JRC Auction: Nice Vinyl, Rare DSM Book
We always like to watch the listings from the Jazz Record Center because they generally get top prices and give us a sense of the current state of the market. They have a new auction this week and here are a few of the items:
Cliff Jordan and John Gilmore, Blowing in From Chicago, Blue Note 1549. This is a West 63rd Street deep-groove pressing, which I would think we be an original, but perhaps not. The listing notes that it is an “early deep-groove” pressing, but doesn’t state that it is an original. Can anyone see anything in the listing or picture that would indicate that this is not a first pressing? Anyway, the record is listed in M- condition and has a start price of $1,000. So far there are no bidders.
Duke Jordan, Flight To Jordan, Blue Note 4046. This one is listed clearly as an “original” pressing and it looks to be in beautiful M- condition for both the record and the cover. The starting price is $750 and there are no bidders yet.
I saw this item and immediately thought of Rudolf:
David Stone Martin, Jazz Graphics, Signed Limited Edition. This is a rare hard cover edition of a 160-page book devoted to the artwork of David Stone Martin. It was published only in Japan and the commercially available version was a soft cover — which I have — but this is an edition that apparently was issued strictly for friends of the author. You can look at the listing for more information. The starting price on this is $1,500 and there are no bids yet.
Dear every collectors,
This is my first email for this website from Tokyo.
I would like to mention about for Cliff Jordan LP(BLP1549).
I think JRC define as like :
the original LP must have 47 West 63rd NY23 address on both side of its label.
And disc must be flat edge……
DSM’s Jazz graphics: I never saw a copy, hard or soft cover, but $ 1500 is a steep price.
Regarding BLP 1549: I think it is not a first pressing since the labels should be New York 23 both sides, as is my copy.
I wonder what Fred means by a beaded surface and a “P” pressing. I never came across this “P” and my dictionary does not feature the word “beaded”.
Hi Rudolf ! …I think Fred must be referring to the cursive “P” refering to the stamper’s inscribed P for ‘Plastylite’ (pressing plant)… As for the “beaded rim” must refer to this one having a safty lip edge instead of a flat-edge…
p.s. – For anyone who doesn’t already know, the copyright insignia of ‘Plastylite’ inscribed as a cursive “P” in the runoff is often described as an “ear” by ebay sellers… It’s also the first proof that any disk is a Blue Note era (pre-1966) pressed record.
I agree with Hiromasa, the 1st pressing of BLP 1549 should probably have a ‘flat-edge’, this one sounds like a later pressing to me as well based on Fred Cohen’s research stating that “Safety Lip stampers were created back in July 1957, first used for the release of BLP 1562 (Horace) and BLP 1561 (Sabu)”
…S**t ! I gave credit to the wrong “Cohen” in that last comment about the ‘Safety lip’ stampers. It was actually Larry Cohn who provided that information for us. (Thanks again Larry !)
Robert Orenstein Says:
In order for the BLP 1549 to be a “1st pressing” the label shall have on both sides New York 23. Clearly the Jazz Record Center copy has New York 23 on only one side. Furthermore the album appears to have a safety lip wherin 1st pressings would have the “flat edge”. Based on all the evidence including the presence of the “ear”, all one can conclude is that this particular album was pressed prior to the purchase of Blue Note by Liberty.
As a collector of DSM lithograph prints, I always follow this book whenever it comes up for sale, and have never seen even an asking price over $500. I don’t own this book, though I’d like to, but I do have about 50 lithographs hanging in my home, that he had given to my parents when they were neighbors in the 1950’s. Fantastic body of work.
I was reading the description on Horace Parlan, “Headin south” auction by JRC. Fred says that, ” (BLP 4062 has never been seen with a deep-groove on both sides.)”. I though the only record this is true with is Kenny Drew’s Undercurrent. Anyone else have any certainty about this? Thanks
In reading the description for the Horace Parlan “Headin South” JRC has got up for bid, Fred says “(BLP 4062 has never been seen with a deep-groove on both sides.)”? Can anyone confirm this. I haven’t seen this info(nor one to the contrary before). This was in a transition period and there others that are reported with the same situation so it would make sense. Thanks for any info
I apologize for the double post, I thought the first one didn’t post