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Not exactly a bargain, but an observation on the apparent extinction of such at Half Price Books, a topic that's been lamented here before.

Spotted in the locked case at my local Half Price Books today: a copy of the International Phonograph reissue of Hemphill's Dogon A.D. for $49.99. On the other hand, looking at the asking prices from third-party Amazon sellers, I guess that might be a bargain after all, but it wasn't that long ago that such titles would have slipped through the cracks there and been priced accordingly. Now everything gets looked up online, and they may have someone on staff that's reasonably knowledgeable about jazz - I did hear "Let's Face the Music and Dance" from Jackie Mac's Swing, Swang, Swingin' over the store's sound system while I was browsing. 

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This is the order I just placed; with $7.98 shipping, it came to $33.79:

Herbie Mann: Roar of the Greasepaint/Today, $0.99

The Young-Holt Unlimited/Slide Hampton: Oh Girl/Somethin' Sanctified, $0.99

Roy Ayers: Daddy Bug/Virgo Vibes, $2.98

Hank Crawford/Leo Wright: Soul Clinic/Blues Shout, $2.98

Slide Hampton: Sister Salvation, $2.98

Elvin Jones: And Then Again/Midnight Walk, $2.98

Shelly Manne: Boss Sounds!, $0.99

Bob Brookmeyer: Brookmeyer, $3.18

Curtis Fuller: Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone, $0.99

Chico Hamilton: With Strings Attached, $2.79

The Jazz Modes: The Jazz Modes, $0.99

The Jazz Modes: The Most Happy Fella, $0.99

Don Shirley: Orpheus In The Underworld/Improvisations, $1.98

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On 1/19/2017 at 8:15 PM, mjzee said:

This is the order I just placed; with $7.98 shipping, it came to $33.79:

Herbie Mann: Roar of the Greasepaint/Today, $0.99

The Young-Holt Unlimited/Slide Hampton: Oh Girl/Somethin' Sanctified, $0.99

Roy Ayers: Daddy Bug/Virgo Vibes, $2.98

Hank Crawford/Leo Wright: Soul Clinic/Blues Shout, $2.98

Slide Hampton: Sister Salvation, $2.98

Elvin Jones: And Then Again/Midnight Walk, $2.98

Shelly Manne: Boss Sounds!, $0.99

Bob Brookmeyer: Brookmeyer, $3.18

Curtis Fuller: Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone, $0.99

Chico Hamilton: With Strings Attached, $2.79

The Jazz Modes: The Jazz Modes, $0.99

The Jazz Modes: The Most Happy Fella, $0.99

Don Shirley: Orpheus In The Underworld/Improvisations, $1.98

Listening now to Curtis Fuller: Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone, and really enjoying it ("Soul-Stream" as opposed to third-stream?).  So I decided to go back to oldies.com and see if they had other interesting bargains.  I've just now ordered:

Junior Mance: With A Whole Lotta Help From My Friends, $1.98

Herbie Mann: Our Man Flute/Impressions of the Middle East, $2.98

Bobby Short: Live at Cafe Carlyle, $2.98

Phineas Newborn, Jr.: Plays Harold Arlen's Music From "Jamaica"/Fabulous Phineas, $2.98

Bobby Short: Loves Cole Porter/Guess Who's In Town, $2.98

Grassella Oliphant: The Grass Roots/The Grass Is Greener, $2.98

Junior Mance: Harlem Lullaby/I Believe To My Soul, $1.98

Milt Jackson: Be Bop, $1.98

Red Mitchell-Harold Land Quintet: Hear Ye!  Hear Ye!  Hear Ye!, $1.98

Herbie Mann: Family of Mann/Wailing Dervishes, $2.98

John Lewis: Milanese Story/Animal Dance, $1.98

Charlie Byrd: Travelin' Man/The Touch of Gold, $0.99

Top Hits of the 60s: 20 Original Hits, $0.99

With $7.98 shipping, the total came to $37.74.

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2 hours ago, mjzee said:

Thanks so much!  I picked up a copy.

:tup:) Great!

And the "extra" music is EVEN BETTER than the super-low price.

 

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