Comments on: Insanely Rare Jazz, and More

By: geoffrey wheeler

geoffrey wheeler — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 06:14:47 +0000

On December 27, 2016, I bought an NM copy of the “Lorraine Geller at the Piano” on the Wind label [WLP-3102] for $7.99 at Amoeba Records in San Francisco. The album has the original Dot cover and liner. A clerk had just put it out and I grabbed it. It plays beautifully! Don’t know anything about the Wind label.

By: JOK

JOK — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 08:14:45 +0000

Agreed. There are a ton of great old records out there without the BN label. What I find fascinating is that even some of the records that have blasé jazz (if there is such a thing), they have some of the finest album jackets I’ve seen. So, there is that………….

By: Michel

Michel — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 21:37:25 +0000

Ilya : couldn’t agree more !

By: ILYA

ILYA — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 18:02:19 +0000

Michel says with respect to the Lorraine Geller LP: “It’s truly rare and collectable, but nowhere near many original Blue Note from the same era.”
It is interesting that things have flipped over the past 15 years or so. When I was fairly active looking for jazz LPs on ebay in the late 1990s through 2002 or so, Lorraine Geller would have been consistently outpricing almost any (if not all) BN. A NM copy would be pretty solidly in the many $100s to $1000 range then. And I got a NM OG 1566 for $66 in 1998. The whole BN value thing just blew out of proportions. Like there is no anything else out there to collect…

By: Michel

Michel — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 14:24:07 +0000

Indeed Rudolf ! And of course, Eddie Costa, « The house of blue lights » !…and the « persuasive sax » of Russell Procope. Regarding the famous kangaroo cover, i have the JC Heard (nice album, by the way) ! I have yet to come across the two others. The pleasure is in the hunt.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 07:42:35 +0000

The Lorraine Geller on Dot is a mythical album which I never saw in real. If I am correct it has a cover with elegant blue or green ladies’ shoes.
Dot is not my favourite label, but I have a Dot album which is very nice. Don Bagley on bass is the leader. The great thing about the album is Jimmy Rowles. He is such a fine pianist. Impeccable taste. Shelly Manne is the third of the trio. Not a holy grail, but worthwhile to look for.

By: ian shadwick

ian shadwick — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 06:55:45 +0000

I agree with Rudolf on the use of Holy Grail ,” beauty is in the eye of the beholder “methinks. I also agree with Art that it is nice to hear about items that are not Blue Note. Some of my prize items are Ahmad Jamal Plays on Parrot , Al Hibbler on Marterry ( because of the story behind why that label had to be scrapped by the Chess brothers ) Tommy ” Madman ” Jones , A Different Sound on M and M and the three Argo Kangaroo split-paks ( Griffin , Lateef and Heard) . None of them will break the bank but all are unique and have a special place in my collection.

By: Juancho

Juancho — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 05:11:41 +0000

Byrd In Flight isn’t THAT rare, is it? I feel like I’ve seen all kinds of copies floating around.

By: rl1856

rl1856 — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 22:35:46 +0000

$100 for Raney is fair if the desc is accurate. Most sales are below $100. Pictures were awful.

By: Michel

Michel — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 20:58:49 +0000

An “personnal holy grail” was Harold Baker Quartet “the broadway beat” on King 608. I just found a VG copy on Discogs. Bought it as filler after years or hunt. In fact plays crisp, clear and NM and cover is beautiful. Absolutely pleased with this one, and i love this forgotten music. A holy grail for 17 $.