Comments on: Spreading the Insanity

By: Migkiller1971

Migkiller1971 — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 20:29:33 +0000

Here We go fellas, back to INSANITY!!!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/FREDDIE-HUBBARD-GOIN-UP-BLUE-NOTE-ORIGINAL-1961-MONO-RVG-EAR-DEEP-GROOVE-JAZZ-LP-/261414975377?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item3cdd8bf791

Reserve price on a “G” condition Blue note. yes “G” rated and its at $33! Holy moly it just never stops

By: Al

Al — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:30:06 +0000

I did get City Lights in the Baltimore score. Both sides West 63rd. I’m thrilled to have it.

By: Michel

Michel — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 09:20:56 +0000

@Rich. Thank you for this post. As you stated it, it is very important to know that at some period Blue Note used to mix labels, in order to use old label stocks. As, For the 1568, it is impossible to determine that the combination of NY23 / W63rd is the first press, and the W63rd/W63rd are second, because the two combinations were pressed exactly at the same time. It is strictly the same run, even if a combination is rarer than another.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 04:15:29 +0000

HI Rich,

Oh I know it was Legit. I was just pointing out another big Jazz record that will go for big $$$ and well it did…..although not in the HM 1550 stratosphere !

By: Rich (DG Mono)

Rich (DG Mono) — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 01:11:56 +0000

japhy: So true. If we really want to give the seller a hard time, even the word “few” is ambiguous–meaning: they should be counting each and every scratch and measuring its length to the nearest .001 cm while using calculus to accommodate for the curvature!!

By: Rich (DG Mono)

Rich (DG Mono) — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 01:08:21 +0000

Fredrik: good call on City Lights. However, even though I think most collectors are under the assumption that an NY23/W63 mixed label is an original, there is technically no way to prove that a copy with W63 both sides wasn’t pressed at the same time. If you take into consideration that Blue Note probably mixed labels to save on production costs, at some point those NY23 labels had to run out and it probably wasn’t right at the very end of a run, so within the same run, for at least one record there would be two different label combinations.
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My point is I don’t think there is technically anything wrong with calling a W63 copy of City Lights (or Blue Trane etc.) an original, and IIRC Cohen’s book confirms this somewhere by reiterating what I wrote above. Again, it’s left to the buyer to make their own determination as to how much copies with each label combination are worth and to bid accordingly (fat chance haha).

By: Michel

Michel — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 22:44:43 +0000

Regarding the number of copies auctionned on Ebay this year, i’d like to name it the most insanely common of all Mobley Blue Notes albums : http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hank-Mobley-Self-Titled-BLP-1560-57-Deep-Groove-LP-/181338498855?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item2a389de727

By: Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 21:33:25 +0000

Some sellers on EbayUK also forget to mention Liberty,so you havnt got them all with you! As for Miles i got £15 for mine and i was well pleased.

By: japhy

japhy — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 19:25:16 +0000

I like the Miles seller’s claim that his auctions will NEVER include ambiguous language like “barely, fairly insignificant or moderately visually distracting”, but he then describes the record as having “a few superficial sleeve slide marks.” My thesaurus would probably equate ‘insignificant’ with ‘superficial’, but let’s not argue semantics.

By: Fredrik

Fredrik — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 18:12:26 +0000

The City Lights is a 1st pressing if it has one side NY23. This copy does not. It’s the same deal as with the 1568 & 1577, if you go by Fred’s book. These records with the NY23 are extremely rare, but often copies with the W63 address on both sides are popping up and are apparently considered 1st pressings by some if you look at some prices they fetch. But a City Lights with one label NY23 in M-/M-condition is almost impossible to find. I’m very happy to own a copy.