Comments on: Tracking Some Original Prestige Jazz Vinyl

By: Kees de Kat

Kees de Kat — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:48:50 +0000

Kees says
Thank you Rudolf for your information.I have both records and I keep them both because I like the covers.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:06:15 +0000

jazzhound replied immediately with following reply: both labels are Informal Jazz, the first version of the Two Tenors sleeve has the New York adress on the rear.
So this hybrid is an original. When Prestige found out that Elmo Hope albums did not sell, they re-packaged and made it Two Tenors with Hank Mobley in some sort of a leading role and a brown abstract cover. They re-packaged but used their old stock of Informal Jazz labels. My brown Two Tenors has Two Tenors labels. The second version of Two Tenors is re-packaged again, with trane in the leading role.
Kees: Informal Jazz as an Elmo Hope album is the first pressing. The Two Tenors versions came later, 1958, resp. 1961.

By: Mattyman

Mattyman — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:48:36 +0000

Clifford, I think the vinyl looks just fine. You can clearly see that the lighting of the photo is very bad (tube lights on the ceiling above), which causes the ‘trashed’ look of the record. Try it yourself: grab one of the most close to mint gems from your collection and make a photo of the vinyl without flash under tube lights. You will see that every little scuff, hairline or even a bit of a finger print all of a sudden make your vinyl look like it’s been used as a coaster while you know that it’s a close to mint record. On the other hand, if you use the right lighting, you can make a beat up record look like brand new on a photo as well. Lighting when photographing vinyl can make or break a record 😉

By: Kees de Kat

Kees de Kat — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:58:49 +0000

Kees says,
Both labels mention Informel Jazz.I own the record,it comprises the same tracks as the Elmo Hope.Wich one was first ?

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 06:47:15 +0000

there is another Prestige to watch, auctioned by “jazzhound”. It is a hybrid album: “Informal Jazz” PrLp 7043 for the label (or labels), but the first design of the Two Tenors sleeve. i will ask this seller if both labels are “Informal Jazz”.

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:14:08 +0000

Man that Dolphy vinyl looks thrashed…