Comments on: Taking A Chance on Junk Vinyl

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[…] Anyway, I bought this record in a batch of other records and wrote about it under the title: Taking a Chance on Junk Vinyl. It was among a group of 25 records and the whole batch cost me $30. This is already at $40 on eBay […]

By: ceedee

ceedee — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:18:11 +0000

Back to the topic at hand:Sometimes you CAN find gold in “them thar hills”,but my experience has been that people that have both,say,Don Ho and Sonny Rollins in their LP lot often haven’t taken care of either(and may have less appreciation of the second than the first). On the other hand,someone introduced to Miles in an attempt to wean them off of Al Hirt just MIGHT have that minty copy of Relaxin’ you’ve been looking for! It really is a pig in a poke,isn’t it?

By: Michael Peoples

Michael Peoples — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:57:33 +0000

I am getting there, Al. Just knowing that the Inc. on the label coming after 12-330 in 1960 has made it easier to tell which are later pressings on ebay. Riverside is a nice label to collect, it does not draw the attention of Blue Notes. The only problem is their reissues are hard to tell from the originals.

By: Al

Al — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:21:45 +0000

Michael — do you have all the Riversides? Sounds like quite an undertaking.

By: bryan k

bryan k — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:10:40 +0000

i got this lot on ebay by the way

By: bryan k

bryan k — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:10:12 +0000

I did the same thing a few months back. for about 180 i got a bergenfield soul trane, a ny grant green, feelin the spirit, a ny bags groove, blakeys at the jazz corner of the world vol 2 orig label, dont recall right now (all my records are at new house im moving into), inventions and dimensions liberty press, oh yeah by mingus, 2 monk on riverside, a few other keepers i cant recall, and bout 30 junk records like pete fountain, julie christie mel torme. first thing i did was sell soul trane for $190 on ebay. i swear they were all crystal clear nm. the covers were at least vg+. i hate telling this outloud but nobody else would apperiate the excitment i got. I beamed for days. goes to show theres still some great fnds out there

By: Michael Peoples

Michael Peoples — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:17:42 +0000

Sorry this is off the subject. I have been sorting through Riverside labels trying to find some easy way to distinguish between pressings. I started with the 1100 series stereos looking for differences. I found that all of the large labels had RI in the dead wax & Inc on the label after Bill Grauer Productions. So concluding that the small black labels were the originals I lined these up with the mono versions using Michel’s info on Riverside labels. 1129-1183 coincides with 12-291 – 12-329 almost in a straight run of small labels. The large blue labels begin appearing again at 330 with Inc after Bill Grauer Productions on the label save for 331-333 & 339. Now 282-285 & 289-290 were not released in stereo versions. I have 284 with a small blue label but it has RI in the dead wax. If anyone has one of these with large blue labels & no inc on the label could you let me know? By the way great find on the Levey.

By: Gregorious

Gregorious — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:51:22 +0000

Nice gamble there. The bottom right Stan Levey did stand out to me but I couldn’t see the cover too well from the picture. By process of elimination though, I knew it to be the needle in the haystack. Though common as mud, The Getz/Gilberto record is a favorite of mine that I break out on the right occasion.

By: giovanni zanoni

giovanni zanoni — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:17:28 +0000

I once bought a box set from a french seller- the price was not cheap 600§ but inside I found :Paul Chambers Sextet on 47west label,Art Blakey Big beat NY label,Freddie Hubbard Goin’ up NY label, a Blue Mitchell original on Riverside,Ronnie Scott on Tempo label Ep,Eric Dolphy Outward Bound on French label Bel Air with a different cover and great sound and some more interesting things(some original Colmbia by Miles,Monk etc.) -of course there were many reissues and anthology of no interest to the collector but I think It was a good move to buy the lot.