New Year’s Vinyl
This record seems appropriate for the time of year: Vice Guaraldi, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Fantasy 85019. This looked to be an original stereo pressing. The record and cover were listed in EX condition. The final price was $355. I always liked the music for the Peanuts gang, but I never did own this record. And still don’t. I guess it’s the season because I was watching another copy at the same time. This copy of A Charlie Brown Christmas was listed in VG++ condition for the record and EX for the cover. The final price was $227.50.
Here are some 10-inch LPs we’ve been watching, starting with Hank Mobley Quartet, Blue Note 5066. This was an original Lexington Avenue pressing. The record and cover were both listed in VG+ condition. The final price was $1,625. A merry Christmas for the buyer and the seller, I presume. Howard McGhee’s All Stars, Blue Note 5102. This was also an original Lexington Avenue pressing, listed in EX condition for the record and the cover. The final price was about $516. From the same seller, Vinyl-House-UK came this one: Illinois Jacquet, Jazz by Jacquet, Clef 167. This was an original trumpeter logo pressing, listed in VG+ condition for the record and EX for the cover. The final price was about $86.
I’m hoping to post once again in 2021, but if not, I want to wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year’s.
In the lead up to Xmas, that Charlie Brown record sold for $700-$800 a few times. Wild!
I’m sure it’s tough to find clean but that is a LOT of hype for an Xmas album.
This television show, which is one of the most watched and best loved shows in television history, is rapidly being forgotten. I was able to watch it with my 10 y.o. daughter last week, as I still have a Netflix DVD subscription.
i’ve heard there is also a “droopy” version of the album, quite rare.. it features only ballads with a cynical twist.
wishing everybody happy and healthy more years to come!
Al and all other friends: I wish you good health, happiness and joy for this new year.
Merry (belated) Christmas and happy new year everyone out their in the “Jazz Collective” ! I have actively been hunting for copies of Vice Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas on Fantasy 85019 over many years. It proved surprisingly difficult to pick up a mono copy (let alone a stereo copy) in decent shape and there was always a proverbial feeding frenzy of bidders to contend with each time one came up for auction. It’s just a great album and a Christmas classic. Needless to say, I was able to finally get NM copies of this one in both Mono and Stereo and they remain to this day as cherished lps in my collection. There is also an illusive promo label out there should your want to go for the trifecta ! Its funny how these things start. I was never one to collect Christmas lps initially, as truth be told I have most of them on CD. However, once I began to upgrade my hifi components over the last decade, I also found myself collecting lp copies of my favorites to keep the turntable spinning through December… They used to be relatively inexpensive to pick up, but prices for original pressings in decent shape have definitely increased with the demand over the last few years.
I literally cannot believe that this 1985, French, Cadre Rouge Direct Metal Master (DMM) sold for this price. Is a Wayne Shorter signature really THAT valuable? https://gripsweat.com/item/384647753737/wayne-shorter-adams-apple-lp-blue-note-france-stereo-dmm-vg-autograph-obi
@Daryl, I believe the answer to your question is in the question itself… For that price, I would personally have preferred the signed promo original copy of Phil Woods – Warm Woods, from the same seller. But the market is what it is, and auction results reflect what buyers are willing to pay for any given item.
Thomas, multiple examples of the same lp are currently on Discogs for $40-60, suggesting the seller + signature = $700 above normal!
We miss you, Al! Feed the circling sharks!