Comments on: True Blue, Peanuts and More https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/true-blue-peanuts-and-more/ For those who love jazz Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: A Dash of Blue Note Mania | jazzcollector.com https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/true-blue-peanuts-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-454426 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:38:33 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8615#comment-454426 […] was the copy of Tina Brooks, True Blue, Blue Note 4041. As some of you mentioned on a previous Jazz Collector post, there were some issues with the cover that put it in probably more of a VG+ rating. The final […]

]]> By: TurboCharged Weasel https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/true-blue-peanuts-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-454380 Wed, 23 Dec 2020 18:14:00 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8615#comment-454380 Funnily enough, the original pressing of that Charlie Brown Christmas album is pretty rare. The music is iconic and is everywhere (I actually live in the same town Charles Schultz was from, so I hear it regularly and am exposed to Peanuts stuff regularly, but I understand that ‘Linus and Lucy’ is a pretty popular song elsewhere, particularly around this time of year), and the Charlie Brown Christmas Special is similarly iconic and popular and has been for a very long time, but apparently Fantasy had problems selling the soundtrack at first. I’m not sure what exactly the deal is, but this record is a major pain in the ass to find. I personally love the music- commercial isn’t necessarily bad, and regardless of how you feel about Guaraldi, he knew what he was doing- and thus tried to get my hands on an original pressing awhile back. It took me years. I had an easier time finding a bunch of Blue Note rarities than I did finding that. I had 1568 before I had that. Sure, there are a few other factors at play here- there are people that collect Peanuts memorabilia that undoubtedly have this record and have thus removed copies from the market that’ll remain off the market until their kids inherit and sell off their estates, plus I think there’s a tendency for people to hold onto rarities rather than sell them when the value of the rarity is lower rather than higher (likely due to knowing they may not see it again but won’t get that amazingly much from letting go of it), which is why if you go on Discogs right now you can choose from 4 copies of True Blue provided you have over $3,000 to dish out, but not a single person is selling an original issue of A Charlie Brown Christmas- but it is actually rare. There are other Peanuts records with the crew on the cover and with Guaraldi playing his Peanuts-style tunes, but they tend to go for, well, peanuts compared to this one. The Charlie Brown Christmas special album is considered by many to be both the best example of Guaraldi’s Peanuts compositions and also his best work in general (along with also being considered one of the best Christmas albums ever made), and the original pressing is significantly harder to find than the other records he put out doing music for various Peanuts specials, thus the price.

]]> By: Mark Hall https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/true-blue-peanuts-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-454374 Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:35:06 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8615#comment-454374 $6200 for a True Blue in Exc. condition… it would have to be stone mint for me at that price

]]> By: Joseph https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/true-blue-peanuts-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-454364 Tue, 22 Dec 2020 06:25:22 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8615#comment-454364 I think it is great that these LP’s are selling for $6,000 +

Soon , we will be talking $10,000 + bin for these records.

Real estate baby ! Onwards and upwards !

]]> By: lennib https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/true-blue-peanuts-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-454356 Mon, 21 Dec 2020 19:12:31 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8615#comment-454356 I wish I was eBay right now and getting 10% of this sale.

]]> By: Art Klempner https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/true-blue-peanuts-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-454355 Mon, 21 Dec 2020 18:49:32 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8615#comment-454355 Welcome to America… a saxophone playing junkie can’t raise a dime but when he’s dead his record brings $6200. Merry Christmas …

]]> By: Clifford Allen https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/true-blue-peanuts-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-454354 Mon, 21 Dec 2020 18:07:48 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8615#comment-454354 $6200 for True Blue is nothing to sneeze at. Yipes.

]]> By: Anders Wallinder https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/true-blue-peanuts-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-454350 Mon, 21 Dec 2020 07:20:43 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8615#comment-454350 Daryl, I think they would sound more or less identical….maybe an edge towards the first press since the stamper would be “fresher” – at least theoretically. But for you experts how much should it affect the value? Is the early 2nd press like 50% of a true first?

]]> By: Daryl https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/true-blue-peanuts-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-454348 Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:31:13 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8615#comment-454348 Absent the frame, let’s assume it is not what would be called authentic first press, though the sale price concludes so (!). Sonically, based on your experiences and history of listening to your lps, what could a listener expect to notice as different between a first and second press? Is there a pattern of audio degradation from a first to second BN press that you can identify from your own recordings, JC Family?

]]> By: Clifford Allen https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/true-blue-peanuts-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-454345 Sun, 20 Dec 2020 16:48:02 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8615#comment-454345 no frame at all on that cover, and no pic of the purported flat edge. I’m doubtful.

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