Comments on: Here Are Jazz Collectibles You Won’t See Every Day

By: Rudy

Rudy — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 06:26:29 +0000

Unfortunately the Duke Pearson items,memorabilia etc.Was not to be shared and posted here or anywhere else.And when it’s out there,it’s out there.Nothing you can do about it.In regards to DaveS.He knows what I mean.Without divulgi more information.Its always a joy to see and hear anything of Duke Pearson from ( The City Too Busy To Hate) As the city and state has never truly honored him as they should.He made a name for himself in the music world of jazz.And had a profiling career as pianist,producer,arranger etc.And let’s not forget those unsung heroes.

By: Gregory the Fish

Gregory the Fish — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 13:44:47 +0000

well, no arguing there. but the PVC pipe you can make potato cannons out of would not do or pressing records. different purity standards and all. but i had no idea that the only real difference was the quality control. i’ve been wrong for so long!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 00:24:08 +0000

Hi Gregory & Geoffrey,
Of course there are differing additives and formulations but the basic material is the same. From Wiki:

“vinyl record, commonly known as a record, is an analogue sound storage medium in the form of a flat polyvinyl chloride (previously shellac) disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.”

By: geoffrey wheeler

geoffrey wheeler — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 22:23:10 +0000

PVC comes in many different types. One of its earliest forms was as a material used to manufacture pipe, couplings, joints, elbows, etc. When I was an editor for a heavy construction magazine in the early 1960s, when I would go on a job site, I would frequently see lots of PVC pipe. Sometimes I would handle it. It was clearly different from the vinyl from which records are made.

By: Gregory the Fish

Gregory the Fish — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 19:36:42 +0000

but aaron, PVC is a different type of vinyl. “vinyl” loosely means a certain class of compounds. what we call ‘vinyl’ on records, is a specific member of that class. PVC is a different one.

i think the people that would say we are silly for wanting originals feel the same way about originals that we do about test pressings! 🙂

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 19:10:29 +0000

…”As for pressing LPs in plastic, I was told years ago, that Decca had a plant in Puerto Rico that pressed records out of PVC.”…

PVC = Polyvinyl Chloride = Vinyl

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:21:12 +0000

Decca used styrene for their lp albums. THe sound is very quiet, no background noise or hissing.

By: geoffrey wheeler

geoffrey wheeler — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 15:36:15 +0000

My apologies to loyal readers here for my misspelling Carl Sandburg’s Swedish last name as “Sandberg.” I had a schoolboy friend who was a “Sandberg” and that is how I have come to think of the spelling. As for pressing LPs in plastic, I was told years ago, that Decca had a plant in Puerto Rico that pressed records out of PVC. I had a Jack Millman Decca LP that must have been pressed at that plant because it broke like a 78.

By: GST

GST — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 15:28:40 +0000

Test pressing seems to be a much bigger deal for younger collectors even without the associated jackets, although I’ve really only noticed this trend for newer releases.

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 15:12:41 +0000

I’m glad at least Geoffrey agrees with me that this test pressing isn’t really that nuts although I was, upon initial viewing, very curious to see what it would go for.