Comments on: From Our Readers: Blue Note and Cosmic Trane

By: Pauls456

Pauls456 — Sat, 06 May 2017 03:52:47 +0000

Cosmic Music: The cover illustrated here is indeed the original. The first labels are lavender, with the same pattern as the cover.

Personally, I’m happy to see reissues and VG+ records going for high prices. I don’t think the concept of greed has any place in a forum about record collecting.

By: Woody

Woody — Thu, 04 May 2017 16:53:31 +0000

Brian – From what I’ve been told, the reason some OJC’s seem rather pricey is that when they first started up production in the early 80’s they were using the older analog masters. In the late 80’s, early 90’s, they used the cd digital master tapes with compression to cut new vinyl stampers therefor the new lps were no longer true analog.

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Thu, 04 May 2017 15:04:36 +0000

Jay: LOL at the abbreviation ! I never thought of it as anything other than Gregory The Fish…. haha!

yeah, people do pay high prices for OJCs. It happens. It’s not how I would spend my cash, but…

By: Mikec

Mikec — Thu, 04 May 2017 01:41:16 +0000

Certain ojc are collectible with audiophiles. I know the early pressing of sax colossus is.

By: Jay Fulmer

Jay Fulmer — Wed, 03 May 2017 20:35:27 +0000

Brian, I was addressing you and Gregory the Fish (GtF) concerning your OJC comments, certainly not insulting or being crude – my apologies if you interpreted the abbreviation any other way

By: Brian Anderson

Brian Anderson — Wed, 03 May 2017 19:01:39 +0000

Hey Jay Fulmer if Gt/F is a clever way to disguise telling me to go fornicate with myself I think you are being excessively rude and such a reaction is totally uncalled for. FYI the OJC catalogue is NOT collectible and certainly not worth prices in the $30’s range. I don’t wish to start a big back and forth email war but I don’t think you have correct info. It’s a reissue, it’s flex vinyl, it doesn’t really matter how many of them were pressed. I’m surprised anyone can get more than $20 for any of them

By: Mikec

Mikec — Tue, 02 May 2017 02:30:41 +0000

Isn’t the purple label laminated and the black cover is not?

By: lennib

lennib — Tue, 02 May 2017 01:19:27 +0000

I bought my copy sealed when it came out at Jazz Record Mart in Chicago, 67-68?, I peeled off the orange sticker that was on the wrap which listed the tunes and stuck it on the cover. My label has Deer Park, NY address and a silver/grey label which sort of matches the cover.
The music still amazes me

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 01 May 2017 20:51:00 +0000

Im guessing funkyousounds

By: Jay Fulmer

Jay Fulmer — Mon, 01 May 2017 20:28:34 +0000

Brian/ GtF In some cases, the OJC were the last authorized reissues of certain LPs, and the OJC pressing runs must have been significantly smaller than many original releases. I am surprised they don’t go for more – especially in the case of items like the Curtis Fuller New Trombone