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Post by gregorythefish on Mar 24, 2015 3:51:28 GMT
What have you purchased recently that is exciting and the rest of us can drool over?
My motivation for starting this thread is that I just scored some high-end collectibles from an estate sale, and can't help but brag.
All of these are first pressings with appropriate markings and such:
Lou Mecca Quartet, Blue Note 5067 (10'') The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 2, Blue Note 5057 (10'') Django Reinhardt at the French Hot Club, Dial 214 (10'') Art Farmer Quintet, Volume 2, Prestige 209 (10'') Johnny Smith Quintet "Jazz at N.B.C.", Roost 410 (10'') (This one is autographed!) Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh, Atlantic 1217 (12'')
There were a few other, less exciting things. I have never purchased bulk from a non-record store before, so this was exciting. I may begin making this a habit.
What exciting purchases have YOU recently made? I'm a fairly miserly collector, so I'm sure some of you can top me!
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Post by Martin on Mar 25, 2015 10:33:02 GMT
Estate sales seem to be a more US thing than a UK thing. How does one find out about them? As for recent purchases, I can easily list everything I've bought so far this year: Booker Ervin - The Freedom Book (Prestige PRST 7295) - see here on my blog: intosomethin.wordpress.com/2015/02/11/booker-ervin-the-freedom-book-prestige-prst-7295/Richard Holmes/Gene Ammons - Grooving with Jug (Pacific Jazz ST-32) Roy Haynes with Booker Ervin - Cracklin' (New Jazz 8286) - this one is getting a lot of play, I love it! And a batch of four Japanese Victor Company re-issues to see what the quality is like: Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby Kenny Dorham - Quiet Kenny Wes Montgomery - Full House Wynton Kelly - Kelly Blue
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Post by gregorythefish on Mar 25, 2015 14:30:43 GMT
Estate sales are not something I know a ton about. I've only ever been to a handful, and this is the first time I've ever netted any good record from one. Craigslist and local papers seem to be the best sources for finding out about them, from folks I talk to.
Nice scores! Is Cracklin' an original?
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Post by Martin on Mar 25, 2015 19:16:04 GMT
Sounds like I need to start reading the small ads in the local paper. As for Cracklin', yes it's an original with purple New Jazz labels, Van Gelder stamps and a laminated cover. Whether it's a first pressing requires more data than I yet have. Which is why I started this thread recently (including photos of the labels): londonjazzcollector.freeforums.net/thread/18/identify-new-jazz-first-pressingsI'd welcome input from anybody who can shed light on the arcane differences between different copies.
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Post by dottorjazz on Mar 25, 2015 20:56:17 GMT
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Post by gregorythefish on Mar 26, 2015 16:13:30 GMT
So I just found out today that my brake lines in my car are rusted and leaking. That's a costly fix. Sadly, I think the jazz fund will need to be diverted for now. But keep it coming, everyone!
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Post by Rich on Mar 29, 2015 15:31:31 GMT
What have you purchased recently that is exciting and the rest of us can drool over? My motivation for starting this thread is that I just scored some high-end collectibles from an estate sale, and can't help but brag. All of these are first pressings with appropriate markings and such: Lou Mecca Quartet, Blue Note 5067 (10'') The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 2, Blue Note 5057 (10'') Django Reinhardt at the French Hot Club, Dial 214 (10'') Art Farmer Quintet, Volume 2, Prestige 209 (10'') Johnny Smith Quintet "Jazz at N.B.C.", Roost 410 (10'') (This one is autographed!) Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh, Atlantic 1217 (12'') There were a few other, less exciting things. I have never purchased bulk from a non-record store before, so this was exciting. I may begin making this a habit. What exciting purchases have YOU recently made? I'm a fairly miserly collector, so I'm sure some of you can top me! Jealous of the JJ Johnson and Art Farmer records...great covers on those too.
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Post by gst on Mar 31, 2015 17:02:32 GMT
Finally picked up an original AM-PAR copy of Coltrane's Africa/Brass. Took a gamble on Ebay and it worked out...this time. Such a great album. I especially like Dolphy, but then again I'm a sucker with anything that's got Dolphy on it.
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Post by gregorythefish on Apr 1, 2015 14:50:50 GMT
gst, that record is killer. one of my first big scores when i started collecting impulse. glad you enjoy it!
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Post by Evan on Apr 2, 2015 2:28:00 GMT
Very jealous of these two in particular. How does the Django one sound? Do you mind my asking how much you got it for? Guitar is probably my least favourite insrument in jazz, but I could listen to Django all day. 'Appel Direct' is killer, people would always ask me who it was when I played it (as if it could be anyone else!) I just got back from a record shopping trip to Nagoya and Osaka (visited Hiroshima too but couldn't sneak off for a dig). Highlights (originals all): Laurence Brown - Slide Trombone (mono) - superb record, pick of the bunch, seek it out! Ornette Coleman Quartet - Ornette! (stereo) The Curtis Fuller Jazztet with Benny Golson - (mono, but 2nd press I think, as no DG) The Curtis Fuller Sextette - Imagination (mono) Dexter Gordon - Our Man in Paris (stereo) Herbie Hancock - My Point of View (stereo) Horace Silver - Blowin' the Blues Away (stereo, NY labels - 2nd/3rd press?) I also got a handful of VAN GELDER STEREO-adorned early Liberty reissues that sound great, and some original (and VAN GELDER-adorned) Freddie Hubbard CTIs - Red Clay, Straight Life, Sky Dive and Keep Your Soul Together. I love those records, though they're not at all rare, so not something you'll drool over, just a recommendation). Got King presses of Jutta Hipp's two Hickory House volumes and Lee Morgan's Indeed, too. Not like I'll be affording originals anytime soon (ever). Finally (look away jazz-only fans), I picked up Dexter Wansel's Life on Mars, which I'd been after for a while. The bad tracks on that LP are pretty atrocious, if amusing, but the good ones are outstanding. Penniless now, but well pleased.
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Post by Evan on Apr 2, 2015 2:32:26 GMT
Damn it, it cut my quote from your post. The two I'm jealous of are:
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 2, Blue Note 5057 (10'') Django Reinhardt at the French Hot Club, Dial 214 (10'')
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Post by gregorythefish on Apr 2, 2015 15:59:56 GMT
hey digin, no i don't mind. i actually don't know. i bought it as part of a collection and so i don't know technically what the individual records would cost. he had it marked for individual sale at $50, which is pretty steep if you ask me. but i ended up paying less than that on average for the total records i got.
you live in japan, i take it? are you there as a native or as a transplant? nice scores, by the way. i would love to visit japan, but those days are far off, i fear.
the jay jay is particularly great. i think my favorite score of the bunch is a tie between lou mecca and art farmer though.
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Post by Evan on Apr 3, 2015 0:56:39 GMT
he had it marked for individual sale at $50, which is pretty steep if you ask me. but i ended up paying less than that on average for the total records i got. you live in japan, i take it? are you there as a native or as a transplant? nice scores, by the way. i would love to visit japan, but those days are far off, i fear. the jay jay is particularly great. i think my favorite score of the bunch is a tie between lou mecca and art farmer though. I would never hesitate to part with $50 for a record I wanted. I'm not well off, at all, but I'm young and have no responsibilities and little else to spend my money on. I sometimes feel a kind of 'Jesus, that's a lot of money' feeling after a purchase - that Blue Train we discussed, for example - but when you drop the needle on it and the music leaps off the record to fill the room, the money is soon forgotten about. (I sent you that Blue Train rip, by the way, in case you hadn't checked your mail!) I do indeed live in Japan, but I'm from Ireland. I've been here nearly two years now. You should definitely consider a visit, it'd be a great trip for you and your girlfriend. The jazz bars here are very special. It's always little old dudes who are unbelievably excited that some white guy has found their tiny bar and is interested in what they are playing. They have been the biggest treat this country has given me, out of many. I'm starting a blog soon which will review, photograph and put them on a map, as they are sometimes very difficult to find unless you read Japanese. I thought it was a great place for records - I have about 400 Japanese reissues of jazz albums - until LJC prompted me to chance an original just to see what it sounded like and... well, you can probably tell how that went. I still think it's great for records, to be fair, in terms of what's available, but US originals are probably more than double what they'd be on home soil. I'm guessing you're from the US, but what part? I'm so long overdue a trip back there! I don't have any Lou Mecca and don't know anything about him. Will seek something out though, on your recommendation.
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Post by gregorythefish on Apr 3, 2015 14:38:59 GMT
oh, it's not that i would hesitate, but i don't make much money (when it comes to collecting originals of jazz records, anyhow), and especially lately, as i am soon moving and beginning graduate studies, which pay even less. haha. like you, though, i never worry about the money after the fact. the sound is worth it. i have checked my e-mail but i have some free time this weekend and will get to the backlog then.
what brought you to japan? work? adventure? adventure work? i really want to come to japan. i want to eat jiro's sushi before he passes, although i doubt i will make it. he's 88 now. and i want to go record shopping, although i doubt i would buy much. originals are expensive enough over here without disk union in tokyo running amuk.
i am from the US! the northeast, specifically central new jersey. it is nice because i am very close to both philadelphia and new york city, which are fabulous record spots, and also all the space in between tends to be great as well. actually, a little-known hole-in-the-wall place in delaware is my main record haunt. i try to keep it a secret, because they regularly have nice originals on prestige, blue note, impulse, etc for very fair prices. they recently sold a nice original copy of "art pepper meets the rhythm section" for only $125! not to me, mind you, as i had just bought many things when they put it out and i have to pay the rent! but there's a good example. so i love it here.
i had never heard of lou mecca before looking at the collection, but as an original 10'' lexington from the modern jazz series, i couldn't ignore it. are ANY of those albums bad? it turned out to be my likely favorite of the bunch.
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Post by Evan on Apr 5, 2015 7:24:37 GMT
what brought you to japan? work? adventure? adventure work? i really want to come to japan. i want to eat jiro's sushi before he passes, although i doubt i will make it. he's 88 now. and i want to go record shopping, although i doubt i would buy much. originals are expensive enough over here without disk union in tokyo running amuk. actually, a little-known hole-in-the-wall place in delaware is my main record haunt. i try to keep it a secret, because they regularly have nice originals on prestige, blue note, impulse, etc for very fair prices. they recently sold a nice original copy of "art pepper meets the rhythm section" for only $125! I came here just to do something different, I suppose, with nothing in particular in mind. Turns out it was falling in love with jazz. No complaints. Have you seen the Jiro documentary? That was a nice little film. Crazy expensive to eat there, though - you'd get two original BNs for the same price as 12 (or was it 16?) pieces of fish! I'm a vegetarian and sushi is one of the things I really feel I'm missing out on here. I just can't do it though... Art Pepper for $125 is crazy cheap. Missing out on that is the kind of thing that would haunt me! Mine's a King, and actually sounds very good, so I can (try to) imagine the step up an original would be. I don't own any original Contemporary records but I'm told they're superior sonically even to Blue Notes - any opinion on that? Either way I can see why you keep your little haunt secret. Jealous!
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