$3,500? Whoa! And to think I got royally taking to task over at Canuck Audio Mart for trying to sell my Roxy Music-Avalon SACD for $275. I think I need to aim higher!
Insane Sonny Clark LP Price
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Good Stereophile blog entry about the 45th anniversery of "Sonny's Crib":
http://www.stereophile.com/content/sonny-clark-isonnys-cribi-45
http://www.stereophile.com/content/sonny-clark-isonnys-cribi-45
I own several of the original Blue Note pressings...not Cool Struttin', however
. They are all very good recordings with great presence. I slightly prefer the Lexington Ave pressings to the 63rd St pressings.
RVG really was one of the very best engineers, IMO. If you have a chance to listen to his early work, it really is something to hear
I do agree that the price these LP's are now fetching seems a little steep. Problem is they are very hard to find these days and typically when you do, it usually looks like someone has walked over it with a steel boot
. They are all very good recordings with great presence. I slightly prefer the Lexington Ave pressings to the 63rd St pressings. RVG really was one of the very best engineers, IMO. If you have a chance to listen to his early work, it really is something to hear
I do agree that the price these LP's are now fetching seems a little steep
. Problem is they are very hard to find these days and typically when you do, it usually looks like someone has walked over it with a steel boot
Problem is they are very hard to find these days and typically when you do, it usually looks like someone has walked over it with a steel boot
So do you think that jazz collectors actually listened to their records while classical collectors played them once and put them on the shelf or classical collectors took better care of their records????
I agree with condition; it's rare to find a jazz LP in mint shape
Walked on with a steel boot, played with a silver dollar on the headshell and stacked 10 high I snatched up the reissue copy of Cool Struttin' that Jazzdoc posted the link to awhile back and it is a low-numbered limited edition copy and it sounds great. I love this LP. I also bought Sonny's Crib and it is also very, very good.
Can't wait to see what this one goes for....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/280738973706?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_500wt_995
Addendum:
And the winning bid is...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/280738973706?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_500wt_995
Addendum:
And the winning bid is...
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Jeez Louise, that is nuts and going to sell for an awful lot isn't it. I am afraid to ask the reserve price.
Rich
Good luck getting that price for the mono.
For something that was probably folded down from the stereo recording?
Perhaps we should submit this one to the Leno Show for its regular sale or no sale eBay segment!
For something that was probably folded down from the stereo recording?
Perhaps we should submit this one to the Leno Show for its regular sale or no sale eBay segment!
Both great LP's jazzdoc... if they are as good as the Seller claims, they should easily sell at these prices. Amazing to see these LP's in this kind of condition, my copy of 1550 is VG to VG- at best
I truly think people have too much money you see these kind of prices all over Ebay now
http://www.ebay.com/itm/220848609185?ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT
Time out is a classic but $366.00 for a 2 track is out of the question.I bought a 4 track copy at $8 a couple years back .It has everything the 2 track has less a smidgen of seperation maybe.If you play the above tape on anything but a studio deck you have just thrown money away.
Although there are deals if you search .
http://www.ebay.com/itm/220848609185?ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT
Time out is a classic but $366.00 for a 2 track is out of the question.I bought a 4 track copy at $8 a couple years back .It has everything the 2 track has less a smidgen of seperation maybe.If you play the above tape on anything but a studio deck you have just thrown money away.
Although there are deals if you search .
There is a sealed MusicMatters 45 rpm/180 gm copy of Sonny Clark's "Leapin' and Lopin' " currently for sale on Audigon:
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?softjazs&1321231669
Addendum:
The seller is also offering a sealed copy of Gil Melle's "Patterns In Jazz" MusicMatters reissue for the original $50 price. This is one of my favorites from the series and a real mono sonic tour de force!
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?softjazs&1321231669
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?softjazs&1321231669
Addendum:
The seller is also offering a sealed copy of Gil Melle's "Patterns In Jazz" MusicMatters reissue for the original $50 price. This is one of my favorites from the series and a real mono sonic tour de force!
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?softjazs&1321231669
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Gary,
I took Roger's suggestion, and I won this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/230667019307?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
From what Roger has suggested, I got this for a steal.
Rich
Here's a recent Mint minus Lee Morgan "Indeed!" - Note the 35 bids...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/12077823807...AX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_1202wt_964
http://www.ebay.com/itm/12077823807...AX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_1202wt_964
The main reason people are paying these crazy prices for original Blue Note LP's have more to do owning a piece of music history rather than the belief that the sound quality is above current audiophile re-issues. Though some may say the originals do sound better.
The sound quality of RVG's (Rudy Van Gelder) work on these original Blue Note titles have been criticized by some folk as being far less superior by today's standards... and yes that may be true. Some of that obviously has to do with the technical limitations of the electronics in those days. But another reason for the sound on those Blue Notes... RVG was giving Alfred Lion the "flavor" he envisioned, which is the "Blue Note Flavor". Some get it, some don't. Some like it, and some don't.
How much would some people pay for a piece of Beethoven ??? Same applies here. Just as Beethoven is treasured a few hundred years later the same goes for Blue Note, and many artists that have recorded for Blue Note (and other record labels). Jazz itself is Americana history. It's a shame that so many Jazz artists that put out these great works of art never got the recognition they deserved for their contribution to America then and now simply due to the color of their skin.
Did you ever notice that there are so many old classical records out there in pristine condition, as if they were never even played... That's because people bought them for show. Behind closed doors people were listening to Jazz.
The sound quality of RVG's (Rudy Van Gelder) work on these original Blue Note titles have been criticized by some folk as being far less superior by today's standards... and yes that may be true. Some of that obviously has to do with the technical limitations of the electronics in those days. But another reason for the sound on those Blue Notes... RVG was giving Alfred Lion the "flavor" he envisioned, which is the "Blue Note Flavor". Some get it, some don't. Some like it, and some don't.
How much would some people pay for a piece of Beethoven ??? Same applies here. Just as Beethoven is treasured a few hundred years later the same goes for Blue Note, and many artists that have recorded for Blue Note (and other record labels). Jazz itself is Americana history. It's a shame that so many Jazz artists that put out these great works of art never got the recognition they deserved for their contribution to America then and now simply due to the color of their skin.
Did you ever notice that there are so many old classical records out there in pristine condition, as if they were never even played... That's because people bought them for show. Behind closed doors people were listening to Jazz.
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