What music did you buy today?

[Stompin at the Savoy]

This arrived today.  I'm enjoying it. The box, CD sleeves and the book are cheap, underwhelming, and printed in tiny type but whatever, the music is great. 

[jlhoots]

Kenny Wheeler: Legacy (Greenleaf CD)- preordered in their 40% off sale at Bandcamp.

[mjazzg]

31 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

Kenny Wheeler: Legacy (Greenleaf CD)- preordered in their 40% off sale at Bandcamp.

Me too now. I had no idea about that, thanks for highlighting.

I've just found they're performing the scores in March

Edited December 31, 2024 by mjazzg

[JSngry]

Oldies.com in in the throes of a $5 sale. Not a lot for me there, but I did get these three:

 

	John LaPorta Theme and Variations (CD) item number: CJW8 - Fantasy
	Leon Parker The Simple Life * (CD) item number: 7VVGC - Ryko Distribution
	Montego Joe Arriba Con Montego Joe (CD) item number: 6RHV2 - Prestige Records

 

[T.D.]

Weird mix of obscure items from Dusty Groove bargain bins:

(Prestige twofer reissue w. one solo track omitted)

Edited January 8 by T.D.

[JSngry]

1 hour ago, T.D. said:

Weird mix of obscure items from Dusty Groove bargain bins:

(Prestige twofer reissue w. one solo track omitted)

How do you find the DG bargain bins online?

[HutchFan]

2 minutes ago, JSngry said:

How do you find the DG bargain bins online?

There's not a literal bargain bin.  The deals are mixed in with all the other stuff.

OTOH, you could sort by price to see the best deals.

 

[T.D.]

16 minutes ago, JSngry said:

How do you find the DG bargain bins online?

 I was speaking figuratively. Their algorithm recommended a bunch of Delmarks (and variants) at $0.99 through $3.99. Selected one and then piggybacked more algo recommendations plus one that was on my watch list.

They do have clickable links for "Sale Items", "CD Deals" and "LP Deals" now. Scroll down a DG page and look under "Special Offers" in the left column. Warning: you can spend a lot of time and/or $...I guess that's why the sobriquet "The Bastards". 😁

Looks like they've recently modified the site a bit...IIRC the CD link used to be something like "CDs $8.99 or less".

For instance:

CD Deals (new/used, sorted ascending by price)

LP Deals (ditto)

Edited January 8 by T.D.

[JSngry]

Ok, I was wondering because the physical store has a literal "Bargain Basement". Literally some cut rate stuff that is literally in the basement. At least it did when my daughter was there last time. We shopped via videochat.

It's sort of an Island Of Misfit Toys and has never been listed on the website that I know of. Still isn't!

44 minutes ago, T.D. said:

 Warning: you can spend a lot of time and/or $...I guess that's why the sobriquet "The Bastards". 😁

Exactly!!!

They got me with these:

• Elliott Carter — Piano Works – Winston Choi
• Beethoven — Complete Cello Sonatas/Variations On Themes From Mozart's Die Zauberflote – Pable Casals & Rudolf Serkin
• Awakening — Hear, Sense & Feel
• Awakening — Mirage
• Llew Matthews with Jackie McLean — Nathalie
• Jaki Byard — Solo/Strings – Jaki Byard With Strings/Solo Piano

 

[jlhoots]

Buddy & Julie Miller: Breakdown On 20th Avenue South

[Pim]

That lovely moment a Discogs seller has multiple items from your wantlist:

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Last night, I bought two of Greg Abate's latest releases after I saw him perform at Arthur's House of Jazz in Methuen, MA. One is titled "Positive Energy" (Summit Records). He made it when he was on tour in New Mexico with a local rhythm section of John Rangel (p), Terry Burns (b) & Dave Rost (d). The other is a 2 CD set that I meant to buy from Greg the last time I saw him live but he sold the last copy before I could get one. It's Greg's live recording with Phil Woods "Kindred Spirits: Live At Chan's" (Whaling City Sound).

[sidewinder]

53 minutes ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Last night, I bought two of Greg Abate's latest releases after I saw him perform at Arthur's House of Jazz in Methuen, MA. One is titled "Positive Energy" (Summit Records). He made it when he was on tour in New Mexico with a local rhythm section of John Rangel (p), Terry Burns (b) & Dave Rost (d). The other is a 2 CD set that I meant to buy from Greg the last time I saw him live but he sold the last copy before I could get one. It's Greg's live recording with Phil Woods "Kindred Spirits: Live At Chan's" (Whaling City Sound).

He had one slightly beat-cased copy of 'Chan's' in his box when I saw him last Summer. Greg signed it but was a bit saddened I think that I went for that one and not one of his newer CDs.

I'd aimed to put that right at one of his fairly frequent UK tours but so far I've yet to catch a more recent gig (usually with the Craig Milverton Trio when in this part of the country). Hopefully he is back at Swanage in July for me to check out his box of goodies.

Edited January 10 by sidewinder

[Kevin Bresnahan]

20 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

He had one slightly beat-cased copy of 'Chan's' in his box when I saw him last Summer. Greg signed it but was a bit saddened I think that I went for that one and not one of his newer CDs.

I'd aimed to put that right at one of his fairly frequent UK tours but so far I've yet to catch a more recent gig (usually with the Craig Milverton Trio when in this part of the country). Hopefully he is back at Swanage in July for me to check out his box of goodies.

He said he's got a new one coming out soon so maybe he'll have that with him the next time you see him... although he did say that it's gotten really bad for CD sales at his shows recently.

[kh1958]

On 1/8/2025 at 2:03 PM, JSngry said:

Ok, I was wondering because the physical store has a literal "Bargain Basement". Literally some cut rate stuff that is literally in the basement. At least it did when my daughter was there last time. We shopped via videochat.

It's sort of an Island Of Misfit Toys and has never been listed on the website that I know of. Still isn't!

Exactly!!!

They got me with these:

• Elliott Carter — Piano Works – Winston Choi
• Beethoven — Complete Cello Sonatas/Variations On Themes From Mozart's Die Zauberflote – Pable Casals & Rudolf Serkin
• Awakening — Hear, Sense & Feel
• Awakening — Mirage
• Llew Matthews with Jackie McLean — Nathalie
• Jaki Byard — Solo/Strings – Jaki Byard With Strings/Solo Piano

 

Click on CD Deals. This takes you to CDs under $9. Then for example Jazz (currently 362 items). There has been a corncucopia of cheap CDs on Delmark, Timeless and Sackville lately. 

[mjazzg]

Julius Eastman - Femenine on Frozen Reeds

On 1/10/2025 at 3:59 PM, Pim said:

That lovely moment a Discogs seller has multiple items from your wantlist:

 

Angles! They're a great band in whichever size

[JSngry]

The physical "bargain basement" had a bunch of "well played" records mostly under $2.00. like at Josey, basically a lot of crap, but you might find something quirky enough or something just for a cover.

[Pim]

14 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Julius Eastman - Femenine on Frozen Reeds

Angles! They're a great band in whichever size

Yeah they definitely deserve some more attention here on the board. Very distinctive and creative sound.

[HutchFan]

I found some classical vinyl bargains at philadelphiamusic on Discogs. 

All four LPs are lieder recitals.

 

 

 

[jlhoots]

Thumbscrew: Wingbeats

[HutchFan]

All four of these are MP3 to CD upgrades:

 

[jcam_44]

On 1/11/2025 at 10:05 AM, JSngry said:

The physical "bargain basement" had a bunch of "well played" records mostly under $2.00. like at Josey, basically a lot of crap, but you might find something quirky enough or something just for a cover.

Yeah. I’ve been in both of those bargain basements. I was on a bit of a time crunch but DG’s basement was a bit overwhelming in compactness and organization. 

[jlhoots]

Preordered the new Jason Isbell & Artemis CDs.