paul secor Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/26/arts/music/newvelle-records-jazz-label-vinyl.html?_r=0 They'd have to release some music I want to listen to before I go for 60 bucks an LP. None of their releases makes to want to part with any $. Perhaps others feel differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 I'd like to hear the DeJohnette solo piano record, and maybe(?) the Rufus Reid with string quartet. But not for $60.00. Hell no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted December 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 If someone with adventurous ears and good taste (Chuck perhaps) did something like this, I'd be more than tempted. But not with what I see here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 I don't think I've ever been tempted to pay $60.00 for a new LP. Ever. I passed on a Henry Threadgill solo flute LP from a few years ago because they were asking something like $30-$40 for it, new. In retrospect, do I miss having it? Yeah, kind of, but from a greed/collector standpoint, not from a musical one. I get profit margins and niche market and all that, I do, but I also get price points where I am and am not part of the niche. There we were, and here we definitely are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted December 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 I have (very, very rarely) paid that much for a new LP, but wouldn't normally. If it were a case of supporting a worthy endeavor and the musicians, I might go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 i'm not sold on this label, but gospeed to them! Interesting bit of information in the NYT article - Jazz accounted for just 1 percent of all record sales in the United States in 2015, according to Nielsen’s year-end report. But jazz buyers do purchase actual albums: Almost half of those jazz records were bought in physical form. I couldn't find the source for this quote in their link, but assuming it's true, only 1% of music sold in the US is jazz?! What percentage was it 10 years ago, anyone knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 http://rogerbourland.com/2007/01/07/2006-genre-album-sales-report/  From 2014:http://s0.thejazzline.com/tjl/uploads/2015/03/nielsen-2014-year-end-music-report-us.pdf GENRE BREAKDOWN – TOTAL CONSUMPTION (SELECTED TOP GENRES – ALBUMS + TRACK EQUIVALENT ALBUMS + STREAMING EQUIVALENT ALBUMS) Genre % of Format Total % of Total Consumption Albums Tracks Streams CHILDREN 1.0% 1.5% 0.3% 0.4% CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL 3.1% 3.6% 2.8% 1.6% CLASSICAL 1.4% 2.1% 0.5% 0.3% COUNTRY 11.2% 11.8% 12.0% 6.4% DANCE/ELECTRONIC (EDM) 3.4% 2.0% 4.6% 6.8% HOLIDAY/SEASONAL 2.6% 3.6% 0.9% 1.1% JAZZ 1.4% 2.0% 0.6% 0.3% LATIN 2.6% 2.4% 1.8% 5.0% POP 14.9% 10.8% 21.1% 21.1% R&B/HIP-HOP 17.2% 13.9% 19.1% 28.5% ROCK 29.0% 33.2% 21.3% 24.7%   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Amazing. Thanks, Jim. Classical and jazz are neck in neck, virtually identical figures. And sorry figures they are, imho. Yet, live classical concerts gather hundreds, sometimes thousands in audiences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Given the almost identical totals for children's & jazz & classical (and between the last two, I wonder how much of an overlap there is?), I'm kinda expecting some kind of trend towards the reissuing of "vintage" children's records to eventually emerge. I know they've been blogged pretty thoroughly at least once. Some kind of coffetable book with the cover prints and then one or two CDs...the ultimate in Boomer nostatlgia indulgence. What's left, really? Â Â "Fro creative children whose parents want them to love, understand, and grow with good music" Tell me there's not your jazz and classical market of today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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six string Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 I have bought a couple of $60 records but I stress a "couple."  For me to dig that deep I have to be sure that this is a desert island  kind of album not a "wait and see" kind of album.  No disrespect to any of the artists and the concept is good on paper absent the price.  Tying in poetry and origi al art to this musical art is a great idea and none of the artists should be giving away their work but when such a project needs not only $60 up front but many more times that for it to work then I'm not interested any more.  If they can't do this on an album by album basis then I say good luck.  It looks like the aesthetics and work is high quality but still.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted June 11, 2021 Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 Newvelle Records is supposed to be offering individual LPs for sale tomorrow for Record Store Day. This is the first time I've been able to look at this catalog with the thought that I could buy a record or two that piqued my interest. I have one of their LPs, Noah Preminger's "Some Other Time" & I have the CD version of Ben Allison's "Quiet Revolution". Has anyone been able to hear more of their catalog and offer recommendations? I am thinking about Frank Kimbrough's "Meantime", Andy Zimmerman's "Half Light" & Kenny Werner's "Church On Mars". I am also curious about Pablo Ablanedo's "Octet" which has a pretty good lineup: Anat Cohen, Jenny Scheinman, Chris Cheek, Jerome Sabbagh, Diego Urcola, Ben Monder, Fernando Huergo, Franco Pinna and Daniel Ian Smith. Thanks, Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 I did order the Kenny Werner & Frank Kimbrough LPs but at $65, I didn't take a chance on that Pablo Ablanedo date and the Andy Zimmerman was sold out before I got a chance to visit their store. BTW - there are still copies available for those looking to splurge to treat themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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