The Wrecking Crew | jazzcollector.com https://jazzcollector.com For those who love jazz Tue, 31 May 2016 18:35:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 175772384 A New One (to Me), and An Old One With a $5,000 Tag https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/a-new-one-to-me-and-an-old-one-with-a-5000-tag/ https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/a-new-one-to-me-and-an-old-one-with-a-5000-tag/#comments Tue, 31 May 2016 18:35:45 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=7121 It is always a great pleasure, and often a great surprise, to come upon an album that is completely new to us. After all, we’ve [...]

The post A New One (to Me), and An Old One With a $5,000 Tag first appeared on jazzcollector.com.]]> Joe Pass Jazz VinylIt is always a great pleasure, and often a great surprise, to come upon an album that is completely new to us. After all, we’ve been collecting jazz for more than 45 years, so you’d think there would be no surprises left. Well here’s one: Joe Pass, Better Days, Gwyn Records 1001. This is a stereo pressing from 1971 and I had never seen it, never heard of it and never heard of Gwyn Records. Fortunately, there is Google, and this post from Carol Kaye, the great Los Angeles-based studio bassist who was part of the group of musicians that came to be known as The Wrecking Crew. Apparently it was Kaye herself who conceived of the album and produced it. I’ve never seen it or hear of it, although, to be fair, I am not a collector of Joe Pass records on any level. This one is listed in Ex+ condition for the record and Ex for the cover. The price is in the range of $275 with about a day and a half left on the auction as of this writing.

There’s always a lot of debate around here on the value of having reserve prices versus just starting an auction with your lowest acceptable price, or some reasonable facsimile. So here’s one that caught my eye:

Hank Mobley, Blue Note 1568. This is a sort of first press or not, depending upon your point of view. It has the West 63rd Street address, but no New York 23 on the one side. To me, it’s still a first press, but to others it’s not. Regardless, I’d love to own either version. This one is listed in M- condition for both the record and the cover. Here’s one of the things that caught my eye: The start price is $5,000. We’ll see what happens. So far there are no bidders with nearly five days left on the auction.

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