordered the set today. Received a notice my order has been sent to the warehouse. I checked and a couple of the individual CDs I have are CDRs so I can dispose of those now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) On 1/16/2020 at 1:48 AM, sidewinder said: Good little writeup on the set in the latest Marc Myers blog. As for the early 1980s - At least one NorthSea Festival had Hank listed as due to appear. I recall the adverts for it in the European jazz press (mentioned in small print). Never made it. Courtesy of JazzWax, the poet Billy Collins wrote a poem on Hank Mobley: Listening to Hank Mobley around 11 O’Clock After a Long Fun Boozy Dinner, the Four of Us, at Captain Pig’s, Our Favorite Restaurant in Town I’m lying down now, solo on a couch, imagining along with the music that if I were, say, 15 or 16 tonight and in possession of a fresh can of pink or orange spray paint, I would climb the 4th Street overpass and write in big letters HANK MOBLEY SWINGS for all to see on their morning drive to work. But having sailed some time ago into the quiet cardigan harbor of my life out of earshot of the siren songs that lure men onto reefs of foolishness not to mention the bridges of bravado, it’s enough to let the soap bubble of that Hank Mobley thought drift slowly across the living room and burst with no warning, much to the amazement of the cat. https://www.jazzwax.com/2020/01/billy-collins-on-hank-mobley.html?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=FeedBlitzRss&utm_content=Billy+Collins+on+Hank+Mobley Edited January 18, 2020 by Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) Just got shipping confirmation ! That second verse of the poem needs to be read with ‘pipe and slippers’ deployed. Edited January 18, 2020 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 Didn't/haven't ordered the Mosaic, but the 2012 Japanese CD of Third Stream (with the one 'new' bonus track on the new Mosaic), and The Flip Conn -- I just gave both of these a spin... ...um, in solidarity?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 On 16/01/2020 at 11:44 PM, Brad said: Well, I changed my mind and ordered the set today. Good move ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 Tom, it's "Third Season". It does have a previously unissued track (2012) but it is not the previously unissued track in the Mosaic. The new track is an alternate of "Me 'N' You". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed S Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 The Eagle has landed....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Ed Swinnich said: The Eagle has landed....... Same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 My second set is in the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Now that we know whose parcel arrived/didn't arrive, may we have reports on the sound and the booklet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 I've reported earlier on this forum. The sound I find excellent, it's great to have all these sessions in consistent transfers and mastering, both of which are very good. I confess I haven't yet read the booklet, I'm not into liner notes currently, but there are excellent photos, a number I've never seen before and don't believe have been released before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Yes, I saw that, thanks, Lon. I was wondering if anyone else had any comments to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 My set just arrived. Spinning disc 1. Sound seems really excellent but I’ve not done any tedious AB comparisons. I’ve most of this scattered across RVG and McMaster CDs with their opposing methodology for ordering the material. It’s great to have it in consistent sound in a singular order . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 I'll be getting my set soon to complement the 50's set. I admit my interest in acquiring more straight ahead from this era has waned considerably, but I have next to nothing of the Hank 60's Blue Note sessions except for the RVG's of No Room For Squares, Workout, Another Workout, Roll Call and the Audiowave XRCD of Soul Station. I always held out to see if the '63 era on material would all be remastered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 On 22/01/2020 at 6:20 PM, Clunky said: It’s great to have it in consistent sound in a singular order . That’s the main reason I have gone for this one - as well as slavish devotion to Mosaic and all things Hank.. No sign of my box yet. No doubt they are assessing it for import duties right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 The Mobley set seems to be selling well. The first batch has already sold out at Mosaic (it's on backorder) and Jazz Messengers in Barcelona, Spain, has only one copy left at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 Mine has arrived with Royal Mail ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 A friend of mine just received this email from Mosaic/Michael: Dear Mosaic customer We thought the curse of 2019 was gone. Last week we charged your credit card or your PayPal account thinking that inventory for the Hank Mobley was in stock at the warehouse. This was not the case. So when the order was made for more of the Mobley sets, we were told that the pressing plant Rainbo Records announced without warning that it had gone out of business (in fact, we heard about this from an L.A. Times article which is linked below). We are told that they presumptively tossed out all the CD paper components and may have scrapped the masters as well. The paper components have been re-ordered and once we get a more solid date for the sets to be shipped we will let you know. As of right now, our best guess is March to repair that wanton destruction and get more sets in stock. To all of you who are back-ordered, all we can say is that we are heartily sorry and that the wait will be worth it. Humbly, Michael Cuscuna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Are they issuing a credit back to your card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) On 04/02/2020 at 7:20 PM, J.A.W. said: The Mobley set seems to be selling well. The first batch has already sold out at Mosaic (it's on backorder) and Jazz Messengers in Barcelona, Spain, has only one copy left at the moment. Not for much longer (at JazzMessengers) I guess. Yikes ! This reminds me of the time the Donaldson set and all those Selects went AWOL. Hopefully this gets corrected soon. Cracked open the contents of my set today and a couple of CDs in its a big plus on the sound quality. Malcolm Addey has done his usual exemplary job. Edited February 7, 2020 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Good grief, this has been a real annus horribilis for Mosaic. Not meaning to troll, but regarding a topic oft-discussed of late, I wonder if the pressing plant going kaput has broader implications for the demise of the CD medium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 9 minutes ago, JSngry said: Are they issuing a credit back to your card? It's not my order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Against all expectations it looks according to their website that JazzMessengers still have it in stock (as of this moment). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 23 minutes ago, T.D. said: Good grief, this has been a real annus horribilis for Mosaic. Not meaning to troll, but regarding a topic oft-discussed of late, I wonder if the pressing plant going kaput has broader implications for the demise of the CD medium. Yes it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 1 hour ago, BFrank said: A friend of mine just received this email from Mosaic/Michael: Dear Mosaic customer We thought the curse of 2019 was gone. Last week we charged your credit card or your PayPal account thinking that inventory for the Hank Mobley was in stock at the warehouse. This was not the case. So when the order was made for more of the Mobley sets, we were told that the pressing plant Rainbo Records announced without warning that it had gone out of business (in fact, we heard about this from an L.A. Times article which is linked below). We are told that they presumptively tossed out all the CD paper components and may have scrapped the masters as well. The paper components have been re-ordered and once we get a more solid date for the sets to be shipped we will let you know. As of right now, our best guess is March to repair that wanton destruction and get more sets in stock. To all of you who are back-ordered, all we can say is that we are heartily sorry and that the wait will be worth it. Humbly, Michael Cuscuna Awful!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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