Comments on: Big Bids, Some Sell, Some Don’t https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/big-bids-some-sell-some-dont/ For those who love jazz Sun, 08 Sep 2013 15:15:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: kb https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/big-bids-some-sell-some-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-299959 Sun, 08 Sep 2013 15:15:39 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5129#comment-299959 OT, but figured someone here might have seen this oddity before?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37595587@N00/9702524380/

Probably a goof by Liberty records during the transition?

Only similar thing I’ve seen like this is I have a stereo copy of Finger Poppin’ that has the designation ‘BST 4008’

]]> By: Clifford Allen https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/big-bids-some-sell-some-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-299766 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 17:21:12 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5129#comment-299766 Yeah, I guess it’s all up to the individual. I can’t deal with a lot of surface noise and certainly wouldn’t pay a lot of money for that experience, but realize I’m in the minority there. These days I pull out albums I bought many years ago when condition wasn’t an issue, and it often puts me into a “what was I thinking??” mindset. A clean VG++ is fine by me, but elusive in the internet marketplace. Most LPs graded M- are VG++ anyway.

]]> By: Mattyman https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/big-bids-some-sell-some-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-299747 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:39:33 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5129#comment-299747 I have a 1st pressing of Grant Green’s “Am I Blue” that sounds as if the previous owner played it a million times with a nail instead of a diamond stylus. Result: the continuous sound of a big, crackling camp fire in the background. Still I play it regularly when I’m home alone, ’cause the music has a power that even the RVG remaster on CD can’t match.
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So I hear what you’re saying, Clifford, but I have to say that I agree with Fredrik 😉

]]> By: Fredrik https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/big-bids-some-sell-some-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-299711 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 05:17:43 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5129#comment-299711 I’d rather have a VG original than a japanese pressing with no soul. And it’s pretty unreal really to find these beauties in near mint condition. It’s worth every penny, and that’s why I try to concentrate on buying only pristine copies. Sometimes, however, you have to maybe accept a lesser condition for a album that’s extremely rare, jus to have it in your collection. But VG++, to me, is really really good. VG+ could be acceptable in some cases, for example on old Swedish Metronome EP’s and such.

]]> By: Clifford Allen https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/big-bids-some-sell-some-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-299671 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 21:09:15 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5129#comment-299671 Unfortunately a lot of people are pretty liberal with VG+ or even VG++ grades, which now tends to mean a pretty well-used album and for such high prices, that’s not too enticing. I’d rather have a $25 Japanese pressing that plays perfectly than a beater original, keeping in mind that most of my NY USA Blue Notes are what I would call a “strong VG+” and purchased for pretty reasonable prices years ago.

]]> By: Japhy https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/big-bids-some-sell-some-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-299664 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 20:32:06 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5129#comment-299664 Ha, Al, I have to snicker when you note that a record is in “only VG+ or VG++ condition for the vinyl”. Have we all set unrealistic standards for what to expect from a 50- or even 60-year-old piece of vinyl? These things were made to be played and touched and held (caressed?) and transported and lent and borrowed and everything else, and yet 60 years later we seem to shudder that such an item may not still be in pristine condition!

I think there needs to be a sliding scale or something like it based on grading certain collectibles and records are one of those items. I get it that beautiful pristine copies do exist and are in high demand, but is it really so disappointing to come across a 1955 Blue Note that is “only” in VG++ condition? I’d be pretty darn stoked!

]]> By: Clifford Allen https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/big-bids-some-sell-some-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-299657 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 19:15:46 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5129#comment-299657 Well, I butchered that, but here’s the auction anyway: http://www.ebay.com/itm/FREDDIE-ROACH-MO-GREEENS-PLEASE-AUTOGRAPHED-ORIG-BLUE-NOTE-LP-MONO-GREAT-COPY-/400565719129?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item5d4393d059

Definitely from Jennings’ archive.

]]> By: Clifford Allen https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/big-bids-some-sell-some-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-299656 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 19:13:43 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5129#comment-299656 Interestingly, the same seller has a copy of Freddie Roach “Mo Greens, Please!” that is autographed to Richard “Prophet” Jennings (“to our Swedish Prophet”), visual artist and inspiration to players like Max Roach, John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy. Got me to wondering whether these albums were from his collection.

]]> By: GST https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/big-bids-some-sell-some-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-299643 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 16:32:42 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5129#comment-299643 Looks like Three Trumpets is back up with a BIN price of $400. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ART-FARMER-DONALD-BYRD-IDREES-SULIEMAN-THREE-TRUMPETS-PRESTIGE-DG-ORIG-LP-MONO-/400565719128?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item5d4393d058

]]> By: Clifford Allen https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/big-bids-some-sell-some-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-299569 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 19:24:11 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5129#comment-299569 High reserves for sure. Probably didn’t help matters that the seller was in Turkey (though I’ve never had problems with shipping from that part of the world).

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