JSngry Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 (edited) Was putting my LP of Cecil's Dark To Themselves back into the jacket when I noticed, for the first time, some kind of postmark looking stamp, just on the inside of the back cover. Upon closer inspection, I saw that it read "CONCERNED WITH INSIGNIFICANCES". Hmmmm....a little websearch shows that this phrase was associated with George Maciunas and the Fluxus movement, but I couldn't find anything about such a stamp being part of the routine...I did find one blog article about an album that also had such a stamp, though: http://thempm.wordpr...nsignificances/ But that's a Ray Agee album, nothing at all like Cecil Taylor. So...what do y'all know about stamps such as this on the inside of LP jackets, or just the stamp in general? There's a picture of the stamp on that blog post that's exactly the same as the one on my Cecil album. Edited July 12, 2012 by JSngry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 That stamp is from Dante Carfagna, a dealer in Chicago. He always stamped the inside of his LPs with that. He's a good guy and a little odd (in the best way possible). Rick Wojick (owner of Dusty Groove) stamped the back of his personal records with a pointing finger before selling them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Mystery solved. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted O'Reilly Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 That stamp is from Dante Carfagna, a dealer in Chicago. He always stamped the inside of his LPs with that. He's a good guy and a little odd (in the best way possible). Rick Wojick (owner of Dusty Groove) stamped the back of his personal records with a pointing finger before selling them. Given that someone once told me I deflated the value of many of my LPs by putting my name on them (they often co-habited with a radio library), wouldn't collectors find such Carfagna/Wojick actions devalue those discs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 They're now Fluxus collectibles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 That stamp is from Dante Carfagna, a dealer in Chicago. He always stamped the inside of his LPs with that. He's a good guy and a little odd (in the best way possible). Rick Wojick (owner of Dusty Groove) stamped the back of his personal records with a pointing finger before selling them. Given that someone once told me I deflated the value of many of my LPs by putting my name on them (they often co-habited with a radio library), wouldn't collectors find such Carfagna/Wojick actions devalue those discs? Discrete enough; I have a few and it doesn't bother me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 The only thing that devalues an LP for me is the condition of the vinyl itself. "Defaced" cover, clean vinyl, cheap price b/c of the cover condition, hey, I'll take those off your hands all day long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Doesn't bother me either, though I prefer discreet. I have a reissue of MUSIC FOR PRANCING that has an address label and a small note saying which store the LP was purchased at and the date. I think that's neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Well, FWIW contemporary cultural history and archival practice now tends to see all the "noise" on the object, once written off, as important cultural artifacts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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