Comments on: What’s Happening With Jazz Vinyl?

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:03:22 +0000

yeah, Paul, that does make sense.

By: bill-sf

bill-sf — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 06:13:18 +0000

I think it’s all JRC. When they list, they’re consistently the majority of the top ten on Collector’s Weekly with prices well above the field.

By: Bill Walter

Bill Walter — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 04:29:54 +0000

This is obviously some folks with money to burn. I recall a similar situation when Herb Wong’s collection went up for sale maybe 5 years ago. The prices those lps sold for were ridiculous. Is there some kind of strange status to owning a record that came from the JRC or from the house of Herb Wong?

By: bill-sf

bill-sf — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:41:33 +0000

I think it’s the JRC. When you check Collector’s Weekly, they have most of the top ten prices whenever they list, with prices that far outpace anyone else.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:02:23 +0000

On the one hand, there is a lot of hype based on the seller, Jazz Record Center. On the other hand there has been a thinning of the ebay seller herd, with far fewer gem-quality offerings from other sellers. So, go figure.

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:05:22 +0000

I think there are some very nutty prices on Discogs as well, albeit I’m not sure it is yet the place to go for original 50s/early 60s jazz records.

By: JazzFan

JazzFan — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:04:41 +0000

I think the numbers we are seeing are just “an aberration based on the reputation of the Jazz Record Center” as virtually no other sellers are getting anywhere near these prices.

What’s more surprising about that stereo version of The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery is it is a later pressing with the second cover (no blue) and second label (large label with “INC”). The stereo version of this sounds excellent, maybe even a notch above the mono and apparently the master tape has been missing/damaged for around 40 years so the only way to get good sound has been on early pressings.

The J.R. Monterose was a Plastylite pressing so before Liberty, probably from the early ’60s when deep grooves first disappeared.

The prices of both Monk Columbia records blew my mind for what it’s worth ; )

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:42:03 +0000

I think we are getting towards the baseball card/comic book market with LPs (in fact, maybe records have usurped cards — I’m not so well-versed in those collectibles’ fluctuations). Personally, I’m pretty much folding with respect to original jazz records. There are a handful I’d love to get, but for the most part I’m glad to have what I have. Chasing them at this point is too far beyond my sanity and pocketbook.