Great Finds

[sidewinder]

For some reason those mainstream Impulses can be absolute bargains, yet stick a modernist player on the cover (or Paul Gonsalves) and prices can go through the roof.

Best I’ve done is probably a nice Ben Webster ‘See You At The Fair’ mono first press for £3. Alas, the shop is long gone.

[Daniel A]

6 hours ago, Dmitry said:

NM-

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[Dmitry]

31 minutes ago, Daniel A said:

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OK, so NM- sounds better than VG+ . Like overweight sounds better than fat.   Believe me, it really is in tremendous shape, not even a light scratch, labels pristine. The jacket has a tiny delete hole in the bottom left. Comes with original paper sleeve. The sound is magical on this RVG recording.
The first pressings from 1960-1963 should have the familiar black-orange labels that say Product of Am-Par Record Corp., then from 1963-66 they say Product of ABC-Paramount, and from 1967-68 Product of ABC Records. After that the label design changes to red-black. 

 

2 hours ago, sidewinder said:

For some reason those mainstream Impulses can be absolute bargains, yet stick a modernist player on the cover (or Paul Gonsalves) and prices can go through the roof.

Best I’ve done is probably a nice Ben Webster ‘See You At The Fair’ mono first press for £3. Alas, the shop is long gone.

You are probably right. Certainly when compared to its contemporary Prestige, with it's crappy vinyl, these could be an absolute bargain. When I was actively buying 22 years ago, I'd come across some real good, clean swing Impulse! titles for under a tener, but all I wanted was hard bop and modal. Those covers are so classy!

[Daniel A]

1 hour ago, Dmitry said:

OK, so NM- sounds better than VG+ . Like overweight sounds better than fat.   Believe me, it really is in tremendous shape, not even a light scratch, labels pristine. The jacket has a tiny delete hole in the bottom left. Comes with original paper sleeve. The sound is magical on this RVG recording.
The first pressings from 1960-1963 should have the familiar black-orange labels that say Product of Am-Par Record Corp., then from 1963-66 they say Product of ABC-Paramount, and from 1967-68 Product of ABC Records. After that the label design changes to red-black. 

 

You are probably right. Certainly when compared to its contemporary Prestige, with it's crappy vinyl, these could be an absolute bargain. When I was actively buying 22 years ago, I'd come across some real good, clean swing Impulse! titles for under a tener, but all I wanted was hard bop and modal. Those covers are so classy!

Yes, vintage Impulse releases look and feel superior to almost anything else from that time. Even the cut-out holes seemed to be razor sharp and looked very slick.

[jlhoots]

$3 Whirlwind CDs on Bandcamp Friday.

[unitstructures]

I got a NM original US mono of Lee Konitz - Motion for $30 the other day.

Score!