Comments on: Not So Quiet Kenny, And More

By: rl1856

rl1856 — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 01:33:22 +0000

My best “values” over the years:

BN 5022 Miles Davis Vol 2. 10 inch in VG+/VG+ condition for 50 cents.
BN 5056 Jutta Hipp Quartet 10 inch in VG+/VG condition for $1.00
BN 4123 Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue NY RVG P M-/VG+ for $5

Prestige 7095 Rollins Plays Bird NY Flat Edge VG++/VG+ for $10

And assorted mid level Blue Note/Prestige etc for 50cents-$20 over the years.

Gotta keep digging !

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:54:56 +0000

Ah, Karyobin! Still elusive…

By: gregorythefish

gregorythefish — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:02:06 +0000

None of my few ‘steals’ compare to these stories, but I did once buy a copy of Prestige 7075 (Monk & Rollins), NYC, DG, flat-edge, RVG, the works. Utterly mint condition. It cost just $50 at a local bookstore that had bought some LPs and didn’t know their real value. JRC sold one a few weeks back for over $1000. That is my one and only big time steal.

By: James

James — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 09:11:15 +0000

I bought new copies of “Karyobin” SME,Tony Oxley’s” Baptised Traveller” and”Ichnos”and many other deletions in Woolworth’s sales in 1972, after the abolition of retail price maintenance in1972,for 25p each!
Most of the Fontana series,with the lovely Marte Roling sleeves, were available at the same time in W. H. Smith’s for slightly more,50p I think.
They were the days!

By: geoffrey wheeler

geoffrey wheeler — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 07:22:12 +0000

Yes, the IAJRC still exists, although its LP and CD program was discontinued after releasing more than 50 LPs and 21 CDs reissuing rare 78s and original club and concert recordings available nowhere else. And yes, any jazz record collector may luck out with finding a real rarity at a ridiculously low price or even for FREE.

By: Lennib

Lennib — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 02:20:40 +0000

The IAJRC still exists?!!?! I used to belong in the ‘80’s. I bought the Mobley Blue Note ten inch and about five other 10” blue notes for a dollar each back in the late ‘60’s. Was offered thirty dollars for them all a bit later and took it. Ahh, to be young and foolish

By: JOK

JOK — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 20:07:25 +0000

Geoffrey, it’s not impossible to find a “steal” like that. A few years ago, I found a promo copy of Marty Paich’s “I get a boot out of you” for $3.50 (the album jacket was barely VG, but the vinyl was VG++) in Stockton, California. I’m waiting for the day I run into Lorraine Geller’s Dot record in the bargain bin because someone doesn’t know what they have.

By: geoffrey wheeler

geoffrey wheeler — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 19:48:15 +0000

This is off-topic but I felt regular readers of this blog would be interested in what I have to share. Over the past weekend, I was in Indianapolis to attend an annual record bash and board meeting for IAJRC–International Association of Jazz Record Collectors of which, after 10 years, I am now past president. I encountered a long-time collector friend and asked him about certain high-priced LPs he has in his collection. In particular, I wanted to ask him about his of Jackie McLean Ad Lib album. He said he had bought it new many years ago. The price? 99 cents!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 08:31:25 +0000

Looks like that copy of Kenny Dorham, Afro-Cuban sold back in October for over $4K, not so happy first buyer?
https://www.popsike.com/KENNY-DORHAM-Afro-Cuban-BLUE-NOTE-BLP1535-RVG-P-EAR-Flat-Edge-LEXINGTON/182834185239.html

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:16:41 +0000

The cover of that Dorham isn’t even that bright. Not sure why it commanded such a high price, though the music is extraordinary.