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I've got Lincoln Mayorga, Harry James, Virgil Fox, Charlie Byrd, and a couple others. Brand new and unopened.
How long do you think it will be when these are actually worth something to a collector? I'm thinking another 30-50 years.
I ain't in no hurry to sell them. The kids will get 'em.
I'm just askin'.
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I personally love the Direct-To-Disc recordings. I have hundreds of them, sealed & open.
After years of collecting and finally selling all my audio equipment I have no more
of a need for my collection. Also, the longer I store them the condition keeps going
downhill. I have been finding out that the value of the Direct-To-Disc albums,
for the most part for the exception of a few, are not worth as much as I feel that they are.
In the Audiophile circles they seem to sell for a little bit more let's say at venues like
Denver's Audiofest but on EBay they seem to go for a lot less money. Some that
I have seen are down right cheap !!!!! When I realized this I was depressed and
surprised. Half Speed recordings have appreciated like I thought they would and
are selling for some real decent amounts.
Larry
"I have been finding out that the value of the Direct-To-Disc albums,
for the most part for the exception of a few, are not worth as much as I feel that they are."
Yes, that's pretty much what I thought. As I wrote initially, I think it's another 30 - 50 years before there's any real value to most of them. Given that we're already +/- 30 years away from that era, I ain't holdin' my breath.
Since you have so many, you might want to consider donating them to a music or audio archive/museum. The University of North Texas music library might be a good place, as well as the Sherman Jazz Museum or the Los Angeles Jazz Institute. There are tax benefits.
Thanks for the info guys!
My Lincoln Mayorga is Vol. III, Take 5.
I've also got the Thelma Houston Pressure Cooker, but it's not sealed.
Just fyi, I've got dupes of some of these, that I actually play. I don't make a habit of buying records and never opening them, although, I do have a color printer that's been sitting in the box for a year. ;)
Collectors Frenzy is a good source-
I love this one.Pretty damned good music, too.
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Music. Window or mirror?
Edits: 08/15/12
Hi, Inmate51:
I also have many such recordings, though the majority of them are not sealed as yours are. A local producer, Leo De Gar Kulka, whose label "Sonic Arts", also issued many such recordings. A couple of years ago, I picked up multiple sealed examples of some of these. I do not think that many of these recordings are really worth tons of money, but in some cases, the actual recordings themselves are pretty impressive just on the basis of the quality represented and the extra dynamics.
Post some for sale on Audiogon and see what happens!
Good Luck
Richard Links
Berkeley, CA
Prices vary: At one time prices were very high and with the crisis of 2008 prices have dropped somewhat.
Lincoln Mayorga vol I is the most valuable because it has the fewest number of albums printed. At one time it was worth up to $1K, simply because of its scarcity. The others you list are not quite as valuable, although the Crystal Clear Charlie Byrd has some value about $50 or so, IIRC. The Sheffield Amanda McBroom and Thelma Houston have greater value, because of the accessibility of the music.
Of course, I haven't checked prices in over a decade, so take every thing I say with lots of salt.
There is a website: Popsiki.com, that tracks all the internet sales of various LP's and lists their prices.
Stu
popsike.com
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
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