Alfred Posted December 24, 2005 Report Posted December 24, 2005 2005 was not a good year for vinyl collector's wallets. I payed more for my LPs this year compared to the years before. More and more jazz listeners reactivating their turntables. Hopefully this is not only a short hype and we'll see more new vinyl releases next year. Maybe our Vinyl Frontier corner will explode in 2006! Quote
sidewinder Posted December 24, 2005 Report Posted December 24, 2005 (edited) Is it my imagination or did the price of vintage Blue Note LPs in particular go exponential in 2005 ? I suspect that it is more economical being a cocaine addict than a Blue Note vinyl addict .. Edited December 24, 2005 by sidewinder Quote
spinlps Posted December 24, 2005 Report Posted December 24, 2005 Not just the vintage pressings... I've regularly seen DMM's in the $15 - $20 range, 70's Blue Labels in the $25 range, and the Japanese releases approaching rarified air: Toshibas in the $40 - 50 range and Kings in the triple digits for rarer titles... usually Japanese only releases, but still! The Classic Records reissues look even more attractive on pricing alone. It's enough to shy away from BN's and start digging through other less "collectable" and more reasonably priced labels. Quote
jbs-tom Posted December 24, 2005 Report Posted December 24, 2005 (edited) In 2004 and the first half of 2005 was really a blue note mania - french pressings, japan issues or the black and blue label: it just had to be the blue note logo on it. but i think in the second half of 2005 there was a kind of overkill with blue note records. at the moent only original pressings and in at least vg++ condition are getting really high prices, also the japnese pressings are still in demand althouhg not so much anymore than at the end of 2004 (at this time you (and myself) had to pay often more than 40 $ for a near mint pressing ! so blue note is really fine and has fantastic outputs, but only blue note is a little boring, cause there are so many other great labels on the vinyl frontier to discover and to enjoy ... Edited December 24, 2005 by jbs-tom Quote
clifford_thornton Posted December 25, 2005 Report Posted December 25, 2005 It's not just BNs - Impulse, Prestige, even crappy late-issue FMPs have been nuts this year. I thought I'd seen it all with $40 Polvo records, but I guess it doesn't matter what it is - as long as it's vinyl! Quote
Alfred Posted December 25, 2005 Author Report Posted December 25, 2005 clifford_thornton said: It's not just BNs - Impulse, Prestige, even crappy late-issue FMPs have been nuts this year. ... Prestige is a very good example. Late 60ies blue label pressings in very good shape are often in the $35-$50 range nowadays. Same with white and black fan Atlantic originals. Quote
jazzhound Posted December 30, 2005 Report Posted December 30, 2005 told you so. are you listening Lon??? watch the currency markets for your cue to enter the market. I saw a blue label Saxophone Colossus go off for 8 bucks on EBAY not too long ago. you guys are sleeping..... Quote
jazzhound Posted January 3, 2006 Report Posted January 3, 2006 blue label Straight Ahead on ebay now cheap. with Eric dolphy. its great! Quote
Allan Songer Posted January 3, 2006 Report Posted January 3, 2006 I got some KILLER deals in 2005! Sun Ra original on Transition-- FIVE BUCKS at PCC swap meet Sun Ra original on Philly Jazz- $4.99 "Buy it Now" on ebay Sonny Red Blue Note 4032 original deep groove MINT $20 "Buy it Now" on ebay Kenny Dorham "Quiet Kenny" original New Jazz VG $30 "Buy it Now" on ebay And those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head. Quote
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