Comments on: Ella and Louis as Rare Jazz Vinyl

By: Dario

Dario — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 14:50:13 +0000

Hi there. I own a copy of that record with the black label printed in 1958. I would like to know the value of that vinyl. Thank you

By: zarabeth47

zarabeth47 — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:39:46 +0000

HIgh bidders have funky bidding history. Maybe that’s why it went so high. “I’m a private bidder and I only want 1 lp this month … an Ella and Louis record!” Seems funky! And the other bidder was a 60% “I’m a bidder of jazz lps and I only want 2-3 lps this month … and one of them’s an Ella and Louis record!” Funky alright.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:08:51 +0000

AL — Part of the unusual eBay interest in “Ella & Louis” may have been due to the SiriusXM-Real Jazz re-broadcast(from 2008?) that week of Wynton Marsalis’s “Basic Jazz Library”, wherein he named it among his dozen-plus recommendations.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:29:09 +0000

great–will check it out

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 03:11:34 +0000

Tim, if you click my name it will take you to my site 33rev

By: Erich Schultz

Erich Schultz — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:13:21 +0000

Al, I am very pleased that you have a home for you 10″ jazz records. I have about 100 of them, and they are very special in terms of the evolution of jazz, particularly (to me) the many Pacific Jazz ones I have. Glad you kept them!

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:41:43 +0000

Ok. On wikipedia it says Verve sold to MGM in 1961, so many of the verve LP’s I have were MGM originally anyway. What’s your site Aaron?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:31:35 +0000

I’ve been working on a Verve labelography for my site and it has proven to be a difficult task until the MGM era as there are many variants. The orange label of Ella & Louis (with machine stamped matrix info.) has much better sound than the later black label versions.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:53:00 +0000

That sounds the same as mine. I had been wondering how to date the Verve labels. Around when did the black MGM label start? Thanks.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:01:03 +0000

Ella & Louis: I think it is because of the original red-orange/yellow label. I have a Verve Inc. label (pre-Verve MGM), but it is black/silver.