How to identify original Blue Note jazz records: A Quick and Easy Way 

I'm not an investor or collector, but this is really great information. Very interesting!

Great video! When I first started collecting Blue Notes I had to figure all this information out by scouring the London Jazz Collector site - this video is a nice one-stop-shop alternate.

Very informative, in live in london and funny enough I was at a record fair and heard a buyer telling a seller off for labeling a blue note record as a first issue. The buyer was an American as well 😅😅😂😂

The United Artists repressings from the early 70s sound fantastic, a good option for collectors on a budget!

Thanks Jason, great info! First vid I’ve watched of yours, so just subd and will start looking at the rest of yours!

Super useful info, Jason. Having worked at one, I think people need to pay more attention to the pressing plant than they tend to.

Very informative, thank you. Great attitude and eloquence. Keep up the good work, my friend!

Awsome vid! Thanks Jason!

Super interesting. Thank you.

What great info. Thanks!

Thank you for sharing the knowledge! 👊

Thank you very helpful

A clear and concise guide. Thank you.

Thanks for the info

The Lexington adress is more relevant since later pressings often use the same metalwork. You wont find any Liberty Lexington pressings.

very helpful, streamlined and concise. thank you very much.

Love this channel

Great info

Thank you!

Wow, who knew! Excellent advice and guidance.

Thanks for video

thanks for the "P" info that's very helpful.

Very good info and I’m a Bluenote collector and I have the book as well. Are you an original collector only? While I love originals, I will buy a repress as well, if I love the music until I come across an original. I love doing listening comparisons between the pressings. Bluenote is one of the most interesting record labels on the planet as you go through the Lexington era without and with the trademark R, the New York labels, the miss labels on one side, the Liberty area 70s-the Liberty white and blue, the Liberty purple and Black B, the Blue with the white B and the two-fors with the White B. The new Tone Poet and Classic series is really opening up Bluenote to a new audience and exciting it’s older base. I own all of the Tone poets and most of the Classic series. The pressings when available are all Analog and sound almost as good or in some cases better than the originals. The Music Matters stuff is just ridiculously expensive and if one is considered it, I would rather have the originals even though the SRX stuff sounds great and is climbing considerably in value. I also collect other labels like Columbia, Savoy, Impulse-who also have an interesting history, Black Jazz Records and others.

Very very informative video man thank you for sharing this with us! Peace

Great video,. as well as mono I think blue note very early on perfected stereo recordings. Also, please correct me if I’m wrong, I find original releases between late 65 - 67 becomes a little muddied as both press plants got used.

Very helpful video!

great stuff, thank you very much! subscribed

ok now i’m sad because i thought i snatched a original :( thank you for the tips, will come to use in the future :)

We need to talk...I'm in the DMV, and I'm sure we have the same tastes when it comes to record purchases. I go to HR Records about once a month to purchase hard-bop jazz...I'll leave my contact info with the owner so that you can reach me...

This was great!

Thanks that was interesting

Thanks! I’m starting to get into record collecting as well. Are there any tips or resources you might point toward for ECM records as well?

Hey Jason, thanks for the video, super helpful. Follow your channel and you got an impressive collection. Wanted to ask you if in your experience/expertise you have found/know about an original Blue Note without the “ear”. I live in a part of Europe where to find an original Blue Note is almost impossible, however I own a copy from Blue Note 4177 Some other stuff from Gracham Moncour, and everything indicate that it is a first press, however no ear on the dead wax. Thanks!

When do flat edge records and the framed front covers matter? I have an early Jutta Hipp with all characteristics you mention with the additional characteristic of a framed front cover but lacks the flat edge so it very likely isn't a first press.

*furiously writing down notes to out-scam record stores with small jazz sections*

Good stuff.. thanks! Can you do the same for Verve, Clef, Norgran? Or is that different?

Thank you!