My copy of The Real McCoy from the BN store got all bent up in transit. They are replacing it, but according to customer service, it is already backordered so no timeline on when I'll get it.
That’s crazy. I usually avoid buying direct from BN since A) their prices are usually way higher than elsewhere and B) they won’t ship separately if there’s a hold up. I ordered the signed Ambrose Akinmusire album from them and had another album in the same order and they held it and wouldn’t send earlier.
And people here say VMP is bad.
Yep. I’m actually okay ordering from UDiscover or Target for stuff like Blue Notes or things that aren’t limited because I know that at least the items are way cheaper than list price. Target also won’t charge until it ships IIRC. If there’s a delay, it doesn’t bother me much because at least I knew I saved a big chunk of money with the sale prices. If I’m paying close to full price on something, it should be held for me if they aren’t going to ship the in stock items at the very least. And they should offer to mail it me the ones they have if the delay is too long. Pushing the order to June is crazy. It will have been over half a year since they took your money.
Well, I bought them on sale, so I doubt they’re motivated to serve me.
I don't think there are any AAA cuts in the BN75. They weren't advertised as such at least. I thought people just preferred the EU ones because they weren't pressed at United.
Damn! Blue Note actually shipped my orders separately which was surprising. I ordered the first four Classics titles all together and received three separate shipments haha! Hopefully you can get it straightened out.
I think you’re right. Not AAA but EU were pressed at Optimal and US were URP.
Blue Note has the worst customer service of any e-retailer I've ever dealt with. I ordered a record (1 LP Tone Poet) last March from the Blue Note Store, they sent me the wrong record months later (there was one preorder that held everything up), made me send them a picture of the wrong record, then told me to mail it back if I wanted them to ship me the right record. They were very clear that they wouldn't even put it in the mail until they received the wrong record and had "processed it" for the exchange. Didn't hear anything for months after I returned the record, so I e-mailed them and they said they'd sold out of the record I'd originally ordered - here I was thinking they might set aside a copy for me after all the trouble they'd put me through. They offered me a refund for the price I paid for the record, but wouldn't let me pick a different 1 LP Tone Poet as an exchange because I'd originally paid a discounted price for the one I'd ordered and they were no longer on sale at that price. Luckily, udiscover had that July 30% sale with stacking codes and I was able to pick it up from them for even less than the price I'd originally paid to Blue Note for it.
congratz on the sleep + dreaming
I'd best not share the dream I had.
I wish they'd press/repress on vinyl a whole load more of their modern stuff eg Nduduzo Makhathini, James Francies - Flight, Takuya Kuroda - Rising Son, Kendrick Scott Oracle etc etc. They've clearly got an amazing vault but they should make sure they don't miss out on the modern scene completely.
They pressing Glasper in the BN80 series made me hope they will do some more "modern" releases. That Ambrose album is impossibly hard to find. Every once in awhile a copy goes up on discogs for $200 which is insane considering it was a BN75.
