Comments on: Jazz On Vinyl and On Film

By: Clifford

Clifford — Mon, 02 May 2016 20:29:53 +0000

yeah, I guess they have a brick-and-mortar shop, so it’s a bit baffling why they throw marginal LPs up on eBay… although I guess if you are entirely in it for the money, the quickest way to get that paper is to sell torched Blue Notes at auction. $30 for a G/G copy of Hill’s “Black Fire” (with five days to go) is just absurd.

By: GST

GST — Mon, 02 May 2016 15:43:02 +0000

So many good records for sale by carolinasoul on eBay, but such bad shape. Makes me sad.

By: Turbocharged Weasel

Turbocharged Weasel — Mon, 02 May 2016 02:58:33 +0000

Okay, I didn’t expect the Sabu to go for about $800 when I said somebody would likely be getting a good deal there.

By: Turbocharged Weasel

Turbocharged Weasel — Sun, 01 May 2016 19:43:31 +0000

That Sabu record seems to be pretty rare. Although it’s not really what most people think of when they think about uncommon Blue Notes, the original pressing doesn’t seem to go up for auction that often, and it has left a lot of gaps in Blue Note collections… It can fetch a pretty hefty price, too, so somebody might be getting a good deal here, all things considered. The music isn’t bad, either. Some of it is a bit repetitive, but the conga and bongo drumming is very well done, and it has some pretty good guitar work on it, too. Not a bad session.

By: Bill W.

Bill W. — Sun, 01 May 2016 18:31:41 +0000

I’m not a big fan of high opening prices, but I would much prefer a seller who starts an auction with a high price like $500, over another seller who starts his auction at $10 with a reserve of $500. At least with the high starting price you know where you stand. If the price is too high, you ignore that auction and move on. With the reserve, you can have 70 bids and if the top bid falls short of the reserve, everyone has wasted one hell of a lot of time.

By: Gregory The Fish

Gregory The Fish — Sun, 01 May 2016 18:08:55 +0000

art, of course i judge the music. but when “kind of blue” sells for 5000 i’ll stop juding the label too. this is the market. i didn’t create it.

By: Shaft

Shaft — Sun, 01 May 2016 13:22:09 +0000

Yes silly prices – and hopefully won’t work….High opening prces are probably not the way to go here. At least not for not so premium LPs. I know the Music is great but there is no direct correlation between price and music when it comes to Jazz LPs.

By: JAZZCOURIER

JAZZCOURIER — Sun, 01 May 2016 05:12:26 +0000

Perhaps we are seeing a little blowback from the head spinning prices achieved from the Wong auction ? The waters are chummed now, but the sharks are doing the fishing.

By: Art Klempner

Art Klempner — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 23:55:38 +0000

I said the same thing about all those Blue Notes , but when Fred sez somthin ya gotta give it your respect. I personally feel that both Atlantic albums are very under rated musically and like I said in the past, if they were Blue Notes the price would not be an issue. Please try to judge the music and not the label.

By: Gregory The Fish

Gregory The Fish — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 22:49:03 +0000

anyone ever read about how chet took advantage of phil urso? interesting read, i’d say. also, the JRC auction seems a little out-of-wack to me. $50 for wallington on atlantic? starting the fruscella at $500? the nelson at $300? what gives? am i the only one who thinks some of those prices are completely silly?