Comments on: A Rare Jazz Vinyl Quartet

By: :

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 06:45:35 +0000

Sorry for the hanging part-sentence. I meant to say: When I asked my friend what it was like dealing with Altschuler, he quoted him as saying: “I’m no bargain basement!”

By: geoffrey wheeler

geoffrey wheeler — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 06:42:34 +0000

Abrasive_Beautiful, your comment about finding the book album with 9 Armstrong OKehs reminded me of a story Dial Record’s Ross Russell told me. In the mid-1930s, he came across a man who was selling new copies of such records. What annoyed Ross was he was charging the original retail price–75 cents–for these new Armstrongs! If he had only known what a new OKeh copy (if such could possibly exist) would go for today! A collector friend has around 50 Armstrong OKehs, some autographed by Armstrong. He got them from Robert Altschuler.

ltschular quoted him as saying “I’ no bargain basement!”

By: Art Klempner

Art Klempner — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 21:20:57 +0000

Thanks for all the useful feedback! Just checked in our hotel. Wednesday I start my crate digging here in N.YC.. I really got a kick out of all comments about thrift shopping! Wish me luck, and I will report any major finds. Thanks again, the Texas crate digger.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 16:34:14 +0000

There was a time when my local GW had some AMAZING records. I pulled some first press blue notes, some 10″ bethlehems, Savoys, Prestige, you name it! There were also some amazing private records from every genre. That was about 8 years ago though…Now it’s once every 4 months or so that I’ll pull a cool record. Just the other day I pulled Shakey Jake – Good Times (Prestige/Bluesville) and Lonnie Johnson – Another Night To Cry (bluesville). but that was the first record I bought at GW in 4 or 5 months!

By: Adamski

Adamski — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 16:28:03 +0000

Richard even our extraordinarily ‘awesome, insane’ seller on ebay with his elaborate (effective) selling knack couldn’t get a George Shearing side into the $1000 bin…or could he!

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 13:19:07 +0000

Adamski – If I find any jazz, it’s almost always trad or Benny Goodman, with an occasional Oscar Peterson or Woody Herman. I always get the impression that the British public’s jazz tastes were, on the whole, decidedly mainstream.

Dredging through my memories, I do recall bagging a George Shearing with the Montgomery Brothers on Jazzland and a Brownie / Roach at Basin St reissue.

By: cellery

cellery — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 11:52:26 +0000

I used to frequent second hand / charity shops a lot when I was still active in video game collecting. Still drop by the odd one every now and again but record-wise I never find much aside from the odd rock or pop record priced 2 bucks and worth 10 to 20 – nice but definitely no holy grails. Jazz, not a chance.

By: Adamski

Adamski — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 11:39:51 +0000

Richard, Oxfam etc. now have a collectable cherry picked selection that indeed goes on ebay!!
I have been looking for 30 years in British charity shops and whilst the odd, interesting Latin or brazilian lp
pitches up i don’t think I have ever come across a good BN, Prestige or Impulse. Ever!!
Indeed they now have a chap ‘in the Know’ (who really prob knows not a lot!, just puts the title in google, discogs or popsike!)
Keep hunting Richard…all those Liberace, Military marching band & Top of the Pops lps,….
Oh man, It ain’t easy!

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 10:56:54 +0000

Thanks for the replies all. I go to charity shops all the time. I very rarely find anything good, except the occasional “golden-age” classical LP. I’m sure the big charity shops have a “man who knows”, who diverts anything good to Ebay.

By: MikeC

MikeC — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 03:02:22 +0000

My goodwill has a former record store owner working there. I dont even go anymore.