Comments on: Jazz Vinyl From Europe, U.S., and a Wish List

By: DARYL L PARKS

DARYL L PARKS — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 03:49:55 +0000

I would love to see the JC Family honor Chick Corea by discussing/ranking their favorite records he was a part of! Folks might add what was unique about his playing. 🙂

By: Al

Al — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:28:15 +0000

Just saw that Chick Corea died. Damn. I’ll try to do a post tomorrow. He was the first famous person I ever interviewed when I was just starting out as a journalist.

By: Woody

Woody — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:30:18 +0000

Rudolf – Because they’re usually “hissy”, I thought that RW stood for “Really Worn”.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:41:13 +0000

Kevin: review copies were marked “not for sale” or similar. Without exception they were high quality (first) pressings, whereas RW stands for a product at the end of the production cycle.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:18:59 +0000

I don’t know what RW stands for, but in my experience all RW stamped copies I came across, are cheap, hissy reproductions.

By: Niels

Niels — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:54:46 +0000

Can we talk about this seller’s offerings:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Curtis-Fuller-The-Opener-LP-1567-47-W-63rd-RVG-DG-Ear-dk1/203274368150?hash=item2f5418b496:g:ecYAAOSwcvFgHFQs

They are putting up some pretty desirable titles like Thad Jones’ second Blue Note, The Opener, Jordans Jenkins Timmons, all with high opening bids and noticeable cover issues. The discs themselves seem clean, but is it just me or are these opening bids (now listed as best offer prices) a bit high?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 20:10:34 +0000

I don’t have anything to back this up but was always under the impression the RW stamp stood for Record Withdrawn, one for the cutout bins.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 18:51:49 +0000

Rudolf, I’d been wondering for some time what that RW stamp meant. My best guess that was that it was short for “review,” which made me wonder if it was some kind of promo indication. Thanks for the info!

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:42:35 +0000

Michel, had a closer look at the Cats album. It has the ominous red RW stamp which was used by Prestige for a cheap re print run, hiss guaranteed. They would come without inner sleeve and factory sealed in tight cellophane.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:20:50 +0000

Michel, how right you are. It has taken me ages to find a non hissy first pressing of which the characteristics are:
Broad spine, laminated front, an occasional $ 3.98 price sticker rear, or a new $ 4.98 glued on top of the initial $ 3.98. Broad (or large) Deep groove purple labels, purple in light shade (pinkish in a way, rather than dark purple). Sleeve 1/2 cm. smaller than the reprint, the inside should have a white paper lining, which often will show browning, but not the bare/crude brown of non treated carton.
The album is fantastic, but the question is, can one expect Vinyl House, or the average bidder, to know these characteristics?
The Vinyl House blokes just show their “high precision bla bla pictures and that’s it.