Comments on: Rare Jazz Vinyl, For Thousands of $$$ or, Perhaps, 25 Cents

By: ILYA

ILYA — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 18:52:26 +0000

Ha! It would be hard to beat that deal, Joe L.

There were scores for sure but I have a hard time recalling anything similar. One decent story happened when I found 2-3 hugely rare Rhythm & Blues LPs for under $2/ea in the mid-90s (e.g., The Penguins on red vinyl Dootone; it booked at insane amount in Goldmine guide back then), which were traded for a stack of VG++ jazz 10-inchers, which included the Max Roach Quartet on Debut, something else on Debut (Sam Most?), Bud Powell BN 5003 and a bunch of lesser pieces.

Oh, I once found the JR Monterose Studio 4 LP for $2 at an antique shop. It was only VG- but still – it was no longer there and pretty quickly.

By: Junius

Junius — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 03:20:08 +0000

On eBay maybe 15 years ago a $10 copy of the Bohemia LP on Progressive. Filament-taped seams, WOC, a little beat up on disc, but nice to have. Around the same time I bought Sounds by Sokolow from George’s collection via his brother Peter.

By: Joe L

Joe L — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:42:03 +0000

VG+ copy of George Wallington – The Prestidigitator on East-West – $0 at an antique shop (throw-in when my wife bought something else, otherwise would have been a grand total of $1). I doubt that will ever happen again!

By: Bill W.

Bill W. — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 12:44:39 +0000

Your story explains why I go to garage sales.

By: rl1856

rl1856 — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:39:45 +0000

Miles Davis Vol 2 BN 5022 VG+ VG+ condition. $0.50 at a flea market in the early 80’s.

By: Ceedee

Ceedee — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:02:08 +0000

Al, I’m sure you know that the “25cent bin” has always been the best place to stash a rare item that you may not have the bread to buy at the moment. Some stores won’t put a “hold” on an item above a certain price,so it’s buy now or weep. Also,some buyers will use the “experimental” section of a store as an equally good hiding place-but no longer. I’M ONTO YOU GUYS! (lol)

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:54:48 +0000

The George Wallington is the first record my wife ever bought for me. Alas not an original but a very nice Japanese pressing. Solid record.

By: Woody

Woody — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 20:25:08 +0000

George Wallington, The New York Scene, just sold for $2000!!!
I bought a stone mint copy of the New Jazz 8207 without a jacket for $3 almost 20 years ago thinking I’d eventually find a cover for it. Now that it’s officially a “Holy Grail”, any hope of finding an affordable cover is pretty much a pipe dream, sigh.

By: Albin_TheNetherlands

Albin_TheNetherlands — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 09:01:16 +0000

“But every time I see that record in my collection or online at eBay, that Cheshire Cat grin makes a sudden and happy reappearance.

I guess, in the end, I did have a story to tell, just didn’t realize it when I started writing.”

Love it! thank you.
And that is why I keep coming back to the recycle stores, hoping for a similar rush/grin.

By: Scott L

Scott L — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 01:29:50 +0000

I don’t have many stories like that except about 10 years ago at a record store in Atlanta I was looking in the dollar bin on the floor, I was very close to giving up because it was your typical dollar bin stuff but something told me to keep going and 3 records from the back was a 47 West 63rd of the Amazing Bud Powell Vol 2 in VG+/VG+ condition, not a first pressing but still a good find.