Comments on: Watching Jazz Vinyl Prices on The Rise

By: ceedee

ceedee — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:28:52 +0000

BTW,does anyone know where the “jazz5060/Music Matters” seller has gone? Listing under a different name,perhaps?

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:04:11 +0000

Very true. Very very true. At least in terms of real money, the prices of new music have gone down. The general quality is lacking as well unfortunately.

By: Al

Al — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:50:56 +0000

Mike — for an original Blue Note these days, it looks like $398 is a budget price.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:43:10 +0000

It’s funny thinking of $3.98 as being budget. I punched that into an online inflation calculator. That’s around $29 in today’s dollars. With the average cd prices around $10-15, prices of music have gone down. Unfortunately very little comes out these days on par with Farmer’s Market.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:11:05 +0000

Farmers’ Market – PRLP 8203. In the beginning the 8200 series was supposed to be a Prestige budget label at $ 3.98 list price. The period in time was 1958 around the issue of Soultrane 7142. Very soon, after a few issues, up to 8204/5, the label and code changed to NJ with the violet label. So 8203 exists in yellow/black fireworks label and, almost simultaneously, the violet NJ label, always deep groove. Thereafter came a period of violet labels without deep groove and a cover without broad spine, the first two issues having a broad spine with the title and catalogue number printed on it. The first two issues, yellow and violet labels, are very collectible records, with great music indeed.

By: ceedee

ceedee — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:22:33 +0000

Al,your lack of faith in the milk of human kindness is gut-wrenching…or maybe it was something I ate.

By: Al

Al — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:52:48 +0000

I sometimes get a little skeptical when a record goes for a higher price than normal and there is only one or two bidders. Not saying that anything untoward happened here, but the skepticism comes from the possibility that the market for the record was soft at the starting price and the seller used a shill bid — from a friend or a separate eBay account — to create an artificial demand.

By: Mattyman

Mattyman — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:59:42 +0000

Referring to the Jimmy Heath, Al, you say, and I quote: “there were only two bidders, which raises a bit of an alert with me.” Your remark makes me curious, so please elaborate on that ‘alert’ thing.