I made a post yesterday on this topic saying that I prefer to mix my reissue purchases with records found on ebay , garage sales , fleamarkets and record stores. That sometimes I am lucky and sometimes I get disapointed but that was a part of the hobby and why I love it so much;
I wrote that the high price of some original pressings made it difficult, that I would love to have all the Blue Note, Impulse, and CTI recordings. I also said I had quite a few originals that where very special to me. These records are clearly superior to any re-issue. Original Jazz Discograpy
An additional point not mentioned yesterday, Many record companies of that time, especially Impulse, Riverside, Bluenote, CTI etc., had a small amount of capital and pressings where made on a budget so limited quantities were made. The collecting of Jazz Albums at that time was an esoteric passion. Selling more then a few thousand of any one release was the exception not the rule and inventory lasted for years. It is very probable that any original Impulse, Bluenote, Status, or Verve as well as many other labels were from the first pressings made. I know because I worked for Independent Record Distributors in NYC during the early sixties and seventies. I grew up in the record business. When the big companies took over distribution of the boutique labels the originals somtimes were returned to the new companies for credit and resold as cutouts or sentback in New Covers ! with the old records inside. These records sat on the shelf until they sold out. Often it would be years before a conglomerate Record Company would reissue any back catalogue material. It wasn't till the early seventies that the reissue phenomenon began utilizing dorment resources by licensing them to another boutique label or doing the work themselves(often badly).
My main point was to encourage the purchase of a good Record Cleaning Machine. That with the $ saved by not paying outrageous prices one could buy an excellent RCmachine That by using a RCM one is able to expose the naked truth contained in the grooves of those original pressings available as used records.
I also mentioned that you never know you might find a rare Velvet Underground Acetate Recording in a box in Chelsea for 75¢ and sell it on eBay for $156,000.00 dollars. link to VU sale Sold Last Week
I don't understand why this post never made it onto the thread after 12 hours, I certainly made the post with no interest in financial gain or a hidden agenda. I feel it is pertinent to the topic and if one is able to read between the lines a reality check for us that support the market.
Best Regards
Groovey Records
Listening to Pink Floyd 45rpm Harvest Records English Single Money
I wrote that the high price of some original pressings made it difficult, that I would love to have all the Blue Note, Impulse, and CTI recordings. I also said I had quite a few originals that where very special to me. These records are clearly superior to any re-issue. Original Jazz Discograpy
An additional point not mentioned yesterday, Many record companies of that time, especially Impulse, Riverside, Bluenote, CTI etc., had a small amount of capital and pressings where made on a budget so limited quantities were made. The collecting of Jazz Albums at that time was an esoteric passion. Selling more then a few thousand of any one release was the exception not the rule and inventory lasted for years. It is very probable that any original Impulse, Bluenote, Status, or Verve as well as many other labels were from the first pressings made. I know because I worked for Independent Record Distributors in NYC during the early sixties and seventies. I grew up in the record business. When the big companies took over distribution of the boutique labels the originals somtimes were returned to the new companies for credit and resold as cutouts or sentback in New Covers ! with the old records inside. These records sat on the shelf until they sold out. Often it would be years before a conglomerate Record Company would reissue any back catalogue material. It wasn't till the early seventies that the reissue phenomenon began utilizing dorment resources by licensing them to another boutique label or doing the work themselves(often badly).
My main point was to encourage the purchase of a good Record Cleaning Machine. That with the $ saved by not paying outrageous prices one could buy an excellent RCmachine That by using a RCM one is able to expose the naked truth contained in the grooves of those original pressings available as used records.
I also mentioned that you never know you might find a rare Velvet Underground Acetate Recording in a box in Chelsea for 75¢ and sell it on eBay for $156,000.00 dollars. link to VU sale Sold Last Week
I don't understand why this post never made it onto the thread after 12 hours, I certainly made the post with no interest in financial gain or a hidden agenda. I feel it is pertinent to the topic and if one is able to read between the lines a reality check for us that support the market.
Best Regards
Groovey Records
Listening to Pink Floyd 45rpm Harvest Records English Single Money