Brad

The earlier years are. I think Kellogg’s stopped making them around 1983.

I collected cards (mostly Mets) the mid 80s to about 98 and then stopped but I started again a few years ago just to fill in some holes and put them in new binders. I purchased some of the Kelloggs cards. They are in mint condition, no curling or cracking.

As Felser said, great set. Someone is missing out! The LA one is good too.

They are actually quite collectible and some can be expensive. The 1970 Kellogg Seaver one can fetch over $100, not bad for a cereal card.

The impression I have is that following the Atlantic debacle, the company tried to expand too fast, instead of gradually building itself up.

I’m 73 and Lon’s post reflects my attitude.

Ever since I started purchasing jazz in earnest, and after a few duplicate purchases, I started keeping a list in Word of everything I own. When the time comes I can provide a buyer with the list. I hadn’t heard about DG buying collections but it’s something i will keep in the back of my mind.

I’m passing. I rarely listen to the material that I have so I don’t see the need to add this one.

Have to see what’s on it.

One sold on eBay in April for $150 so go figure.

On eBay, it’s an option in the filters. You can see completed items (which includes unsold) and sold items. The info on sold items doesn’t stay there forever, maybe three months. If you don’t keep an eye on it you can miss deals. Not that long ago I purchased the Woody Shaw for $50.

The market has been soft for a very long time. I can’t speak to vinyl boxes but the Cole and the Ferguson boxes are the most expensive. Although already covered, when determining price (and this applies to anything), you need to look at prices paid, not prices asked; anybody can set a price as high as they wish. Realizing it is another story.

I recently read “Company of Heroes: Personal Memories About the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us,” interviews with and recollections by family members about their relative who had served in Easy Company and some of them had difficult lives after WW II: divorce, heavy drinking, PTSD and so forth.

This is a Third Man pressing and the sound is fine but not audiophile I’d say. I used to have the Verve LPR that they reissued probably about 20 years ago but somehow lost it or something. Coleman is not on a par with Jimmy Smith or any organ master but I still like it. It’s a good organ date.

We have four cats and I don’t think they care about music. What they care about is their next meal.

Some lime Zero Dust by Oznow.

Bluesville.

I was going to say Vanguard but John beat me to it.

Never did.

Great article. Thank you very much!

I want to read that one. Yes, Bowman had a large role in the series.

Interesting although whether CBS committed tortious acts was not the subject of the decision which only talked about the removability of the case from state to federal court, a concept which may just be a feature of common law. Robert Gordon has written a well received book about Stax which I’ve ordered. Al Bell blames the demise all on CBS but I’m not sure that’s a completely balanced view. Some things I’ve seen suggest that was just part of the problem.