My Blue Note Vinyl Collection - so far! 

Your second copy of Empyrean Isles is actually a Maiden Voyage... Nice stuff !

One word: Fantastic Blue Note collection Armien. Doesn't get much better than that. Thanks for sharing them with us. Hope you are doing well my friend~ Rob/Boston

Great stuff dude! So many amazing pressings of incredible albums. Thanks making an entry.

Some great classic Blue Note albums. I like that cover of Blue Note Revisted.

I love how happy you look! I am also a young collector at only 19, but I have had the privilege of acquiring a good few blue notes, about the same quantity as yourself. Good luck hunting my friend!

Looks like many hours of listening bliss. Great collection.

Nice collection and thanks for sharing. Jazz is my passion and makes up the bulk of my collection, though I have all manner of genres. Point being though, it's always enjoyable watching others share pieces of their own jazz collection, Blue Note or otherwise. It's great to share in this - not just a passion of records, but, in this case, jazz as well. Thanks again and keep up the great work.

I loved "Tzoot Zims". Great collection.

Excellent collect, great video, keep it coming.

Cool video I love your jazz collection I want to get in to jazz music

Great collection dude, you have excellent taste!

Great Blue note collection! So jealous.

Ah man!! Beautiful collection there. Cannonball, Coleman, Green, Coltrane, Hancock, McLean, and on and on! GREAT Jazz there.

Always love seeing new videos from you, Armien! Love seeing the Japanese pressings and the line "I have my entire life to collect Blue Notes" made me smile. It is the time it takes to get some of our prized targets that makes them that much more appreciated. Keep up the great videos please. All the best, Stavros

I only have a few Blue Notes, but they are mostly OG pressings. I scored 6 original first issue pressing BLue Notes in one garages sale dig last year for a dollar a piece. I was in heaven!!!

Very Nice Blue Note Records Collection! I Love the Japanese Pressings especially 🤩

Not sure I've said anything yet, but I dig the new intro. I absolutely LOVE the Japanese pressings of Blue Note records as well. The pressings are usually top notch and the packaging has such great attention to detail. It's amazing that you collected all those albums in just two years! Great video (as usual) Armien.

Hi Armien That's a very nice collection of blue notes you have there, so thanks for sharing. I'm still in the infancy of building up some classic jazz vinyl, getting there slowly but surely with the standards first then hopefully some more obscure stuff along the way. Love Norah Jones, still need to pick that one up, didn't realise it was on Blue Note. Cheers Dean

hi armien really impressive blue note collection. I can tell that these records are really well cared for and that you hold them in high regard. great artists of quality and legend. thanks for sharing them with the vc. rob

GGRREEAATT Armien loved what you shown Man I still trying to hunt down that Sonny Clark masterpiece and Curtis Fuller great stuff I still Have a long way to go love you Blue Note Collection

Love the turntable. Oh my.

Very impressive, Armien... I have lots of these digitally, but it is always nice to have the vinyl...

Impressive collection buddy .. respect

madlib madlib madlib. vinyl legend.

WOW...i must say i have only one of those, but i am truly impressed..that's just awesome

holly crap!/////so beautiful to see!

Very nice collection ! I just got my very first Blue Note record, it's Passing Ships by Andrew Hill. Thank you for sharing your impressive collection...!!!!

I dig the lead in with the labels Armien! Keep making those..way fun.

First Blue Note album I ever bought was : Horace Silver, Blowing the blues away, Barrys Records Shop, Manchester in 1960 Marvellous to know people still buying this Music

Really nice collection. Very cool!

Amazing collection !

Hi Brother Armien! Ah!! Your Blue Note collection!!! Finally got to see them!!! Thank you for showing us! Looking forward to more from you! Best regards, Ian.

Very nice stuff! I also love the Music Matters and Tone Poets, but it’s important knowing that those are not definitive versions of those albums

Something about those album covers in poly sleeves which look so beautiful. Excellent collection, makes me want to collect more Blue Note records!

Amazing collection

Looks like you have Blue Notes for many Sundays to come :)

Lol man, you only have audiophile pressings of Blue Note ! That's pretty incredible, I didn't know your collection was as focused on audiophile stuff. Next time you purchase from the USA, I'm on it !!! I like how your videos are always clean and well recorded, the Blake sleeves look killer too. Great LP's :-) Thanks for the subtile wink, I'll try to record one soon but I may be out of the contest (nevermind, it's always good to show).

To all the must have “original” Blue Note pressing snobs; if you haven’t heard a Music Matters Jazz repress then you are surely missing out. The most beautiful sounding (and looking) Blue Note reissues ever. Hands down! I have at least 50 of the Music Matters reissues and they are superb!!

Looking forward to your next video Brother Armien!!! :-D keep up your good vids!!!

superb collection

You should do a in depth video on your turntable. I have seen it in previous videos and it looks quite interesting. Also great blue note collection.

Great Bluenote collection thus far!

Nice Blue Note collection, Armien! looks top quality! even japanese pressings! ooo! the only album I have from your collection is Speak No Evil, but not that version of it. makes me want to get more jazz! :D

Armien , Great collection !! Thanks , Jimmy ....

veri nice response! i think i will do one blue note too when my records arrive in Greece from Berlin!

Very nice stuff!

Ich warte immernoch auf ein Kind Of Blue-Video oder ein Miles Davis-Pur-Video :D Wie immer ein tolles Video!

Impressive, most impressive !

Very nice collection. Had no idea that "Blue Note Revisited" was ever released on vinyl. Japanese pressing of Herbie Hancock, wow! Many jazz-landmark albums off course, that I still need to add to my collection. So far, my jazz-collections is pretty basic (mainly 24bit files and a couple of sacd's).

Great video, as always. Blue Note had so much great music.

Great Blue Note collection! Many great titles! I love seeing the Japanese pressings, some of the free jazz on Blue Note I need to up grade, (C Taylor, Andrew Hill, T Williams, etc) I'm think of buying Japanese versions because there are no Music Matters or of Analogue Production versions of them.

Do you have any nice outer poly sleeves to recommend that easily fit gatefold 2xlps? Also, what are your favorite outer poly sleeves for single lps? Many thanks for your help and great vids!

Nice collection! It seems you like Grant Green. If you ever see a copy of "Talkin' About" then I really think you'd like it. It has Green on guitar, Larry Young on organ, and Elvin Jones on drums. Kind of a unique set of instruments for Blue Note and really good stuff.

nice sleeves that you keep your vinyl in. quality

Have you compared the 70th anniversary analog tape pressings to the Liberty pressing and if so, what do you think? Than ks!

So far, I have 12 of the 33.3 rpm Music Matters reissues and not a dud amongst them. They have become my go to album series for quality Blue Note. Highly recommended.

I do not have any Blue Note records, I have a few jazz records from Analog Productions. I want to start getting a few! Do you like Music Matters best ? Or the Japanese pressings? Or do you have one you like best? I really like the sound of the 45 rpm even though the cost is high!

Very impressive collection. Are you still collecting vinyl records? If you have i would recommend buying some of the Blue Note Tone Poet jazz records.

Still a tonne of classic Blue Note albums to add to your collection. If I was you I'd be looking for the following records next (all Blue Note essentials): Art Blakey: Moanin' or A Night In Tunisia (or any of the early live albums) Larry Young: Unity Hank Mobley: Workout or Soul Station Ike Quebec: Blue And Sentimental Joe Henderson: Page One Kenny Dorham: Una Mas or Trompeta Tocatta Horace Parlan: Up & Down My collection runs to nearly 10,000 records so this video got me wondering just how many Blue Note albums I have in amongst all that. I don't consciously go out to collect Blue Note specifically but I do collect all sorts of jazz, so I guessed I'd got quite a few. The first one I ever bought was Lee Morgan's Sidewinder. Just how cool is that record! Absolute class. I love the catchy bop stuff like the title track.

Hi Armien, really great Blue Note-collection! Some great titles there and i really liked that Jimmy Smith album. Do you have any recording year on that Smith-album? I was surprised to see George Lewis. I think it's the first time i've seen a dixielandalbum on Blue Note! :) Great respons for the contest! Take care!

Hi mate. Just wondering what kind of outer sleeves you have on your records! Love the way they are so much clearer than my cloud, thick ones

I'd enjoyed this video very much, nice jap king blue notes! I don't know how much blue note I have because I have my records organised per alphabetical order, but I must change that this summer probably/ maybe I'll do a video response or do a response to kieran's thread with another label/ cheers Armien

Hi! You have a very nice Blue Note collection. I would like to start a Blue note LP collection as well. Where do you buy them?

Very good my friend but there’s a few essentials you need to fill the glaring gaps. My suggestions would be: Moanin’ by Art Blakey, Sunny Side Up by Lou Donaldson, Trompeta by Kenny Dorham, Soul Station and/or Workout by Hank Mobley, Leo Parker Rollin’ with Leo, Up and Down by Horace Parlan.

Is the Japanese record of maiden voyage any good? Any bass?

Nice collection on all fronts. I primarily collect Jazz and R&B, Blues etc. I am 57 and recall starting with my 1st-3 Buys in 7th Grade: Jethro Tull-Aqualung, Led Zepplin-II & CS&N-#1, So we are on the same page. Buy 100 direct Lp's throughout the Midwest, Denver-Colorado, KC-Kansas & Lincoln-Omaha Nebraska. Recently saw Calvin Keys (w/Ahmad Jamal) and he was draggin' his own New Vinyl LP "Electric Keys" along for the ride. Last Year bouught over 350 used on Discogs and several "Can't Stop Listening To" recommends are: Frank Morgan-Lament, Brian Auger OE-Reinforcements, Robert Cray-False Acqusations, Most are on CD but you can get on Lp and the sound is fantastic. Yes, I'm Sick! Also, just purchased my 1st new 180 Gram by Joey DeFrancesco "One For Sinatra". Pricy at $30 but Joey is the "Baddest Man on the Planet". His only other Vinyl release is "All of Me" which is a keeper and highly recomended. This is the one that put him on the map w/John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell, Miles etc. and the rest is history. Keep Reporting. Very Nice! Bob, Denver, Co

I recently came across some classic records - Floyd/Tull,etc - still sealed in the original shrink wrap. However, the shrink had a musty smell from decades of storage. In your opinion, does that kill the value? thanks

Which cartridge do you use? Do I see there Denon-103? I use AT-OC9 (Mk1) in the Micro-Seiki and Nagaoka MP-30 in the Clearaudio. Upstairs for mono the Grado ME+ mono-cartridge in an NAD TT (533). Thanks for mentioning "AcousticSounds"!! Never heard of them, but that's really vinyl heaven over there, with reasonable prices.

Hi Armien How did you pick up your music matters pressings? Was it through the music matters websie? thanks for sharing your blue collection. excellent. Andy H

I thought Moanin' was mandatory for any bn collection. Do u have a wish list for any of these current MM 33's being released this year?

What are you using for out protective sleeves?

What the number means next to blue note ? For example Blue Note 1577

Bonjour, pouvez vous s'il vous plait me donner les références des sur-pochettes de protection de vos albums? cdlt

Where do you buy the 200 gram and Japanese records of blue note?

Really interesting. Given your post was nearly 4 years ago, how's the collecting going? May I recommend the Bobbi Humphrey Blue Note albums. I guess you are not as fond of the modern sound of Blue Note (aka. Alphonse Mouzon and Bobbi Humphrey) however, these artists and albums were important to the canon in the 1970s. Mouzon went on to record the outstanding 'By All Means' (though not for Blue Note) and Humphrey went more funky disco with Epic Records ('Freestyle' and 'The Good LIfe' are outstanding on Epic)...

What music is playing in the background with the xylophone?

Hallo, tolle Sendung! :-) Finde ich super, dass Du das machst. Weißt Du, wo ich die Music Matters 33rpm in Deutschland herbekomme? Hast Du welche? Die sollen fast besser als die 45rpm sein, weil neuer gemastert, mit besserer/nochmal aufgerüsteter Studiotechnik. Viele Grüsse, robert

hi armin! würdest du sagen der unterschied im klang ist groß zwischen der japan pressung und der 75th anniversary von blue train?

Are those Japanese pressings any good?

Just for fun, how much money do you spent per month in vinyl :P ?

what about Ms Bobbi Humphrey, the first woman on blue note records in 19716

Which is the difference between a normal vinyl and one with Japanese label?? the Japanese accentuate more the sharp sound ?? Scuse me i don´t speak english.

i have fair few blue notes but mate you have some beuties there

Check out the late 60s grant green records, like sookie sookie, ease back, funky as f***

Armien, you should get "Larry Young - Unity", please do yourself a favour and listen to it and then buy it, one of the best jazz albums of all time for me.

Armien, the Dexter Gordon and the Eric Dolphy, I have given it try after try, but I don't/ can't dig it. So complicated and, in other words, impenetrable music. To me, Lonely Woman by Ornette Coleman is "easy stuff" compared to these vinyls. A question to you, Armien: what is the idea behind keeping the OBI's around the record-sleeve, since it ruins the enjoyable front-picture for 80%?? I mean, let's take Holiday's Body And Soul. It came in from Japan with (ugly) orange OBI. Guess what I did with it. It seems so difficult to understand why on earth to keep them in place. Love your footage, once again!! Don't stop these actions, Boy!! Like them a lot.

Would you let me borrow these for a few years? I'm jealous.

holy mack you are 24 ??? AudiophileLaws :) no offense but you look order for your age...

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technically none of these is an original blue note - that would be far far more interesting.

no original

How can you afford all these Expensive LP's.Your 25, do you work? As a Owner of a Business and a Hobby Musician believe me you can't woodshed enough to listen to all these properly and study them. Are you Royalty? Nice Digs! Note, be careful with the old "Blue Note" or before 1965 stuff or you will find yourself wanting to cut your wrists from this "Repetitious and Over-Jammed Music". I am surprised it doesn't come with a Mood Enhancer to counter the Depression. Plus they will dull your outlook on Music. No one likes a "Jazz Snob" especially "Sexy Chicks". Check out some of the 80's Labels (Palo Alto, GRP, Muse, ECM, Alligator, Rounder, Takoma, Galaxy, Flying Fish ). All types of Good Music, Live a Little. Example: The Eddie Daniels Lp's on GRP are as good as anything ever issued. I would suggest "To Bird with Love" as a Mint copy is $6 and you cant stop listening to it. One of my all time favorites. He is as good as 90% of the Blue Note guys. Also, Europe has Vinyl pressings we never even had issued in the States but should have been. You can get these now for nothing and they will also be considered Classics. Buy them before the good copies are gone. Looks like in 1989+ this party stopped in he USA and Europe got 3-4 Years more of Vinyl issues. Lucky! You should be able to buy 7-10 "VG to -M" Quality Lps for $25/American or less on Discogs. Just on Discogs I purchased about 350 LP's alone for about $800. This does not even include Record Store, etc. buys across the Midwest which is loaded with Vinyl to buy. By the way I have 12 Authentic Signed Mint/Miles Davis, a Coltrane, Count Basie , Etc. LP's. Why don't you just buy Signed-LPs, less cost and much Cooler on the Wall. Here is my Dealer and his Jazz Link: autographsnetwork.com/product_list.asp?catalogid=3&type_id=2 BOB, Denver, Co