Comments on: Guest Column: The Thrill of the Hunt

By: Max

Max — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:28:14 +0000

I’ll share one of my digging tricks. You have to check out the Jazz section of stores that don’t specialize in it at all. About two days ago I was in a very small shop outside of chicago which specializes in classic rock.. As the owner told me, it is the “unofficial pink floyd fan collectors club headquarters”…haha.. Well, anyways, I start digging through his two row jazz section.. I hit the jackpot finding a selection of bill Evans first pressings for 6 bucks a pop in vg-vg+ condition. Portrait In Jazz, Explorations, Moon Beams, Everyone Digs. In addition found the ellington ray brown “This one’s for Blanton” on Pablo for $4. I was most excited about the music which I never thought I would own originals on vinyl. But when I got home to check completed listings on ebay I was floored by the high prices of the Evans stuff..

By: Cazoon

Cazoon — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:01:45 +0000

London Calling: Indeed! Nice website. Already have a had a few good reads.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:31:18 +0000

London Calling: congratulations on your nice website.

By: pastime_records

pastime_records — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:08:26 +0000

The hunt in my area is a daily mission. There is one store in particular that there are 5 or 6 collectors/diggers that go to. There is a couple of them that stay at the store literally from opening to close, hoping that a good record drops. Can’t say I blame them because we all have pulled some amazing records from there.

I totally agree with you on the sense that the price of the record never dictates quality.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:31:51 +0000

If only I had know records would become so precious I would have purchased a lot more of them 30 years ago! I wonder what a SH copy of 1568 would have sold for in 1981?

By: Mattyman

Mattyman — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:40:21 +0000

Thanks for bringing up Johnny Hammond, Jason. During my funk years I mostly looked for his KUDU and Milestone output and one on Salvation, "A Gambler's Life", of which I sadly have a reissue. From the KUDU releases I like "Wild Horses Rock Steady" and "Higher Ground" the best. On Milestone it's "Gears" and "Forever Taurus". Marvellous stuff to work with if you DJ in front of a live audience ;-) Of course there's more on the "Imagination" album if you click HERE :-D

By: London Calling

London Calling — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:11:35 +0000

Gentlemen gentlemen, all collectors enjoy the thrill of the chase and the discovery of – whatever you find. There are still a few naieve (is that spelling right?) sellers and bargains somewhere.

But as a sign of the times, one of my lesser known favourite stores in London has just recently, I was told, acquired a 2,000 record Jazz collection.I came to see what they had put out. Not a single collectible or bargain among them, nothing but 80’s reissues, everything of any value had been stripped out cleaner than a vulture on a carcass, to be “sold elsewhere”

Still, I live in hope.
http://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/

By: Cazoon

Cazoon — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:37:36 +0000

Re: Chewy
Of course, had to open it, find out, and listen to it. Deep groove, NY labels, RVG.

By: Chewy

Chewy — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:51:13 +0000

is it an original sealed liberty copy?

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:11:48 +0000

I was with you until you mentioned Jimmy Smith… LOL. Thrill does not equate Jimmy Smith in my book.