Record shop closed since 1972 to be sold

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I just picked up this link on the Blues forum.

Interesting for the Texans.

http://austinrecords.com/?gallery/index.htm

MG

[brownie]

The Austin jazz crowd obviously did not pay enough visits at the place

[Dan Gould]

Interesting story but this popped out at me:

Since John and I didn’t deal in LPs anymore we brought in Craig Moerer to buy the LPs and we took the 45s and the paper goods.

This means that everyone of those LPs will be priced at a minimum of $25-30, and the true rarities will be upwards of $100, minimum. Craig Moerer has the most outrageous pricing I've ever seen anywhere.

[Dan Gould]

The Austin jazz crowd obviously did not pay enough visits at the place

Actually, the contents are being sold at the Austin Record Convention, but the store was located in Ohio. But you're right-it doesn't look like this incredibly well-stocked store had any jazz department.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

The Austin jazz crowd obviously did not pay enough visits at the place

Actually, the contents are being sold at the Austin Record Convention, but the store was located in Ohio. But you're right-it doesn't look like this incredibly well-stocked store had any jazz department.

My guess is they probably did have a jazz department but the guys who've bought the place are more confident of making big bucks on the other material, so they're majoring on it. They obviously are keen on having people travel to thses events and need to focus on the biggest draw. And who could blame them?

MG

[Dan Gould]

The Austin jazz crowd obviously did not pay enough visits at the place

Actually, the contents are being sold at the Austin Record Convention, but the store was located in Ohio. But you're right-it doesn't look like this incredibly well-stocked store had any jazz department.

My guess is they probably did have a jazz department but the guys who've bought the place are more confident of making big bucks on the other material, so they're majoring on it. They obviously are keen on having people travel to thses events and need to focus on the biggest draw. And who could blame them?

MG

Yes, except that they "took the 45s and paper goods" and Craig Moerer took the LPs. Moerer is selling the LPs through his website - the other two are selling what they took at these events. Moerer does a lot of jazz sales at outrageous prices on his site (for example, he currently wants $150 for a copy of Roy Brooks Workshop Jazz LP) so if there was any jazz of consequence (which I'm not sure there is) you can bet that recordsbymail.com will be selling them at outrageous prices.

[Dan Gould]

another question left unanswered is the condition of the records after 30 years. Was the store air conditioned, or did the records broil in the summer and freeze in the winter, and what effect might this have on the vinyl?

[Jim R]

it doesn't look like this incredibly well-stocked store had any jazz department.

Doesn't appear that way (although I spied "Dizzy In Greece" on photo #9). Those photos also leave out some of the interesting items described in the article... all that rare stuff, and they photograph the Chipmunks LP's, Doris Day, Mitch Miller ... Anyway, it would have been fun to be there to be among the first to go through the bins and shelves.

[Soul Stream]

I think they should have bought the whole store and just re-opened it as if the last 30 years hadn't happened. "Hey Kids, we've got the hot new seller by the Kinks for ya!"