In Search of a Score
Sep 19, 2012 Blue Note
Here are a couple of 
jazz vinyl auctions we’re watching now on eBay.
One of these days, we’re going to spring for an original pressing of Freddie Redd, Shades of Redd, Blue Note 4045. This is an original pressing that looks to be in VG++ condition for the record and VG+ for the cover. A nice looking copy overall. The bidding closes in four days and the price is nearly $300. Will this be the one for me? Doubt it. I’ll still be hunting for a copy that I’ll consider to be a score, i.e., at a price below market value. That’s part of the fun for me.
Case in point: Dizzy Reece, Soundin’ Off, Blue Note 4033. This is an original pressing in VG++ condition for the record and VG+ for the cover. It is closing later today and is also in the $300 range. This is one I waited and waited for, hoping to get for a bargain. And, recently, I did. Bought this as part of a larger group of Blue Notes and paid the equivalent of about $40 for it. That’s what I consider to be a score.
Tags: Dizzy Reece, Freddie Redd
September 20th, 2012 at 3:52 am
Ah… The Freddie Redd again. In my case shades of purple. With envy that is
September 22nd, 2012 at 8:18 am
Score or ripping people off is a thin line
September 24th, 2012 at 3:40 pm
Interestingly, I didn’t know about the spine misspelling on the original (“Reese” vs. Reece) until just now. Great LP.