I bought The same UA Jutta Hipp record about 12-15 years ago on a flea Market in Germany. I Had luck, i paid only 4€...very rare. Still beautiful you will enjoy it
I am also a firm believer in opening vintage pressings. It definitely can invite disappointment! Once I opened a vintage Don Patterson Holiday Soul only to find it littered with pressing dimples. Its all in the game...
Just curious, how are you enjoying your new Luxman Turntable? I’m looking for a used unit but they never seem to surface. Maybe everyone loves them too much. Might have to bite the bullet and buy a new one. Thanks
You could look at it like the $20 extra you spent for the Mccoy Tyner album was the $20 you saved on the value of the Jutta Hipp since it seems like the market suggests that around $130 is the price that Hipp record should go for.
Great video, very interesting. One thing I've noticed about collectors w/r/t sealed records: it's easy to tell somebody else to unseal it. Harder to do that when it's yours. the Tyner record, I have that exact pressing. It sounds OK. the Tone Poet might sound better, but ultimately i didn't think the music was that great anyway, so I didn't double-dip.
Glad I don’t have the OG bug. I stick with my Tone Poets and Classic series. I have unsealed some 80s OJCs. That was fun but even that felt a little criminal. Oh well, it’s all meant to be played and enjoyed.
Thanks for this, I agree on not keeping records sealed. Interested on your weight analysis...is there a resource you use to estimate what the weight of a sealed record should be?
there has been some conversation on this topic over at the London Jazz Collector website. Typically the conversation is around the vinyl on its own, not the weight plus vinyl, but I was interested in this instance to mention it in the event others come across blue notes that are sealed. Perhaps I should start weighing some others from the 1966 - 1975 era and see if there are any commonalities
Great video, I'm with you always open sealed records but equally prefer not too buy them as too many disappointments over the years. It's your money and as long as "collectors" don't "slab" original or hard to find records I don't care
The label isn’t as important as the sound quality, I have all sorts of Blue Notes from different decades, some are said to be lousy but sound great on my rig. I’ve bought sealed from the 70’s, same thing wishing for the best but slightly let down until I dropped the needle. Sure wish your videos were shorter. 🤔
