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Comment on Favorite Blue Notes, One More Time by Steve - AKA - Manc in Yorkshire

Steve - AKA - Manc in Yorkshire — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:13:59 +0000

This is a very difficult but fun exercise – a personal top ten of Blue Note albums!

I’ll give it a go but in no order:

Blue Trane – JC
Somethin’ Else – Cannonball/Miles
Shades of Redd – Sonny Redd
Flight to Jordan – Duke Jordan
Roll Call – Hank Mobley
True Blue – Tina Brooks
Byrd in Flight – Byrd
Gettin’ Around – Dexter Gordon
Sonny’s Crib – Sonny Clarke
Blue Hour – Stanley T with The Three Sounds
Blowin the Blues Away – H Silver Quintet
The Amazing Thad Jones – Thad Jones
Feelin’ the Spirit – Grant Green

OK, that’s a dozen – it’s just too difficult to define so few from such a monumental catalogue, but I think this list stands up to scrutiny, other than there’s no piano trios or vibes present (other than Bobby H on Gettin around by Dex) and also no Messengers, but for me, Roll Call kinda fills that void, somewhat.

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 Golden Grabs in Tokyo by Ron Levy

Ron Levy — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:02:49 +0000

This was an inspiring article. I never realized how much certain records could still demand. Good reason to travel to foreign countries and make bonds with similar music buffs. I was lucky enough numerous times to see and meet some of the jazz greats in their heydays — Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Dave McKenna, Don Randi — and their musical and life inspiration was equally matched by their humanity and personal interaction with a young music student like me from Berklee College. I still keep about 5 records from some of these favorites of mine, regardless of their monetary value, they reach deep into what makes life great.

Comment on Adventures in Jazz Collecting, Tokyo Style by The Records (But Not the Music) Are Over | jazzcollector.com

The Records (But Not the Music) Are Over | jazzcollector.com — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:52:52 +0000

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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.