Comments on: Jazz Vinyl Watching on Dolphy, Mingus, Evans, Candid

By: Mike F

Mike F — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:00:46 +0000

Clifford, I remember them being those prices in the late 90′s, but many of these records were a good bit cheaper then too. I wish there was a record inflation index out there, so we could see which records have actually gone up in value vs which ones are just keeping pace. I don’t have much of a feel for prices before Ebay, but I’d love to see how much some of these records have appreciated over the years.
I remember Out To Lunch was always the most expensive Dolphy. It’s also probably my least favorite, I’ve never purchased an original.

By: ADAMSKI

ADAMSKI — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:06:22 +0000

jason…pay attention, man!

By: clifford

clifford — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:19:11 +0000

Is it just my imagination? It seems like Dolphy titles were more along the lines of solid blue-chip LPs until the last few years. A decade ago, one could get clean NJ originals of something like Far Cry for under $100 in nice condition.

Or, I’m totally misremembering and there’s nothing to see here…

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:59:11 +0000

Jason,
From a quick browse on eBay it looks like the OJC version has a different cover (half black & white, half pink vs. the red of the original). Take care.

By: Mike F

Mike F — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:25:14 +0000

Jason, It wasn’t listed as sealed, just in shrink.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:17:56 +0000

Aaron: Whenever I see something labeled as sealed, red flags go up. More importantly, if it is sealed, then how can they show a photo of the label?

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:16:20 +0000

dottore: mine hasn’t either. I checked my definite first pressing of 7307, which has the same label structure as the Dolphy: some sort of a small rim where one would expect the deep groove to be. I think this is the standard for the higher yellow/black Prestige.

By: dottorjazz

dottorjazz — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:00:43 +0000

I have this one and have never been sure if this first issue had deep groove or not.
mine hasn’t, and the one just sold too.
can any Prestige expert confirm this record has never been issued with deep groove?
Rudolf?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:56:30 +0000

They do show the label and it’s clearly not an OJC.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:28:21 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Eric Dolphy in Europe turned out to be an OJC. They don’t show the back cover, and that “original” shrink wrap looks to be in far too good of a condition considering it’s 51+ years old.