Comments on: Guest Column: (Mis)Adventures in Jazz Hunting, Southern Style: Goats, Garlic, Grief and Gordon

By: rl1856

rl1856 — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 23:45:39 +0000

Whenever I am pushed to be the first to quote a price, I always reply with a question: “these are your records, you must have a price in mind”. Then I shut up. Sometimes there is a awkward pause, sometimes hemming and hawing, but I always get a response. If the quoted number is high, I politely ask how they arrived at that figure. If I hear the words EBay or similar, I ask questions about pressing details and then discuss how minor details radically affect value. Then we can have a serious, mutually beneficial conversation. And sometimes the first price is lower than I expected, so I pull out cash and say thank you. Never be the first to quote a price.

By: John

John — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:44:17 +0000

Heartbreaking story in the New York Times about the magnitude and devastation of the Universal Music fire which destroyed the Impulse, Decca and many other Jazz master tape collections. The loss of other musuc masters is incalculable. Your original vinyl is now the closest the we’ll ever get to what was recorded. Tragic.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html

By: Fredrik

Fredrik — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 01:42:33 +0000

I love these kind of stories. Well-written! Thanks for sharing Dave.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 12:08:49 +0000

Dave,
Thanks for taking the time to document your adventures. I love garlic. Hope it was good!

Mark,
Nice find on the Heath Brothers. I have that one too. It’s a great record.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 19:45:53 +0000

Fantastic story; I love reading about digs..almost as fun as partaking in the dig yourself! There’s definitely an art to the negotiating…at my last dig a few weeks ago I landed a bunch of nice things like Bill Evans on Riverside, some nice Impulse, and a NM “maiden voyage”. The owner didn’t need the money and the records had sat untouched for decades. Plus most of them had some serious condition issues to varying degrees…I made two piles…a big $5 pile and a smaller $10 pile and he agreed right away! At another dig I made a few months prior the owner made it easy stating “all records are $6 each” from the get go…nothing super rare but some nice $10-25 range albums plus a clean Alice Coltrane “Ptah” and a clean OG “marchin on” by the Heath Bros on Strata east. I said “how about $5 each since I’m buying over 20?”…he agreed 🙂

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 16:35:58 +0000

Great read! Good effort. Sorry you didn’t find that ideal Jazz crate.

By: jbcoleburger

jbcoleburger — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 15:59:32 +0000

Great post, Dave. And great writing! Could you put out one of these a day, please?

By: gregory the fish

gregory the fish — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 15:39:23 +0000

I don’t know why these types of people (Kevin) think I’m going to pay individual market value for each single record in a bulk buy. No common sense whatsoever.