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Guest Column: Dancing in Your Head | jazzcollector.com — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 15:04:58 +0000

[…] I have also been emailing Al on the matter of disposing due to his post of May 3rd, 2015, titled ‘See You in Brooklyn? Not Anymore.’ He suggested “Why don’t you write a post or two on your experiences…how to find a […]

By: Stymie

Stymie — Thu, 07 May 2015 22:24:39 +0000

Let them take their commission. Don’t ever sell to a store, you might get 20% of their worth. Doing a show dropping prices each 2 hours works. Popsike, eBay completed ended shows for old jazz at great prices. Give me Rockages Convention at the Diplomat Hotel NYC in 1979 all over again. I bought so many Blue Notes etc. I had to hire guys to wheel the load to the parking garage.

By: GST

GST — Thu, 07 May 2015 13:48:32 +0000

I can’t deal with the hassle of selling records. I’m more than happy to let a store do it for me and have them take their commission of the final sale. I figure they’d get more money than I would anyway.

By: Gregorythefish

Gregorythefish — Wed, 06 May 2015 21:07:38 +0000

i like this story. i have about 100 records from back when i was more into funky jazz from the 70’s and 80’s that i have thought about selling. perhaps i will sell some of them. it is always nice to sell some unwanted records to fund the buying of records you really do want. i have purchased about 30-40 records in the past year by selling off duplicates or unwanted items or in some cases, records that i get for a song to deliberately resell. the collecting is really funding itself.

i like to collect for the music, but as i’ve said before, i am not an audiophile. i am quite happy with my middle-of-the-road audio setup. what i like the most is having a shelf full of beautiful original documents of the glorious past of the music i love. i think i am different from many of you in that regard.

By: Mattyman

Mattyman — Tue, 05 May 2015 22:26:01 +0000

Honestly, Al, I read your story three times to get the full ‘feel’ and picture of what you were telling us. I have many duplicates from my nearly two decades of collecting seventies funk before I started with jazz and about a year ago I just decided to put my duplicates on Discogs, where I don’t have to deal with eBay hassle. I sell my duplicates slowly (but surely) and this way, I’m able to part with what I had laying around in boxes without having to deal with asking myself “did I make a mistake selling them all off in one go?” – consider it my way of more or less doing what you did, but then like a ‘death of a thousand cuts’, probably looking at a long, long time before my duplicates have left the building. But hey, I’m in my early forties, so maybe I’ll have my epiphany in about 20 years as well 😉

By: JOK

JOK — Tue, 05 May 2015 21:37:10 +0000

Well, I don’t know what to tell you. When records cost more than a fabulous turntable, then something is wrong. Again, I’d rather pay $5 to $10 for a $100 record (when I find them in obscure record stores, and I do find them) and trust me, the thrill is real when these gems float to the surface. However, it is difficult to find Blue Notes and Prestiges at those low prices because everyone is in on the act. The day I pay a grand for a record is the day I stop collecting and move on. (And truth be told, my high is $60 and will remain $60).

By: Stymie

Stymie — Tue, 05 May 2015 17:43:09 +0000

I heard WFMU had much less overseas customers as the pound is at a 6 year low and the Japanese economy stinks. You’d have to buy a table to get in real early in years past or wait at 8 A.M. that morning for each vehicle to pull up and battle the usual suspects. eBay has destroyed a lot of great records showing up at shows. A lot of dealers and overseas buyers are blowing off the big Texas show this month.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 05 May 2015 17:27:04 +0000

For those of you that want to sell and not deal with ebay feel free to contact me haha

By: ceedee

ceedee — Tue, 05 May 2015 16:46:08 +0000

Good tales,all. “Buy less and enjoy more” has been my motto for some time,now. I wonder if Al would consider “Collectors Anonymous” as a more appropriate name for this site? (Lol)

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 05 May 2015 16:05:01 +0000

I suppose like any hobby, when the excitement departs and is replaced by feelings of burden, it is time to move on and find another joyous pursuit. I had the same experience with collecting vintage movie posters years ago, and seeing them packed away in boxes and tubes finally game me my own “epiphany moment” … how ludicrous, as it became more about collecting than enjoying.