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Post by kalcidis on Oct 10, 2007 19:59:44 GMT
If I'd pass away (knock on wood) and had a record collection worthy of discussing this matter over I'd prefer if one of my collector-friends stepped in and sorted out the selling so my family could get what the records are worth (or at least something near it).
I don't have a problem selling it to the eBay vultures. Probably because I'm one of them and I turn to eBay because that's the only place I can find much of the music that I love and never had a chance to find any other place - mostly due to the fact that I wasn't even born when it was released.
... unless someone in my family would actually like listening to the music. Then I'd prefer them keeping it.
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Post by bobbrooks on Oct 10, 2007 20:39:08 GMT
Greedy me ol' mucker, If your thinking of jumping off a bridge in the near future, phone me quick and I'll come around with the pricing gun HA HA HA  |
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Post by The Favorite on Oct 10, 2007 20:42:08 GMT
HA HAH AH HA!! nice one bob  -- |
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Post by bobbrooks on Oct 10, 2007 20:50:38 GMT
On a serious note. I have had the wonderful privilege of thumbing through some of the finest collections on the planet. Asher G, Dave Home, Steve Barrow to name but a few. Although these guys have tunes to make any collector weep, I must share my personal top 3. Each person is here regarded in their own right, so in no preferential order...... The late great Ken Kouri (Federal Records) had an LP collection that I absolutely refused to look at on the grounds that I might go insane. The legendary Duke Vin from London has some of the finest records and Dubplates from way back ("The Ticker" is an example). But if you ever want to see 45's that are in absolute pristine condition and have been treasured for years, my hat must go off to Winston "Merritone" Blake. I thumbed through a sprinkling of record boxes at one of his sessions.....I could only shake my head. Winston being a DJ from way back was always in the front of the queue when it came to almost every release including records pressed my the handful. I'm quite sure that my 20/20 vision has suffered since this awesome "sighting" |
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Post by admin on Oct 10, 2007 20:55:29 GMT
If I jump off a bridge it'd best be one over a river otherwise I'll cause an earthquake.....
Respect
Gordy
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Post by Freddy C on Oct 10, 2007 21:13:21 GMT
I remember Merritone being mentioned here a while back as a label that has been vastly overlooked by the reissuers.
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Post by The Favorite on Oct 10, 2007 21:20:55 GMT
i remember that freddy.. don't know who (all) was saying it, but remember the point..
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Post by sangq on Oct 10, 2007 22:06:36 GMT
 ~I gotta come clean; I am 6'4" but I'm only about 195 lbs. I just picked 420 for obvious reasons. So it is I who must bow down to you! 
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Post by soulselector on Oct 11, 2007 1:34:44 GMT
One of the nicest things my son ever said to me was when I was discussing the possibility of my unexpected demise, what to do w/ the record collection, and who I advised him to handle the liquidation w/ him---his reply was something to the effect he may not care for the genres of music I like, but he'd keep it together because he saw it as a collection of art. And as you say Freddy C---why have records just to look at them? I love to play them out in the clubs, on a set, at a wedding, entertaining for fun and profit... |
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Post by Mick Sleeper on Oct 11, 2007 3:12:52 GMT
I have left detailed instructions with a trusted friend regarding the fate of my music and DVD collection should I kick the bucket. Everything will be sold on E-Bay with all the proceeds going to Amnesty International.
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Post by hamburger on Oct 11, 2007 7:05:49 GMT
i would ask:
which size makes sense ?
if you have 100.000 records, to how many of them will you ever lsiten again ?
have you listened to them all at least one time ?
yes, not only money is a factor, time too !
i really don't have a too big collection but i sometimes have problems finding a disc or track.
and i, like gordon and many others here, am not limited to reggae, as much as i like it.
so i have to split my money between reggae, rocksteady, ska, funk, soul, lounge, hiphop, jazz.
i now only still buy essential reggae releases like the forthcoming Bim Sherman set or the hopefully coming Shalom dub. i don't buy any ragga because i like it as much as actual hiphop (and that means i don't care about it).
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Post by Mr Swing Easy on Oct 11, 2007 8:34:55 GMT
bob brooks : i did not want to look at it in case i went insane.
i feel excatly the same about penny's. in the dozen or so times i've been up there i have only once looked through any of his tunes. i was trying to spot a phillip frazer tune i would like to hear & penny pulled off about 20 phillip frazers. i strated to feel ill after leafing through the first half dozen - all on labels i did not know existed (i have been studying these things for over 20 years now) all tunes i dod not know existed - so i stopped.
does'nt some library in moscow have the world's best coxsone collection after studio one p ?
steve - its not the size its what you do with it ! spot on that .
when i'm gone ? dunno, but i recall giving ringo first pick.
mse
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Post by Disco Bum on Oct 11, 2007 8:46:10 GMT
The reclusive Hank Homes (whom I've yet to meet) is a pioneer of the reggae scene here in L.A. and his collection is legendary. I'm told he started seriously accumulating Ja. music in the EARLY `70s, pretty unusual for us yanks. Check the intro to Steffens/Pierson's Wailers discography for Hank's story.
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Post by Disco Bum on Oct 11, 2007 8:50:08 GMT
OOps, that should be Holmes
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Post by admin on Oct 11, 2007 10:45:55 GMT
Oh look it's FTA with more jibery.
Change the fucking record man.
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Post by doorpeeper on Oct 11, 2007 12:00:46 GMT
I have no interest in having a large collection. All I keep are records I love and play, everything else gets moved on.
What's the point of having boxes and boxes of records cluttering up the place, many of which you don't even know you own, or you played once in 1979 and then shoved away.
I really can't understand it.
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Post by Freddy C on Oct 11, 2007 12:07:05 GMT
I have no interest in having a large collection. All I keep are records I love and play, everything else gets moved on. What's the point of having boxes and boxes of records cluttering up the place, many of which you don't even know you own, or you played once in 1979 and then shoved away. I really can't understand it. Me neither. Having said that I have boxes and boxes of records cluttering up the place, some of which I don't even know I own, or haven't played once since 1989 when I shoved them away. ;D |
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Post by steverice on Oct 11, 2007 12:09:40 GMT
I have no interest in having a large collection. All I keep are records I love and play, everything else gets moved on. What's the point of having boxes and boxes of records cluttering up the place, many of which you don't even know you own, or you played once in 1979 and then shoved away. I really can't understand it. Me neither. Having said that I have boxes and boxes of records cluttering up the place, some of which I don't even know I own, or haven't played once since 1989 when I shoved them away. ;D and that is the first and last words on record collecting...pure genius |
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Post by zapatoo on Oct 11, 2007 12:51:47 GMT
I play all my records, LPs / singles / albums / CDs carefully and listen to them assiduously every single week... ;D
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Post by hamburger on Oct 11, 2007 13:16:56 GMT
must be a pretty small collection, joe ! ;D
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Post by zapatoo on Oct 11, 2007 15:29:56 GMT
must be a pretty small collection, joe ! ;D You know me, Mario - small in all departments  ;D |
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Post by Mr Swing Easy on Oct 11, 2007 17:06:13 GMT
the late great charlie reggae once said to me that giving away his records or 'moving them on' would be the same as giving one of his children away. he could not do it. i purged my own collection of all non black music in 1985 - something i bitterly regret. i got bobbins for them & now cannot stash my jam, springsteen, new wave, talking heads (i know i know)punk, pop & prog rock (here i must confess to lp's by barclay james harvest, pink floyd and, getting his coat, genesis) boz scaggs, er, jackson brown, elton john ..........) in the cupboard.
mse
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Post by dudleytheone on Oct 14, 2007 0:51:47 GMT
pretty interesting thread.
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Post by heanorman on Oct 14, 2007 11:38:53 GMT
Chrisb, Mark Lamarr is indeed an authority on rockabilly, and on rhythm & blues, and probably collected those genres before he was collecting ska and reggae, the same goes for Jesse Birdsall whose collection I saw a few years ago; its magnitude astounded me, as did the very orderly way in which he kept it. But has it occurred to you that if Lamarr went through boxes at record fairs and left many hot items in there, it was quite possibly because he owned copies already?
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Post by chrisb on Oct 15, 2007 12:36:29 GMT
Hearnoman I should have mentioned in my initial post that from comments Lamarr made whilst hanging around the stall after his purchases it was apparent he had no idea what he'd missed, but hey a musical education as I would say.
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Post by Mr Swing Easy on Oct 15, 2007 14:14:46 GMT
m le merde is a reggae imposter.
msez
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Post by steverice on Oct 15, 2007 14:18:05 GMT
m le merde is a reggae imposter. msez 100% shaper |
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Post by admin on Oct 15, 2007 14:37:47 GMT
Why all the hatred of Mark Lamarr?
I met the bloke at the Larry Marshall show and he came across as a down to earth decent bloke albeit a little bit dry.
Respect
Gordy
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Post by admin on Oct 15, 2007 14:39:24 GMT
You know the show, Larry Marshall's first ever time in the UK, a true reggae legend and the place was half empty  Respect Gordy |
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Post by dudleytheone on Jul 3, 2008 20:37:12 GMT
quite an interesting read. |
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~I gotta come clean; I am 6'4" but I'm only about 195 lbs. I just picked 420 for obvious reasons. So it is I who must bow down to you! 
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