https://jazzcollector.com/features/37000-for-a-78/ For those who love jazz Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:02:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://jazzcollector.com/features/37000-for-a-78/comment-page-1/#comment-449089 Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:02:03 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5799#comment-449089 That much for a lousy blues record? Why do people fap off over that genre? Fuck spending that much money on such garbage, and fuck those who suck up to him for doing so.

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/features/37000-for-a-78/comment-page-1/#comment-321247 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 12:35:38 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5799#comment-321247 @Al: thanks, link works now.
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@Gregory the Fish: absolutely. Reading those horror stories of lost or destroyed metal work on top of the fact that in some cases the 78s mentioned are the last two or three in existence, it is clear that what he does is priceless.
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He should be subsidized. After all it seems that nobody else is doing it and given the amounts he spends to secure this fabulous part of American blues history should be the perfect reason for it.

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/features/37000-for-a-78/comment-page-1/#comment-321111 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 21:04:52 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5799#comment-321111 Ah, Mattyman I did not read the article until just now. If he is helping get old music reissued, then he is a saint and should be applauded.

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/features/37000-for-a-78/comment-page-1/#comment-321103 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 20:24:59 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5799#comment-321103 If you think about it, that guy is investing that money for a good, good cause: to make sure that this music sees a re-release to prevent it from sliding into oblivion.
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Listening to the samples of all those old blues 78s that he managed to recover, re-discover and reissue, I can only have the utmost respect for him, despite the -indeed- insane prices he’s willing to pay for these priceless gems.

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/features/37000-for-a-78/comment-page-1/#comment-321102 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 20:21:19 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5799#comment-321102 Link should be fixed.

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/features/37000-for-a-78/comment-page-1/#comment-321095 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:58:19 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5799#comment-321095 Ehrrr… Al? The link for “Rare Tommy Johnson 1930 Blues 78 Rpm Record Goes for $37,100 on eBay” redirects to Sonny Rollins Plays on Period”. Not to the Tommy Johnson…

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/features/37000-for-a-78/comment-page-1/#comment-321077 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:39:31 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5799#comment-321077 Think he crossed the line a couple of galaxies ago but i agree that it’s a great article and interesting as well.

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/features/37000-for-a-78/comment-page-1/#comment-321060 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:55:12 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5799#comment-321060 Hmm…this makes the folks spending “only” a few thousand for a jazz lp seem thrifty by comparision. Great article,but sanity has left the building!

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/features/37000-for-a-78/comment-page-1/#comment-321040 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:08:19 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=5799#comment-321040 I don’t know where exactly the line is, but that fellow has definitely crossed it.

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