Price Updates: Lights Out, Zoot, Kenny Drew
Here are some of the items we’ve been watching on eBay:
Jackie McLean, Lights Out, Prestige 7035. This was an original New York pressing with the deep groove and heavy vinyl. The record was listed in M- condition and the cover was VG+. It did not have a flat edge, according to an answer to a questioner, but I’m not sure that doesn’t mean it wasn’t original. Anyway, the price was $639.49.
Phil Woods, Warm Woods, Epic 3436. This was an original pressing and it was listed in M- condition for both the vinyl and the cover. The price was $495.
Zoot Sims, Zoot, Riverside 228. This was an original white label pressing and it was listed in VG++ condition for the vinyl and VG+ for the cover. The price was $413.
Here are a few we were watching the other day:
The Astaire Story. This was the boxed set on Mercury that was almost-but-not-quite complete. It had a start price of $899 and wound up not getting any bids. I still have my nice original complete set if anyone is interested. . . Kenny Drew, This Is New, Riverside 236. This was an original white label pressing. The record was M- and the cover was VG++. The price was $152.50, right in the previous price range for this record. It’s one of those that’s like a Blue Note but not a Blue Note so it doesn’t fetch Blue Note prices. Finally, this is one that did not reach its reserve price: George Wallington, Jazz For the Carriage Trade, Prestige 7032. The vinyl was in VG++ condition and the cover was VG+. The top bid was $211.10 but there was no sale.
I have learned much about prestige first pressings here but the flat-edge is still confusing. I thought lights out was an original, because it would seem logical that the only prestiges that should be flat are the ones that read “custom molded by plastylite” on the label.
I did win 7075 monk and rollins last week, the one that was reissued as Work. Some listings of this on popsike say flat-edge, but I’m going to assume mine must be orig because it was issued later with a new cover. Perhaps flat-edge is not very important to prestiges.
Flat edge discs should be considered for each title, not dependig on catalog number or date of issues.