Thread: Discussion: looking for a Charles Aznavour SACD

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Post by FleurDeLys October 5, 2006 (1 of 14)
Hello dear SACD lovers,

This website is just great and has been very useful for me to find SACDs I did not even know about. In the meantime I am trying to buy with my modest budget (I am back to school as a PhD student) enough good SACDs to feed my good and loyal Sony SCD-CE775. Since summer I have decided to acquire all the Charles Aznavour SACDs, I am up to 8 out of 10, and one probably on its way from Germany (no choice but to go to eBay for some them) so hopefully I should get to 9/10. Unfortunately the last one is more than very tough to find at a reasonable price. Its references are "Idiote Je T'aime" (UPC: 724357113526; ASIN: B00020P7DS; EMI catalog: 5711352). I looked pretty much anywhere I could, in stores as well as online (all sa-cd.net links, several eBay sites, others SACDs vendors). So if by any chance you know where to find it or have one you want to get ride of, let me know.

Thank you in advance and have a nice day,

Stephan

p.s.: Well to me unfortunately SACD future, as a mass media, clearly does not look so bright but I do not despair just yet, eventhough Sony's absence in new releases is disturbing.

Post by onebit October 5, 2006 (2 of 14)
FleurDeLys said:

Hello dear SACD lovers,

This website is just great and has been very useful for me to find SACDs I did not even know about. In the meantime I am trying to buy with my modest budget (I am back to school as a PhD student) enough good SACDs to feed my good and loyal Sony SCD-CE775. Since summer I have decided to acquire all the Charles Aznavour SACDs, I am up to 8 out of 10, and one probably on its way from Germany (no choice but to go to eBay for some them) so hopefully I should get to 9/10. Unfortunately the last one is more than very tough to find at a reasonable price. Its references are "Idiote Je T'aime" (UPC: 724357113526; ASIN: B00020P7DS; EMI catalog: 5711352). I looked pretty much anywhere I could, in stores as well as online (all sa-cd.net links, several eBay sites, others SACDs vendors). So if by any chance you know where to find it or have one you want to get ride of, let me know.

Thank you in advance and have a nice day,

Stephan

p.s.: Well to me unfortunately SACD future, as a mass media, clearly does not look so bright but I do not despair just yet, eventhough Sony's absence in new releases is disturbing.

Amazon.fr shows two available from marketplace sellers.

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/B00020P7DS/ref=dp_olp_2/403-8208604-0433258?ie=UTF8

Good luck!

Post by FleurDeLys October 5, 2006 (3 of 14)
Well, thank you for the tip but I tried that already... I actually ordered a couple of Aznavour SACDs from Amazon Marketplace from 2 different countries and those versions, eventhough I carefully selected the ones with the correct ASIN numbers (and sellers with excellent reviews), were regular CDs, not the SACDs advertized! So beware if you order through Amazon Marketplace yourself (I had better luck with books though), these pro sellers do not check/care what they are selling even when they are prompted by Amazon to do so. I now contact sellers with complete info prior to placing an order but so far no answer from them.

Thank you anyway,

Stephan

Post by onebit October 6, 2006 (4 of 14)
FleurDeLys said:

Well, thank you for the tip but I tried that already... I actually ordered a couple of Aznavour SACDs from Amazon Marketplace from 2 different countries and those versions, eventhough I carefully selected the ones with the correct ASIN numbers (and sellers with excellent reviews), were regular CDs, not the SACDs advertized! So beware if you order through Amazon Marketplace yourself (I had better luck with books though), these pro sellers do not check/care what they are selling even when they are prompted by Amazon to do so. I now contact sellers with complete info prior to placing an order but so far no answer from them.

Thank you anyway,

Stephan

I guess I've been spoiled by Caiman. You could give them a try - they show one available via Amazon.ca. They've never shipped me the wrong disc yet!

Post by FleurDeLys October 7, 2006 (5 of 14)
onebit said:

I guess I've been spoiled by Caiman. You could give them a try - they show one available via Amazon.ca. They've never shipped me the wrong disc yet!

Thank you. Despite the previous 2 bad experiences I have decided place a new order through Amazon Marketplace, with Caiman this time, hopefully this will work out fine ;)

Have a good day,

Stephan

Post by Lawrence Schulman October 11, 2006 (6 of 14)
Hi Stephan - I will be in Paris the month of November and would be happy to look for this SACD for you.

LAWRENCE SCHULMAN

Post by amatala October 11, 2006 (7 of 14)
onebit said:

I guess I've been spoiled by Caiman. You could give them a try - they show one available via Amazon.ca. They've never shipped me the wrong disc yet!

Indeed, Caiman always sends the correct version!

Post by FleurDeLys October 11, 2006 (8 of 14)
Hello,

Thank you for the new posts, especially thank you to Lawrence's offer, that is really kind. I have family in France and asked them to look for it but I am not sure that they will be able to go to some of the better places that could have one left stuck behind a counter or left in a dying SACD/DVD-A bin...

Anyway I placed the order with Caiman through Amazon Marketplace, but just to make sure I contacted them by e-mail and asked them to check they would send me the correct one. Apparently they can not tell me if it is the correct one (SACD or just CD) and decided to propose me to cancel the order. I provided them the UPC and ASIN numbers but it did not help. I am back to square one and I will keep looking everyday on eBay and AmazonS. Thank you again to all of you for your help.

Have a nice day,

Stephan

Post by amatala October 12, 2006 (9 of 14)
FleurDeLys said:

Hello,

Thank you for the new posts, especially thank you to Lawrence's offer, that is really kind. I have family in France and asked them to look for it but I am not sure that they will be able to go to some of the better places that could have one left stuck behind a counter or left in a dying SACD/DVD-A bin...

Anyway I placed the order with Caiman through Amazon Marketplace, but just to make sure I contacted them by e-mail and asked them to check they would send me the correct one. Apparently they can not tell me if it is the correct one (SACD or just CD) and decided to propose me to cancel the order. I provided them the UPC and ASIN numbers but it did not help. I am back to square one and I will keep looking everyday on eBay and AmazonS. Thank you again to all of you for your help.

Have a nice day,

Stephan

If you ask Caiman for more info, they will answer that they are unable to provide more info than what is available on Amazon.
Just make sure that the Amazon site clearely shows that the disc you are buying is a SACD, Caiman will always send the exact matching version.
I have ordered over 50 SACD titles from Caiman (via Amawon Marketplace) and they have almways delivered the correct version.

Post by Lawrence Schulman October 12, 2006 (10 of 14)
Well, let me know if you've gotten the SACD before the end of October. If not, I can check out my favorite spots in Paris.

Lawrence SCHULMAN
lschulman@downeast.net

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