Comments on: Two Blue Notes and a Dash of Pepper

By: Joe L

Joe L — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:10:51 +0000

That Vinyl House copy of the Dave Bailey record was from the collection of Bob Richards. I’ve posted about him here before: http://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/whats-a-signature-worth-and-what-if-its-more-than-just-an-autograph/comment-page-1/ He was jazz fan who lives/lived in Chicago. I own a number of his records (although I deeply wish I owned this one too!!) How Vinyl House UK ended up with one of his LPs is a mystery to me.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 20:39:33 +0000

Vinyl house is the same people that sold the misterious Mobley 1568 for 8k or whatever and then they said it was a trade or something. They also had a copy of peckin time with a fake deep groove. Id stay away

By: Woody

Woody — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 20:27:25 +0000

Michel: Thank you for your comment, I think you’re being kind by by referring to their grading as VERY optimistic rather than misleading.

By: Michel

Michel — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:59:51 +0000

I’ve bought one record from Vinyl House UK and it was so overgraded i asked for a refund. They refund without question. Their grading is VERY optimistic.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 18:30:59 +0000

I had both the Harriott and the SME in my watch list; needless to say I think I’ll have to be content with my CD reissues for awhile longer 🙁

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 15:38:07 +0000

Vinyl House UK did damage with that sharp copy of Kary?bin, which continues to elude me in vinyl form. I cry.

By: Shaft

Shaft — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 15:19:00 +0000

Hi Ian,
Well the stereo master tapes are the only master tapes of many RVG recordings. The earliest stereos date back to 1957 but I think they were parallell (have to check) with both a mono and stereo recording on 2 different tape machines.

However (and this is important) the mono LPs cut from the laquer that Rudy made was made from the stereo tapes “on the fly” meaning that RVG did not create a mix mono tape at all. He mixed directly to mono laquer from the stereo tape. The stereo laquer was made the same way – but in stereo ofcourse. So in a way you are just as close in mono as stereo.

By: Woody

Woody — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:11:46 +0000

Vinyl-House-UK just got $1052 for a copy of Dave Bailey Sextet for a seriously over-graded cover. The cover is given a VG+ but visually it looks closer to VG- at best. It’s hard to judge their audio grading accuracy when so many of their postings have photos of covers that obviously don’t match their descriptions.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Dave-Bailey-Sextet-Kenny-Dorham-Bash-Original-US-Jazz-Line-DG-LP-/272937180893?hash=item3f8c52dedd%3Ag%3A2AUAAOSwi8xaDX39&nma=true&si=14pft70QcS8g3KnOL0mEzLmtwVQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

By: Ian Shadwick

Ian Shadwick — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 22:18:06 +0000

Thanks Shaft for the RVG info. Could it then be argued with RVG recordings of this period you are closer to the original sound with stereo as apposed to the “re-mixed” mono. That would throw a spanner in the works of collectors who mortgage the house for a mono.

By: sidewinder

sidewinder — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 19:10:56 +0000

The Joe Harriott ‘Abstract’ on the vinyl-house-uk list fetched a good price. Great album !