Book Description
Goldmine Record Album Price Guide promises unmatched quality, quantity and accuracy for most genres of record collecting. In today's downloadable-digital world the vintage LP remains a popular collectible arena with a wealth of fans. The same fans that know and trust the expertise associated with Goldmine.
More than 50 years of collectible albums, from rock 'n' roll, R & B, country, rockabilly, doo-wop, surf, punk, jazz, comedy and classical are featured in this updated and expanded 4th edition. With more than 65,000 listings in up to three grade conditions, this comprehensive guide also gives collectors up-to-date checklist pricing for maintaining a precise inventory. Additional features include a record label identifier and a stunning 16-page full-color section.
-A 16-page special section, plus 200 black and white photos, guide collectors and dealers in assessing vintage albums
-More than 65,000 LP listings including the popular and the obscure to assist any type of collectors
-Current pricing information to maintain an updated collection
Customer Reviews:
The Vinyl Bible.......2007-09-17
Search no more you 33 1/3 vinyl lovers like me who sleep with their albums ..... this is our Bible. I will cherish this edition forever ( well, at least till the next edition ).I just wish it was hardcover and with "gold pages" like the classics. Thank you for showing me the "light" Saint Tim Neely.
Necessary for ALL Audiophiles.......2007-06-17
This book is something no audiophile and collector should be without and sitting in first position next to the other Goldmine price guides and Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll. The best thing I found about this book is that if you have any questions or something is not listed, you can call the author Tim Neely. He actually calls you back!! Within a couple days even!!!
The real deal!.......2007-05-14
As an avid record collector, one needs to understand the real value of their investment. Until I purchased this book, I was paying more for records than I should have, and less for those I should have spent more on. The later worked in my favor sometimes. This book is THE resource for grading records and the standard for pricing. It also invaluable information about labels and logos, so one for ex. doesn't pay 1st pressing price for 2nd or 3rd pressings or NM or Ex prices for $1 merchandise. It is an honest publication and well worth it! I actually take this book with me when I search for LPs and grade my own! The only question I have is, where is the Electric Flag (left out for some reason!)
Goldmine Record Album Price Guide.......2007-04-10
This book was a big help in determining price for each record. However, when I took the records to a record store to sell them they were not worth as much as the book claimed. It is probably because the book is based on collector prices and I have not looked into selling to a collector. Overall it's a great book especially if you don't know anything about records.
Goldmine Record Album the"BLUEBOOK"for records.......2007-03-08
I have used this book in the past and again it comes through with ease of use. My only wish is for an updated annual version every year. It is very easy to read and understand. It prevents any mistakes in what a record may be worth. It stops "rip off" record shops and dealers in thier tracks. We use it to buy and sell on ebay. I recently saw a Beatles record sell on ebay for $1000 it was worth no more than $800, the original asking price was $5000!!! Buyer and seller beware, we that know - use this book.
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The record collecting community has been clamoring for a book such as this for more than two decades, and at last, it's here. The most comprehensive collector's guide to post-World War II rhythm & blues records ever.
Focusing on classic R&B from 1946-71, the Goldmine™ Standard Catalog of® Rhythm & Blues Records contains more than 40,000 entries in all record formats—78s, 45s, extended plays, albums, and 12-inch singles. More recent releases are also featured. Pricing is included for each listing in up to three grades of condition. More than 100 photos of rarely seen and popular R&B records adorn the pages of this groundbreaking volume.
Author and record expert Tim Neely is a regular contributor to Goldmine™ magazine. This is his 17th record price guide.
• First readily available price guide to R&B records in more than 20 years
• The most comprehensive price guide to post-World War II R&B and related musical forms ever
• Written by record expert Tim Neely, author of the best-selling Goldmine™ Standard Catalog of® American Records series
Customer Reviews:
very detailed.......2004-09-19
Goldmine is to Music like what sports Card Magazines are to there Sports.very detail&tell you what to look for&how certain covers or records are more valuable than others.I've always dug Goldmine&this along with other collections from them is a must have.
a quick word.......2003-03-14
being that there are no other books of this type out there to choose from, this book is essential for the discography information. gripes: 1st: there's too much recent muck listed in with the good stuff . 2nd: as usual, some of the prices these guys come up with are extremely debatable - but then, these guides are SUPPOSED to be a rough "guideline" to appraise lp's . 3rd: didn't find much on the rare soul and funk 45's & lp's i bought this book for. 4th: got a question: why are EXTENSIVE elvis presley and beatles discographies in every one of these price [...]guide books? geez! get over it already! both of those artists ALREADY HAVE THEIR OWN PRICE GUIDES and tons of books out there already covering every thought in their drug addled brains. i would have rather seen reproductions of some rare or unusual picture sleeves or lp covers. thank you. p.s. wouldn't all the price guide books be excellent if they were just music discography books instead of [...]price guides? yes, they would.
Book Description
Collectors of jazz on vinyl know how difficult it can be to find
pristine copies of original classic jazz recordings, and
ever-changing market values can make pricing those albums
even more difficult. With this fantastic, updated 2nd edition,
collectors will be able to accurately price records using the
most current market values.
This all-encompassing reference features all types of jazz
issued on 33 1/3 rpm long-playing records, including Dixieland,
bebop, big band, swing, West Coast, fusion, modern and many
others. It includes over 40,000 albums released between 1948
and today, valued in three grades of condition, as well as a
thoroughly illustrated label guide for easy distinction between
first editions and later pressings. Collectors will discover
thousands of records not listed in any other price guide!
Customer Reviews:
Not very useful or accurate..........2006-03-16
...Goldmine is still holding sadly to the olden days of flea market and record shop values, instead of realizing that ebay values are the only true ones these days for collectibles. With that in mind, the guide is useful only because it's really the only one published recently. Ebay prices are generally 1/3 of those quoted here, with a few exceptions spurred by trends online that bump prices to 1/3 or so above the prices quoted in this book. If you carry this book with you as you shop at garage sales or flea markets, make sure to adjust the values in your mind accordingly so you don't pay too much in the real world for something you want to sell in the virtual one.
Inaccurate and unreliable source........2001-12-05
I bought this in order to estimate the vaule of my collection for insurance puposes and wasted my money. The guide claims that, for example, my mono Jackie McLean "Destination Out" is worth $30. If I were to lose my copy due to fire or some other reason would I be able to find another copy for $30? Absolutely not. More like $60. Several listings are completely out of touch with the current market and subsequent repressings of older recordings are overpriced. If you really had no idea about the jazz LP market then this book will be of at least some help. You might be cheating yourself, however, if you are looking to appraise a jazz collection about which are are unfamiliar.
Tim Neely--what were you thinking?!.......2001-03-14
I ordered this book even after I read the sparse not-so-favorable reviews, because my experience with jazz officionados (sic) is that they are whining nitpickers (example: sniveling over Ken Burns Jazz documentary). I have the old 1992 Umphred book, missed the 1994 edition and thought it was time to update. I screwed up.
Pluses: *listings beyond 1969--though who really cares unless you like to have a checklist for all your albums. They're pretty much all the same price and overpriced at that.
*Frank Zappa listings. Though I don't agree with including this in a jazz book it is kind of cool to see the state of my Zappa collection being addressed.
*Updated prices. Sad to see my mono pressing devalue, but I kind of agree with some of the listings here, though how dime-a-dozen Brubeck albums on Columbia can bring more than early '60's Blue Notes is totally beyond me! Tim, what are you thinking?!
*Label info in the actual listings rather than in the intro--but sparse (see below)
*Cool little checklist boxes to mark off the stock
Minuses:
*WHat I've already mentioned above
*biggest minus: this book is for collectors--what we need more than anything, more than even a "new and improved" price list is "new and improved" label information bordering on the factual. Buyer beware: there is nothing regarding labels except for some Blue Note info and Columbia. I was looking for reliable info on Riverside which is sorely lacking in the '92. I couldn't believe that this vital information was tossed. A real disservice. Is there reliable info in the '94 Umphred? Could someone fax me copies of that so I can paste onto my inside cover. Jeeeezzzz!
*Stupid numerical listing system that separates Mono from Stereo copies. But on the plus side it is divided by labels rather than years. Preferable though I don't really know why myself
I really hope this helps. I should have bought the '94 instead but felt that it didn't address my concerns from the '92. I don't know how hard this can really be if you are steeped in the industry. I do this for s**ts and giggles and know things not in any of the books. A half-assed product, I'm sorry to say. If you are going to do it, do it right or not at all. Where was Neil? He at least has a particular interest in Jazz. WHen you read the forward Tim comes right out and confesses that jazz is not his cup of tea. He therefore has no business getting involved in such a delicate matter as jazz collecting. Sorry Tim, but I suspect I speak for all of those who will purchase this book AFTER have owned an Umphred. Newcomers to the arena will find themselves buried in unwanted reissues in no time.
P.S. Why did my Colpix stereo copy of Jimmy Rushing's "Five Feet of Soul" disappear? Is it even rare? Saw a VG+ copy selling for $25 at a show couple years ago. I already had it.
A pointless and very sloppy edition........2000-09-18
Well-a last a long-awaited update to the, despite some minor quibbles, excellent 1994 price-guide by N. Umphred.... But it doesn't take more than a few minutes to discover that this is a serious letdown. This is basically a photo-copy of Umphred's Book with all the excellent details an easily readable format edited out? . This has apparently been compiled without ANY real research, insight or interest for that matter in Jazz Vinyl collecting. The only excuse for the release of this text-book-example-of-cashing-in-on-other-peoples-reputation-and-work is the unavailability of Umphred's edition. Owners of this previous edition should stay way clear of this...
Not much of an update from the Umphred guide.......2000-08-09
Although it's nice to have listings from beyond 1969 (why was that date chosen as a cutoff for the previous incarnation of this book, anyway?), this book falls short in several areas.
First and foremost, most of the prices have been left unchanged; in some cases, they've been downgraded. A quick market pulse-check will tell anyone that you're not going to net $100 for a first press in M- condition of Lee Morgan's "Candy" on blue note, and you're definitely going to get more than $25 for a first-press Sun Ra record on El Saturn! Frequently, the prices for post-'69 records are formulaic; a majority of those records are listed as $6.25/$12.50/$25.00. Thanks for nothing, Neely!
Second, the label determining information is seriously lacking, frequently repeating mistakes made in the Umphred book (i.e., "the 'deep groove' on Blue Note records is about the size of a 50-cent piece.")!
only in the case of Columbia mono/stereo pressings. Argh!
In sum: although this book is complete, its prices are out of touch with reality, and it appears as though the bulk of time it took to get the book to market was spent in arranging the listings, rather than completing the requisite thorough research to successfully achieve its auspicious goal. If you already have Umphred's book, purchase this only if you have a significant number of post-'69 records.
Customer Reviews:
A Wonderful Book for the Beginner........2000-02-23
I found this book to be extremely informative, even though it may be missing many artists and albums in its price guide. The information pertaining to what to look for and what *not* to look for helped me immensely when I decided that I wanted to become a collector of vinyl.
It's poor information and missing many imprtant singers........1999-05-24
I am very surprised about this issue missin many imprtant singers and has alot of wrong information the 4th addition is much much better than this issue.
A great, readable book with a lot of good information.......1996-02-03
Umphred is pretty sharp and his book is too. There are loads of good pictures
and a host of informative essays in the front. The one
about the Beatles and about the Dylan rarities are notable,
as well as his list of the 100 most valuable albums. My
collection is not that big, but I love this book and bought it
even though a friend had already lent it to me. Enjoy
Customer Reviews:
Jazz Collectors Review.......2005-11-22
Very good book. Easy to use and it has a lot of research for Jazz Collectors. Highly recommend.
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An entertaining look at the role popular culture plays in promoting the acculturation of an ethnic group, In Their Own Image enhances our understanding of American Jewish history and provides a model for the study of other groups and their integration into mainstream society.
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