Landmark Sale

[jls001]

Landmark (Infiniti Mall, Andheri W) has kicked off their annual sales. Audio CDs are 70%, 50% or 20% off. They have sale on videos too, and 50 bucks for any foreign magazine. There's a huge bunch of western classical audio CDs at 70%.

The sale ought to be happening at other outlets too. Do check out the nearest Landmark.

Good time to build up your music collection.

 

[soundofmusic]

Any one from Mumbai or any other cities to help me buying few western classical CD's and shipping it to Coimbatore.??????

thanks in advance.
Vijay

 

[denzong]

you can go to Buy Books online book store India, Landmark Online Bookstore
they will ship to you

 

[anm]

but is the deal there on site?

 

[shailenderb]

Any one from Mumbai or any other cities to help me buying few western classical CD's and shipping it to Coimbatore.??????

thanks in advance.
Vijay

Hi Vijay,

Just returned from Landmark in Spencer's. They have quite a few classical CDs under 70%, 50% and 20% discounts and even "3 for 2".

I picked up a Kylie DVD for around Rs. 178 (MRP Rs. 600).

Pl browse their online store and send me your list. I can check at both Spencer's and Citi Centre showrooms and send them to you - if they are available under the discount schemes.

Will be going to Citi Centre showroom this evening again.

Regds

 

[denzong]

also if you want you can mail me the list...maybe i shall go tomo or day after

 

[sydney]

Got the below audio CDs from landmark today:
1. James Last - The best of Hammond & Trumpet
2. Tennessee Mountain Home
3. Cliff Richard - Love the Album
4. Best in Lounge - Cafe Arabia
5. Unchained Melody - Endless Love
6. Deep Purple - Come hell or high water
7. Elvis at the movies
8. Mozart - Die Zauberflote
9. Mozart - Piano Concertos K.453 & 467

Total Cost - Rs.1600/- (approx)

Can anyone suggest any other titles to pick-up???

 

[gobble]

Got the below audio CDs from landmark today:
1. James Last - The best of Hammond & Trumpet
2. Tennessee Mountain Home
3. Cliff Richard - Love the Album
4. Best in Lounge - Cafe Arabia
5. Unchained Melody - Endless Love
6. Deep Purple - Come hell or high water
7. Elvis at the movies
8. Mozart - Die Zauberflote
9. Mozart - Piano Concertos K.453 & 467

Total Cost - Rs.1600/- (approx)

Can anyone suggest any other titles to pick-up???

Oh James Last is one I'been looking forward to picking. Is the Sale in LM Bangalore too? I will go there tomorrow.

--G0bble

 

[sydney]

I got it from Landmark Forum Mall Koramangala

 

[santhosh]

I had been to the Landmark Sale yesterday, picked up a few CDs. Finding a CD was such a pain. Only Western Classical and Jazz were in marked sections. The rest were all over the place. I noticed that there was no discount on popular artists like Pink Floyd, Dire Straits etc.

I bought a few CDs:

• Leonard Cohen - Live Songs (Buy 2 get 1 free)
• Louis Armstong - 2 Albums (No Discount)
• Edvard Greig - My first Western Classical CD. Seeing the huge collection, I felt I should have read Ajay's thread on Western Classical Music. Not sure why, but I ended up buying this 2 CD Album, Deutsche Grammophon recording.
• Chandni Raatein (Assorted collection of Indipop romantic numbers. This was free with Item No.1)
• Two more that I can't remember now

LP collection was very less. Mostly Bollywood with 20% off. Guess all the good English LPs were already taken. Thanks to an early bird (arunhc) who called me when the sale opened a few weeks ago, I was able to get 180GM Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms at 20% off :clapping: I already have this LP, but wanted an extra copy.

 

[cmsajith]

I had been to LM koramangala on friday, they are having a huge section with the discounts, but selecting from the lot is a big pain, may take hours to go through all. LP collection is very less, but ended up buying only one "The confluence", my first LP. On seeing the offer prices, I feel its worth spending on a good CD player.

 

[gobble]

i went there last to last saturday and ended up buying 4500/- worth of CDs. Mostly recordings for which I was not willing to shell out the full 225/- and upwards knowing they woere not worth it, and mostly all the CDs with 70% discount, with a few also having 50% or 20%. I was hapy to buy CDs for 80 rupees onwards

Thanks to the OP for the thread :clapping: er.. (on second thoughts) no thanks for burning a hole in my wallet

Cheers

--G0bble

 

[ajay124]

you can go to Buy Books online book store India, Landmark Online Bookstore
they will ship to you

Went through the entire 10 pages of the western classical collection. Quite simply there is nothing which I would want to buy at the prices mentioned. If one is getting 50% or more discount on these prices then maybe a few CD's would be worth buying. Like most Indian sites selling western classical music the collection is absolutely random, with hardly any memorable recordings. Somehow the best recordings don't seem to make it to Indian shores. Very little thought or design seems to have gone into acquiring the titles. There is hardly any information available about the CD's.

For somebody serious about building a collection for the long run, random 'hoping for the best' purchases is definitely not the way to go. There are several good international sites for buying classical music. I have found Amazon UK to be very satisfactory in terms of reliability, pricing and availability. For a beginner the simplest way would be to search for a particular composer on Amazon. The first two pages would list the most popular and best priced options. Read all the information provided. Many CD's have been reviewed by buyers. Search other sites if Amazon does not have the required information. Know what you are buying before making a buying decision.

Presto Classical is the best site I have come across for western classical music. Less cluttered and more focused than Amazon. Complete information. Surfing by composer, conductor, artist, label etc. Plenty of sales and discounts going on all the time. Unfortunately the very first time I ordered CD's for them, the parcel got misplaced and I never received the CD's. But my money was refunded after the expiry of the delivery period.

Presto Classical - Buy classical CDs, opera CDs, & DVDs online

A simple tip. Before buying check basic information like :
Name of the composer
Name of the artists (especially for chamber music)
Name of the conductor and the orchestra(for orchestral music)
Name of the recording company
Year of original release
Mono/Stereo
Remastering history(maybe that is asking for too much . You need to spend time on a good search engine to discover that)

If an online site or a salesman in a shop cannot provide MOST of this information, then why buy from them?

 

[jls001]

i went there last to last saturday and ended up buying 4500/- worth of CDs. Mostly recordings for which I was not willing to shell out the full 225/- and upwards knowing they woere not worth it, and mostly all the CDs with 70% discount, with a few also having 50% or 20%. I was hapy to buy CDs for 80 rupees onwards

Thanks to the OP for the thread :clapping: er.. (on second thoughts) no thanks for burning a hole in my wallet

Cheers

--G0bble

I had the same kind of thought (opportunity to buy CDs I would not normally buy), especially western classical.

A serendipitous find was a BBC Music magazine which had a CD stuck to it for 50 bucks.

Yeah, I burnt around that much too.:lol:

 

[ajay124]

Good box sets on Presto Classical:

Presto Classical - Up to 50% off Box Sets - Deutsche Grammophon

Presto Classical - Up to 50% off Box Sets - other BIS

Presto Classical - Up to 50% off Box Sets - BIS - New Sibelius Complete Edition

Presto Classical - Up to 50% off Box Sets - Decca

Presto Classical - Up to 50% off Box Sets - EMI - Artist Boxes

Presto Classical - Up to 50% off Box Sets - EMI - Composer Boxes

Presto Classical - Up to 50% off Box Sets - Sony - Classical Masters

Presto Classical - Up to 50% off Box Sets - Teldec

Presto Classical - Up to 50% off Box Sets - Warner Classics

 

[abhijitnath]

This is what I bought at the sale

Yehudi Menuhin & Stphane Grapelli Jealousy
Yehudi Menuhin & Stphane Grapelli Fascinatin' Rhythm
Yehudi Menuhin & Stphane Grapelli Tea For Two
Yehudi Menuhin & Stphane Grapelli Strictly For the Birds
Yehudi Menuhin & Stphane Grapelli Top Hat
Yehudi Menuhin & Stphane Grapelli For All Seasons
Megadeth Peace Sells, But Who's Buying?
REM Fables of the Reconstruction
Bobo Stenson/Anders Jormin/Paul Motian Goodbye
Johann Sebastian Bach (Kim Kashkashian/Keith Jarrett) 3 Sonaten Fr Viola da Gamba und Cembalo
Anouar Brehem Khomsa
Terje Rypdal What Comes After
Johann Sebastian Bach/Anton Vebern (Christoph Poppen/Hilliard Ensemble) Ricercar
Gustav Mahler/Dmitri Shostakovich (Gidon Kremer/Kremerata Baltica) Symphony No. 10 (Adagio)/Symphony No. 14 Op. 135
Jean Sibelius Tone Poems/Songs
Jeff Beck There and Back
Jeff Buckley Mystery White Boy (Live '95-'96)
JJ Cale Okie
Brand X Moroccan Roll
Tim Buckley Tim Buckley
McCoy Tyner Plays John Coltrane (Live at the Village Vanguard)
Bill Evans Homecoming (Live at Southeastern Louisiana University 1978)
Charlie Haden Quartet West
John Mc Laughlin/Al di Meola/Paco De Lucia Passion, Grace & Fire
Jimmy Smith Standards
Erik Satie (Aldo Ciccolini) L'uvre pour piano
Neil Young Living With War
Iron Maiden Brave New World
Arnold Schoenberg/Alban Berg/Antron Webern (Mitsuko Uchida/Pierre Boulez/Cleveland Orchestra) Concerto For Piano Op. 42/Variations Op. 27/Drei Klavierstcke Op. 11/ Sechs Kleine Klavierstcke Op. 19/Piano Sonata Op. 1
Johnny Cash American V: A Hundred Highways
Johnny Cash American VI: Ain't No Grave
John Coltrane A Love Supreme
Eric Truffaz Rendezvousaris
Eric Truffaz Rendezvous: Benares
Eric Truffaz Rendezvous: Mexico
Charlie Haden with Michael Brecker American Dreams
Kenny Burrell/Donald Byrd All Day Long
Ella Fitzgerald/Joe Pass Speak Love
Pat Metheny Orchestrion
Keith Jarrett El Juicio (The Judgement)
Pat Metheny Group "Quartet"
Terje Rypdal Bleak House
Amjad Ali Khan/VG Jog Raag: Ahir Bhairav
Old & New Dreams Playing
REM Murmur
Dhruv Ghanekar Distance
Rush Snakes & Arrows
Philip Glass Glassworks
Sonny Rollins "Alfie" OST
Bruce Springsteen The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen Human Touch
Bruce Springsteen The Rising
Gbor Szab High Contrast
Carmen McRae Birds of a Feather
Brad Mehldau The Art of the Trio: Volume One
Jnsi & Alex Riceboy Sleeps
Motherjane Insane Biography
Ashesh Bandopadhyay Rare Sound of Esraj
Keith Jarrett The Survivor's Suite
Kenny Burrell Guitar Forms
Jack DeJohnette Special Edition
Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Stan Getz Big Band Bossa Nova
Beatles, The Love
Oscar Peterson & Joe Pass Porgy and Bess
Keith Jarrett Nude Ants
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Walking Into Clarksdale
Cradle of Filth From the Cradle to Enslave
Live Secret Samadhi
Eric Dolphy At the Five Spot
Doors, The Live in Vancouver 1970
Vilayat Khan Live at the Barbican Centre, London, April 1997
Nikhil Bannerjee India's Maestro of Melody- Live Concert Vol. 2
Megadeth Countdown To Extinction
Kraftwerk Autobahn
Kraftwerk Radio-Activity
Kraftwerk Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk The Man-Machine
Kraftwerk Computer World
Kraftwerk Electric Caf/Techno Pop
Kraftwerk The Mix
Kraftwerk Tour De France Soundtracks

 

[santhosh]

This is what I bought at the sale

Wow Congrats!! That's a whopping 70% off their rack.

 

[abhijitnath]

Ha ha. Somehow work took me to Bangalore, Chennai & Hyderabad this week, so managed to buy stuff everywhere!

 

[soundofmusic]

When does this sale end?

regards

 

[abhijitnath]

End of the month, across all Landmarks in the country.