Comments on: Keeping an Eye on Jazz Vinyl Pricing Trends

By: Rich DG Mono

Rich DG Mono — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 22:51:42 +0000

Halfway down reading the comments I too was dying to know what LPs Greg was talking about haha.

By: Gregory the Fish

Gregory the Fish — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 17:02:43 +0000

mark, yeah not three years ago that’s what i would have expected to pay, but i wasn’t tough enough with the bidding, and i never saw it in the wild. i have not seen a mono or stereo am-par copy go for less than $100 in about a year, though. that album went nuts! i figured i should just grab it before it gets worse the way A Love Supreme did after I got my copy.

juancho: mostly some of the dedication series, and the three that are always overpriced that i haven’t bought yet are “love in us all” by pharoah, “crystals” by sam rivers, and “en medio” by gary saracho. but i have finally completed all orange labels and all red-ring labels! and all of the gary mcfarland i have ever heard i pretty much love or hate. little middle ground with him. 🙂

By: Andy Glover

Andy Glover — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 04:33:58 +0000

I have certainly taken advantage of the strong dollar to get records from the UK and Europe for better prices than would have been possible just a year ago. Likewise with a few Ortofon cartridges from a German seller.

I don’t know where most of the foreign demand comes from for rare US jazz, but the Euro and Pound have fallen against the dollar by 25% in the last couple of years (though the falls have occurred at different times). If you’re buying a $1000 jazz record then that is pretty rough. On the other hand, the Yen has actually strengthened over the last year and the Yuan hasn’t moved too much.

By: Juancho

Juancho — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:17:26 +0000

Gregory, which ones are you looking for? I may be of assistance. 🙂
I’ve been digging the Gary McFarlands. I was talking up his stuff on Skye a little while ago as well.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 20:57:00 +0000

Havnt been paying attention to the Coltrane/Ellington impulse lately. I scored a pristine NM mono original for $30 some years ago…it’s a great album!!

By: Gregory the Fish

Gregory the Fish — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 20:36:42 +0000

wow, i didn’t expect everyone to be so interested. the last two orange label impulse albums i was missing were the two i got: johnny hartman – “the voice that is” and the one exploding lately was “duke ellington and john coltrane”.

Down to 14 of the catalog, all of which just need to be available for the right price. none of the remaining ones are rare.

By: Rudolf A. Flinterman

Rudolf A. Flinterman — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 20:22:35 +0000

Strange that the Verve re-issue of Norgran Getz material fetched twenty dollars more than a Getz Norgran original, also auctioned by Bullsite.

By: Clifford

Clifford — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 18:39:06 +0000

Haha – clean copies of the Black Unity Trio are pretty near impossible to find. Guess that’s the origin of the acronym – rare *BUT* hammered!

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 18:14:03 +0000

I should add that discogs is not immune to foolishness either – witness the hammered copy of the black unity trio on offer for $750 with no cover!!!?

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 16:34:50 +0000

Yikes. I think I paid $35 or so for my clean stereo copy! $415 is nuts but I guess if there were two well-heeled Jackie McLean fans gunning for a stone mint mono pressing then…well…there you go.

As for discogs my biggest issue is the lack of pictures. In the last year only(!) I’ve been burned by paying for reissues sold as originals.