Tracking Later Blue Note Pressings From the ’60s
As noted in the comments on the previous post, the seller of the questionable Duke Pearson LP has a large number of jazz vinyl listings closing this weekend. In watching the auctions, I’m noting a surging interest in a lot of later Blue Notes, such as these:
Bobby Hutcherson, Components, Blue Note 4213. This looks to be an original mono pressing with the NY USA label. It looks to be in M- condition for the record and VG++ for the cover. The price is in the $150 range with more than a day left before the auction closes.
Andrew Hill, Compulsion, Blue Note 4217. This also looks to be an original mono pressing in similar condition as the Hutcherson LP, M- for the vinyl and VG++ for the cover. The bidding on this one is also in the $150 range.
Sam Rivers, A New Conception, Blue Note 4249. This is an original Liberty pressing. It is in VG++ condition. The price is more than $100.
Here are a few more that may surprise you:
Don Cherry, Complete Communion, Blue Note 4226. This is a mono New York USA pressing, one of the last before the shift to Liberty, and is in VG++ condition for the record and the cover. The price is more than $80.
Larry Young, Of Love and Peace, Blue Note 4242. This one has the New York labels and the Liberty cover. It also seems to be in VG++ condition for the record and the cover. The price is $90.
Duke Pearson, Wahoo, Blue Note 4191. This is an original mono New York USA pressing that is listed in M- condition for both the record and the cover. The price is already more than $100.
I notice these are all monos. I’d guess that late NY/early Liberty monos would be relatively rare pressings, given the general move to stereo for the entire record industry. Do you think that’s partially what’s going on with these prices?
The last mono Blue Note I’m aware of (and have a copy of) is BLP4277 (Horace Silver’s “Serenade to a Soul Sister”). Anybody know if that’s truly the last one from Blue Note?
Great titles but I’m getting tired of that mono hype. wtf
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that is correct.
I have a mono copy of that Sam Rivers with NY labels.. Would this still be considered an ‘original pressing’ with the liberty labels?
I can’t say I understand this mono hype either. Stereo fold downs never did anything for me.