Comments on: A Jazz Vinyl Christmas?

By: Shaft

Shaft — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:26:21 +0000

michel, teh one in the auction looks fine to me. It has deep groove and purple labels. Should the label be smaller you think?

By: michel

michel — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:40:58 +0000

This Benny Goson is not an original: it has a small label. Original title in this catalogue number bear a large DG.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:56:19 +0000

I don’t think of Golson in the top tier of tenors as much as I think of him in the top tier of hard bop composers. Many of the Jazztet records are available at a very affordable price, I have all and never payed more than $25. There is a lot of great stuff on there. I have an OJC CD of “the modern touch” that is at least 15+ years old and doesn’t play well. I tried to rip it to my computer a year or so ago and it had digi noise all through it. You have reminded me I need a new copy. So no one else bid please ;-).
Thankfully my “Sound of Sonny” original pressing and SACD are in great shape. If I had to choose well… I’m happy I don’t ever have to make such choices.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:42:19 +0000

Re: Cycles in selling.. I notice that a lot with Sonny Clark records. I can go for a year without seeing an original pressing of Cool Struttin’ and then suddenly ten copies pop up within a week of each other. Recently it’s been Grant Green’s ‘Idle Moments’.. five mono copies have gone recently for well over $400 a pop.

It’s like one pops up, goes for something big, then a few others see that as their moment to catch all of the sore losers from the original auction.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:54:39 +0000

Benny Golson, hitherto unknown on the Continent, came in the limelight when he made his Jazz Messengers tour as a musical director in December 1958. Riverside albums were not officially imported on the Continent, in the U.K. some rare Riverside albums made it to the London label.
My surprise was big when I was lured into the backroom of a classical record shop in 1959 to be shown their own private import of two Riverside albums: “the Sound of Sonny” and “the Modern Touch”. Ever since these two albums have been in my collection. “The Modern Touch”, is a beauty, a jewel, really a must have for any serious hard bop collector, even if Benny is less hard than Sonny.