Comments on: Why We Buy Records

By: V bryant

V bryant — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 18:11:47 +0000

I have an original pressing of hank mobley 1550 ear mark ,cat,bn-blp, new york 23,9m

By: najponk

najponk — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 20:21:13 +0000

My father is 70 this year,buying Jazz records from his teens and still buying! Most of the important stuff we have in our archive (from New Orleans masters to Avantgarde,even some fusion-jazz rock records).

I can say,I learned how to play piano from those records….

OSCAR PETERSON FOREVER!!!!

By: London Calling

London Calling — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 07:17:58 +0000

Hi
Mole Jazz is long gone as sadly have most of the vinyl shops in London. Rays Jazz has moved upstairs into Foyles Bookshop and is a shadow of its old self, though that little section you might remember “Rare as Hen’s Teeth” still exists. I suspect with the same records in it as twenty years ago, unsold.

The few vinyl shops that remain in London survive mainly on selling Sixties rock and pop memorabilia, which is what todays younger customers want, and DJ-driven soul and dance.

Ebay-UK has around 350-400 Blue Notes available on any day, compared with a half dozen in rack of most remaining second hand record stores here.

Ahh- “Mole Jazz” – those were the days…

By: Al

Al — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:17:54 +0000

To London Calling — are there no record stores worth visiting anymore in London? That would be sad, indeed. I remember my first trip to London and rushing over to Ray’s Jazz Shop and Mole’s and usually finding an item or two of interest.

By: London Calling

London Calling — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:53:26 +0000

I support Schultz’s sentiment but needs to be rewritten for the modern era. Unlike in Peanuts day, the record you want is not available in any store. It is only available in the virtual world store that is ebay, after sucess at the bidding hurdle.

Where sensible bids are overturned by bidders who throw money at the table just to win. The market is never wrong, but sometimes you have to ask…

So the modern Peanuts would define hapiness not as buying records, but as bidding on records and winning them at a sensible price. Not that funny really, is it?

By: Jazz Site

Jazz Site — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:00:23 +0000

I had forgotten about Peanuts for a long time. I had watched them when I was younger and learned the theme song on the piano.

By: ceedee

ceedee — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:46:06 +0000

I’m trying to think of something cooler than watching the Peanuts gang jitterbug across the tv screen to a piano played by Schroeder(Vince Guaraldi)…nope,can’t do it!

By: Mike P

Mike P — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:18:38 +0000

Schroeder could play a mean jazz piano…

By: dottorjazz

dottorjazz — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:54:16 +0000

My lovely wife remembers me she would break all my “kids” into pieces if I should even think of betrayin’ her.
I LOVE my wife.