Comments on: Watching a Trio of Blue Note LPs

By: Shaft

Shaft — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:46:24 +0000

Hi again, My record was in M- condition (apart from the small scratch). No groove distorsion, crackle or other background noise just clear strong sound. Cover was nice and shiny with a couple of small partial seam splits. It was not cheap $500 from a dealer shop.
I know it’s not cheap or close to a bargain but I really like the LP.

By: Mattyman

Mattyman — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:56:41 +0000

The copy of 1557 from this seller fetched 257 dollar, but when you click on the 'relisted' link, it fetched 200 bucks. Confusing and still a lot of money if you take in consideration that the a-side has 47 West 63rd NYC and the b-side was the 47 West 63rd New York 23...

By: Al

Al — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:21:01 +0000

Hey, Shaft, yes I could a true first pressing for a nice price, but it is more like VG or VG+ at best. Have to clean it up and listen to it to see how it sounds. How much was the NYC label, approximately?

By: Shaft

Shaft — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:55:22 +0000

Al, as it happens I also picked up a BN 1557 the other day at a local dealer shop. That’s a great record!
My copy was not cheap or in mint (small scratch for 10 revelations) and it has the NYC labels so very early pressing but not the New York 23 first labels. I guess however that the pressing is more or less the same in quality – only the label is different.

Did you catch a true 1st pressing for an ok price?

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:50:47 +0000

p.s. and didn’t include original inner sleeve…

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:50:22 +0000

4003 just went for $1,125. OMG, what is going on? This is a very common record.

By: Al

Al — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:38:08 +0000

Thanks, Rudolf. I won’t get it. It’s already moved up to around $230 and I won’t go that much higher. I do have a NY USA copy. Out of the first eleven 12-inch Blue Notes it’s the only one I don’t have as an original pressing, so the temptation is quite powerful. I just picked up an original Blue Note 1557 Lee Morgan for the first time. These originals are quite hard to come by if you’re not willing to pay top dollar, as we all know too well. But it makes it much more exciting when you do get one at a reasonable price, no?

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:12:08 +0000

I spotted an original Lex Ave pressing of BLP 1534 (P.C. with Trane) in NM condition for a “buy it now” price of 1199,99. It was gone within a couple of hours.
Al: good luck with BLP 1509.

By: Michel

Michel — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:21:47 +0000

I understand those high prices, because all of these records are true first press in beautiful condition. So, in my opinion, there would be no hesitation to bid a high dollar for such beautiful copies…, if i was rich enough to do that of course.