Comments on: eBay Watch Resumes: Here Are Some 10-Inch LPs

By: Al

Al — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:49:13 +0000

Interesting that the Wallington sold for $300. There was a copy on eBay a few weeks ago that had a start price of $300 and didn’t sell at all. That one was in superior condition to this. Part of it has to do with the seller, but part also has to do with listing strategy on eBay. Sometimes it pays to start with a lower price, as Rudolf has suggested, and let the bidding get started and get more people involved. There is an art as well as a science to it, which is still somewhat shrouded in mystery, no?

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By: bethellodge

bethellodge — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:27:14 +0000

To answer Al’s generation gap question… born in the 70’s and rating my knowledge of jazz a 7 out of 10, I have never heard of Raney. This is why I love this site.
It is possible, now that I think of it, that a jazz knowledge scale is not stepped evenly, but rather is like the richter scale with higher numbers being exponentially higher. The more obscure you get the more obscure obscurity gets… making 10 unattainable.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:40:34 +0000

Doug: that is correct, although I never came across such a Prestige re-issue of the New Jazz 1101-1106 series. Maybe they were just planned to be re-issued as PrLp 201-206, but in reality were not.
The Raney # 199 is the original.
I saw that Euclid’s Bob Gordon album on Pacific Jazz sold for $ 444. So justice is done to this fine artist.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:36:11 +0000

Back in January Euclid sold this Jimmy Raney 10″: Jimmy Raney-Quartet-New Jazz 1101-SUPERB 10″ for $699.

If I remember correctly the Jimmy Raney New Jazz 10 inches are originals, whilst the Prestiges are second pressings. At least that is what the Japanese Jazz Critique Prestige catalog asserts.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:29:29 +0000

Al: you touch upon the generation gap. Effectively, the market for Jim Raney, Bob Gordon, Lennie Niehaus, Jack Montrose et al. may disappear. Stronger, WILL disappear. But this very fact will not hinder me from thoroughly enjoying these wonderful guys and their heritage left on vinyl, and, maybe, along the road, picking up some bargains, to improve upon the overall quality of my collection.
By the same logic, eventually, the high end Blue Notes of the hard bop era will loose appeal. Better sell them now, if at least you are collecting as an investor.

By: Al

Al — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:33:22 +0000

In the end I never did bid on any of these records I was watching yesterday. The Wallington sold for $300 and, as noted, I do have a nice copy of that, which I would be willing to sell for the same price. Just send an email to al@jazzcollector.com if you are interested. There was also the Clifford Brown/Gigi Gryce 10-inch LP on Blue Note. This one sold for $159.50. This was a pretty reasonable price and, if I’d remembered to bid, perhaps I would have been in the running. Finally, the Jimmy Raney 10-inch Prestige LP sold for $102.50, also a reasonable price, although you do wonder how much longer will there be a market for Jimmy Raney 10-inch LPs. Do younger jazz fans get it that Raney was one of the pre-eminent jazz guitarists in the ’50s? I do wonder.