Comments on: Some Jazz Vinyl for Our Files

By: rob

rob — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 05:33:14 +0000

think about aussie release on astor label few other norgrans were also on this label chance to get cheap

By: rl1856

rl1856 — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 16:14:59 +0000

I file alphabetically by headline or title artist. Study in Brown, is filed under Clifford Brown. Sonny Rollins + 4 is filed under Sonny Rollins. Something Else is filed under Cannonball Aderley. Ella Fitzgeral Louis Armstrong titles are all filled under Ella Fitzgerald.

I understand why some would file by label and catalog number. But then you have situations where Miles Davis would be split between Prestige and Columbia, Coltrane split between Atlantic and Impulse etc etc.

Glad to see Emarcy titles moving up (somewhat); I have several true first pressings.

Popsike can be useful, but I find Collectors Frenzy easier to use.

By: Acode

Acode — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 13:10:14 +0000

I also file Sonny Rollins Plus 4 album under Brown because of the similarity of the personnel.

By: Jonas B

Jonas B — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 16:51:08 +0000

I discussed this with a heavy collector, having an excess of 250.000 titles, working extensively on organising stuff before opening what might be the best record shop on the planet sometime in the future. He told me that the only ‘finally’ logical way to order records, is by catalog-number. So all blue notes in one place, etc. If you have alot of records, I tend to agree, this is the only logical way, void of conflict. Then again, having solved the issue of organising, in a FINAL way, might be a worrying proposition, in the end.

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:02:29 +0000

right. I do that except for certain labels, which are filed by catalog number — Actuels, Blue Notes, ESPs, etc.

Comps I generally file by title within the artist-alpha system (i.e., no ‘various artists’ section).

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 17:26:58 +0000

I file all my records alphabetically by artist. If it’s a co-led session I generally pick the more “marquee” leader to file it under, or sometimes just who’s name is first on the label or cover!

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 16:41:34 +0000

Then again, the Essen Jazz Festival All Stars record (Powell/Pettiford/Hawkins) is filed under “E” for Essen, as it reads on the spine… right next to Gil Evans and after Booker Ervin.

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 16:40:19 +0000

I’m pretty arbitrary. It does depend somewhat on whom — in these co-led dates — I have more records by in the collection. I file Tenor Conclave under Coltrane’s name, for example, though I do enjoy Cohn and Sims (and have several of their recordings together). Most of my Mobley lives in the Blue Note label section of the library.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 12:12:30 +0000

On the subject of jazz record filing: Back when I had a community radio show I played a lot of 1965-75 funk jazz, pop jazz, just the fun stuff to get folks foot tapping. Once another dj asked me how I was able to keep finding more and more artists and all this great music and I told him: With jazz, it’s all about the labels and the leaders. Who played for whom and with whom? is the question. Its not as clean or as neat as having one band name IE Rush or Foreigner, but its a lot more fun. Makes filing those albums a pain, I have sections for Blue Note and Impulse, but Miles, Monk, and a few others get their own slots. Herbie is mixed between the blue note slot and the ridiculous 70s funk fusion slot, Cannonball similarly finds himself in two places because of the journey his career took post 1967. Its never going to be perfect, it would be impossible anyway.

By: Mac

Mac — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 19:38:48 +0000

Given Al’s narrative, I’m almost at a place where I don’t even reference Popsike anymore, because of the risk that an LP was returned post-sale for discrepancies in the grading, etc. Another reader recently made this point. Probably need to hire a tech-savvy kid (maybe pay him in Taco Bell or favorite fast food) to scour eBay (or the JC site) and then upload the data into the JCPG (Jazz Collector Price Guide). 🙂