Comments on: Clearing the Dex in an LA Dumpster

By: ron

ron — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 04:01:13 +0000

I realize that I do not legally own the stuff .

By: ron

ron — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 04:00:01 +0000

The Cexter Gordon disc is a demo made before cassette tapes were used . 50’s-60s

By: ron

ron — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 03:58:15 +0000

Ron Hershewe here .Thank you all so much for the kind thoughts .I am well and busy playing full time here in LA. I am on facebook so it is easy to leave me a message. I am curious about what of my stuff got thrown out . Thank you . R.

By: Maxine Gordon

Maxine Gordon — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 06:45:47 +0000

We are very interested in purchasing the Dexter Gordon Blue Note test pressing. Would you consider this?
Thank you,
Maxine Gordon

Dexter’s wife

By: Winston

Winston — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 03:16:21 +0000

This is heartbreaking to hear. I was evicted one time, and had to watch as people just took my belongings right off of the street. My Dad was an old Jazz enthusiast, musician, and Radio DJ back in the Early sixties. He had an enormous collection of Vinyl spanning from the 30s to 2006 which is when he passed away. I am a record collector, and I had talked about inheriting his collection at great lengths with him many times. Imagine my surprise when I got to his apartment to clean it up and empty it out, and my brother was throwing everything into black garbage bags and into a dumpster. Of course I cussed him out, asked him to leave, and salvaged each and every record from a fate that would have gone unnoticed by anyone. People don’t necessarily think at all before doing some of the most reckless acts imaginable. It’s disheartening to say the least.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 06:26:14 +0000

so sad they went in the trash. there was a NYT article about ppl like that, who they dont know who gets their stuff, so they just throw it out

By: Ceedee

Ceedee — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 19:00:10 +0000

More of interest,at least to me,is the idea that someone comes in( landlord,bill collector) and “just threw out all his stuff”. Without someone in your corner -or by your side-in case of ill health or misfortune,who among us can make a guarantee that we’re above such a fate? I hope that Hershewe has recovered his health,if not his records.
“Merry Christmas “,indeed…

By: Ethan

Ethan — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:36:06 +0000

Still a cool thing to find, a shame that it had to happen under the circumstances it did. If our dumpster diving friend is looking to sell, he should go through the rest of what he found. Might be some choice items in the two crates.

By: jason

jason — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:22:11 +0000

sounds to me that mr. corey is a regular dumpster diver and is just looking for stuff to grip and flip, and is not an actual collector…at least yet…I would venture to say the record is not the gold that he is hoping for…but possibly $50+. a test press of a reissue does not make me say “YES, I NEED THAT!”…in reality, it makes me say “Eh…”

By: Art Klempner

Art Klempner — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:01:47 +0000

From the high of highs to the low of lows the circle is now complete! So is it possible that this could happen to anybody’s prized collection?…… And still the question is asked “can this be worth something?” I could not have wished for a more amazing story for this time of year!