Comments on: How Much is Shrink Wrap Worth? Plenty, It Seems

By: terryfromflorida

terryfromflorida — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 10:27:26 +0000

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DUKE-JORDAN-TRIO-ON-SWING-33-323-FRENCH-10-ORIGINAL-VERY-RARE-1954-MINT-/111787304659?hash=item1a070ae6d3

Another Duke Jordan Trio 10″ Swing for lp for sale. Bidding already at $1,000….

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 01:40:59 +0000

Hello Everyone,
Well not here to discuss a four figure Blue Note but I picked up a record today for $5 and I thought it was not a bad deal at all. ” West coast jazz concert” Savoy 12196. NM condition.
Dexter Gordon, Barney Kessel , Wardell Gray , Howard McGhee etc etc
I mean how can you go wrong right ?
I just listened to it twice and I found I enjoyed the 2nd side more. “Cherry-Koke” More interesting, more Bop.
Whereas the 1st side sounded more Big band to me. Anyone else out there like this LP that has it ?

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 14:36:33 +0000

Agreed with DaveS, although I have had the experience of tight shrink acting like lamination and regretting any attempts to pull it off.

By: DaveS

DaveS — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 22:16:09 +0000

Funny. First thing I do when I find a record with shrink wrap on it is to pull off the wrap which a) was usually applied somewhere down the line at a record store and b) is usually a dust and dirt receptacle trapping in years of accumulation. In my mind, if the record cover is clean it, is clean. If the vinyl is NM-, it is NM- and the presence of shrink wrap in and of itself lends nothing one way or another to that condition.

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 20:48:07 +0000

Even if the records had darker maroon labels the price on those was more than fair. With early ’60s Savoys I feel like such differences are more hair-splitting than for a comparable Blue Note or Prestige title.

By: Joe L

Joe L — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 18:53:29 +0000

Clifford – do you think those two are legit first pressings? I’m suspicious of sealed Savoy LPs from the late ’50s. They were very attractive records, but I’d rather they were opened to verify.

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 17:14:03 +0000

Wish I’d seen the Ra and Booker Ervin when they were up for sale!