Comments on: Aiming High for Rare Jazz Vinyl

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 21:50:13 +0000

two years later and that Hipp/Sims would surely have crossed well into the $2K bin !

By: Fotodave

Fotodave — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 20:04:42 +0000

My dad had the Jutta Hipp/Zoot Sims record in his collection when he passed, but I’m not quite sure how to identify the pressing. The label has the “Lexington Ave” printing on it. I’m not sure what to look for concerning the cover either. Any advice?

By: Alun severn

Alun severn — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 14:28:30 +0000

Art, I meant only in terms of its grungy condition 🙂

By: Robert Morris

Robert Morris — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:32:37 +0000

Birth of the Cool first appeared as a 10″ LP in 1949. It wasn’t titled “Birth of the Cool” rather “Classics in Jazz”. There are 3 additional tracks on the 1956 twelve-inch release. I wasn’t aware of the label variation & had to check my own 12″ copy to see whether it had “high fidelity long playing” or just “long palying”. Long Playing :]

By: Art Klempner

Art Klempner — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:41:10 +0000

Dear Alun, “the Hipp is the kind of record you’d pick up in a thrift store and want to wash your hands “ Not me ,I’d put on the turntable and smile all day long !
Your truly, pop, hiss, and click. Art

By: Alun Severn

Alun Severn — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 10:09:35 +0000

The Hipp is the kind of record you’d pick up in a thrift store and want to wash your hands after handling. I simply don’t understand current collecting trends. Ah well — I’m clearly the wrong demographic. So be it.

By: ILYA

ILYA — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:34:03 +0000

I also think that Jutta Hipp is a frame cover because a later construction cover would have been split all over from that degree of edge wear. And, that thin line of rubbing just above Zoot’s name is probably the wear on the egde of the “frame” line.

By: ILYA

ILYA — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:28:15 +0000

Ha! Now we know why we are not discussing here any mint rarities that sell for pennies! Al just spilled the beans. He just does not point our attention to that blossoming market segment! He must be grabbing all of them himself… Hope everyone is having a good day in that winter weather in different parts of the country.

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:32:50 +0000

I used to work at a book and record store where many of the original jazz records in VG– (or worse) condition were priced as though they were VG+ or NM copies as per Goldmine. One week when the owner was out I priced all that crap at $5-$7. It all sold and I was so happy to have those records gone (we certainly needed the room).

By: GST

GST — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:12:18 +0000

Wow! Missed that Pullen/Graves “Live at Yale” (not that I would have bought it). Probably my least favorite art work of the hand painted ones I’ve seen.