Allan Songer

Every time I see auctions like this I think to myself "well, if I HAD to I could live off of my records for a few years selling them bit by bit on ebay." It's comforting and horrifying at the same time. I bought my 1588 for $250 back in the late 80's. At the time, that was a FORTUNE for a Blue Note.

Warne Marsh "Music for Prancing" original Mode mono . . .

My copy is missing the label on the B side. If someone here has one and would be willing to scan and email me a nice copy of the label I would really appreciate it!!

Von Freeman "Serenade and Blues" Nessa. What a freaking great record this is!

Not my favorite record, but just snapped up a Pacific Jazz 1215, Bud Shank with Claude Williamson, Chuck Flores and Don Prell. It's a deep-groove original pressing in STONE DEAD MINT condition--the jacket is VG with seam and spine wear and the MOTHER Of all corner dings. It's a keeper, though. I didn't have an original pressing of this one until now. $15

Ray Bryant Alone with the Blues New Jazz original mono Phinneas Newborn "A World of Piano" Contemporary Stereo black label Cecil Taylor "Conquistador" Blue Note Liberty Stereo Cecil Taylor "Jazz Advance" Transtion mono original --home alone tonight--playing these LOUD

How do you play records?

Donald Byrd on Transition TRLP-5 original mono Leroy Vinnegar "Leroy Walks Again" Contemporary original mono

It's wonderful how extremely uncool the other two look. If Monk had been born a generation later, he'd've been Dr Lonnie Smith. MG A couple of years ago I heard the good Doctor with Lou Donaldson at the Jazz Bakery in LA--they were there a week and I was there four nights out of seven! Anyway, I saw the Doctor arrive at the Bakery--he was driven there by a beautiful blonde woman in a fancy car who just dropped him off and sped away. He was all in white with the turban and he was SOOOOO cool as he walked in, smiling and nodding at those of us sitting around waiting. About ten minutes later a cab pulled up and Lou got out wearing a badass suit, a fedora and was carrying his horn in a ostrich leather case. He was every bit as smooth and cool as the Doctor in his own way. By the way, these shows SMOKED. I go hear Lonnie Smith live every single time he is LA . . .

I have 3 nice Blue Notes from the same original owner--1521,1530 and 1543 that are all original flat-edge deep groove pressings in NM condition. The jackets are nice too EXCEPT for the THREE HOLE PUNCHES next to the spine. Seems the owner liked to keep his LPs in binders!!!

It went all the way to $2,600 (Reserve met) thankfully I sold one for $500 last year. A bit of moisture staining on the borrom edge and the vinyl in VG shape visually, but it played nice. I shoulda waited I guess . . .

I know I wont be able to afford any of them!!

Does anyone have experience LISTENING to Dexer Gordon while nodding out on smack? I have listened to Dexter while falling down drunk from bourbon, but was wondering if anyone would like to share some impressions of Dex's playing after shooting herion.

Pair of McIntosh MC30 amps--WE350B output tubes McIntosh C22 preamp McIntsoh MR71 tuner Thorens TD124 turntable/SME 3012 arm/Ortofon SPU cartridge Jorgen Shou step up transformers Klipsch Cornwall speakers--1964 all alnico, vertical horn BAT VK-D5 CD player

In honor of that crazy-ass Dexter Gordon thread-- Stan Levey, This Time the Drums on Me, Bethlehem mono original. I don't care how loaded he was, his solo on "Stanley the Steamer" is effing AWESOME!

Nice work if you can get it . . .

I talked with him serveral times at Donte's and Maiden Voyage. Art Pepper was one STRANGE dude, that's for damn sure. Other than being the greatest alto player I have ever heard live, there's not a whole lot of nice things I can say about Art Pepper.

His name is Dave Kidd and he's a really, really nice guy. He inherited an amazing collection of Jazz LPs from his father--he was a DJ from about 1957 until 1970 and was sent all kinds of stuff and barely played any of it!! Dave really needs the money and he contacted me through another forum and asked for tips and I in turn told him everything I know and introduced him to Larry who also helped out. Dave loves the music--he has been careful to made a nice CD copy of every LP he is selling. He wouldn't be selling them unless he really needed the money. I was able to get some nice records from Dave for very fair prices--NONE of them Blue Notes--those are all going up on ebay. Dave hooked me up with a Sun Ra Savoy and some minty Ornette Coleman mono Atlantics and few others things as well before he went to ebay.

No, I am afraid I don't have a list of stereo originals w/ear. I have nearly all mono originals - still looking for a bunch of 1500 series titles - and only some stereo copies. At some point I started collecting the stereo counterparts as well, but I did not go through with it. Perhaps Larry Cohn could supply you with such a list. Perhaps even more interesting would be a complete list of BN originals, each title specified with all the neccesary features: flat edge, address on label, DG, jacket type etc. I have made annotations on each title in my Japanese Blue Note guide. Regards, Peter Like most of us, I started collecting old jazz records long before I knew of ANY of the pressing details. Later, when I really got into it and met guys like Jack Brown and Larry I started paying attention. I lucked into a lot of early, rare pressings in the old days--stuff I couldn't even begin to think about buying at today's prices. I am happy with what I have and still "upgrade" when the opportunity arrises--sometimes I run across a real oddity for Larry's "museum"--last year it was a 1543 with "ear," Lexington address and no deep groove. A couple years back it was a DEEP GROOVE 1598--something Larry was convinced did not exist!! And recently I came acress a 4046 with "ear" and no deep groove--something Larry had never seen or heard of.

Your list is 100% correct. The only copy of 4204 I have seen with the ear is a test pressing with a white label. I must have had a brain fart when I mentioned 4204 (typical of me--typing off the top of my head!!). And isn't it true that some titles (not the ones on this list) exist in MONO with the ear but not in STEREO? I have never seen a list broken down--do you have one?

I was at many of the Keystone Korner performances as well. I was a broke college kid and Todd used to backdoor me in for the 11 o'clock sets on a regular basis. I don't remember Dex being so loaded he couldn't play, but I have to tell you there were as many "off" nights as there were "on" nights. Wouldn't trade those memories for anything . . .

Gerald Wiggins "Relax and Enjoy It" Contemporary Stereo Ornette Coleman "Change of the Century" Atlantic Mono

I've been known to pay some pretty high prices for rare clean jazz LPs, but THIS is the nuttiest thing I've seen on ebay in some time: Kulu Se Mama Mia!

Hamp meets Getz Norgran original. Is that a SMOKIN' Cherokee or WHAT?

I have never seen a Stereo issue, though I know someone who owns one. I have a mono that is BEAT BEAT BEAT, so I play the NM copy without the ear. Another late release that is tough to find with the "ear" is 4204 Dexter Gordon "Gettin' Around"--not as rare as 4169 but still 90% of the "New York" copies you see do not have the ear.