A Jazz Vinyl Potpourri
Here’s some interesting jazz vinyl we’ve been watching on eBay.
Miles Davis, Relaxin’, Prestige 7129. This was a New Jersey pressing, not an original but a second press. It was in M- condition for the record and somewhere less than M- for the cover, say VG++. We’ve been watching the market for second-press Blue Notes going way up, and here’s a Prestige following the same pattern. This one sold for $202.50. Perhaps condition is playing a factor as well, but this is a nice price for a New Jersey copy of Relazin’. This one came from the same seller: John Coltrane, Soultrane, Prestige 7142. This was a yellow-label New Jersey pressing, which is a first press. I have a copy of Prestige 7141 with the New York address, but I’ve never seen a Soultrane with the New York address. Great record, my favorite of the Coltrane Prestiges. This one was in M- for the record and VG++ for the cover. It sold for $295.
This one is of the same general vintage and only sold for $58.70:
Cattin’ With Coltrane and Quinichette, Prestige 7158. This was an original pressing with the yellow label, deep groove and New Jersey address. It was listed in VG++ condition for both the record and the cover. Not sure why the price was so low. We’ve seen copies sell for nearly $200 in the Jazz Collector Price Guide.
Are the Verves slipping as collectibles? This one sold for $21.58: Stan Getz, Award Winner, Verve 8296. This was an original pressing with the trumpeter label, great record. The record was M- and the cover was VG. This was an original all the way, not a reissued Clef or Norgran. If I didn’t have a nice copy, I’d love to get a record like this for $21.58.
Thanks Al
Nice write up
personal recent anedocte:
tonight my favorite soccer team lost an important match:upset enough ran into Ebay-ending soonest.just in time to see one of my wants approach closing.
1 min 30 secs ! put a decent offer and…won it !forgot my soccer pain immediately.
now I’m pleased to add The house of blue lights into my collection.
spent the last two hours in re-reading february posts listening to some 10″,now H.Rumsey on Lighthouse red vinyl series.
forgot to write you my pics in Louisiana:Sonny Criss Jazz U.S.A. on Imperial and a nice Sal Salvador on Bethlehem:Frivolous Sal.
Sorry Al:I have been more lucky than you.The records were exposed at Euclid,New Orleans.
dottorjazz-The House Of Blue Lights is killin’,some of my favorite Eddie Costa on there. Have you heard the Tal Farlow “Fuerst Set” sessions? More funky Costa!
no,thanks for the tip:just listened to some on the net and I dig it.
it seems a very nice audio quality:do you have Xanadu vinyl or digital ?
I’ve got the lps-didn’t know they were out in cd format. I think that since the session was one that wasn’t intended for commercial use,the ‘plug and play’ simplicity benefits both the jam-session,stretched-out feel heard and the solid mono sound. Enjoy!
Did anyone else notice this one? Wow!
http://cgi.ebay.com/JAY-JAY-JOHNSON-Trombone-3-LP-Prestige-16rpm-Warhol-/250768343754?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item3a62f542ca
It seems anything “Warhol” fetches higher prices due to the collectibility of not only the record, but also Warhol.