I’m preparing to update the Jazz Collector Price Guide so I’m going through my watch list and catching up on some items I may have missed, starting with: The Unique Thelonious Monk, Riverside 209. This was described as an original white label pressing in VG+ condition for the record and VG+ for the cover. The listing was quite weird in that there were no pictures of the actual record or cover. Instead, there was a canned picture that looked as if it came off the Internet. No harm, at least to the seller. This one wound up selling for $531. That’s the highest price we’ve ever seen for that record in the Jazz Collector Price Guide. Maybe it pays to not post pictures, huh?
Art Blakey, A Night at Birdland Volume 1, Blue Note 1521. This was an original Lexington Avenue pressing. The record was probably in VG+ condition and the cover was M-. This one sold for $510.
Gil Melle, Primitive Modern, Prestige 7040. This was an original New York pressing that looked to be in M- condition for both the record and the cover. It sold for $154.28.
Hank Mobley and Lee Morgan, Peckin’ Time, Blue Note 1574. This was an original West 63rd Street pressing that looked to be in VG+ condition for both the record and the cover. It sold for $939.99.
Can anyone explain why Blakey’s LPs sell for so relatively small amounts? Here’s a pretty fair copy of 1507:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Art-Blakey-Jazz-Messengers-At-Cafe-Bohemia-V1-Blue-Note-1507-LEXINGTON-GREAT-/380807969232?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item58a9ec79d0&nma=true&si=Pd8P%252B7FFBLNvRcxcdeDNcZHsfAk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
with Mobley and Dorham, in a listing by Atomic (who usually gets excellent results) and it sold for a relatively modest $394. Compare this with early BN albums headlined by either of these artists, and the result seems paltry to me.
Sorry – this one was from Euclid
Yes, and if you can explain it, please explain Horace Silver as well.
Ditto for Horace – here’s a fine copy of 1562, possibly one of Horace’s best, also with Mobley, sold by Atomic for $255:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HORACE-SILVER-HANK-MOBLEY-Original-BLUE-NOTE-LP-1562-/390721745073?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item5af8d4b0b1
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Theories: Blakey and Silver are just on the cusp of old-to-new jazz players. There are anomalies, but that tends to be the defining factor that I observe. Blakey and Silver came to prominence a little before the 12” record won.
There are also SO MANY Blakey and Silver records. more than most artists.
Greg
I buy your second explanation, not the first.
Yes, I agree with Gregory’s second explanation: lots and lots of Blakey and Silver records (hooray!)
Is there any easy way to find out individually just how many BN’s were produced?
(I echo Joe’s Hooray)
A record like 4003 had to be mass produced didn’t it? Maybe not the original press, I picked up a no R 4003 for 20 bucks a few years ago at a shop that specialized n rock albums, thank god for those acid dropping metal heads.