Jazz For A Friday Afternoon: Miles, Cannon, Newk
Here’s a few more jazz vinyl items we’ve been watching or are watching on eBay, starting with: Miles Davis, Kind of Blue, Columbia 1355. This one is listed as sealed, although it seems it is not the outside cover that is sealed but the inner plastic sleeve. If that is the case, it is pretty cool, better than the cover being sealed because you can actually see the label and the record. The cover is listed in VG++ condition and the record, of course, is listed in mint, unplayed condition. There are a couple of days left and the bidding has topped $300. Seller also took a nice, clear picture, which always helps to secure a top price.
Speaking of Miles, this one got a nice price: Cannonball Adderley, Somethin’ Else, Blue Note 1595. I say speaking of Miles, because after all of these years I still tend to think of this as more of a Miles record, than a Cannonball record. It’s got much more of the Miles vibe than the Cannon vibe. This one was in M- condition for both the record and the cover and it sold for $1,475.
One more Blue Note while we’re at it:
Sonny Rollins, Volume 2, Blue Note 1558. This was an original West 63rd pressing in M- condition for the record and VG++ for the cover. Or perhaps I’m missing something and it wasn’t original origina: It sold for $385, which seems a little low these days.
Hey Al I wish the Somethin Else record really did sell for $14,75…!!!!!!!
That would have been a real find egh?
I sold a rather worn copy (VG at best) for $40 years ago and thought I got a reasonable price. Seems I could have done better!
Adamski, thanks for pointing that out. I will fix it and then everyone will be wondering what we’re writing about. 🙂
Agree. That kind of money for a fairly common Blue Note is surprising. Certainly the seller and the condition were contributors to the premium, but still….
I believe that Columbia records up to the early sixties were not shrink wrapped, but only had the inner plastic bag around the record.
These are sealed with a little perforation at the edge. I briefly owned a sealed copy of “Monk.” from 1964. After some brief dithering, I elected to unseal the record as it was difficult to listen to while inside the plastic bag.
As far as Somethin’ Else being a Miles date, I believe it’s that record that Joe Goldberg is referring to in his liner notes to Steamin’ on Prestige:
“…One of the most notable examples of this is a record released on another company on which Miles, for contractual reasons, was nominally a sideman. But it is more than obvious, from the first note to the last, that it is a Miles record.”
Your instincts were right, Al. Sonny Rollings Vol 2 is not a first pressing. It should have the 47W63 New York 23 addresses on both labels. This one has 47W63 NYC on one and 47W63 NYC with R and Inc on the other. Nonetheless, it is a great LP in great condition.
BTW – 1558 was my first collectible Blue Note acquisition…
Felix: maybe because i love Cannonball so much, for me it was always the opposite: I think his solo on autumn leaves is so SO! groovy… I think cannonball has always been underestimated on this album..The first jazz album i ever bought, also the first sax solo i could whistle by heart..
Somethin’ Else: the same original version was sold in the same condition by fred Cohen two weeks ago for just over 400 dollars! The market is volatile.
Man, those plastic inner sleeves used by Columbia were the worst. They are a pain to put back in the cover, and I have seen instances where they have left a filmy residue on the vinyl that is audibly noticeable. They also split fairly easily. I would be warry of paying that much for an album that is still sealed in one of those plastic sleeves. Wasn’t ‘Kind of Blue’ also originally issued in a Columbia paper inner sleeve?