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10-Inch Jazz LPs Added To Jazz Collector Price Guide | jazzcollector.com — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:29:43 +0000

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10-Inch Jazz LPs For Sale: JJ Johnson, Dexter Gordon | jazzcollector.com — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:53:24 +0000

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By: Rudolf A. Flinterman

Rudolf A. Flinterman — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:37:40 +0000

Nice discussion! Allow me a belated one penny contribution:
I noticed a sizeable drop in prices on EBay for 10″ records, whereas in the price guides they are rated too high. I am tidying up my collection and my policy is to keep the 10″ issues and to sell off te 12″ re-issues, especially since in many cases the 12″ issues were incomplete. 2 10″ albums on one 12″ being often impossble, some tracks were left out on the 12 inchers. Pacific Jazz did that and also Blue Note for the Clifford Brown memorial album. Contemporary was very ingenious: they made an extra session of 4 titles to fill up the 12″ album (the Niehaus albums as examples).

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:33:11 +0000

I just grabbed a Blue Note 10″ last night for $9 (Art Hodes’ Hot Five). Which struck me as really weird. Until now, I hadn’t experienced any decline in demand for this format. If anything it was just as strong, if not more so, as the 12″. Maybe that is changing. FIne with me, now I’ll be able to afford them!

By: Michel

Michel — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:19:10 +0000

That’s right. As a collector, i’m less attracted by the 10inches. I don’t know why, maybe a mix of differetn reasons : smaller cover, smaller, shorter duration. I would not pay for a 10 what i pay for a 12. Anyway, there are some i’m looking for : Meet Mr Gordon, for example, or some Blue Notes.

By: Al

Al — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:52:29 +0000

I’m finding that collectors seem to be less interested in 10-inch LPs these days. As I do the price guide, the prices seem to be a bit lower, except than on the real nice ones, particularly the Blue Notes. As I put records on eBay, some collectors will ask whether they are 10-inch and, if they are, they won’t bid. It’s a shame because the 10-inch LPs sound great and there is generally no doubt to their authenticity.

By: Erich Schultz

Erich Schultz — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:48:45 +0000

I collect mostly jazz 10″, which has all but disappeared from the record shops in the San Francisco bay area. At any given time, I can bid on numerous Pacific Jazz and Contemporary artists at very reasonable prices. I can build a wide-ranging collection on ebay in a fraction of the time in buying record stores. I still go to them as well, but 90% of my material is from ebay. Hose them if you want, but you can’t beat the variety.

By: Al

Al — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:45:56 +0000

Bethellodge makes a great point. When I first started getting into jazz it was all about the music and the specific pressing of the record didn’t matter so much. Sometimes I would like to get back to that feeling, but then when I see that Lexington Avenue address or the yellow label Prestige, the collector in me takes a strong hold and it’s only the original pressing that will satisfy it.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:36:58 +0000

Well said bethellodge!

By: bethellodge

bethellodge — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:32:55 +0000

A good ebay score is about as satisfying as pulling that rare find off the wall of your local shop…but nothing beats the mildewed gem in a junk store or garage sale that just needs a little love and a new inner sleeve. Mediocre records acquired this way, always seem to have more personal value that the record you knew and payed the appropriate price for. Probably because they’re so few and far between.

I tend not to care too much about the usual things that concern collectors – 63rd st pressing, deep groove etc. While these things are nice, as long as it’s a reasonable facsimile – no yucky blue liberty label, or floppy vinyl etc- i’m happy with a second or third pressing…. which has enabled me to make some pretty satisfying purchases on ebay that were overlooked by serious collectors.