Comments on: If It’s Blue Note, It Must Be Collectible

By: London Calling

London Calling — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:10:56 +0000

Andy: Henderson Page One $2,000? –
Winning bidder u***k makes an average of twenty bids a day every day. He made five bids on this one record. My only theories in order of plausibility are:

1.Money laundering
2.Treasury-funded Fiscal Stimulus
3.Undiagnosed OCD
4.Is Joe’s mums till with us?
5.Bernie Maddoff likes Jazz

By: lennib

lennib — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:18:40 +0000

Re the Henderson: to think the bidding started at $19.95!!!
Methinks the market is going mad. Perhaps it is a flight to financial safety what with the pressures on various economies these days.
Shall the future provide a commodity market in Blue Note vinyl as it does for bonds and corn and soybeans?

By: maartenkools

maartenkools — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:05:06 +0000

holycannoli… ???! the 4100 series going in the $ 2K??

By: gandi

gandi — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:00:03 +0000

@Andy
I do not understand the bids on Henderson… Have anyone ever seen “New York” label in 2000$ bin?

By: dottorjazz

dottorjazz — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:49:05 +0000

what’s happening?
nothing different than snow storm in Honolulu today, or temperature in the high 90’s in Alaska, today.
someone is turning mad!
just now.

By: Mattyman

Mattyman — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:26:50 +0000

Well, Andy, since we’re already looking at 2,000 bucks, I can only say: “I’m out”… 😉

By: Katharsis

Katharsis — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:23:24 +0000

Trusted seller, beautifully looking record & cover and marvelous music. Should stop halfway between 2k and 3k. Awesome!

By: don-lucky

don-lucky — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:44:42 +0000

…My personal favorite among the “Three Sounds” catalogue is by far ‘Blue Hour’ with Stanley Turrentine. The tracks are solid with that trademark soulful-bluesy groove, which transcends the listener back to the studio during those wee small hours of the morning; probably after just after a club date somewhere.

“The blue hour comes from the French expression l’heure bleue, which refers to the period of twilight each morning and evening where there is neither full daylight nor complete darkness. The time is considered special because of the quality of the light at this time of day.” – (Thank you Wikipedia)

For anyone who has ever pulled an all-nighter to meet a deadline or have wandered home from a late night jam session, you are all too familiar with this time of the morning… The cover photo, which was taken from inside RVG’s newly built Englewood Cliffs studio with a blue filter is devoid of natural light, and really completes the package. The Bottoms Up cover photo was also taken from inside the RVG studio, but these days the studio interior is over-run with a ramshackle of smaller recording enclosures and equipment all along the parameter, which makes these early images that much more relevant to the session’s concept, and the golden era of Blue Note Records.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:47:37 +0000

Speaking of collectible Blue Notes, what do you suppose is happening with this one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOE-HENDERSON-PAGE-ONE-ORIG-BLUE-NOTE-LP-NM-/290635640068?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item43ab3bed04#ht_1643wt_1374

By: Katharsis

Katharsis — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:39:52 +0000

Ah, btw. since we’re only talking about “Blue Hour”. Does anyone know Lou Donaldson’s record “LD+3” or Johnny Griffin & Nat Adderley’s “Branching out”? I even recall James Clay’s “Double dose of Soul” as very rewarding with Gene Harris at the piano.