Comments on: Appreciating Those 10-Inch Blue Notes

By: Al

Al — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 15:36:47 +0000

Sorry Rudolf, I wasn’t clear. None of the 10-inch Blue Notes had an inner sleeve. Out of the 80 10-inch records in the collection, on all labels, only one or two had an original sleeve. I think a Sinatra on Capital and perhaps one of the Bethlehems.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 11:11:39 +0000

Al: are you sure the inners were original? I never saw 10″ Blue Note inners. All my Blue Note 10″ albums now have inners, but they are not original.

By: Seth katz

Seth katz — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 04:58:44 +0000

I recently found a 10 inch RCA of Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, featuring Bix Beiderbecke.–(LVA–3040.) It looks like it only has one light scratch. There’s an autograph that says “From Paul” but I have no idea whether it’s Paul Whiteman’s. –Very Interesting. I also have many old classical records on shellac, including a few Caruso. They look near mint but I have no way to test anything.

By: Al

Al — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 21:55:36 +0000

Maybe one or two had original inner sleeves, just plain paper. Most of them had no sleeves at all.

By: J

Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:19:23 +0000

Al – Did any of your 10″ Blue Notes have inner sleeves? If so, what kind?

By: Rich (DG Mono)

Rich (DG Mono) — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:43:01 +0000

JOK – I concur and have found it difficult to find clean 10″ records.
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I too avoid sellers who are “plus happy”…if it’s not near mint, two +’s is all that’s needed to get the point across, no need for the overhyping.
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The Opener is a great record. Way out of my price range right now but someday…

By: Seth Katz

Seth Katz — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 06:12:44 +0000

Oh, the irony. It was, perhaps, 3 years ago. I was completely new to record collecting. I phoned “Jazz Collector” and told the person who answered that I was looking for first pressings of Coltrane. I was told, “Sorry, we don’t usually handle records that sell for under $100. As I watched the older 50s jazz record prices zoom up, I was thinking to myself: Well, now is the time to be buying 60s jazz. But I didn’t know enough then to go out on my own.

By: DaveS

DaveS — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:20:56 +0000

I agree. Between the hard “vinyl” used back then and very tight covers that tear, any record that was played more than once or twice can be easily dropped a grade or two. Unfortunate as I love these real originals and their authenticity is never in question.

By: JOK

JOK — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:01:53 +0000

Of all my 10 inch records in my collection, only two are in excellent condition while the rest are in good to poor condition. It is quite difficult to find 10 inch records in good shape. Imagine what type of stylus was played on these things!???!!?