Catching Up: Bud, Monk, Trane, Blue Note
Okay, let’s see how things turned out on some of the jazz vinyl we’ve been watching on eBay:
The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 2, Blue Note 5041. This was one of the nice 10-inch LPs offered this weekend by the seller roverd-90. It was listed in M- condition for both the record and the vinyl and it sold for $432. Also from that batch was this: Thelonious Monk, Genius of Modern Music, Blue Note 5002. This one M- for the vinyl and VG++ for the cover. The price was $313.66. We were also watching this copy of John Coltrane, Blue Train, Blue Note 1577. This was a second (or later) pressing with the New York USA label. The vinyl was listed in M- condition and
the cover was listed as VG++ or M-. I guess it was up to the bidder to decide. In any case, the record sold for $288.55. It’s interesting with some of these Blue Notes how even the later pressings are becoming collectibles. I have no objections to that. The sound quality on the New York USA pressings is finet and it’s certainly nice to have an older mono copy of Blue Train in this kind of condition.
& someone on the UK site paid nearly $100 for a Liberty Stereo press in VG+/VG+ this weekend.
I will say that the seller of Blue Train did a nice job on the listing, which always helps. If you look at it, the picture is very clear, and then there’s the very alluring photo of the original Blue Note sleeve, just showing a bit of cleavage between the cover and album.
Sure Sign That One Needs To Get Out More Often: when “showing a bit of cleavage” refers to an area between “cover and album.” Oh,my god-has it been that long? (Uh…sad to say-yes)
…Based on the some of the comments posted here lately, I think we could all use a night out “ceedee”. (I’ll be the first to admit, I could definietly use one based on some of my past comments) But you have to admit, presentation is everything and sex sells right !? Besides, who among us can resist the charms & sex appeal of a NM Bluenote ? Blue Train is one of the first Jazz albums I ever bought, and you never forget that first love. …So about that night out… I would have loved to catch Lou Donaldson at the Village Vanguard last week, anybody out catch a set or two ?
Saw curtis fuller do a set here in Chicago on Halloween, good time except plenty of loud drunks around me. I’m gonna check out cedar walton this weekend at the jazz showcase. I’m new to jazz starting about a year and a half ago, and I didn’t even realize lou donaldson or curtis fuller were still around. I read about fuller in the paper that day, and headed over there a few hours later.
I’m cramming in as much live jazz as I can before all the fifties guys are gone. Can someone give me some info on who else is still around? They’ll come through here eventually.