Comments on: Prestiges, Esquires and Blue Notes, Oh My

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 01:23:11 +0000

The Black Unity Trio LP sold for more at $2300!!?

By: jok

jok — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 23:34:20 +0000

That Flanagan record went for over 2200 bucks.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 07:56:50 +0000

TerryfromFlorida . The Over CCCCCC cover looks pretty legitimate to me. The CCCC on the bottom disappear because of the folding of the front slick. Standard procedure I would say.
A pity though that Carolinasoul does not show the rear of the sleeve.

By: Gregory the Fish

Gregory the Fish — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 18:26:30 +0000

I have to agree with A_B, terry. constructing those covers with the stickers and glue was almost entirely by hand back then, and plenty of nonsense made it to market.

By: Abrasive_Beautiful

Abrasive_Beautiful — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 15:40:50 +0000

Terry, in my opinion that cover looks like it may have been constructed with the front slick slid down a little bit or off-centered. In being able to compare quite a few different copies of the same Blue Note, I have seen all kinds of minor differences including slicks aligned with minor shifts

By: terryfromflorida

terryfromflorida — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:39:27 +0000

Carolinasoul has a copy of Overseas for sale. It looks to me like the cover is narrower on the bottom than it is on the top. If you look at the “C’s” printing, you can clearly see that the ones on the bottom have ink cut off that the ones on the top do not. Almost like the prior owner trimmed it (perhaps to remove edge wear). What do you think??

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 19:04:38 +0000

ha, yeah, different records entirely. Porto Novo is incredible though and probably better than Le Temps Fou at a tiny fraction of the price.

By: Gregory the Fish

Gregory the Fish — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 16:53:37 +0000

Clifford,

I mistakenly confused “porto novo” with “le temps fou” in my head and almost lost my mind at that low price. haha.

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:38:38 +0000

Funny, that vinyl-house-uk seller did get a lot of bread for a few big ticket items, but a lot of nice LPs didn’t go for very much at all. The blues records didn’t really sell at $20, and those overseas Dolphys didn’t really do much damage either (except for a middling price Last Date). A free jazz classic, Marion Brown’s “Porto Novo” on UK Polydor, only went for $50. Go figure.

By: JOK

JOK — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 19:32:56 +0000

Just a head’s up. I see Carolinasoul has another auction going on, and has something like 150 Blue Notes in their auction. I haven’t had a chance to look through them yet, but I wanted to give you all a notice. I already see a few non-Blue Notes that I am going to bid on.