Comments on: Nuts, Wow and Crazy

By: bill

bill — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 00:38:56 +0000

Thank you Geoffrey. The check is in the mail. BTW, as you might have guessed, Geoffrey is quite an authority on earlier Jazz styles He is the author of discographies about Charlie Parker, Dial records and his latest chronicles mail order labels. He is also the President of the International Association Of Jazz Record Collectors aka IAJRC. Check it out at http://www.iajrc.org.

By: geoffrey wheeler

geoffrey wheeler — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 18:22:56 +0000

Hello Brian,

Your Bill-sf was in record retailing for about 20 years. He’s originally from New York. I visit him every time I go to SF. He has quite a collection of 12-inch jazz lps, plus a large collection of audiophile LPs and 12-inch 45s. He also has an excellent British audio setup. Bill is very well versed in recorded Jazz. He is also an excellent writer.

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:35:44 +0000

Only one possibly snarky comment up there and it isn’t too bad. I’ve been recently lucky to have been able to afford a number of records that I wouldn’t have previously pulled the trigger on. Might as well strike while both irons are hot and not have to think about the stuff later, though I think we can all contend that collecting rare jazz records is an expensive hobby.

By: Al

Al — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 13:03:09 +0000

Hi, David. Thanks for the comment. I’m with you. Each of us collects according to our own interests and passions and wallets and sensibilities. Some attitudes expressed in the comments may be an inadvertent result of my own sensibilities, because I tend to avoid paying top dollar for records and I also use headlines like “Nuts, Wow and Crazy.” I am sure I am in a different position that many of the readers here, because I have been collecting jazz records for more than 40 years and have built an extensive collection with a lot of originals and I don’t feel the personal need to pay top dollar to fill in the blanks of my collection. But I don’t begrudge anybody who pays whatever he or she feels is comfortable, and, in fact, appreciate that the market value of my collection keeps going up. I try not to be snarky in my posts, but perhaps we can all be a bit more careful in how we present things.

By: David

David — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:22:40 +0000

I’m the buyer of the Harold Vick LP for $720. I’m not sure I understand what the fuss is about.

Two or more people engage in a bidding war on a very rare item. I can’t speak for my competition but the Vick is something I have sought out, unsuccessfully, for a very, very long time. I have a sentimental investment in it for personal reasons, not for commercial ones. I’m not collecting for my retirement, only for my pleasure. So rather than lose it, I decided to splurge.

I’m not sure why the snarky comments. Isn’t a large component of this blog one of “I hated to pay $$$ for it but I knew I might not see it again and anyways you only live once?”

If you have it in your collection, then why care how much others are paying? And if you don’t have it in your collection, you just to wait around until you find one at your price point or take a chance. That’s what I did.

Would I have preferred to pay less? Of course. But that’s what rainy day funds are for. I couldn’t collect BN vinyl at $720 a pop every day. But if we’re talking about fulfilling a fantasy purchase or making a collection complete, why begrudge a fellow collector?

David from California

By: Ceedee

Ceedee — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 16:18:35 +0000

I LOVE it when jazz lps -such as we’ve seen recently- go for big bucks. It gives my periodic listings a better chance of selling “high”. When I try to find items to bid on MYSELF,though-hmm…not so much! :0

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:30:52 +0000

My Afro Cuban K.D. has a framed cover.

By: alun severn

alun severn — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 13:08:06 +0000

@James Russell: I echo your sentiments, James. I am surprised at how many secondhand LPs I have in my collection that have a little Peter Russell sticker somewhere on them. And some are extremely nice records.

By: Rich DG Mono

Rich DG Mono — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 02:02:46 +0000

I suppose every once in a while a rare but lackluster session might sell for big bucks because there might be some (rich) completists out there who just have to complete their collection as soon as humanly possible, and no dollar amount will stop them.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 22:07:36 +0000

I did not understand this – I personally emailed the seller of the Dorham, and asked if the LP cover was a ‘framed’ kakubushi or not. They emailed me and said that it was *NOT* framed. My understanding from Cohen is that a true first original pressing must have a ‘framed’ kakubushi LP cover. Am I incorrect on this?….