I'll try reviving this. I'm putting prices just to give a general sense, but really hoping to trade (if the listing a price isn't kosher, let me know and I'll remove them). I'm on the lookout for: vinyl, tubes (EL84, SV83, 6SN7), but open to whatever catches my eye.
Jazz: The good news? They’re first editions. The bad news? Snap, crackle pop. Both have been wet cleaned, both have a number of scratches, though none of them very deep. Neither record skips on my system.
Horace Silver, Song For My Father. BLP 4185. Mono. Vinyl has a number of light scratches, none very deep. Play graded with a Denon 103 after a wet cleaning, and the cartridge did not skip, though there is crackling throughout. Noticeable on the quieter tunes, not so much on the “hot” numbers. New York, USA label with VAN GELDER and “ear.” Label has some ink streaks. Jacket is in good shape, with a little wear along top edge and some slight age discoloration on back but otherwise fine. $30.
The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays One Never Know. Atlantic 1284, black label mono. Same condition as the Silver - looks like heck, plays not as bad as it looks, no skips. $8
Classical: Just culling some records from the classical shelf. No beater copies in the bunch - maybe a few rare ticks very few and far between - and I’m mainly saying that because I haven’t listened to them in a while - but overall in great condition.
Verdi, Othello highlights. Dresden Symphony directed by Helmut Seydelmann. Eterna ST 33 - not listed on Discogs. Stereo. German pressing.
Hayden, Symphony 101 (“The Clock” and Symphony No 92 (“Oxford”). Columbia Masterworks, ML 4268, six-eye. Mono. Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra on the former, George Szell conducting Cleveland Orchestra on the latter.
George Gershwin, Porgy & Bess (selections); Morton Gould Spirituals. Antal Dorati conducting Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. Mercury Living Presence MG 50016.
Recital on the Organ of St. Alban’s Abbey, Peter Hurford organist. Alpha AVM 005. Mono. Selections from Bach, Mozart, Paul Hindemith and Nicholas de Grigny. Hey, everyone needs at least one organ record.
