Comments on: Blakey, Mobley and a Pair of Monks

By: Scott Lowrey

Scott Lowrey — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 20:33:41 +0000

I tried to buy a bunch of Coltrane on the latest funkysounds auction but got sniped on almost everything.

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 21:25:25 +0000

That Messengers LP is a really good record though I’m surprised — maybe I shouldn’t be? — to see it top $300.

By: Gregory the Fish

Gregory the Fish — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 21:21:36 +0000

i used to buy a lot of not-pricey stuff to fill holes in the impulse collection from the funkyousounds people back when they still offered free shipping. always a good experience.

i recently had a lucky score with a record that isn’t of interest to me personally, and sold it for some spare change and was considering bidding on one of those monks, but i figured they’d double, and they did. so no big deal.

about a year ago i forgot to bid on a vik copy of that messengers record, and it sold for about $25. i could just scream. have NEVER seen it go for less than $50 since.

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 14:28:50 +0000

yeah, funkyousounds/funkyou! get premium prices for a lot of stuff. I made a valiant effort for that sealed Steve Reid (would like a flawless? copy) but was shot down. I think I’ve only won a single record from their auctions — not a jazz record, but a weirdo psych/homegrown LP — and though it was market rate the thing was mint as mint can be for an unsealed 1960s album.

By: cellery

cellery — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 13:04:10 +0000

Yeah, unless someone swapped covers at some point it was most definitely a raised rim record (I also think I see a faint shadow line along the label edge that would indicate such but maybe I’m just delirious). I thought I might be able to bag it for a relatively soft price due to the condition and later pressing but no dice. I get the feeling that with funkyousounds people bid assuming the records to be at least a full grade above listed which pretty much puts them out of my zone even for usually low to mid-priced stuff.

By: jrock1675

jrock1675 — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 22:43:22 +0000

I’ve had great luck with auctions from the seller of the Mobley 1550, but even assuming it plays and appears better than the grade, that’s a lot of coin for that LP in a later jacket (43 West 61st). Based on the later jacket, I’d guess that it is not the earliest flat edge pressing as well, but impossible to tell from the pictures or the listing.