Some More Jazz Vinyl For the $1,000 Bin
There’s quite a bit of jazz vinyl to catch up on, which will be have to do in a few posts, so let’s start simply this morning with the $1,000 bin, much of which, it seems, we predicted.
Kenny Dorham, Quiet Kenny, New Jazz 8225. This was an original pressing in VG++ condition for both the record and cover and, as noted, it had the promo stamp. It sold for $1,525. Probably would have gotten more without the promo stamp.
Dexter Gordon, Dexter Blows Hot and Cool, Dootone 207. This was an original pressing with the red vinyl. The record was VG+ and the cover was listed in VG+, although there was a full split on the bottom and a partial split on the top. There was some question whether this would prevent it from breaking the $1,000 barrier, but it did not: This one sold for $1,136.
This one had it all going for it: Helen Merrill, Emarcy 36006. It was an original pressing, with the blue writing on the back cover, the seller was Euclid Records and the pictures accompanying the listing were quite clear and bright. The price was $1,568.
This one didn’t quite make the $1,000 bin, but it came close enough to include here: Cliff Jordan, Blue Note 1565. This was an original pressing in VG++ condition for the vinyl and VG+ for the record. It sold for $931.
What a pity that the Kenny Dorham and Dexter Gordon records are that expensive….as they are real favorites of me. Will they ever find their way on my shelf? Doubt it with these big prices.
question re h merrill:two different label versions exist:one has the small Mercury logo in the silver oval containing emarcy (beside the drummer).
the other is missing.
I’ve checked my emarcys,10″ and 12 ” and believe the small Mercury logo belongs to the first pressing,as the 36006 just sold,while labels missing belong to a second pressing.
am I right ?
my 36006 is without the small Mercury,arghhhhh
Here’s a site with a great Mercury/Emarcy labelography:
http://microgroove.jp/mercury/Labels_EmArcy.shtml
thanks aaron
now i’m more confused than before with a label that looked simpler than others.
big drummer,3 variants,one with silver rim;small drummer,3 variants,one with silver rim,then big drummer again,1955-1957.
prestige=nursery
emarcy=lyceum
but blue note remains university
this is a never ending study
Hi everybody: there has been some talk about abusive purchases of vinyl by the Japanese, driving up the prices. But, frankly, when I see the EmArcy site given by Aaron, one can only conclude that these guys take things real serious. I have not seen a similar site before. My dee Very well done!
It is true that the Europeans were the first to develop such a thing as Jazz Discography (Brian Rust U.K. for classic jazz, Jepsen (Denmark, general artist based from 1942 onwards) and Ruppli (France, for label discographies).
dottorjazz: I am still very fine in the nursery school, but have you ever noticed on the yellow black labels the variations in writing HI FI?
It appears as ” HIGH FIDELITY “, “HI FIDELITY” and “HI FI”. Is there any clear pattern? My very provisional conclusion is that in order of appearance, per catalogue number, the sequence is as given above.
I have very late yellow pressings of 7094 and 7129, which I bought from Bob Weinstock in the early sixties as reserve copies, and they are HI FI only.
Here is work to be done dottore!
knocked out !
and what about Contemporary tri-color back ?
and the real first pressing of Esp 1010 ?
and why some copies of Esp 1002,pre-release,should but haven’t been signed by ayler ?
and the real first pressing of chi-congo,aeoc ?
and debut 120,dg or not dg ?
and coltrane impulse AS 50:does exist with the short take of alabama ?
and old town 2003 t curson exists in blue vinyl and colored label ?
and why some Esp should have 180 riverside drive but have others ?
and which is the last laurel bethlehem ?
and why mingus at monterey dg and music written for monterey no dg ?
and why new york contemporary five sonet 36 hard cover and vol.2 sonet 51 soft cover ?
these are only SOME of the questions I’ve no answer for.
and I’ve been searching these bloody answers the last 35 years.
surprise ! every day God sends us to Earth,a new question arises !
we really love our music and I’m really glad to be part of this community.
rudolf:gonna start with high fidelity tonight.
dottorjazz: I started with US Debut:
120 no DG
121 no DG
122 no DG
123 DG!
124 have got Danish prssing
125 no DG
126 no DG
127 no DG (orange black star label)
198 no DG
I did not check my Debut 25 cm.
thanks rudolf,happy for blue moods no dg:described by seller as dg I put a bid and won,arrived no deep groove.In fact never seen one deep grooved.
Prestige:7001-7109 HiFi
7110-7122:don’t know
7123-7229:high fidelity but:7150 m davis modern jazz giants Hi fidelity.
Just picked up a copy of Hank Mobley 1568 off eBay. Did not have the cover. Got it today. It plays through but is pretty beat. Still stoked.
vinylmartyr:seller declared 47 west 63rd new york 23 on side 2 only but the photo showed side 2 with 47 west 63rd nyc.
is the “rare” address on side 1 ?
I ask this because in my blue note notes I read:
This is one of several original Blue Notes for which the labels do not match: Side 1 has the West 63rd NYC label while Side 2 has the West 63rd New York 23 label with the centering mark over the “i” (in “Microgroove”). While many versions of this record have been seen with West 63rd NYC labels on both sides, no copies have been found to have the New York 23 address on both sides or Side 1 alone.
so if your copy has the 23 address on side 1 only,looks very,very,very rare,even with no cover.
No he wrote the description wrong. It does not have New York 23 on either label. I made him refund me $75 for this error.
Agreed — I’m so happy to see that vinyl is making its comeback or reappearance, for some. So I’m selling a bunch of singles and now I’m selling on gemm.com which I hadn’t really heard of until a couple of weeks ago. Have you guys heard of it/had much experience? Anyways, it’s great and I encourage you to check it out if you’re looking to either collect or sell.