[78-L] Auction Sticker Shock

[Cary Ginell]

The obvious question here is....WHY??? There is an obsession with "1st pressings" on jazz labels like Blue Note and Prestige that defies comprehension. In many cases, the difference is a matter of a small hallmark on the run-off groove or a different address listed on the label. Is there a huge difference in the sound quality? Were there a significantly few first pressings made? How many? Or is this simply a supply-and-demand marketplace gone berserk? I can understand when there may be only a few copies of a Paramount or Gennett 78 in existence that drives a price into 4 or 5 figures, but for an LP that was originally pressed in thousands of units, how can you compare them?

Cary Ginell



> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:14:41 -0400
> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Auction Sticker Shock
> 
> Julian Vein wrote:
> > Geoffrey Wheeler wrote:
> >   
> >> Sorry I didn’t provide a link. I am not good at doing this, but here it  
> >> is to copy and paste.
> >>
> >> http://shop.ebay.com/jazzrecordcenter/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25
> >> _______________________________________________
> >>     
> > Nice to have, but not at these prices!
> >
> >       Julian Vein
>  But those aren't the prices, THESE are the prices.
> 
> http://completed.shop.ebay.com/jazzrecordcenter/m.html?LH_Complete=1&_fln=1&_ipg=25&_trksid=p3911.c0.m283&_rdc=1
> 
> Mike (checking the blood pressure now) Biel  mbiel at Mbiel.com 
> 
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