Watching Some Nice 10-Inch Jazz Vinyl
Today we shall catch up on that 10-inch auction from the Jazz Record Center that closed yesterday. All in all, considering that the market is relatively soft, I thought these records fetched a pretty good price.
Lou Donaldson and Clifford Brown, New Faces, New Sounds, Blue Note 5030. Look at that beautiful cover. The record was M- and the cover seemed somewhere between VG++ and M-. It sold for $522.88.
Jutta Hipp, Jutta, Blue Note 5056. This one looked to be in beautiful condition, M- for the record and the cover. It sold for $720.
Lou Donaldson Sextet, Volume 2, Blue Note 5055. This was an original, original first pressing, based on the listings on the back cover of other Blue Note 10-inch LPs, and it was in M- condition all around. The price was $385.
Here’s a non-Blue Note that got a nice price: Billie Holiday Sings, Mercury 118. This was an original pressing with a beautiful cover illustration by David Stone Martin. One of his very best, I’d say. This one was in beautiful condition, M- for the record and the cover. It sold for $260.
I think this auction was proof that premium items are still fetching good prices. There were so many beautiful records in this auction.
always been a 10″ lover: I’ve got three out of these four. Mr. Cohen describes the orange cover as being much rarer than the brown one. I’ve got the same orange but I would like to know if it is the first cover for 5030.
It seems there were two different covers at the same time.
Or it was an error during printing ?
Can anyone help ?
this is the first time I see this orange version. Different colour shades are not unusual. There may also be printing errors. I had two copies of the Kenny Drew trio BLP 5023, one sort of turquoise and the other a blue shade not unlike the blue used on this site.
Another example is the Miles Davis sextet, PrLp 182: it exists in blue and in green print.