Comments on: What Happens? Records Sell for High Prices

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 17:46:20 +0000

Assuming the winner actually pays, it seems your original non-payer has done you a four-figure favour!

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 19:31:51 +0000

Richard – Yup…he has not paid for the other item either…I have now blocked him from future auctions…

By: Charles Drago

Charles Drago — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:41:38 +0000

Ramsey’s Desmond bio is superb. I bought it when new, so the price was not prohibitive.

If current steep prices are within your budget, and if you enjoy well-crafted, insightful, revelatory jazz writing, then don’t hesitate. Buy this book; it stands as one of few thoroughly satisfying jazz bios in the canon.

By: Juancho

Juancho — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 04:25:05 +0000

Good info on the Woods session (and NDR in general) is here, especially in the comments:

http://www.artsjournal.com/rifftides/2007/03/phil_woods_1968.html

Doug Ramsey wrote an excellent book about Paul Desmond that is sadly out of print and very, very expensive on the used market.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 09:12:38 +0000

Jason – so he won both items and paid for neither?

By: Charles Drago

Charles Drago — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 17:19:26 +0000

Ernst,

Again I thank you for the previously unseen — by me — photos of my favorite and cherished altoist.

By: Ernst Nebhuth

Ernst Nebhuth — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 10:58:00 +0000

Charles: Sadly I never got hold of the video although it was screened about three or four times in German television.
But I was lucky enough to get the radio broadcast a few years ago.
The sound quality isn’t the best (although still enjoyable!) but the music is excellent.
At least in theory it is possible to purchase a copy of the Jazz Workshop’s from the broadcaster. The price is mostly about 60 euro. And one has to be patient mostly.

And recently I discovered several photos from another Jazz Workshop (1971) with Phil Woods:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/heiner1947/4444341404/in/photostream/

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 06:56:40 +0000

Just a heads up on the Hank Mobley. The buyer ended up not paying for the record…so frustrating. I worked and waited and he kept asking for a few more days. I understand the difficulty in paying for a record of this value, that’s why I worked and waited this long…the crappy thing, he ended up bidding on the classical Archiv records I had up as well…

The Hank Mobley will be relisted and start on Sunday…so happy bidding! 🙂

By: Charles Drago

Charles Drago — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 21:23:38 +0000

Two more points:

1. “Tribute to Louis” from the NDR run-down kindly provided by Ernst does in fact appear on another NDR LP, which I’m extremely fortunate to own.

2. Ernst: Is the video you reference available for purchase?

Thanks.

By: Charles Drago

Charles Drago — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 21:20:48 +0000

Thanks so much, Ernst. The give-away status of the NDR LPs certainly accounts for their rarity.

While we’re on the subject of Phil Woods trivia, completists should know that the Japanese issue of the European Rhythm Machine’s “‘Live’ at Montreux” MGM recording (American catalog SE 4695; Japanese 20MJ 0077) has one extra tune: “Doxy.”

And the original issue of “Phil Woods and the European Rhythm Machine ‘Live’ at Montreux ’72” (STEC 131) on the Pierre Cardin label (contrary to urban legend, a gold zipper is not attached to the spindle hole) is housed in a jacket with four rounded corners.

In case someone stops you on the street and asks.