Free For All Posted August 21, 2007 Report Posted August 21, 2007 Seeing this thread pop up again made me realize that I haven't bought any of these in weeks. WEEKS, I tell you. This Wednesday, I have to visit Harvard Square, home of a brick and mortar Newbury Comics. I hope I can resist taking a peek at what's left of their OJCS, some still going for $3.99 last time I took a gander, not to mention a plunge... Just wondering, how many "Newburys" are there? I'm just curious, are the folks at Newbury appreciative (or even cognizent) of the business generated by the Organissimo board? I guess they wouldn't have any way of knowing this, but they should. If you do happen to visit them, please thank them (on behalf, I would expect, of many on this board) for their prompt service and excellent selection. I, for one, have been very satisfied with their service (better than our old favorite Caiman, IMHO). Quote
mikeweil Posted August 21, 2007 Author Report Posted August 21, 2007 With this morning's delivery from Newbury Comics and an overlooked CD added I'm at 120 plus boxes. Seems I lost oversight - bought the Vlifford Jordan from Newbury and found I already had it from the Zweitausendeins bins ... Quote
Claude Posted August 21, 2007 Report Posted August 21, 2007 I ordered today from Caiman and DVD-Legacy, through the Amazon.fr Marketplace: - Woody Shaw - Blackstone Legacy - Joe Newman - Good & Groovy - McCoy Tyner - Atlantis Quote
king ubu Posted August 22, 2007 Report Posted August 22, 2007 With this morning's delivery from Newbury Comics and an overlooked CD added I'm at 120 plus boxes. Seems I lost oversight - bought the Vlifford Jordan from Newbury and found I already had it from the Zweitausendeins bins ... "Spellbound" I assume? If it's his other OJC I'd gladly take it off your hands! Quote
king ubu Posted August 22, 2007 Report Posted August 22, 2007 Seeing this thread pop up again made me realize that I haven't bought any of these in weeks. WEEKS, I tell you. This Wednesday, I have to visit Harvard Square, home of a brick and mortar Newbury Comics. I hope I can resist taking a peek at what's left of their OJCS, some still going for $3.99 last time I took a gander, not to mention a plunge... Just wondering, how many "Newburys" are there? I'm just curious, are the folks at Newbury appreciative (or even cognizent) of the business generated by the Organissimo board? I guess they wouldn't have any way of knowing this, but they should. If you do happen to visit them, please thank them (on behalf, I would expect, of many on this board) for their prompt service and excellent selection. I, for one, have been very satisfied with their service (better than our old favorite Caiman, IMHO). Contrary to Caiman, Newbury only lists stuff they actually have in stock - they delivered all of the 15 or 20 discs I ordered from them, while Caiman delivered none, zero! (I was much more cautious since I didn't think they'd deliver anyhting, so I ordered only 6 or 7 with them.) Newbury is as good as it gets! Quote
LAL Posted August 23, 2007 Report Posted August 23, 2007 Ordered a few more Legends of Acid Jazz titles - Willis Gator Jackson (3 titles) and Melvin Sparks - from Newbury, via a good chap in the U.S. Quote
T.D. Posted August 23, 2007 Report Posted August 23, 2007 Too complex to answer the question overall, since I made two buys in last Summer's Concord blow-out, and have steadily been adding titles since then. One noteworthy recent addition: thanks to an excellent seller on this BBS, I just picked up Eric Dolphy At the Five Spot, Volume 1 K2, which I had tried in vain to buy in last year's blowout. Quote
mikeweil Posted August 23, 2007 Author Report Posted August 23, 2007 With this morning's delivery from Newbury Comics and an overlooked CD added I'm at 120 plus boxes. Seems I lost oversight - bought the Vlifford Jordan from Newbury and found I already had it from the Zweitausendeins bins ... "Spellbound" I assume? If it's his other OJC I'd gladly take it off your hands! It's Mosaic I have a surplus copy of - two sessions, one with Kenny Dorham and Cedar Walton, The other with Sonny Red. Both are excellent. Reserved if you wish! Quote
Kalo Posted August 27, 2007 Report Posted August 27, 2007 Just wondering, how many "Newburys" are there? I'm just curious, are the folks at Newbury appreciative (or even cognizent) of the business generated by the Organissimo board? I guess they wouldn't have any way of knowing this, but they should. If you do happen to visit them, please thank them (on behalf, I would expect, of many on this board) for their prompt service and excellent selection. I, for one, have been very satisfied with their service (better than our old favorite Caiman, IMHO). A gal I work with also works in the Newbury Comics warehouse. The other day she told me that all of the Concord blowout stuff they acquired is stored near her desk. I'll pass on to her the approbation of us Organissimites. Quote
sidewinder Posted August 27, 2007 Report Posted August 27, 2007 A gal I work with also works in the Newbury Comics warehouse. The other day she told me that all of the Concord blowout stuff they acquired is stored near her desk. I'll pass on to her the approbation of us Organissimites. Talk about inside track ! Quote
mikeweil Posted August 28, 2007 Author Report Posted August 28, 2007 (edited) Got the Estrada Brothers CD on Milestone from an amazon seller, cheap and fast. Now I have to stop for some time!!! Edited August 28, 2007 by mikeweil Quote
king ubu Posted August 28, 2007 Report Posted August 28, 2007 With this morning's delivery from Newbury Comics and an overlooked CD added I'm at 120 plus boxes. Seems I lost oversight - bought the Vlifford Jordan from Newbury and found I already had it from the Zweitausendeins bins ... "Spellbound" I assume? If it's his other OJC I'd gladly take it off your hands! It's Mosaic I have a surplus copy of - two sessions, one with Kenny Dorham and Cedar Walton, The other with Sonny Red. Both are excellent. Reserved if you wish! Sorry, I didn't see that post earlier - I have "Mosaic", it's the other one I still miss, "Bearcat". (And the Milestone big band album, but that one's not so high on my wantlist.) Quote
Claude Posted August 28, 2007 Report Posted August 28, 2007 BTW, vinyl fans should get the OJC LPs (only the US pressings) while they are still available. I managed to get a dozen from a german store for 12€ each, all of them sound very good, better than the OJC CDs. Apparently they are all from the analog master tapes and were mastered in the early 80's, despite the remastering info on the back, which has been copied from the CD reissues. Quote
king ubu Posted August 28, 2007 Report Posted August 28, 2007 (edited) I only have one, the Red Rodney "Modern Music from Chicago" - have recently managed to get a decently prized CD (it's called "Quintets" and has another, slightly less interesting date on it), too. Edit: truebluemusic.com has some of the LPs on their running low list (at least there were some when I last took a look, a couple of weeks ago) Edited August 28, 2007 by king ubu Quote
Clunky Posted August 28, 2007 Report Posted August 28, 2007 BTW, vinyl fans should get the OJC LPs (only the US pressings) while they are still available. I managed to get a dozen from a german store for 12€ each, all of them sound very good, better than the OJC CDs. Apparently they are all from the analog master tapes and were mastered in the early 80's, despite the remastering info on the back, which has been copied from the CD reissues. All of the OJC LPs I've heard sound fine, including US pressings, French (Carrere) and UK (ACE), some state remastering from digital sources but even these sound excellent Quote
Claude Posted August 28, 2007 Report Posted August 28, 2007 (edited) The german OJC LP pressings by Mikulski (later ZYX) sound consistingly poor. The pressing quality is very good, but the mastering is flawed. Edited August 28, 2007 by Claude Quote
paul secor Posted August 29, 2007 Report Posted August 29, 2007 (edited) BTW, vinyl fans should get the OJC LPs (only the US pressings) while they are still available. I managed to get a dozen from a german store for 12€ each, all of them sound very good, better than the OJC CDs. Apparently they are all from the analog master tapes and were mastered in the early 80's, despite the remastering info on the back, which has been copied from the CD reissues. All of the OJC LPs I've heard sound fine, including US pressings, French (Carrere) and UK (ACE), some state remastering from digital sources but even these sound excellent The U.S. OJC LPs that came from analog masters - 001 to about 270 or so - sound better than the corresponding CDs. The later LPs that were done from digital remasters (the ones I've heard) sound about the same as the CDs - at least to my ears. Edited August 29, 2007 by paul secor Quote
Kalo Posted August 30, 2007 Report Posted August 30, 2007 OK. I was in Harvard Square this evening and couldn't resist glomming another armful of fire sale priced OJCs, including some produced by our own Chris Albertson: Joe Albany with Warne Marsh - The Right Combination The Gene Ammons Story - Organ Combos Junie C. Cobb and His New Hometown Band Sonny Criss - Up, Up and Away Earl "Fatha" Hines and His Band - A Monday Date Bennie Green Blows His Horn Johnny Griffin with Strings and Brass - White Gardenia Coleman Hawkins All Stars Featuring Joe Thomas and Vic Dickenson Lonnie Johnson with Victoria Spivey - Idle Hands Clifford Jordan Quartet - Bearcat Elliot Lawrence Band Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements Blue Mitchell - A Sure Thing Blue Mitchell - Smooth as the Wind Ada Moore with Tal Farlow, John La Porta, Oscar Pettiford Doug Watkins Quartet - Soulnik In my defence (or deep in my rationalization), I haven't bought any of these for weeks! (As Free for All put it in a post above.) For anyone looking for these, check out Newbury in person, or online (either through Amazon or their own site). Great prices and excellent service. 90% of the records listed above cost me $3.99, and none were over $7.99! Quote
NaturalSoul Posted August 30, 2007 Report Posted August 30, 2007 (edited) Finally ordered on amazon (through newbury comics) an OJC i've been wanting for a long time. Edited August 30, 2007 by NaturalSoul Quote
Niko Posted August 31, 2007 Report Posted August 31, 2007 Finally ordered on amazon (through newbury comics) an OJC i've been wanting for a long time. arguably the ojc i have enjoyed the most so far! waiting for Sonny Stitt - Soul People and Jimmy Forrest - Forrest - Forrest Fire, hope at least one of them shows up today... Quote
mikeweil Posted August 31, 2007 Author Report Posted August 31, 2007 That Griffin is a fine disc - I'm glad I got it at the local Zweitausendeins outlet as it was on my wishlist since it came out. Still need about half of Griifin's OJCs ..... Quote
NaturalSoul Posted August 31, 2007 Report Posted August 31, 2007 (edited) Finally ordered on amazon (through newbury comics) an OJC i've been wanting for a long time. arguably the ojc i have enjoyed the most so far! waiting for Sonny Stitt - Soul People and Jimmy Forrest - Forrest - Forrest Fire, hope at least one of them shows up today... If you don't mind me asking, where did you get Forrest Fire? Through the concord site? Edited August 31, 2007 by NaturalSoul Quote
Niko Posted August 31, 2007 Report Posted August 31, 2007 Finally ordered on amazon (through newbury comics) an OJC i've been wanting for a long time. arguably the ojc i have enjoyed the most so far! waiting for Sonny Stitt - Soul People and Jimmy Forrest - Forrest - Forrest Fire, hope at least one of them shows up today... If you don't mind me asking, where did you get Forrest Fire? Through the concord site? i got it used from an amazon.de seller who just had one copy (for 6.50 Euro + 3 for shipping...) right now there is still another amazon.de seller that looks reasonably trustworthy which has it at 10 Euro (international shipping is 6 Euro iirc?) Quote
kh1958 Posted August 31, 2007 Report Posted August 31, 2007 Last four: Red Garland--Red Alone Jaki Byard--Out Front James Moody--Hi Fi Party Walt Dickerson--Relativity Quote
LAL Posted September 1, 2007 Report Posted September 1, 2007 Roy Eldridge - Happy Time Shorty Baker & Doc Cheatham Oscar Peterson & Milt Jackson - Two of the Few Bill Evans - Cross Currents Quote
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