Estate Sale CDs

[Ken Dryden]

Inventory updated 8/31/12.

I am helping the widow of my old radio partner sell off his music collection to help her pay some bills.

Shipping is pretty much whatever my cost will be, US only, with payment in Amazon gift certificates to me so I don't have to worry about fees or figuring out how to get reimbursed for shipping from her.

I have tried to base pricing to be at or below similar condition CDs available on Amazon or Half.com.

Condition is excellent/like new unless indicated. CDs which have been reissued several times are usually the very first reissue editions.

Please send me a PM with any questions.

Dave Brubeck Quartet 25th Anniversary Reunion A&M/Horizon $3 recorded 1976

Dave Brubeck Trio/Gerry Mulligan & Eric Kunzel conducting the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra MCA Classics $7 now $6

Dave Brubeck Quartet Moscow Night Concord $8 with the original, not later cover now $7

promo with sticker on disc and cut corner of booklet

Ruby Braff & Dick Hyman A Pipe Organ Rectial Plus One Concord $7 now $5

Harry Connick, Jr. 20 Columbia $1

Paul Desmond From the Hot Afternoon A&M VG/G $1

Duke Ellington The Symphonic Ellington Discovery $5

Gil Evans Where Flamingoes Fly A&M/Horizon VG tape on cover $15 now $12

Stephane Grappelli In Tokyo Denon $9 now $7

Ed Jones & Familia Ole L.A. Discovery oop VG $7 now $4

Stan Kenton New Concepts in Artistry in Rhythm Capitol $3

Stan Kenton Live at Redlands University Creative World $5 now $3

Peggy Lee The Singles Collections Capitol 4 CDs G $25

Ralph Marterie & His Orchestra 1953-1959 Collector's Choice $7 now $4

Gerry Mulligan Re-Birth of the Cool GRP $5 now $4

Gerry Mulligan Symphonic Dreams PAR $7 now $5

Oregon Ecotopia ECM $6 now $5

Red Rodney Red Alert Continuum punched booklet $7 oop now $5

That's it. I've got my own list in an earlier thread.

Edited September 20, 2012 by Ken Dryden

[jeffcrom]

I'd like to reserve:

Art Blakey/Jazz Messengers At the Cafe Bohemia V. 1 Blue Note $3

Art Blakey/Jazz Messengers At the Cafe Bohemia V. 2 Blue Note $3

Dave Brubeck Quartet At the College of the Pacific OJC/Fantasy $4

Dave Brubeck Quartet Jazz at Oberlin OJC/Fantasy $3

Thanks!

[samnat]

PM sent on Thelonious Monk, The Columbia Years

[Ken Dryden]

Have put all items requested on hold. More to come tonight.

[vinyltim]

PM sent

Louis Armstrong The Hot Fives Vol. 1 Columbia $2

Count Basie The Essential Vol. 1 Columbia $1

Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out Columbia $1

Sonny Clark Cool Struttin' Blue Note sawcut $4

John Coltrane Giant Steps Atlantic $2

Duke Ellington Ellington at Newport (1956, straight reissue) $3

Bill Evans Trio Waltz For Debby OJC/Riverside $4

Bill Evans Trio Explorations OJC/Riverside $4

Bill Evans Trio Sunday at the Village Vanguard OJC/Riverside $4

Dexter Gordon Go Blue Note $3

Herbie Hancock Speak Like a Child Blue Note 1987 reissue $3

Herbie Hancock Takin' Off Blue Note 1987 reissue $3

Freddie Hubbard Red Clay CTI $4

Horace Silver Quintet Song For My Father Blue Note 1987 ed $3

McCoy Tyner The Real McCoy Blue Note 1987 ed. $5

[colinmce]

I'll take Roy Elridge - Little Jazz

[Ken Dryden]

Someone in town just snagged 10 more CDs, the list is updated.

[jeffcrom]

Thanks for the quick shipping; I'm listening to the Messengers at the Bohemia now.

[Ken Dryden]

I'm open to reducing prices on some items. Make me an offer if you are interested.

Thanks,

Ken

[samnat]

I received mine in fine shape, but now I'm overflowing with CDs. Thanks again.

[Ken Dryden]

I know the feeling... Edited August 31, 2012 by Ken Dryden

[John Tapscott]

I know the feeling...

How far to the left does it go, Ken? When my wife tells me I have too many recordings, I'm going to show this photo. "See dear, I'm not nearly as bad as others...!"

[Neal Pomea]

I know the feeling...

Where did you find this piece of furniture? Or was it specially built for you? I am looking for this kind of shelving

[Ken Dryden]

To answer both of your questions, the shelving on the left is custom built in my basement, a friend designed it and we built it together over a series of weekends circa 1996. It is floor to ceiling at 8 feet, and 21 feet long. The bottom two rows are for LPs and large boxed sets, while there are nine rows of CDs in each section. I overflowed it long ago. I also have six pre-fab CD shelving units that have an official capacity of 1500 CDs each. I use the unofficial space on the top shelf of each unit to hold cube boxed sets, long boxed sets, DVDs, etc.

[samnat]

Yikes, I don't have that total volume, but I do have Ikea 880 CD shelving units (2 of them) that are overfilled with CDs in the ultra-thin plastic sleeves sold by bags unlimited that probably doubles the capacity at least.

[NIS]

I know the feeling...

This is off of the topic of your sale, but WOW! What a collection.

[vinyltim]

ha--that's great!

thanks again for the CD's Ken...

[Chuck Nessa]

I am sure a decent percentage of Ken's collection is "promos". Not necessarily a bad thing but difficult to match if you be payin'.

[Ken Dryden]

Chuck, I have no idea what percentage of my collection consists of promos. I've been collecting jazz since 1973 and didn't start writing about jazz until 1988. I do get hundreds of CDs sent to me each year, but I easily spend $2-3k annually on jazz CDs and LPs. I'm not trying to get into a contest with anyone, as there are plenty of people with bigger budgets and writers who have been serviced by more labels for a longer time. Relatively few of the LPs are promos and I have around 45-50 feet of shelf space dedicated to them.

[Ken Dryden]

Updated with lower prices.

[Bright Moments]

I know the feeling...

This is off of the topic of your sale, but WOW! What a collection.

ok how are they organized? alphabetically?

can i get a close-up of the Roland Kirk section?

[Ken Dryden]

Alphabetically by artist, then by label and catalog number within the artist. Compilations are in a separate section at the very beginning. Larger Mosaic size boxed sets are stored in the center section of the LPs, long boxes and cubes like the Roland Kirk Complete Mercury Recordings are stored on top shelves of the six free standing units.

I'm afraid I'd have to take a separate photo to show where the Kirk stuff is.

Edited September 7, 2012 by Ken Dryden

[mr jazz]

I'm gonna show that picture to my wife next time I get the "how many cds do you need" question.

[Ken Dryden]

I've got six of these Leslie Dame 1500 Cabinets full, too, plus I use the top shelf for long boxes, CD cube boxed sets and jazz DVDs. Don't forget to include them in your "I want" list to your wife. Of course, there can be consequences. Edited September 8, 2012 by Ken Dryden

[Teasing the Korean]

PM sent on the storage unit.