Hey vinyl lovers: Need some 78 and LP advice.... - Beyond Tiki

D donhonyc Tiki Socialite The Quiet EAST Village Joined: Jan 13, 2003 Posts: 1196	D donhonyc Posted posted on Wed, Nov 16, 2005 10:02 PM Hmmm...I am no Jazz officionado by any means. Jazz is somewhat unchartered territory that I am only just starting to explore. I am more of a 60s pop, garage, Beatles, and general all around obscure underground rock freak. I am also big into finding Mono copies of popular rock LPs in good conditon. A recent score was a VG+ copy of Bob Dylan 'Highway 61 Revisited" in Mono...sidewalk sale for $5. As far as your list Martiki, from first glance I would say from my somewhat undereducated POV that the Gillespe and Gene Krupa 78s may be the most valuable of the bunch. It seems that musicians like them...hardcore Jazz legends...are most in demand. The other stuff you have like Bing Crosby, Mills Brothers, and Tommy Dorsey..things that are swing/big band that border on the easy listening end of the spectrum are not that big a deal, because as thejab noted, that's stuff is everywhere and isn't hard to find. What I personally found interesting in your collection was the The WNEW Saturday Night Swing Session titles you have. WNEW-AM (1130 on the dial) was one of the first and longest lasting standards/swing/big band radio stations in America. It started in the mid/late 30s and lasted until the late 90s. it was the home of the "Make Believe Ballroom" and had many legendary DJs at it's mic over the years. Since it signed off around 1998 it is now New York legend. So those 78s you have may have some value to not only a Jazz historian/freak, but to a New York City historian as well.

Hmmm...I am no Jazz officionado by any means. Jazz is somewhat unchartered territory that I am only just starting to explore. I am more of a 60s pop, garage, Beatles, and general all around obscure underground rock freak. I am also big into finding Mono copies of popular rock LPs in good conditon. A recent score was a VG+ copy of Bob Dylan 'Highway 61 Revisited" in Mono...sidewalk sale for $5.

As far as your list Martiki, from first glance I would say from my somewhat undereducated POV that the Gillespe and Gene Krupa 78s may be the most valuable of the bunch. It seems that musicians like them...hardcore Jazz legends...are most in demand. The other stuff you have like Bing Crosby, Mills Brothers, and Tommy Dorsey..things that are swing/big band that border on the easy listening end of the spectrum are not that big a deal, because as thejab noted, that's stuff is everywhere and isn't hard to find.

What I personally found interesting in your collection was the The WNEW Saturday Night Swing Session titles you have. WNEW-AM (1130 on the dial) was one of the first and longest lasting standards/swing/big band radio stations in America. It started in the mid/late 30s and lasted until the late 90s. it was the home of the "Make Believe Ballroom" and had many legendary DJs at it's mic over the years. Since it signed off around 1998 it is now New York legend. So those 78s you have may have some value to not only a Jazz historian/freak, but to a New York City historian as well.

Post #198538 by donhonyc on Wed, Nov 16, 2005 10:02 PM