Dmitry Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 https://www.ebay.com/itm/6-CD-Lot-Harry-Belafonte-Jelly-Roll-Morton-John-Coltrane-/333752999345?hash=item4db53a9db1%3Ag%3A2VMAAOSw7%7ERfhJch&nma=true&si=lxmqkl8ruRwFu1%252Bw8CmQ9jA06iM%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Scratching my head here. Which one is the rare one here, Trane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 If I had to guess it's gotta be the rarity of the "Manhattan Records" credit on the back of Blue Train. That early digital transfer was da bomb. Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 I don't get it either. If I had to guess, I think it might have something to do with the fact that those RCA Harry Belafonte recordings are highly prized in some audiophile circles. I'm wondering if that's what drove up the price. Maybe they're rarities. It also looks like the ebay dealer caters to audiophiles. They're called "High-End Audio Auctions." Just speculation on my part though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 There's a sucker born every minute. That "Blue Train" CD is not hard to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted November 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 This is the Steve Hoffman Forum area of interest...my guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 9 minutes ago, Dmitry said: This is the Steve Hoffman Forum area of interest...my guess. The Hoffman Forum - where every issue of every recording ever made is a rare and precious treasure. BTW, the ebay listing is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 I think it's because Roy Eldridge and Ben Webster are on a couple of cuts on Belafonte Sings the Blues. (If I knew how to add emojis I'd add one here.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 54 minutes ago, bresna said: There's a sucker born every minute. That "Blue Train" CD is not hard to find. Who knew CDs can be "Hot Stampers" too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 It looks like collectors have driven the price up on those 3 Belafonte discs: https://www.discogs.com/Harry-Belafonte-Belafonte-Returns-To-Carnegie-Hall/release/5988810 asking price $100. https://www.discogs.com/Harry-Belafonte-Belafonte-At-Carnegie-Hall-The-Complete-Concert/release/8819899 asking price $400 https://www.discogs.com/Harry-Belafonte-Belafonte-Sings-The-Blues/release/9910565 none available The Morton & Coltrane discs are throw ins. Why? Only the seller knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 Pricing on ebay has no logic. Sellers will post any high price without any logical or factual basis. The ridicule of the Steve Hoffman Forum is inaccurate. There are a great many low priced jazz LPs and CDs for sale on Steve Hoffman right now. I often buy jazz CDs for $2 or $3 on Steve Hoffman. 6 hours ago, felser said: The Hoffman Forum - where every issue of every recording ever made is a rare and precious treasure. BTW, the ebay listing is gone. Not true. The Hoffman Forum has a great many jazz CDs for sale from $2 to $5. I buy there often. 6 hours ago, Dmitry said: This is the Steve Hoffman Forum area of interest...my guess. Not true. There is no interest in these albums on Steve Hoffman. There are hundreds of jazz CDs for sale from $2 to $5 on Steve Hoffman right now. I often get great bargains there. Any stereotypical thoughts about the Steve Hoffman Forum are no longer true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 8 hours ago, bresna said: https://www.discogs.com/Harry-Belafonte-Belafonte-Sings-The-Blues/release/9910565 none available . It's because of Ben Webster completists. (OK I'll shut up now. -- But one last thing : it's not listed in the 300 page "Ben a Discography by Langhorn & Sjogren" ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed S Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 On 11/18/2020 at 11:17 AM, bresna said: There's a sucker born every minute. That "Blue Train" CD is not hard to find. Just checked my copy. It's the Manhattan Records one. I bought it back in the day. Actually - I have never replaced any of the Blue Notes I bought back in the early days of CDs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted November 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 Speaking of the Steve Hoffman Forum, I received a message from the forum, telling me that it was hacked and to get a better password. Now I can't log into my account there. Tried contacting the admin, but keep getting the message A server error occurred. Please try again later. Anyone having issues there? Forum seems to be working, just not for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 I had no issue getting there. . . got the same message from Steve's account itself, but had no problem accessing. Word on the forum is that Steve's account seems to have been hacked, but no further oddness appears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted November 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 After I received the message from Steve, or whoever hacked his account, I logged into my panel there, read the message and decided to change the password, just to be on the safe side. Now my password doesn’t work, I can’t log back in. Weird stuff. I’ll try again later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 My take on that was that the hacker wanted us to change our passwords, perhaps allowing him to see our incoming and outgoing passwords. I just left things alone. So far the board is acting as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted December 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2020 On 11/21/2020 at 9:48 AM, Ed Swinnich said: Just checked my copy. It's the Manhattan Records one. I bought it back in the day. Actually - I have never replaced any of the Blue Notes I bought back in the early days of CDs Me too, Ed. I still have some old BN CDs. I even saved a long cardboard box from the 1987 Manhattan Records release of Freddie Hubbard's BLUE SPIRITS, which I bought in a record store on the outskirts of Staten Island, if memory serves my well, long after they'd long discontinued marketing CDs in those longboxes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted December 20, 2020 Report Share Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) I also bought that ‘Blue Spirits’ with the long box, in 1989 - but didn’t keep the box. One of my very first BN CDs, still have it. Edited December 20, 2020 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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