Freedom mini LP series (Paul Bley, Dewey Redman, Dollar Brand & Ted Curson)

[Rooster_Ties]

  On 5/15/2021 at 3:07 AM, jcam_44 said:

Wow, I never knew you could pre-order from Da Bastids

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I think it’s a new option they they’ve only been offering for a couple months or so.

I’m also wondering if any of what you get is possibly “drop-shipped” — since they don’t offer any way to combine shipping with regular (traditional) Dusty orders.

[jcam_44]

  On 5/15/2021 at 3:20 AM, Rooster_Ties said:

I think it’s a new option they they’ve only been offering for a couple months or so.

I’m also wondering if any of what you get is possibly “drop-shipped” — since they don’t offer any way to combine shipping with regular (traditional) Dusty orders.

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I doubt the drop ship it. My guess if you have an order waiting they may contact you about adding it with a pending order. They're pretty good about stuff like that. 

[bertrand]

  On 5/15/2021 at 3:20 AM, Rooster_Ties said:

I think it’s a new option they they’ve only been offering for a couple months or so.

I’m also wondering if any of what you get is possibly “drop-shipped” — since they don’t offer any way to combine shipping with regular (traditional) Dusty orders.

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It seems you cannot combine it with other orders, that was my original plan.

On the plus side: the shipping is $3 for a box, once a week. So if you preorder several CDs, and they all arrive the same week, you play a flat $3. I paid less for shipping on this one CD, less than if I had made a regular order.

[JSngry]

Not I !

[RiRiIII]

  On 5/3/2021 at 10:49 PM, Harbour said:

Mine were shipped from Amazon.jp yesterday, the next batch are already for sale on there too. Well 

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I cannot find the next batch at Amazon.jp. Could you please assist me? Thanks.

[bertrand]

So it looks like this is how the preorders work - they didn't just go ahead and charge and ship, they wanted me to confirm that I wanted to proceed first and I had until Sunday 5/23 to pay. I confirmed and payment is being processed, so hopefully it will ship soon. Shipping is $3, which I think is a bit cheaper than shipping a single CD under a normal order.

If this is new, it is a great feature - good way to guarantee to get something they may only get one or two copies of.

There is a disclaimer about abuse of the system, which makes sense - someone could find it elsewhere cheaper and cancel the preorder. It could be that I will see this one cheaper elsewhere, but so far the only option is Japan. So it is definitely an approach I will consider for future Japanese releases, after a bit of shopping around.

Edit: The order has shipped.

Edited May 17, 2021 by bertrand

[Late]

Still not on CD Japan's site. Maybe they're not going to carry these particular titles. Dusty Groove wins! 

[Harbour]

  On 5/17/2021 at 9:50 AM, RiRiIII said:

I cannot find the next batch at Amazon.jp. Could you please assist me? Thanks.

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https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/B093MVZBFM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_9?smid=AN1VRQENFRJN5&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/B093M54Z65/ref=ox_sc_act_title_10?smid=AN1VRQENFRJN5&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/B093MTX87M/ref=ox_sc_act_title_8?smid=AN1VRQENFRJN5&psc=1

[romualdo]

  On 5/17/2021 at 5:01 PM, Late said:

Still not on CD Japan's site. Maybe they're not going to carry these particular titles. Dusty Groove wins! 

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I'm holding on - CD Japan eventually released the first two series of the Freedom Paper Sleeve collection so I'm hoping/confident that they will stock the third

[Late]

  On 5/18/2021 at 6:22 AM, romualdo said:

I'm holding on - CD Japan eventually released the first two series of the Freedom Paper Sleeve collection so I'm hoping/confident that they will stock the third.

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I will keep the faith! (Would be nice to add to my existing order ... )

[clifford_thornton]

  On 5/17/2021 at 10:21 PM, Harbour said:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/B093MVZBFM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_9?smid=AN1VRQENFRJN5&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/B093M54Z65/ref=ox_sc_act_title_10?smid=AN1VRQENFRJN5&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/B093MTX87M/ref=ox_sc_act_title_8?smid=AN1VRQENFRJN5&psc=1

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the Tchicai is so great...

[Late]

  On 5/18/2021 at 8:29 PM, clifford_thornton said:

The Tchicai is so great...

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There's no other album quite like it. Only Bill Dixon's Intents & Purposes comes close.

[bertrand]

Is the Redman a needle drop? Check track 4.

[RiRiIII]

  On 5/17/2021 at 10:21 PM, Harbour said:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/B093MVZBFM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_9?smid=AN1VRQENFRJN5&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/B093M54Z65/ref=ox_sc_act_title_10?smid=AN1VRQENFRJN5&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/B093MTX87M/ref=ox_sc_act_title_8?smid=AN1VRQENFRJN5&psc=1

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Many thanks!

[bertrand]

Has anyone else heard the Redman and can confirm that the source was a vinyl? I always wondered where the master could be. 

[Д.Д.]

  On 5/25/2021 at 5:14 PM, bertrand said:

Has anyone else heard the Redman and can confirm that the source was a vinyl? I always wondered where the master could be. 

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Yes, it definitely is a (good-sounding) needle-drop. 

[bertrand]

  On 5/27/2021 at 6:01 PM, Д.Д. said:

Yes, it definitely is a (good-sounding) needle-drop. 

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So do you definitely hear some clicks and pops between 8:30 and 10:30 on 'Seven And One'? Just want to make sure it is not my CD.

I will live with it, but it is disappointing that the master is definitely lost for good.

[Д.Д.]

  On 5/27/2021 at 9:51 PM, bertrand said:

So do you definitely hear some clicks and pops between 8:30 and 10:30 on 'Seven And One'? Just want to make sure it is not my CD.

I will live with it, but it is disappointing that the master is definitely lost for good.

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Yes, it is quite obvious

[bertrand]

Music is great, of course.

[RiRiIII]

The next three:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/B095CPGHL5/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AN1VRQENFRJN5&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/B095CMKGW7/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=AN1VRQENFRJN5&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/B095CN5154/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=AN1VRQENFRJN5&psc=1

 

 

[Late]

Weird that CD Japan now lists the latest batch, but still not the batch with Curson, Bley, Redman, and Dollar Brand. Oh — I picked up Tears For Dolphy. Sound is better than I expected.

[Pim]

love the Noah Howard. The Black Ark is a classic recording from the ‘60’s scene.

[erwbol]

If CD Japan starts selling these I will add some to my next large order in July or so.

I thought Muzak's mini LP reissue from 2019 of Marion Brown's Porto Novo sounds better than the recent Hat ezz-thetics reissue (which I downloaded a FLAC rip of and cursorily compared).

[Late]

  On 6/1/2021 at 7:31 PM, erwbol said:

I thought Muzak's mini LP reissue from 2019 of Marion Brown's Porto Novo sounds better than the recent Hat ezz-thetics reissue ...

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Good to know. I have the Muzak edition, and contemplated the ezz-thetics edition (in order to have the ESP session it's paired with). The other Brown ezz-thetics disc (with tracks from Juba Lee and the ESP session with Alan Shorter) sounds really good to my ears.

[erwbol]

  On 6/2/2021 at 6:08 PM, Late said:

Good to know. I have the Muzak edition, and contemplated the ezz-thetics edition (in order to have the ESP session it's paired with). The other Brown ezz-thetics disc (with tracks from Juba Lee and the ESP session with Alan Shorter) sounds really good to my ears.

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I recently bought the 2009 domestic ESP CD of Why Not? A Japanese seller had a sealed copy left and I was able to add to an order. Probably the best sounding CD version.

Edited June 2, 2021 by erwbol