Quincy Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 (edited) Lon, nope. The thread that started it all was other than the three you linked. I remember that I was traveling on business at the time, and most of you had already placed your orders by the time I got home. I still think the third thread is the one that started it all. . . it certainly was the first place I noticed the sale, and I kept reading that thread. . . look at posts 13-15. . . mgraham's post 15 was the one that started me on the blowout sale. The Warning Shot from Chuck came much earlier than the Blowout Sale though. Chuck's warning came on Dec. 1, 2004, whereas the great Blowout Sale was 2006. I took notes and made at least 2 orders from good ole All-Direct in 2005. Pepper Adams - 10 To 4 At The 5 Spot and Encounter! Gene Ammons - The Happy Blues Kenny Burrell w/ Coleman Hawkins Jaki Byard - ..Experience Curtice Counce Group - Vol. 1 Landslide Sonny Criss - Portrait Of Sonny Criss Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis etc. - Very Saxy Walt Dickerson - Relativity and To My Queen Teddy Edwards Quartet - Teddy's Ready Booker Ervin - The Space Book Art Farmer - Portrait Of Benny Golson - Groovin' Wardell Gray - Memorial 1 & 2 Gigi Gryce - The Rat Race Blues Hampton Hawes - For Real! Barris Harris - Bull's Eye! Coleman Hawkins - Soul and Hawk Eyes Elmo Hope Trio - Meditations Lee Konitz Duets Shelly Manne - Black Hawk 3, Manne-Hole 1 Blue Mitchell - Big 6 and Out Of The Blue Lennie Niehaus - Vol 1 George Russell - Ezz-thetics Zoot Sims - ...& The Gershwin Brothers Hal Singer w/ Charlie Shavers - Blue Stompin' (the 1st rec in Chuck's thread. ) Duane Tatro - Jazz For Moderns Rene Thomas - Guitar Groove Leroy Vinnegar - Leroy Walks! Blowout Sale! Gene Ammons - Boss Tenor (K2) Lil Harding Armstrong - Chicago: Living Legends Harry Babison & Bob Enevoldsen - Jazz In Hollywood Chet Baker - SIngs..., In NY, and Chet (all K2) Charlie Byrd - Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros Teddy Charles - New Directions John Coltrane - Prestige Box (due to price, not fear it'd disappear) Ted Curson - Fire Down Below Eric Dolphy - Outward Bound and At The 5 Spot (K2) - upgrades Bill Evans - At Shelly's Manne-Hole (K2) Farmer, Cohn, Burrell, Waldron - Prestige All-Stars Don Friedman - Dreams & Explorations Vince Guaraldi Trio - Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus (K2) Hampton Hawes Trio - Vol. 1and Everybody Likes...(K2) Herbie Harper - Jazz In Hollywood Jimmy Heath - Swamp Seed Earl Hines - Another Monday Date Percy Humphrey - ...Crescent City Joymakers Franz Jackson - ...Original Jass All-Star... Milt Jackson/Wes Montgomery - Bags Meets Wes (K2) Bobby Jasper - w/ George Wllington Thad Jones, Frank Wess....- Olio Barney Kessell - The Artistry Of.. Barney Kessell etc. - The Poll Winners (K2) Shelly Manne - My Fair Lady (K2) Thelonious Monk - Mulligan Meets Monk (K2) upgrade Kid Ory - Favorites! Art Pepper - Meets The Rhythm, Smack Up, Winter Moon (K2 upgrades) Art Pepper - Intensity Bill Perkins - Quietly There Dave Pike - Carnavals (the only one not worth $3. :-) Dewey Redman - Musics Sonny Rollins w/ the MJQ (K2), Tenor Madness (K2) upgrade Rex Stewart & The Ellingtonians Buddy Tate/Claude Hopkins - Buddy & Claude Kid Thomas & His Algiers Stompers - New Orleans Living Legends Various - Recorded in N.O. Vol 1 George Wallington - Jazz For The Carriage Trade Steve White - Jazz In Hollywood Lem Winchester - Lem's Beat Albert Wynn & His Gutbucket Seven - Chicago: The Living Legends Since the blowout I haven't been aggressively going after them due to other interests. I have picked up a few Concord RVGs of issues I didn't have. However, I've picked up a couple of used locally within the past month. Lennie Niehaus - Vol 5 Max Roach - Deeds, Not Words (I passed on the Mosaic) Edited August 14, 2007 by Quincy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAL Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Still holding out on Coleman Hawkin's Sirius - should I get this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturalSoul Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 just placed an order from newbury comics Bobby Timmons-From The Bottom Bobby Timmons-The Prestige Trio Sessions Bobby Timmons-Born To Be Blue Bobby Timmons-Workin' Out Bobby Timmons-Easy Does It Oliver Nelson/King Curtis/Jimmy Forrest-Soul Battle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted August 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Thanks for posting that excellent read on Zaentz, KH1958! I second that emotion. Only one detail: Fantasy was the kooky Frisco label that pressed red, yellow and purple LPs. I've seen red, blue, and green LPs, but never yellow or purple. Oh, the colorful fantasy (!) of journalists .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted August 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Zaentz' stories are a nice exemplification of how to invest in non-profit endeavours - such as jazz reissues - after making money with rock bands or movies. Chuck is right: God bless the Zaentz' and Weiss' and all the other good people! Amen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Yes yes! MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Only one detail: Fantasy was the kooky Frisco label that pressed red, yellow and purple LPs. I've seen red, blue, and green LPs, but never yellow or purple. Oh, the colorful fantasy (!) of journalists .... Actually , some of Fantasy's 10-inch LPs were pressed on purple vinyl : Yellow vinyl pressings wouldn't surprise me , since I believe that even vinyl with multi-color marbling was issued . In addition , some of Fantasy's disco 12" singles in the late 70's may have used exotically colored vinyl as well . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Still holding out on Coleman Hawkin's Sirius - should I get this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eloe Omoe Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 (edited) I've seen red, blue, and green LPs, but never yellow or purple. Oh, the colorful fantasy (!) of journalists .... Even some OJC LP reissues of Fantasy titles have been printed on coloured vinyl. I have OJC 283 (The Montgomery Brothers in Canada) on red vinyl, OJC 120, "Jazz Guitarist" by Eddie Duran, the Getz/Tjader and some more. Edited August 14, 2007 by Eloe Omoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Still holding out on Coleman Hawkin's Sirius - should I get this one? I traded my LP after many years - brought back too many memories of seeing Hawk in terrible shape on a public TV show filmed not long before he passed. Have to say that Hawk's playing is much better on Sirius than it was on that show. On the other hand, I've kept and still listen to Pres' Laughin' To Keep From Cryin', and Pres' playing on that one shows a greater loss of control than Coleman Hawkins' on Sirius. (Outside of the music, the cover on Cryin' is one of my favorites.) If you have a lot of other Hawk, you might want to give it a try. You probably aren't carrying the baggage I have, and will obviously hear it with different ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted August 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 (edited) Only one detail: Fantasy was the kooky Frisco label that pressed red, yellow and purple LPs. I've seen red, blue, and green LPs, but never yellow or purple. Oh, the colorful fantasy (!) of journalists .... Actually , some of Fantasy's 10-inch LPs were pressed on purple vinyl : Yellow vinyl pressings wouldn't surprise me , since I believe that even vinyl with multi-color marbling was issued . In addition , some of Fantasy's disco 12" singles in the late 70's may have used exotically colored vinyl as well . That one I saw on an ebay auction, but it looked more like blue on my screen ..... I tend to give in, although I think this looks more like blue, and shines though in purple . Edited August 14, 2007 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Still holding out on Coleman Hawkin's Sirius - should I get this one? I don't know--I bought a used copy of Sirius recently, I doubt that I will ever listen to it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Fantasy was the kooky Frisco label that pressed red, yellow and purple LPs. More like the kooky Berkley label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Still holding out on Coleman Hawkin's Sirius - should I get this one? I don't know--I bought a used copy of Sirius recently, I doubt that I will ever listen to it again. What can I say, it holds up to repeated listening for me, I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASNL77 Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Yikes! I haven't bought any Fantasy, OJC stuff for a very long time. I am reading this thread and it feels like I am missing a lot of good music I have never considering buying. I don't even know where to start and as I am now converted to vinyl, it makes it even worse. Prestige original LPs sell for a fortune on Ebay and they are very scarce. What are the OJC reissues that you can find on the True Blue website like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Still holding out on Coleman Hawkin's Sirius - should I get this one? I don't know--I bought a used copy of Sirius recently, I doubt that I will ever listen to it again. What can I say, it holds up to repeated listening for me, I like it. In that case, I should give it another chance, I'm probably wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Yikes! I haven't bought any Fantasy, OJC stuff for a very long time. I am reading this thread and it feels like I am missing a lot of good music I have never considering buying. I don't even know where to start and as I am now converted to vinyl, it makes it even worse. Prestige original LPs sell for a fortune on Ebay and they are very scarce. What are the OJC reissues that you can find on the True Blue website like? Generally, True Blue sells acknowledged masterpies. If you like acknowledged masterpies, buy with confidence. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAL Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 Still holding out on Coleman Hawkin's Sirius - should I get this one? I don't know--I bought a used copy of Sirius recently, I doubt that I will ever listen to it again. What can I say, it holds up to repeated listening for me, I like it. In that case, I should give it another chance, I'm probably wrong. I traded my LP after many years - brought back too many memories of seeing Hawk in terrible shape on a public TV show filmed not long before he passed. Have to say that Hawk's playing is much better on Sirius than it was on that show. On the other hand, I've kept and still listen to Pres' Laughin' To Keep From Cryin', and Pres' playing on that one shows a greater loss of control than Coleman Hawkins' on Sirius. (Outside of the music, the cover on Cryin' is one of my favorites.) If you have a lot of other Hawk, you might want to give it a try. You probably aren't carrying the baggage I have, and will obviously hear it with different ears. Thanks guys - I'll be getting it soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted August 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 (edited) I' still adding to the list in my first post - still picking discs from the shelf, and at this instant it's 92 CDs, not counting the box sets ... Edited August 16, 2007 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted August 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 I've seen red, blue, and green LPs, but never yellow or purple. Oh, the colorful fantasy (!) of journalists .... Even some OJC LP reissues of Fantasy titles have been printed on coloured vinyl. I have ..... on red vinyl, OJC 120, "Jazz Guitarist" by Eddie Duran ..... and some more. Hmm ..... my OJC copy of the Duran (which is a very fine album, btw) is on black vinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 I' still adding to the list in my first post - still picking discs from the shelf, and at this instant it's 92 CDs, not counting the box sets ... I added quite a few more, too, yesterday... not counting the probably 150 I got in 2001's 3 euro sale... and before that the two Bill Evans boxes, then after that the Mingus Debut box... crazy times! Now I need a break! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted August 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 (edited) With the latest additions I counted 114 single CDs. 5 more on the way from Newbury Comics, and they certainly won't be the last. But I guess I already had more Fantasy CDs than most here. Edited August 18, 2007 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 (edited) I've got so many OJC cds I probably don't need any more. . . . But I did spend some dollars this week getting the Bob Scobey and Clancy Hayes Good Time Jazz cds that I didn't have. . . some at bargain prices, some not. And I ordered two OJC cds that include Johnny LaPorta lps. . . .I have one at home in Austin, but I was in the mood and ordering the other so I will soon have a copy here in Houston. Also ordered the Gus Mancuso twofer. Edited August 18, 2007 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAL Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Picked up some more discs with the Universal stamp: Oscar Peterson & Harry Edison Sonny Rollins - Love At First Sight Bill Evans - I Will Say Goodbye Cal Tjader - Latin Kick Count Basie - Basie Jam #3 Expecting dozens more good to decent finds for the rest of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Seeing this thread pop up again made me realize that I haven't bought any of these in weeks. WEEKS, I tell you. This Wednesday, I have to visit Harvard Square, home of a brick and mortar Newbury Comics. I hope I can resist taking a peek at what's left of their OJCS, some still going for $3.99 last time I took a gander, not to mention a plunge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_forumlogo.png.a607ef20a6e0c299ab2aa6443aa1f32e.png)
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.