Price Updates: Thad, Clifford, Bird, Evans
Here are a few more for the Price Guide:
Chet Baker and Art Pepper, Playboys, World Pacific 1234. This was an original pressing. The record was M- and the cover was VG++. The price was $318.
The Magnificent Thad Jones, Blue Note 1527. This was a Lexington Avenue pressing in VG++ condition, record and cover. Price: $565.
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers at the Bohemia Volume 2, Blue Note 1508. This was also a Lexington Avenue pressing in VG++ condition. Price: $162.50
Tommy Flanagan, The Cats, New Jazz 8217. This was an original purple label pressing
in VG+ condition, record and cover. Price: $171.30
Hank Mobley, Hank, Blue Note 1560. This was an original pressing in VG+ condition. Price: $436
The Magnificent Charlie Parker, Clef 646. This was an original pressing with the David Stone Martin cover in M- condition. Price: $317
Bill Evans, Portraits in Jazz, Riverside 315. This was an original blue label pressing. The record was M- and the cover was VG++. The price was $540.
Barney Wilen Quintet, Guide Du Jazz 1239. This was an original French pressing. The record was M- and the cover was VG++. The price was $766.60.
Toshiko Akiyoshi, Toshika, Norgran 22. This was an original 10-inch pressing. The record was M- and the cover was VG++. The price was $325.
Johnny Hodges, In a Tender Mood, Norgran 1059. This was an original yellow label pressing. The record was M- and the cover was M-. The price was $201.50.
Clifford Brown, Study in Brown, Emarcy 36037. This was an original blue label pressing with the drummer logo. It was in immaculate M- condition, record and cover. The price was $424.
Finally, Lou Donaldson, Swing and Soul, Blue Note 1566. This was an original West 63rd Street pressing. The record was just VG and the cover was VG+. The price was $180.27.
The Barney Wilen Quintet recording is on the (F) Guilde du Jazz label, not Guide du Jazz. Guilde du Jazz is related to the American Jazztone label but the Wilen recording was never issued in the United States. As a continuity-club record label, Jazztone was a subsidiary of Concert Hall Society. This is all explained in my 508-page book Jazz by Mail: Record Clubs and Record Labels, 1936 to 1958. In addition to Jazztone, my book also details the Dial label. I have a few recently discovered new copies left autographed by the late Paul Bacon of record-cover and book-jacket fame. The cover design for this book was the last project Paul ever worked on. Price $99.00. Contact dialjazz@gmail.com.