A Jazz Vinyl Potpourri

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Here’s some interesting jazz vinyl we’ve been watching on eBay.

Miles Davis, Relaxin’, Prestige 7129. This was a New Jersey pressing, not an original but a second press. It was in M- condition for the record and somewhere less than M- for the cover, say VG++. We’ve been watching the market for second-press Blue Notes going way up, and here’s a Prestige following the same pattern. This one sold for $202.50. Perhaps condition is playing a factor as well, but this is a nice price for a New Jersey copy of Relazin’. This one came from the same seller: John Coltrane, Soultrane, Prestige 7142. This was a yellow-label New Jersey pressing, which is a first press. I have a copy of Prestige 7141 with the New York address, but I’ve never seen a Soultrane with the New York address. Great record, my favorite of the Coltrane Prestiges. This one was in M- for the record and VG++ for the cover. It sold for $295.

This one is of the same general vintage and only sold for $58.70:

Cattin’ With Coltrane and Quinichette, Prestige 7158. This was an original pressing with the yellow label, deep groove and New Jersey address. It was listed in VG++ condition for both the record and the cover. Not sure why the price was so low. We’ve seen copies sell for nearly $200 in the Jazz Collector Price Guide.

Are the Verves slipping as collectibles? This one sold for $21.58: Stan Getz, Award Winner, Verve 8296. This was an original pressing with the trumpeter label, great record. The record was M- and the cover was VG. This was an original all the way, not a reissued Clef or Norgran. If I didn’t have a nice copy, I’d love to get a record like this for $21.58.

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  2. personal recent anedocte:
    tonight my favorite soccer team lost an important match:upset enough ran into Ebay-ending soonest.just in time to see one of my wants approach closing.
    1 min 30 secs ! put a decent offer and…won it !forgot my soccer pain immediately.
    now I’m pleased to add The house of blue lights into my collection.
    spent the last two hours in re-reading february posts listening to some 10″,now H.Rumsey on Lighthouse red vinyl series.
    forgot to write you my pics in Louisiana:Sonny Criss Jazz U.S.A. on Imperial and a nice Sal Salvador on Bethlehem:Frivolous Sal.
    Sorry Al:I have been more lucky than you.The records were exposed at Euclid,New Orleans.

  3. dottorjazz-The House Of Blue Lights is killin’,some of my favorite Eddie Costa on there. Have you heard the Tal Farlow “Fuerst Set” sessions? More funky Costa!

  4. no,thanks for the tip:just listened to some on the net and I dig it.
    it seems a very nice audio quality:do you have Xanadu vinyl or digital ?

  5. I’ve got the lps-didn’t know they were out in cd format. I think that since the session was one that wasn’t intended for commercial use,the ‘plug and play’ simplicity benefits both the jam-session,stretched-out feel heard and the solid mono sound. Enjoy!

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