Comments on: Rekindling the Jazz Vinyl Passion; Taking a Walk with Sonny Rollins

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Fri, 08 May 2015 16:48:37 +0000

$1370 for that Donaldson ain’t cheap – would hate to return something like that. Probably worth being blocked by a seller who cannot grade. That’s happened to me before and honestly saves me the trouble of fooling around with overgraded, trashed rare LPs.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 07 May 2015 17:47:34 +0000

looks like he used ink/filler on does edges and seams 😉

By: Shaft

Shaft — Thu, 07 May 2015 15:16:20 +0000

@GST Yeah had some problems with Shermy with a KindOfBlue described as NM and turned out to be VG+. Got a partial refund (and left no negative feedback) but now he has blocked me as buyer – just because he made a mistake.

By: GST

GST — Thu, 07 May 2015 13:27:49 +0000

@Shaft.

Me too. I actually won the Sonny Rollins Plays Bird some time ago but had to return it. Everything looked mint, but it sounded like the record was played with a dull nail. Guess I’ll watch the feedback as it’s sold again. Hope my experience was just an anomaly as he’s got really great stuff.

By: Mattyman

Mattyman — Thu, 07 May 2015 12:33:46 +0000

@ceedee: you’re absolutely right! I hadn’t thought of it like that, but yes and for instance: I can play “Bo-Till” by Jordan/Gilmore and experience heaven and earth at the same time 😀

By: Shaft

Shaft — Thu, 07 May 2015 06:51:59 +0000

Let’s just hope that the Quality of the Donaldson holds up when the buyer gets it. I’ve had problems with this seller Shermy before….

By: Abrasive_Beautiful

Abrasive_Beautiful — Thu, 07 May 2015 02:07:51 +0000

I’ve noticed lately that a lot of Original Blue Notes have 4.98 written in pencil on the back cover just like that 1537 does. The mono Sidewinder I picked up recently does. I know I have/Have seen more examples of this.

Was this the MSRP back then?

By: ceedee

ceedee — Wed, 06 May 2015 16:15:54 +0000

Matty,that is a great quote,albeit one that can be immediately disproven by a playing of,say,Saxophone Collossus,for one example.
This world is a better(and often more bearable)place because of Sonny’s music.

By: Mattyman

Mattyman — Wed, 06 May 2015 12:58:01 +0000

Priceless quote, too: “You can’t be in heaven and on earth at the same time.” 😉