[78-L] Auction Sticker Shock

[Julian Vein]

Cary Ginell wrote:
> 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?
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> Cary Ginell
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I doubt if the UK Esquire equivalents of Prestige would command the same 
sort of prices, even though they are master pressing and probably on 
cleaner vinyl.

      Julian Vein


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