The Blue Note Thread

Selaws said:
I recently had a revelation on my record buying - especially when it comes to Blue Notes. I realised I was spending £15-£25 a time on mediocre reissues which I would only spin once or twice. If I picked up 3-4 of these in a single order it would be around £60-£80. At that price I could pick up a much better sounding first press of a record which I know for a fact would get played more. So for the past couple of months I slashed my purchases down and invested in a few big hitters instead (which were expensive to be fair but only what I would have spent on records anyway). Not only am I saving space, but im playing the records I do have more and enjoying them more.

Edit: Having said that if I see records that I know I will never be able to afford the OG, then throwing £10-£15 at a good reissue is fine by me
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Yep I gave up on this for the most part too. Years ago, I used to buy anything I saw with Blue Note on it. And it’s hard sometimes to find a good deal on something and not buy it even if I don’t entirely love every song on the album. Now, I try to only buy pretty specific pressings (although I did take a punt at 3 or 4 of these Deagostini ones after a few beers last night...) The only issue is that while OG prices go up, I find alternate really good pressings like the japan King presses or MM that I go after instead now haha.
 
MikeH said:
Yep I gave up on this for the most part too. Years ago, I used to buy anything I saw with Blue Note on it. And it’s hard sometimes to find a good deal on something and not buy it even if I don’t entirely love every song on the album. Now, I try to only buy pretty specific pressings (although I did take a punt at 3 or 4 of these Deagostini ones after a few beers last night...) The only issue is that while OG prices go up, I find alternate really good pressings like the japan King presses or MM that I go after instead now haha.
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Yeah great point about the king pressings. The only thing I have found (especially on eBay) is that they seem to sometimes go for as much as the OG's. I was watching some Japanese pressings the other day and they sold for more than the median prices of the original presses, which just seems mad to me. Obviously condition plays a big part, but I sometimes think people put more value on the Japanese presses for the fact they are from there.

One example was a Japanese (Toshiba if I remember correctly) pressing of 'Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage' I was watching a while ago. Had just a couple of bids until the last minute when it shot up and sold for just shy of £90. Now the OG goes for around that (I actually have a copy on its way to me which I certainly paid less than that!). Although eBay is a fickle beast, I also watched an OG of the same record and it sold for £250.......which is more than the highest value discogs has it as. Craziness.
 
Selaws said:
Yeah great point about the king pressings. The only thing I have found (especially on eBay) is that they seem to sometimes go for as much as the OG's. I was watching some Japanese pressings the other day and they sold for more than the median prices of the original presses, which just seems mad to me. Obviously condition plays a big part, but I sometimes think people put more value on the Japanese presses for the fact they are from there.

One example was a Japanese (Toshiba if I remember correctly) pressing of 'Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage' I was watching a while ago. Had just a couple of bids until the last minute when it shot up and sold for just shy of £90. Now the OG goes for around that (I actually have a copy on its way to me which I certainly paid less than that!). Although eBay is a fickle beast, I also watched an OG of the same record and it sold for £250.......which is more than the highest value discogs has it as. Craziness.
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People always get trigger happy at the end of ebay auctions for stuff like that. Or they don't check discogs haha. There are a few ebay sellers now that are known for their Blue Note listings and stuff on there sells for over median or even highest price all the time. Even stuff like AP or Classic records pressings that can be bought at retail still go higher than that occasionally.
 
Selaws said:
Yeah great point about the king pressings. The only thing I have found (especially on eBay) is that they seem to sometimes go for as much as the OG's. I was watching some Japanese pressings the other day and they sold for more than the median prices of the original presses, which just seems mad to me. Obviously condition plays a big part, but I sometimes think people put more value on the Japanese presses for the fact they are from there.

One example was a Japanese (Toshiba if I remember correctly) pressing of 'Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage' I was watching a while ago. Had just a couple of bids until the last minute when it shot up and sold for just shy of £90. Now the OG goes for around that (I actually have a copy on its way to me which I certainly paid less than that!). Although eBay is a fickle beast, I also watched an OG of the same record and it sold for £250.......which is more than the highest value discogs has it as. Craziness.
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Where are you finding OG Maiden Voyage for less than 90 quid? The only one I’d come close to considering on discogs is VG+/VG+ and £217. The Mono is £820.
 
Mr Moore said:
Where are you finding OG Maiden Voyage for less than 90 quid? The only one I’d come close to considering on discogs is VG+/VG+ and £217. The Mono is £820.
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So theres a few places I have been picking up some gems lately. There's a guy in Poland that had a couple of blue notes listed on eBay for reasonable prices, I messaged him to see if he had any plans of listing some more and we've just been emailing back and forth. He takes the approach that if I receive a record from him that he has identified incorrectly then he will pay for me to post it back and fully refund. Seems like a cool guy, and so far I believe I have bought 4 'big ticket' blue notes plus a couple others. He offered up the Maiden Voyage for what I believe to be a crazy good deal because I had already bought from him before and because hes not entirely sure which pressing it is (the photos he sends are garbage but so far he has been spot on with his assessments). Fingers crossed.

Another good place to look (more local to us) is 'Excavate Music' in north london. Their prices are more than the Polish dude but the few bits I have bought are in great condition. Its worth messaging the owner (nick) as hes been more than happy to reduce the prices, especially if you go through paypal instead of eBay direct, or if your ordering a couple of bits. I first messaged and bought some bits through his shops instagram page but the shop does also have eBay.
Even better @Mr Moore , I have found his discogs - Excavate Music Bear in mind that hes likely to be open to offers, and also worth messaging if your looking for a specific artist as the few I bought from him were never listed on their eBay so it might be the same for the discogs.

MikeH said:
Guessing he is going by the median value of 95? I always try to go by last sold pricing myself...
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Yeah, apologies I just took the median from memory (looks to be £112, although you are completely right about it being best to go off the last sold).
 
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Hey ya'll. It's been some time since I've checked in. Nice to see this thread still going strong! If anyone is interested in the Connoisseur series from Blue Note, let me know. I can do 20% off the price listed + flat $5 shipping in the US. I have 29 now. Too many to keep. :( Can ship overseas for cost too, just need to calculate it.

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Doctor_of_Jazz said:
Hey ya'll. It's been some time since I've checked in. Nice to see this thread still going strong! If anyone is interested in the Connoisseur series from Blue Note, let me know. I can do 20% off the price listed + flat $5 shipping in the US. I have 29 now. Too many to keep. :( Can ship overseas for cost too, just need to calculate it.

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Why do you tempt me??
 
Doctor_of_Jazz said:
Hey ya'll. It's been some time since I've checked in. Nice to see this thread still going strong! If anyone is interested in the Connoisseur series from Blue Note, let me know. I can do 20% off the price listed + flat $5 shipping in the US. I have 29 now. Too many to keep. :( Can ship overseas for cost too, just need to calculate it.

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I'm in. Maybe.
Trying to talk myself down...
 
Seems like all of my online purchases from the last few weeks are being delivered today! This is a Japanese King press. Also picked up an early stereo press of Coltrane's Lush Life with VG stamper. A little bit more beat up than I had hoped, but it was $7 shipped and going to try to run it through the record cleaner again to clean up some noise...Jim Hall - Concierto also came through in the mail. Chose a good day to work from home!

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Doctor_of_Jazz said:
Hey ya'll. It's been some time since I've checked in. Nice to see this thread still going strong! If anyone is interested in the Connoisseur series from Blue Note, let me know. I can do 20% off the price listed + flat $5 shipping in the US. I have 29 now. Too many to keep. :( Can ship overseas for cost too, just need to calculate it.

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You b@stard. Of course I might have to pick up a couple so to make the shipping worth it to Canada ;)
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
You b@stard. Of course I might have to pick up a couple so to make the shipping worth it to Canada ;)
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To further drive my bad reputation, I've added some pristine Toshiba pressings. Will do the same 20% off if anyone is interested. They were listed last, so you'll see them first in this view.

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MikeH said:
Very tempted but a few too many discogs lowball offers went through today so I'm tapped out for a bit on my vinyl purchasing!

By the way, whoever recommended this album...much love. Got a Van Gelder stamped press on ebay for a steal and the album is fantastic!


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I think it was me, was it? I said I prefered Jim over Grant Green and sugested this album.
Anyway haha, glad you're enjoying it. The compositions are fantastic, and that lineup is hard to beat. I'm super jealous of your Van Gelder stamped copy!
 
agutierrezb said:
I think it was me, was it? I said I prefered Jim over Grant Green and sugested this album.
Anyway haha, glad you're enjoying it. The compositions are fantastic, and that lineup is hard to beat. I'm super jealous of your Van Gelder stamped copy!
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I think it was you! Thanks again. Such a great lineup and the record is just really solid all around. Great recommendation. And it was only $6 on eBay from Carolina Soul! I was the only person to bid on it apparently. I won another auction from them on a record and was looking for more to add to it to save a little on shipping and remembered the cover for it so took a shot.
 
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