Wilkerson Texas Twister OJC $1.99 + ship

[riverrat]

Newbury Comics is selling the OOP Original Jazz Classics CD of Don Wilkerson Texas Twister for $1.99 plus shipping. Nice price for an OOP title that is also a nice session, easily compares with his Blue Note sessions, with maybe a little more fire...

They also have the SACD Hybrid pressing of Wynton Kelly Kelly Blue for $3.99.

Edited February 19, 2010 by riverrat

[bertrand]

Ordered - thanks for the tip. I've gotten 2 OOP OJC's from Newbury before. They rock.

Bertrand.

[JSngry]

Unlike Wilkerson's BN sides, Texas Twister is a totally burning "straight ahead" session. Carpe diem!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I always thought the Blue Notes were straight ahead, too.

But grab this one or die incomplete.

MG

[JSngry]

Ok, substitute "hard-boppis blowing session" for "straight-ahead". That might be more usefully specific for the distinctionary.

[felser]

Ok, substitute "hard-boppis blowing session" for "straight-ahead". That might be more usefully specific for the distinctionary.

Grabbed one also, thx. I've never heard this session.

[jazzbo]

Edited February 19, 2010 by jazzbo

[Dan Gould]

I don't understand MG's comment at all. To me, there is a real and impossible-to-miss stylistic difference. The Riversides are Wilkerson's jazz sides and the three BNs are his havin' a party/good time/R&B sides.

For some reason I have never gotten into the Riversides but regard the BNs as desert-island recordings. Well at least one or two are since there always seems to be a problem with space even though its a deserted island.

[bertrand]

Is there more than one Riverside? Fantasy only re-issued one, and of course Concord nada.

Bertrand.

[John L]

. For some reason I have never gotten into the Riversides but regard the BNs as desert-island recordings. Well at least one or two are since there always seems to be a problem with space even though its a deserted island.

I am just the opposite. The Blue Note sessions are nice, although I rarely listen to them. Texas Twister is by far my favorite and most played Wilkerson, along with the sides with Ray, of course.

[Dan Gould]

I was thinking of Wide Open Spaces but now I realize that is Fathead with James Clay, not Wilkerson.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I don't understand MG's comment at all. To me, there is a real and impossible-to-miss stylistic difference. The Riversides are Wilkerson's jazz sides and the three BNs are his havin' a party/good time/R&B sides.

For some reason I have never gotten into the Riversides but regard the BNs as desert-island recordings. Well at least one or two are since there always seems to be a problem with space even though its a deserted island.

Oh, well, straight ahead, as compared to, say, David Newman's "Mr Fathead" or "Keep the dream alive" or Stanley's "The look of love" etc etc.

Or, as compared to Fred Anderson or Ornette, say.

Jim knew what I meant.

MG

[bertrand]

I placed this order around 8 AM today, and it already shipped. Must be a record! Newbury rocks, as previously stated.

Bertrand.

[Chuck Nessa]

I've placed over 100 orders and they do rock.

[Man with the Golden Arm]

yes they do and I'm happy they've stuck it out while the Towers and Virgins went by the wayside.

there is a Starbucks right next to the N C store here and walking out with something from the rarely pawed jazz bins versus an overburnt beverage is a no brainer.

Edited February 20, 2010 by Man with the Golden Arm

[bertrand]

Now that record stores are dead, I plan to patronize thier online store a lot. Their prices are good as is their service. Not quite sure why some items are not available at their store but only at Amazon.

I sure wish they'd open a brick and mortar store in the D.C. area.

Bertrand.

[ejp626]

Maybe not quite in the same league, but Newbury is selling Phineas Newborn's A World of Piano for $2.99:

Newborn - World

[riverrat]

Maybe not quite in the same league, but Newbury is selling Phineas Newborn's A World of Piano for $2.99:

Newborn - World

Yes that one is good and so is this one- The Other Side of Benny Golson, 1958 session with Curtis Fuller on board, $1.99 and also OOP: Other Side of Golson

[Tom in RI]

Hey Man with the Golden Arm, which Newbury's do you frequent? The one in Norwood?

[Man with the Golden Arm]

Hey Man with the Golden Arm, which Newbury's do you frequent? The one in Norwood?

Tom, not so frequently but Peabody - Burlington is better.

Stopped at the Harvard Sq Garage a couple weeks back and that place was loaded.

[colinmce]

It's a small gripe, but I wish I could combine shipping on their Amazon items. A $1.99 item becoming a $4.98 item still makes it a fine deal, but knowing it all ships from the same location makes bulk ordering feel like a rip off-- on Amazon's part, not Newbury's.

[Big Wheel]

It's a small gripe, but I wish I could combine shipping on their Amazon items. A $1.99 item becoming a $4.98 item still makes it a fine deal, but knowing it all ships from the same location makes bulk ordering feel like a rip off-- on Amazon's part, not Newbury's.

Agreed, but unfortunately that is likely much of the appeal to sellers. I once read through some of the documentation on Amazon Marketplace and I seem to remember that Amazon kicks back at least a chunk of that $2.99 to the seller to "cover shipping and handling costs." So a canny seller can mark down their goods knowing that the price they'll get for it is almost $2.99 more for every item.

Does anyone know how bulk product uploads are done on Amazon by Marketplace sellers and what information a seller can download in bulk? I'm curious as to how "sticky" prices tend to be in the Marketplace and am wondering how easy it is for a Marketplace seller to get into a price war with other Marketplace sellers selling the same items.

[RDK]

Is there any easy way to search Newbury's Amazon storefront for bargains like this? I bought tons of stuff from them when they used to run their penny auctions on Ebay, where the shipping was more reasonable for bulk orders.

[bertrand]

Since I stayed home sick from work today, I was planning to flip through my full-color Fantasy catalog and see if they're any titles on my wish list that you can get for cheap this way. There must be a more scientific method

So you are saying that even if I combined two titles in one order, I still pay for shipping for each?

Bertrand.

Edited February 23, 2010 by bertrand

[jazzbo]

Yes.

Edited February 23, 2010 by jazzbo