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There's a TON of LP covers (front and back yet!) at this site. Many jazz covers, seems like ALL the Blue Notes, incredibly rare 10", 78 sets, etc. Also some great vintage stereo systems.Aquariums and cactus too, if you're so inclined!
It's a huge site with an index on the left. Hours of fun! Loads of fascination! Smiles galore!
WARNING!: If you are on dial-up or have a slow connection, avoid this site. It is HUGE and takes a while to load. But once it's there, it's worth it!
"I always play jazz records backwards, they sound better that way"
-Thomas Edison
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Straight to the Blue NotesIf you wonder why original BNs are so damn expensive and scarce these days, it's easy to know why - the affluent Japanese collectors already bought all the good copies they could get.
I have more than a slight suspicion many prized jazz LPs have ended up in Japan.
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either in person (including reissues of course) or at numerous websites and in numerous books - over the years.His BN collection IS very impressive though.
"I always play jazz records backwards, they sound better that way"
-Thomas Edison
it's pretty well-publicized fact. if you do a web search, you can find articles about how that vinyl was taken out of the US by the container-load.actually, even at today's (inflated) prices, they are still cheaper than what the same vinyl sells for in japan.
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I don't want to become dehydrated from too many tears. I drool every time I go there...another way to lose bodily fluids!Dear God, it's depressing! The drop in the bucket my 3000 Jazz LPs represents is beyond imagination; enough to make me commit nuggicide!
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If I had more money I'd soon be broke...but I'd have more LPs!
a quick estimate (16 pages with 150 albums/page (usually less)) would say that you probably have MORE albums than he does.why is your 3000 "a drop in the bucket"? it shouldn't be...at least in terms of quantity.
I have, maybe 50 or so original Blue Notes (I really have no idea)...many later issues and even more reissues from OJC on up to the more expensive reissue companies. I am satisfied with having the music, I really am. BUT it is so neat holding old Contemporary LPs, and Blue Notes, and early Verves, Emarcy, etc.I love having all the Jazz titles I own...about 2800 on my spread sheet (3000 is probably a quite conservative estimate taking in 2 LP sets and box sets). That many of them are Columbia and other "heavy" publishing companies doesn't bother me...it's all great music. BUT I want it all!
I also know that I'll never have it all, but if one has no dreams and aspirations concerning his collection (or life, of course), then the collection is dead. Growth is part of collecting; there's always copies of things that could be cleaner than the ones I own. Finding jackets with less wear, or earlier pressings is a kick, too. To own ONLY the rare LPs would be a rather boring collection for me, but again, holding an old Blue Note or Contemporary or ??, knowing I found it by getting off my duff and LOOKING for it, makes it very special. Almost my entire collection was derived from yard sales and flea markets!
Anyone, as long as they have the money, can get on-line and get anything they want. Not many have the desire to lie on their stomach, on a dusty floor, under a rickety table stacked with books just to look at a box of 25 LPs. Not many have knelt on partly frozen ground during a rain shower in the middle of May at the first yard sale of the season, just to look at a few thousand LPs and grab "the good ones" before they were ruined by the rain!
Or, I could have sat in an office while my secretary made calls to people I needed to speak with while I ordered LPs from a used record dealer. I never had an office, unless you call the desk at the front of a 400 foot warehouse an office. And that company was as likely to have a computer as I am to have dainty feet.
I don't put down the office guy, you do what you have to do to get what you want. It's just that knowing how hard I worked to get those records, getting up and out to yard sales before 6:00 and still NEVER late opening the warehouse, are memories that make having this collection special.
Jeez, I always give you more than you ask for and try to bore you to death! Motor mouth and motor-fingered! One day I'll learn to shut the f*** up!
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If I had more money I'd soon be broke...but I'd have more LPs!
mike-
you weave good tales and -- you're right -- having a story behind all those LPs makes them even more interesting.the pickins are even more slim for anyone even attempting what you've done -- they are likely to be much less successful in finding that "good stuff" (i use quotes as there is a ton of "good stuff" out there that hasn't (yet) been fetish-ized by collectors) you mentioned.
i've always felt that one aspect of listening to records is wondering about the story behind the album -- meaning whose hands did it pass through, did someone throw this record on the hi-fi in the 1950s to seduce their future spouse, etc.
while we can talk about the sonics and larger-format artwork all we wish, i think that recognizing these items as a part of history (and living history at that, given they are still making the rounds and passing through peoples' hands) is an important added bonus for me.
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a whole bunch of big fish in small bare tanks thay can barely turn around in. That's not cool.
http://homepage2.nifty.com/recordcollectors/charisma.htmlfor vintage rock LPs is pretty fantastic! For more than Charisma, go all the way down the page. If you see many mistakes in these labelographies, I'd love to hear about it (my education).
I enjoy listening to records a lot more than obsessing over labels and issue numbers and so on. I do appreciate the amount of work that goes into such sites and the value as a reference they hold, I just don't use them much. I do like perusing the old covers for the art and nostalgia value.
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