Keeping Track of Some High-End Blue Notes
Another Warhol Cover
As we’re updating the Price Guide, we’ve been inputting some very nice Blue Note LPs from the past few weeks, so here are a few highlights to whet your appetite. When you do look at the Price Guide and want to see the most recent items, click the Timestamp button on the far right and have it sort the items by those most recently entered. Remember, you can sort by artist (last name, first name), label, condition, price and time posted. Anyway, here are some of the Blue Notes going into the Price Guide this weekend: We’ve been writing a bit lately on Andy Warhol covers. Here’s one that’s familiar to most collectors: Johnny Griffin, The Congregation, Blue Note 1580. This was an original pressing in very nice condition. Price: $1,225
This was a beautiful copy of the Paul Chambers Quintet, Blue Note 1564. Price: $1,126.
Here’s a 10-inch Blue Note: Howard McGhee, Blue Note 5012. This was in VG++/VG+ condition and sold for $158.50. I have a copy of this LP in VG/VG+ condition that I’m considering placing on eBay in the next few days. Keep an eye out for it.
Here’s a Jimmy Smith LP that went for quite a high price: Jimmy Smith, New Sound . . . A New Star, Blue Note 1512. This was an original Lexington Avenue pressing in M-/M- condition and it sold for $293.88.
Thelonious Monk, Genius of Modern Music Volume 1, Blue Note 1510. This was an original Lexington Avenue pressing in M-/M- condition. The price was $449. While the prices for the Jimmy Smith and Monk LPs are perhaps beyond what we’ve seen in the past, how can you really argue when you see records like these in near mint condition. How many are there in the world? To think that they’ve survived more than 50 years and are still as pristine as the day they were pressed and put on the shelves. It’s remarkable, really, and such a deep connection to the music. But that’s why you’re reading this, right?
Hank Mobley and his All Stars, Blue Note 1544. This was an original pressing with the West 63rd Street address. This was in M-/VG+ condition and sold for $535.
The same dealer had these two records selling at the same time: The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1 and the Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 2. Both were original Lexington Avenue pressings in M-/VG+ condition. Volume 1 sold for $341; Volume 2 sold for $135.50. Go figure.
Finally, here’s a 10-inch Miles Davis LP that went for quite a high price: Miles Davis Volume 3, Blue Note 5040. This was in M-/M- condition. Price: $710