Comments on: No Surprise: Colossus in the $1,000 Bin . . . However

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:13:58 +0000

zarabeth74: what do you mean by LOL?
G E M appears on original first pressings of Prestige, but has not lasted longer than the late fifties.

By: zarabeth47

zarabeth47 — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 03:16:39 +0000

I wonder if the buyer knows that the seller misrepresented it? Said it was an original. LOL! (we went into that bit last month I believe! Interesting how grey/vagueness is rampantly sweeping it’s ugly head all through ebay. Oh, it’s been like that for years and years!)

I bid $200+ on a Bergenfield press (SAX COLLOS) a few months back. That’s a LOT for a repress! Wow I want one of these so bad! Preferably the 50th St. press. I guess my cd will suffice for now (?)

GEM is a printers code most noteably found on REPRISE stuff from the mid 60s to early 70s. Can’t remember which print plant but I’m sure it would be easily looked-up-able (LOL!) I don’t know if the co goes back to the 50s(?)

By: MikeC

MikeC — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:35:45 +0000

Here are some pics of my Bergenfield copy. The Cover at least

http://postimg.org/image/l1sv8ic89/

http://postimg.org/image/syypbdzk1/

By: Upstate Bill

Upstate Bill — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:49:40 +0000

Thanks, Rudolph! I found a copy of this album, but the disc was trashed. The cover looks great in a frame.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:26:30 +0000

the front of the cover is identical, on the back there is the NYC adress for the first pressing, whereas the NJ pressing does not have any adress at all: they took the old adress off. Very often the reference to G E M albums is found on the bottom right, for the NYC and for NJ versions.

By: Upstate Bill

Upstate Bill — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:18:39 +0000

That is interesting that a second pressing sold for over $1k. Does anyone know if the covers are any different on the NJ second pressing compared to the NY first pressing, or are they identical?