Comments on: Jazz Vinyl That’s New To Jazz Collector

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:30:59 +0000

Rudolf is right. I do have both the Columbia 12 inch and the Fontana 10 inch. Some tracks are missing on the 10 inch. ( there are only seven)
I bought it a few years ago because the price was right ( less than 15 $ )and I liked the cover art. Sound quality is great.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:10:53 +0000

Further to my last: the Miles Davis session on Debut (with Elvin Jones and Mingus) was issued in France by Vogue on the Swing label with original art work, a beauty, in 12″ format. In England, Vogue issued the album on its Vogue label, this time in 10″ format, with the same light blue cover as the French Swing issue.
Now the Debut album had a notoriously short playing time (24 minutes), so a 10″ was justified.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:02:24 +0000

The policy of some French labels, when issuing US material, was to test the market, by issuing a 10″ version first. Thus, Atlantic, when issuing the first Ornette Coleman in France (The shape of jazz to come), did so with a 10 incher. The ten inchers were sold at a lower price, but were incomplete most of the times (i.e. some numbers lacking from the 12″ US issue). For me a reason at the time not to buy the record.
This 10″ Miles album on Fontana is likely to be incomplete and has no original art work. I don’t consider it to be very collectible, esp. at the price asked by the seller.

By: Dan Axelrod

Dan Axelrod — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 03:23:33 +0000

Ten-inchers seem a little more common…Here’s Bull Moose Jackson talking about his ten inch…record.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdtrhcYIg6g

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:42:22 +0000

Ten-inchers seem a little more common in the European collectors’ market up through the ’60s. There’s a real nice Guido Manusardi 10″ on Electrecord from the mid-60s, just as an example.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:28:10 +0000

That’s the fourth copy of that Talbert record that’s been on recently.. Always gets a high-ish price. I like the cover, wonder if the music in the grooves is as cool.