Comments on: Top Dollar (or Euro) For European Pressings

By: Three For The Road | jazzcollector.com

Three For The Road | jazzcollector.com — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 19:09:37 +0000

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By: Joaquim

Joaquim — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 17:34:19 +0000

For me the best european jazz LP
: Dusko Goykovich Swinging Macedonia on Philips label from 1966. Very collectable record.

By: Terryfromflorida

Terryfromflorida — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 13:15:10 +0000

Rudolf: Thank you for once again sharing your vast knowledge with us…it’s appreciated…

By: Lorraine Parks

Lorraine Parks — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 22:33:52 +0000

I Have some Items on my Ebay Page…A Few Mosaics etc

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 07:37:46 +0000

Woody: sellers of Esquires tend to use this sales ploy. And it works. I see this fable repeated every time. But, I disagree: I have my Prestige albums in first NYC pressings, and later, in first N.J. pressings and I have the corresponding Esquires. They are both of the same high standard. Prestige’s first pressings up to 1958/1959 were as good as Blue Notes and Contemporary. The rot came in only after 1960.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 07:04:52 +0000

terryfromflorida: I have the Monk too. Last time I saw it for sale physically was on the Paris flea market. The standholder had ten copies or more. So Vogue had dumped their stock. The year was around 1961. The price he asked was 8 francs. Nobody wanted 10″ albums at the time and Vogue had already re-issued the session on 12″ with four additional tracks leased from Blue Note. So I guess the Swing version has had one pressing run. But I am not sure.
The Raney on Prestige IS very rare. Ten inch Blue Notes were more common.

By: Woody

Woody — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 04:08:55 +0000

I agree Art, I’ve A/B’d a couple of the Esquire pressings and they did sound better than their American counterparts. The difference is the British used a much higher quality of vinyl, Rudy Van Gelder mastered the plates for both pressings. If only Prestige had gone for quality rather than try to save a few cents I feel that more of their sessions would be held in a higher regard as Blue Note titles from the same time period.

By: terryfromflorida

terryfromflorida — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 23:06:50 +0000

Rudolf…I have a beautiful original 10″ Thelonious Monk M33.342 Swing lp. Do you have any idea how many of these may have been pressed? These last couple posts got me thinking because I also have the 10″ Jimmy Raney New Jazz 1101 from the previous post. Although I don’t have any evidence to support it, I always “feel” like these may be rarer than many of my other lp’s, including 10″ Blue Notes…any input would be appreciated…

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 19:03:54 +0000

Musically/artistically, all the music recorded for Vogue, P.I.P. France during Henri Renaud’s trip to N.Y. in 1954 was of a very high level. The harvest of his trip gave material for some eight 10″ albums on the French Swing label, asubsidiary of Vogue. Period Records in New York re-issued some material on three 12″ albums. But the original ten inchers pressed on France are very scarce, especially in NM or M condition. The three thousand mark illustrates this in a perfect way.
Mobley’s Message on Esquire with the faint blue cover is a lovely album, which I prefer to the US original. But this just a very personal preference.

By: Art Klempner

Art Klempner — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:52:48 +0000

I really enjoy the British and the French issues,the covers are different and a lot of times artistically better. The recordings sound much superior to the original U.S. Disc. I would like someone to tell me why this is.I have also found different liner notes and some with a lot of interesting information which is not on the domestic issue. Thanks !