Comments on: Seconds Anyone?

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 21:59:08 +0000

Funny, I have that Golson in my watch list and was debating making a bid as well.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:47:56 +0000

good jazz chatter…but tell me please, more specifically and artistically, what makes the “Mal-1” cover so appealing? Plus – I appreciate the Blue Note identification info. No “ear” indicates a Liberty pressing regardless of the labels – hence the “ear” is exclusively specific to Blue Note.

By: gregory the fish

gregory the fish — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:41:33 +0000

dott, that isn’t a US vs non-US thing. a lot of amazing US vinyl is in Europe. That’s a “clifford has been around and seen everything” issue. much love, clifford.

By: lennib

lennib — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:18:36 +0000

Dottorjazz, your comment on market availability is most apt. The searching for items issued in small quantities was easy during the ‘70’s and ‘80’s. Especially if your were in the right country. Found copies of BUT lps in Cleveland and Detroit. Not so much in record stores but in shops in Islamic communities. Had to be somewhat creative in your searching back then. Guess it’s all in the knowing. The BUT is a monster record. Should have kept a few copies, but rent seemed to always loom large and the music once really heard, does remain in one’s consciousness.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 09:58:47 +0000

Agree with Maarten about the beauty of the MAL-1 cover

By: dottorjazz

dottorjazz — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 08:32:43 +0000

Clifford, unintentionally, demonstrates the deep border between US and non US collectors. “most of the copies I’ve encountered…”. I’m a Free Jazz lover, I’ve been collecting since the late 60’s, I’ve a nice collection of which I’m proud BUT, never, never seen a copy of Al -Fatihah before Internet. I’ve travelled across the world for decades, visited 1000’s shops and collections and never seen a single copy. Clifford talks about copies (plural)…, all my envy. non US market, before the net, suffered from originals’ scarcity or reissues only availability. Remember the first Japanese reissues from the late 70’s on. Nowadays it’s more than hard to find a nice rare original in shops: many have closed, the few still on duty prefer to sell on EBay or discogs, still possible to find some originals but not rare records. re Black Unity Trio, I bought the ltd edition reissue, and remember that reissues are against my religion. why? ’cause I like the music, especially side 2. couldn’t live without, even if it’s not original.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 02:16:56 +0000

Regarding Freddie Hubbard Open Sesame, Blue Note 4040, no ear = Liberty using old labels.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 22:00:30 +0000

The Black Unity trio is an incredible album; sold my original some years ago for well below $4800 but the vinyl was only VG albeit a nice VG. The reissue actually sounds just as good if not better then the original.

By: maarten kools

maarten kools — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 20:16:05 +0000

Have no copy of MAL-1
I think it is the most beautiful cover design of all prestige output ever.
Would settle for any type of pressing.
I keep lookin’.

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 19:49:30 +0000

yeah, the Black Unity Trio is rare — most of the copies I’ve encountered over the years have also not been VG++ or even VG+. Seems like one of those records that got played to death by the people who bought it back in the late ’60s and early ’70s. It’s incredible but after 20+ years of searching, the recent and legit reissue is fine.