An Afternoon At The Crack House

[shadowlight]

Want to pickup some records for the Zu Audio tour day.  Any tips on how to select and what to look for?  Planning to hit PREX next weekend.

Want to pick something that I already have a CD for so I can compare 
Thanks

[2two]

Want to pickup some records for the Zu Audio tour day.  Any tips on how to select and what to look for?  Planning to hit PREX next weekend.

Want to pick something that I already have a CD for so I can compare 
Thanks

Most people just post pics here with no explanantion as to why they like it or which recording is good or not. Good luck on the hunt.

[jsaliga]

Scored some vintage jazz vinyl...

Les McCann Ltd - In New York (Stereo Pacific Jazz pressing)
Les McCann Ltd - Plays the Shout (Mono Pacific Jazz pressing)
Les McCann Ltd - In San Francisco (Stereo Pacific Jazz pressing)
Les McCann Ltd - The Truth (Stereo Pacific Jazz pressing)
Les McCann - Live at Bohemian Caverns (Stereo Limelight pressing)
Al Hibbler - Torchy and Blue (Decca mono pressing)
Al Hibbler - Remembers the Big Songs of the Big Bands (Decca mono pressing)
Al Hibbler - Sings Love Songs (Verve Stereo pressing)
The 3 Sounds - Moods (Blue Note deep groove mono pressing)
Fats Navarro - Nostalgia (Savoy deep groove mono pressing)
Billy Eckstine - Blues for Sale (EmArcy deep groove mono pressing)
Art Farmer and Jim Hall - Interaction (Atlantic stereo pressing)
Hampton Hawes Trio - The Hampton Hawes Trio Volume 1 (Contemporary deep groove mono pressing)
Don Elliott - Mellophone (Bethlehem deep groove mono pressing)
Art Tatum/Benny Carter/Louis Bellson - Three Giants (Verve deep groove mono pressing)
Lee Konitz and Gerry Mulligan - Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (World Pacific deep groove mono pressing)

--Jerome

[etcarroll]

D -

W/o knowing what you have on CD already it's kinda hard to say.

Steely Dan on vinyl, clean, usually good.

Or, post some CDs you have, maybe folks have the vinyl and can save you the expense. Between Bill and I we should have a few things you might have.

G.

[etcarroll]

Whether the recording is good or not ought to show up in the post when they listen to it, though often nothing is said.

I was often guilty of that, but have been trying of late to comment on SQ and post links to samples.

As to why folks buy things, good luck. That's a very personal thing that may not translate. Hell, I've been record shopping with Bill for 2 years now, I still don't understand a thing he buys.  

Thanks

Most people just post pics here with no explanantion as to why they like it or which recording is good or not. Good luck on the hunt.

[lonewolfny42]

Want to pickup some records for the Zu Audio tour day.  Any tips on how to select and what to look for?  Planning to hit PREX next weekend.

Want to pick something that I already have a CD for so I can compare 
Thanks

Maybe this on Deepak...

http://www.discogs.com/Cassandra-Wilson-Glamoured/release/1669490

[eleazar]

Want to pickup some records for the Zu Audio tour day.  Any tips on how to select and what to look for?  Planning to hit PREX next weekend.

Want to pick something that I already have a CD for so I can compare 
Thanks

I don't usually buy on what others comment or think. Gene is a prince of a guy but as he stated  when it comes to our musical choices we are on diff. highways. I need to hear for myself to decide wether or not I like it. If something peaks my curiosity I'll investigate it on my own. Now that's not to say if I'm offered a suggeation followed by a CD-R that I won't try it.......Bill

[jsaliga]

I buy records mostly because:

• I like the artist
• I like the recording

I also buy the occasional guilty pleasure.

In general, I don't buy records that fail to fit into either of the above categories.  Perhaps I am missing something here, but what more reason does one need?  As for an explanation of why I like an artist or a recording...don't hold your breath.  I've said it before and I'll say it again, search is your friend.  If you want to learn something about an album I bought then do your own homework or ask me a question.  Don't expect me to write an exposition about my purchases when the only person who might give a damn about it is me.

--Jerome

[shadowlight]

Sorry I was not clear on my request.  If I am looking to purchase a record what do I look for and stay away from:

Look for artist and stay away from dust, scratches, condition of the outside cover etc?

I am all over the place on the musical taste from jazz, vocals, classical and electronica.

Jerome, for me right now the only thing that counts is do I like the artist or not or I am trying to listen to a new artist.  That is where having the Princeton Record Exchange close by is both good and bad.  Good in sense that it is cheap to pickup cd's but bad that you kind of go overboard when you start thinking about oh it is only $1.99 what the hell let me try it state  

[allenzachary]

Records should be clean and shiny, without obvious cuts and scratches.  Sometimes a record can be dirty and still sound wonderful; and clean shiny records can still have noise.

Usually a clean cover indicates a record received good care, but always examine the record itself to be as sure as you can be.

Here's a guide to record quality grading:

http://www.goldminemag.com/collector-resources/record-grading-101

[shadowlight]

Records should be clean and shiny, without obvious cuts and scratches.  Sometimes a record can be dirty and still sound wonderful; and clean shiny records can still have noise.

Usually a clean cover indicates a record received good care, but always examine the record itself to be as sure as you can be.

Here's a guide to record quality grading:

http://www.goldminemag.com/collector-resources/record-grading-101

Thank you.  Will read through the post.

[etcarroll]

D -

Look in the deadwax, the area from the last groove of sound to the label. 

Everyone knows, (or should), the artist has some say in how the music is recorded, but that the recording engineer has the final say.

What I've learned as I re-explore vinyl is that where the vinyl is pressed, and who presses it, plays a role as well. This is usually found in the deadwax.

Spend some time in the Steve Hoffman forums searching on 'deadwax' to get a feel on this topic. Here's one to get started.

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=257561&highlight=kendun

[jsaliga]

More vintage jazz vinyl buys...

Dizzy Gillespie - Birks Works (Verve deep groove mono pressing)
Ben Webster - King of the Tenors (verve deep groove mono pressing...very rare)
Jimmy Heath - On the Trail (Riverside deep groove mono pressing)
Count Basie - Kansas City 6 (Pablo stereo LP)
Woody Herman - Jackpot (Capitol mono pressing)
Woody Herman - The 3 Herds (Columbia 6-Eye mono pressing)
Woody Herman - Swing Low Sweet Clarinet (Philips stereo pressing)
Buddy Bregman - Swingin' Standards (World Pacific deep groove mono pressing)
Count Basie/Oscar Peterson - Timekeepers (Pablo stereo LP)
Tony Bennett and Count Basie - Strike Up the Band (Roulette mono pressing)
Betty Carter - Finally! (Roulette mono pressing)
Mark Murphy - That's How I Love the Blues (Riverside mono pressing)
Benny Goodman - Arrangements by Fletcher Henderson (Columbia 6-Eye mono pressing)
Plas Johnson - Mood for the Blues (Capitol stereo pressing)
Benny Goodman - The King of Swing Vol 1 (Columbia 6-Eye mono pressing)
Clark Terry Quartet with Thelonious Monk (Jazzland deep groove mono pressing)
Art Farmer - Listen to (Mercury deep groove mono pressing)
Louis Armstrong - Ambassador Satch (Columbia 6-Eye mono pressing)

--Jerome

[allenzachary]

Today is the 5th Annual Record Fair held at the Columbia Museum of Art.  Each year dealers from all over descend on our tiny city to display and sell their wares and share stories of music and the hunt for the elusive album.

The highlight for me is picking through WUSC's culls.  They usually sell promo CD's by the bag for a token amount, say five bucks. I pick through a bunch of stuff I've never heard of and grab anything that looks interesting.  Each year I bring home about 50 discs, half of which are awful, a third of which are good for someone else and about a quarter are absolute magic.  The real fun is talking to the kids who work at the radio stations and discovering what the music sounds like at home.

Very excited.

[tmazz]

Been out of the game for a while, so I felt a trip to PREX was in order to get things back on track. Surprisingly the stock there was raather thin. One of the guiys behind the cointer said it was because a number of their staff members were on vacation ans there was a bunch of stuff that still need to be put out. But I was still able to put together a decent haul:

Vintage LPs:

Ansermet/Suisse Romande: Scheherazade - Mint London Blue Back
Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops Play the Music of Paul Simon - Polydor
Grieg Piano Concerto/ Rubenstein - RCA Shaded Dog Mono
Dorati/Minneapolis Symphony: Scheherazade - Mercury Wing
Cat Stevens: Izitso - A&M
Gary Puckett & the Union Gap's Greatest Hits - Columbia

CDs

The Beatles: Love - Apple 5.1 Surround DVD-A
Cannonball Adderley (with Bill Evans): Know What I Mean? - JVC XRCD2
Sonny Rollins Quintet: Sonny Plays for Bird - JVC XRCD
Lee Morgan: The Gigalo - Blue Note
Warren Bernhadrt: Reflections - DMP
John Pizzarelli: Knowing You - Telarc
John Pizzarelli: Bossa Nova - Telarc
Buiccky Pizzarelli: Hot Club of 52nd St.
Special EFX: Global Village - GRP
Jazz for Romantic Moments - Savoy 2 CD Set
John Williams Greatest Hits 1969 - 1999 - Sony 2 CD set (Austrian Import)
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson: Thick as a Brick 2 - Chrysalis
James Taylor's Greatest Hits - WB
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Covers the Classics - Fantasy
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Green River  - Fantasy 20 Bit K2 Super Coded
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Pendulum - Fantasy 20 Bit K2 Super Coded
The Best of MTV Unplugged - Helicon/Universal
Texas Unplugged, Vol. 2 - Palo Duro
Manassas: Pieces - Rhino
AM Gold: 1963 - Time/Life
AM Gold: 1965 - Time/Life
AM Gold: #1 Hits of the 70s,  '75-'79 - Time/Life
Willaim Ackerson: Imaginary Road - Windham Hill
Frank Sinatra: Strangers in the Night - Reprise
Steve Miller Band: Wide River - Sailor
Mark Wills: Greatest Hits - Mercury

The following CDs are Jazziz Magazine Samplers:
Guitars, Vol 1 - The Bridge
Guityars, Vol 5
The Key Players, Vol 2
The Key Players, Vol 4
Cool Summer, Vol 2
Cool Summer, Vol 4
Cool Summer, Vol 5
Women, Vol 5
Traces of Love