New Jazz LP Arrivals

by jon in In & Around Our Store, Recent Large Collections, Store News

Hello from Princeton Record Exchange

You jazz lovers out there might have noticed that it’s been a little while since we had a large jazz collection come in. Today we are pleased to announce a beauty of over 2,100 titles.

The gentleman who collected these over many years had eclectic jazz tastes (he worked for a jazz institute), and as a consequence the titles are all over the place. They range from swing, through Dixie and traditional, to the classic bop era, with a smattering of vocal and more modern jazz thrown in. He bought many of his records here throughout the years, and it is a lot of fun for us to see some of our original price stickers from the inception of our store (one is featured in our video). The records are for the most part in excellent shape; the collector clearly loved and took good care of his records.

This collection is not heavy on super-rarities. The vast majority of titles have been priced from $1.00 to $4.99, but there is a nice selection of later-press classic titles and a handful of original pressings. The two most notable are an original “homemade” Saturn pressing of Sun Ra’s “Over the Rainbow” and a first press of Lee Morgan on Blue Note records ‘Vol.3”, 47 W. 63rd St. address, deep groove, no “R” on label, “RVG” and “ear” etches, very clean (just a slight scuff) with a glossy cover in great shape (small one inch fray on spine). As far as we can tell, this is one of the cleanest copies that have been put up for sale in several years.

You can see a brief movie about this collection by clicking on the image above. We don’t have the time to list all the titles, obviously, but it does give a feel for the scope. If you are looking for a nice cross-section of inexpensive jazz records, it’s a great time to come visit us!
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On another note, we are running an in-store contest featuring one of our favorite quirky bands, Devo. We are giving away two copies of their new album, “Something for Everybody” which is coming out on Tuesday, June 15. One prize will come with that CD and four of their catalog titles on CD, and the other prize also has the new CD (it’s not out on vinyl yet) and the four catalog titles on LP. All product courtesy of WEA (thanks guys!).

Entries will be accepted in-store from Friday afternoon, June 11 through Monday June 14. No purchase necessary to enter, but you must drop off in person (sorry, no mail entries)

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Hope to see you soon.
Princeton Record Exchange
20 S. Tulane St.
Princeton, NJ, 08542
www.prex.com
609-921-0881