Fresh Grabs

Stan Tracey - The 7 Ages Of Man (Columbia, 1970 First Pressing)
Kenny Wheeler And The John Dankworth Orchestra - Windmill Tilter: The Story Of Don Quixote (Fontana, 1969 First Pressing)
Garrick's Fairground - Mr Smith's Apocalypse (Argo, 1971 First Signed Pressing)
Victor Feldman - In London Vol. 2 Big Band (Tempo Records, 1957 First Mono Pressing)

British jazz goodness. A couple of these were ordered quite a while ago but took forever to get to me. Stan Tracey makes 2 appearances this week and both times I was able to get really good deals. Windmill Tilter has been on my wantlist since before the reissue series began and I was worried it would make the prices skyrocket. It certainly hasn't helped but I put in an offer expecting a counter offer but it was accepted so im happy. The Michael Garrick is a huge win. Its an album that I already have BUT this copy was signed by the group in 1972, including Michael Garrick, Norma Winstone, Art Themen, Trevor Tomkins, Henry Lowther & Dave Green. I was able to get this for much less than the average so I plan on eventually selling my other copy to offset it. Finally, another blinding find. Tempo releases typically go for mega money so when I stumbled across this copy of Victor Feldman's "In London" for just £20 I couldn't believe my luck. Discogs has its 'value' at £200!!

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John Coltrane - Live At The Village Vanguard Again! (Impulse!/His Master's Voice, 1966 First UK Mono Pressing)
Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath - Live At Willisau (Ogun, 1974 First Pressing)
Johnny Dankworth Orchestra - 5 & 6 (BBC Transcription, 1963? First Pressing)
Johnny Dankworth Orchestra - 7 & 8 (BBC Transcription, 1963? First Pressing)
Johnny Dankworth Orchestra - 11 & 12 (BBC Transcription, 1963? First Pressing)
George Symonette And His Goombay Sextette - Goombay Rhythms (Bahama Records Ltd, 1956 First 2-7" Set)

Im super happy to have the Coltrane album but have to admit that I messed up with the purchase. I stupidly entered an extra digit on my ebay highest bid so it could have ended really badly, luckily it ended on £30 which was still on the high side but the disc itself is really clean and its an album I have been meaning to get for a while. The Brotherhood of Breath was a cheapo win which im looking forward to listening to on vinyl. The 3 Transcriptions Discs are an oddity and I cant find any info about them online, but I do know they are live recordings which were pressed in a run of less than 100 copies and were meant to be deleted after a certain date. Finally, a cool 2 7" set that opens up like a gatefold. I had never seen anything like this until now and it looked interesting enough to pay the £1 asking price (charity shop). As it happens, the music if fantastic!

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Amancio D'Silva - Konkan Dance (The Round Table, 2021 First Limited Pressing)
Dave Gold Big Band - Heaven On Their Minds (My Only Desire, 2017 First Limited Pressing)
Mike Westbrook Featuring John Surman - Love And Understanding: Citadel / Room 315 Sweden '74 (My Only Desire, 2020 First Limited Pressing)
Mike Westbrook Orchestra Featuring John Surman - Citadel / Room 315 (RCA Victor, 1975 First Pressing)

I purchased a few "unearthed" recordings spurred on by listening to the fantastic "Graham Collier - British Conversations" on repeat. I decided to pull the trigger on the other 2 "My Only Desire" releases which were available for a decent price (minus the allusive Harry Beckett release) which led me to find a very affordable copy of Westbrooks' original Citadel / Room 314 (although the sleeve has seen better days). @Andy also helped persuade me to get this one with a great anecdote about the cover art. I realised that I had streamed it so much that it was about time I bought it and for £18 it was well worth it. Finally, I have been seeing a lot of praise for this Amancio D'Silva and having streamed it a lot over the past few weeks I decided to go for this as well!

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Stan Tracey Trio - Little Klunk (Vogue, 1959 First Pressing)
Cleveland Eaton - Plenty Good Eaton (Black Jazz, 2020 Exclusive Coloured Pressing)

And this leads me to today's finds. I visited Soho today not really expecting to find much. I was chatting to my fiancee on the way over about how the shops in Soho have no internet connection at all, almost like a blackhole, so I can never check online to see if they are priced correctly or if I already have a copy. Usually, I don't need to check for duplicates and if I do I take it as me not really needing it, but on this occasion, I messed up. I saw the Cleveland Eaton price at £18 which seemed to be the going rate and this is the fancy coloured pressing. I knew I had bought the Black Jazz reissues of Calvin Keys and Henry Franklin albums in the Rough Trade sale after Christmas but was convinced I didn't have the Cleveland Eaton. I then got home and there it is, put to one side in my "To Play" pile. So this is the first time (hopefully the last) I have not purposely doubled up on a buy. To counter this, however, I was looking through the records at Sister Ray and the very final record in the stack was one that I knew for certain I didn't have.....because I have been after it for ages!! An original pressing of Stan Tracey's "Little Klunk" on Vogue. I have only ever seen this for sale once and I was outbid (it went for over £100 on eBay). Sister Ray had this priced for much less and its in great condition. Couldn't be happier, it certainly pays to shop in physical record shops!

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Here's an added bonus. I have had records sent to me in a pizza box before, but this is the first time I have had one sent in a wine box!!

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More blasphemous info, lol. For those with smallish CD collections looking for some nice storage, I got these off Amazon, well built, look nice and you can stack a few without issue. The front "flap" has magnets to keep it shut, giving access while stacked and each one holds 40 CDs.

Not bad, kept the top one for the tall stuff and SACD's for now, not anticipating filling this any day soon.

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AnthonyI said:
More blasphemous info, lol. For those with smallish CD collections looking for some nice storage, I got these off Amazon, well built, look nice and you can stack a few without issue. The front "flap" has magnets to keep it shut, giving access while stacked and each one holds 40 CDs.

Not bad, kept the top one for the tall stuff and SACD's for now, not anticipating filling this any day soon.

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I popped into Sounds Of The Universe here in London yesterday. They have their second hand CD's stacked on a shelf above the records and I couldn't believe how much some of them were priced at. £15 - £25 seemed to be the going rate plus more for what I assume is the rarer stuff.

Is there a new demand for CD's? Hopefully, there is and it takes some heat away from vinyl!!
 
Selaws said:
I popped into Sounds Of The Universe here in London yesterday. They have their second hand CD's stacked on a shelf above the records and I couldn't believe how much some of them were priced at. £15 - £25 seemed to be the going rate plus more for what I assume is the rarer stuff.

Is there a new demand for CD's? Hopefully, there is and it takes some heat away from vinyl!!
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I don't know, it seems like some catch wind of the phrase "........a CD revival" and feel the need to capitalize, just like everyone did with vinyl. When and if you see this up tick on Cogs, you'll know it's true, lol
 
AnthonyI said:
I don't know, it seems like some catch wind of the phrase "........a CD revival" and feel the need to capitalize, just like everyone did with vinyl. When and if you see this up tick on Cogs, you'll know it's true, lol
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It very much seems like this is happening! I love CDs and have been buying (mostly used) ones again for a few years, but lately I have noticed silly sticker prices on some of them. Browsing the used CD bins seems a lot like browsing used vinyl did when I first started buying around 2007/08; a few bucks to take a chance on this album I'd heard of/like the cover of. I'm extremely skeptical there is a CD revival but hopefully the very phrase doesn't ruin everything!
 
BjorgenFjorgen said:
It very much seems like this is happening! I love CDs and have been buying (mostly used) ones again for a few years, but lately I have noticed silly sticker prices on some of them. Browsing the used CD bins seems a lot like browsing used vinyl did when I first started buying around 2007/08; a few bucks to take a chance on this album I'd heard of/like the cover of. I'm extremely skeptical there is a CD revival but hopefully the very phrase doesn't ruin everything!
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maybe vinyl prices are pushing people back to cd to some extent?
 
AnthonyI said:
More blasphemous info, lol. For those with smallish CD collections looking for some nice storage, I got these off Amazon, well built, look nice and you can stack a few without issue. The front "flap" has magnets to keep it shut, giving access while stacked and each one holds 40 CDs.

Not bad, kept the top one for the tall stuff and SACD's for now, not anticipating filling this any day soon.

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These Kallax shelf insert work great. Think you can fit about 35 regular jewel cases per shelf, so 70 per cube. They do a good job on those awkward sized cds.
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jamieanderson1968 said:
These Kallax shelf insert work great. Think you can fit about 35 regular jewel cases per shelf, so 70 per cube. They do a good job on those awkward sized cds.
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I thought about going this route, but wasn't willing to give up vinyl storage space for CD's, lol. That being said, it seems like there would be too much wasted space if you went single row in these, and going 2 deep would be a pain to look/grab CD's when the mood hits you............just my opinion of course.
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
These Kallax shelf insert work great. Think you can fit about 35 regular jewel cases per shelf, so 70 per cube. They do a good job on those awkward sized cds.
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Nice Cash shelf there Jamie!(y)

AnthonyI said:
I thought about going this route, but wasn't willing to give up vinyl storage space for CD's, lol. That being said, it seems like there would be too much wasted space if you went single row in these, and going 2 deep would be a pain to look/grab CD's when the mood hits you............just my opinion of course.
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The few cd's I have kept for nostalgia or to play in the car I have put in a cd/dvd folder/book with inserts and ditched the jewel cases. But 99% of my digital is ripped to flac now.
 
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AnthonyI said:
I thought about going this route, but wasn't willing to give up vinyl storage space for CD's, lol. That being said, it seems like there would be too much wasted space if you went single row in these, and going 2 deep would be a pain to look/grab CD's when the mood hits you............just my opinion of course.
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Yup that is my concern as well. I do store stuff in behind, but not things that I would need on a regular basis. I also have a couple of the kallax drawer units, with also hold cds.
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
These Kallax shelf insert work great. Think you can fit about 35 regular jewel cases per shelf, so 70 per cube. They do a good job on those awkward sized cds.
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There’s a company over here that does felt boxes for CDs to fit into that insert for the kallax unit. You can fit four of them in each kallax shelf that way and you get to use the full depth. Wonder if they sell anything like that over there.
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
I think your mrs has a new side hustle. I probably would not want a Spock head, but is she did up a Bowie one I would definitely buy it
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I wish she was making these as a side hustle :-D but she just got it from these folks on Etsy AngledDesigners | Etsy

I think they have a Bowie one on there but it didn't look as close as some of the others. The Easy E one is spot on imo.
 
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