Comments on: Tracking Rare Jazz Vinyl That Didn’t Sell

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:28:25 +0000

Michel: interesting site. My source is good old Jepsen. It looks probable that MGN 29 has been re-issued entirely on 1002, which would resolve the problem.

By: Michel

Michel — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:35:45 +0000

http://www.jazzdisco.org/kenny-drew/discography/

Rudolf, i really don’t know…i always thought they were exactly the same…but you may be right.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:20:45 +0000

Michel: do you have MGN 1002? I never saw it, but I saw MGN 29, the 25 cm, on EBay.
Now, I am not sure that indeed 1066 equals 1002, as you state. The first session (NY, June 1953), which has the same personnel as Blue Note BLP 5023, is on both 1002 and 1066. The second session (NYC, July 1953) and the 3rd (LA, 1953) with Lawrence Marable, seem to be on MGN 29 and MGN 1066 only, not on MGN 1002 (with the exception of Many Miles Away).
So, 1002 has six tracks by Kenny Drew, 29 six tracks too and 1066 covering it all, 12 tracks.
Question: what about the remaining 6 tracks on 1002?

By: Michel

Michel — Sun, 30 May 2010 20:01:05 +0000

I fully agree with Rudolf. One light add, that this Kenny Drew on Norgran is not an original press. First press is MGN 1002.

By: Bob Brooks

Bob Brooks — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:19:18 +0000

I followed the kenny drew record as well. The seller uses ex+ I know for sure, so that leaves me wondering what the vg++ side 2 would look like. If every seller showed what their grading scale was, I would probably bid on more records. There are just too many sometimes:nm, nm-, ex+, ex, vg++.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Sun, 30 May 2010 14:59:52 +0000

Hi Al: I cannot wait to read your theory.
I, for one, think it is almost only label related. People are not collecting music or artists anymore, but labels. The Kenny Drew on Norgran has everything to go for it, but lacks one thing: it is not a Blue Note.
Also, there is a certain saturation, collectors end up having it all, or at least what they consider to be essential. New generation collectors, like our Maarten, are a rare species. You may find them now in Korea. That is where most of my sales go, not to Japan anymore.