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Comment on The Records (But Not the Music) Are Over by Gregory the fish

Gregory the fish — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:38:01 +0000

I continue to be amazed, as an Impulse aficionado, at some prices on the label. The great Coltrane stuff other than ALS tops out around 100, but the later period Pharoahs routinely break 200. Both are amazing, but it does seem lopsided.

Comment on The Records (But Not the Music) Are Over by Gary

Gary — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:03:32 +0000

Hi Stuart
That Blues and Abstract Truth should be worth several hundred dollars. I just listened to my pristine mono first press. Some collectors of Impulse label may prefer the stereo edition. I have a later red and black label stereo version and it sounds great. Not as ‘hot’ sounding on the tenor sax solos such as on A2 track .
Those Blue Notes you mention you sold must all be monos at those prices? I had to pay over $400 well before the pandemic for a NM liberty 1960’s mono of Cool Struttin but it sounds great!

Comment on Record Shows Coming and Going, Reissues Galore by Steve (aka Manc in Yorkshire)

Steve (aka Manc in Yorkshire) — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:08:37 +0000

Al,
Awesome Blue Note show last week. Enjoyed all of it – even the Jackie MaClean, for who admittedly I find a bit too intense. I will now pick up some of his earlier bop material after hearing your show! Thanks

Comment on Record Shows Coming and Going, Reissues Galore by Gregory the fish

Gregory the fish — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:10:07 +0000

I do the Baltimore VinylCon, Dave. It’s awesome.

Comment on Record Shows Coming and Going, Reissues Galore by Dave S

Dave S — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:26:27 +0000

Sold a nice batch of records last month at a show in Atlanta. Lots of young buyers. This show, VinylCon, is a national exhibitor and has figured out social media marketing, having a DJ spin tunes over the weekend and offer a nice mix of food and beers for sale.

Net net, the old shows haven’t been able to keep up with the trends to attract new audiences.

Comment on Old and New Vinyl, Blue Note Style by Alun Severn

Alun Severn — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:59:56 +0000

My Tone Poet purchases have dwindled significantly — as has my new record buying generally. I’m not a collector in the sense that I now see collecting depicted online (ie obsessive, completist, apparently unlimited budget and space) and recently have found the extension of the Tone Poets to labels other than Blue Note of generally little personal interest — not necessarily poor records, but records that don’t strike me essential.

But the TPs I do have (along with some of Music Matters 33s that preceded that series), the BN Classic Vinyl series, the Decca British Jazz Explosion series, and oddities such as isolated Vocalion analogue reissues, have all found a permanent place amongst my records for two simple reason: first, I can’t afford (and generally am not interested in) originals, and second, the overall production and sound quality of TPs and Blue Note Classics seems to me unbeatable in all respects at their price. Andrew Hill, Herbie Hancock, Dexter Gordon, Bobby Hutcherson, Sam Rivers, Joe Henderson, Duke Pearson, Dolphy, Donald Byrd, Silver, McLean, Horace Parlan and Don Cherry — to name only those I can bring to mind — I bought as they came out, generally to replace 80s/90s pressings, such as Blue Note/Toshiba-era or DMM pressings. I had a lot of these and being able to replace them with new records in absolutely top-quality pressings was something I never thought would be possible.

For these reasons I would say that the past decade or whatever has been a golden age for vinyl jazz reissues, but I do now have a growing feeling that the best has been done and that increasingly the vinyl reissue marketplace has become increasingly cynical and opportunist, thriving on ‘manufactured scarcity’ and hype.

Comment on Old and New Vinyl, Blue Note Style by Gary

Gary — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:19:50 +0000

Anytime I have had a Blue Note LT series album (came out around 1980) I have always like the sound of the Tone Poet better. Some of my Tone Poets I recommend include Dexter Gordon Clubhouse, Stanley Turrentine Comin Your Way, Lee Morgan Infinity, and Donald Byrd Chant.
I have a Blue Note Classic series of Dizzy Reece Starbright in stereo. It sounds better than my 1972 Blue Note mono!
Al you mentioned Mobley Roll Call. I have. 63rd mono that sounds great. Never liked the stereo versions I’ve heard of that one including my 1960’s Van Gelder without ear, and an early Japanese pressing. This album needs to be heard in mono.
Packaging of Tone Poets looks great when they come with a gatefold. A good affordable way to start a Blue Note collection or to fill in holes with sessions that were held back until the LT series and the 2-fers came out.

Comment on Old Vinyl, New Bottles, Craft OJCs by Old and New Vinyl, Blue Note Style | jazzcollector.com

Old and New Vinyl, Blue Note Style | jazzcollector.com — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:32:34 +0000

[…] in the way. Anyway, last month I wrote a post about my experiences with the Craft OJC Series (Old Vinyl, New Bottles, Craft OJCs), and now I shall write about my experiences buying a few “new” titles from the Blue Note […]

Comment on Old Vinyl, New Bottles, Craft OJCs by Al

Al — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:12:07 +0000

Don-Lucky — I’m with you on the injustice of it all. How dare they!

Comment on Old Vinyl, New Bottles, Craft OJCs by don-lucky

don-lucky — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 21:05:31 +0000

…Shocked to hear that they wouldn’t even comp a few measly pressings for an upstanding jazz vinyl ambassador like yourself Al, especially given your market reach. I feel a boycott coming on over this… Yep, that’s it I will never buy anything from Craft until they make this right! 😉 …Truth be told, as a rule I generally never pick up vinyl re-issues, I just delay gratification until I find a decent first pressing in my price range. No matter how great these re-issues may (or may not) sound, I stand behind my “quality over quantity” vinyl collecting modus operandi. Primarily due to lack of shelf space. (That and the questionable load-bearing capacity of our floor joists here at home.) However, the Bill Evans Haunted Heart box set does sound enticing.