Lee Morgan Sextet, Blue Note 1541. This is an original Lexington Avenue pressing. The record is in M- condition and the cover is VG++. This one is in the $460 range and I also expect it to sell for more than $1,000. This was

one of the first jazz records I ever bought. My father was a big Lee Morgan fan and I was at Sam Goody’s and saw this record on the shelf and I was familiar with the song “Whisper Not.”  Unfortunately, when I was buying records like this new and off the shelf at record stores in the early 1970s, they were Liberty pressings. The copy I purchased was re-channeled stereo with the blue and white Liberty labels. It’s the one I still own.

Well,, who wouldn’t want this one: Hank Mobley, Blue Note 1568. This is an original/semi-original pressing with the West 63rd address on both sides and no NY 23. The record is in M- condition and the cover is VG++. The price is in the $1,400 range with nearly six days to go and this one could make it to $3,000 or more, one would guess.

Speaking of Blue Note, there was a note across the wires yesterday that former Blue Note president Bruce Lundvall had passed away at age 79. The New York Times obituary can be found here. I imagine there are readers of Jazz Collector who knew him personally, so if you would like to comment, please be my guest. I guess he had what would be a dream job for many of our readers, responsible for the entire Blue Note catalog.  What would you do if you had it?

For those of you interested in jazz art work, photography and ephemera, there is an auction coming up next week of works collected by the former Blue Note president Bruce Lundvall. The collection is being auctioned by Doyle New York, and parts of it can be seen here, including this pretty cool picture of Miles at the right. Cool stuff. Not necessarily my thing, but cool. Now, if he were to sell of his vinyl, that would be another story.

Speaking of artwork, I find this to be cool as well: A photographer by the name of Eilon Paz has spent several years photographing record collectors with their collections and has recently published them in a book titled “Dust and Grooves: Adventures in Record Collecting.” You can check out the article here and the Web site here. The photographer is in Brooklyn. Surprised he hasn’t found me yet. Perhaps now he will.

CeeDee sends me random notes and listings of records that are typically out of both his price range and mine as well. Here’s a recent one:

Lee Morgan, Candy, Blue Note 1590. This was an original pressing listed in VG+ condition for the record and Ex for the cover. It sold for $1,400.55. Not sure why this one was particularly more or less painful than all of the other VG+ Blue Notes that are selling for more than $1,000 these days. CeeDee?