Jazz vinyl from Princeton Record Exchange

New Jersey's Princeton Record Exchange also known as PREX, is one of the finest used vinyl and CD stores in the northeast USA. When they get in a new collection they send out a teaser video, which brought me to the store one morning this week.

[@OMW66]

I can watch these videos for days, man...

[@vcp93]

Wow, what an incredible record store. Also, great score on the Lee Konitz LP. To get a copy of that LP in that kind of condition for $120 is worth the price of admission right there. Really great video Ken, please keep them coming. Cheers! "TWELVE BUCKS!!!" My freakin' head is about to explode. 🤯 I just saw that very Winton Kelly LP go for $60 yesterday. I'm going to start crying in minute. 😫

[@cosasDEguitarra]

thanks for giving us info about the records you listen to... great collection you have!

[@BaldyFella]

Great haul there Ken. I'm missing being able to search on the wild for great bargains at record stores and fairs in England due to lockdown over here. Buying online is ok, but you can't beat going out to make new discoveries.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

I hear you!

[@francoisdunord7169]

Thnx for sharing your records and information with us

[@tonydamato240]

Thanks for sharing the Jazz titles you picked up from PREX. Always thought their Jazz collection was excellent and I pick some up when I get a chance. Still building the collection and I enjoy hearing your recommendations on artists & labels.

[@thibs2442]

Cool video Ken. Seeking out big collections like this from people that clearly cherished their records is the top thing that makes collecting fun. It is honestly the feeling I keep coming back to over and over again haha. Thanks for continuing to make these interesting videos Ken.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Thank you Stephen.

[@richardmarks5020]

Tremendous haul. Princeton has great prices. I saw the video they posted but sadly could not get down there. Last Year they got in a collection of classical London Blue Backs. When i got there 2 days later,every single one was gone . You just got to hit them right. Obviously you did . As always great video. Thanks Ken

[@Localbandography]

Only had ever seen reissues of the Ben Webster and Lester Young until now. Great finds Ken.

[@alansenzaki4148]

You lucky dog. New york and princeton records and record center!!...yes Lee is cool! My favorite is with warne marsh on atlantic 1958..you found some classic originals..thats a rare brookmeyer..7x wilder on verve is beautiful with jim hall...chet baker on prestige with george coleman. Nice haul!!!

[@ignaciocalvet7713]

Hi, FYI- Tete Montoliu was a (born blind) spanish Jazz pianist. regards,

[@reisserjean-michelakabeeth8551]

Great choice man ! So I have to come back to NY again ...

[@gotham61]

SteepleChase is from Denmark, great label. Tete Montoliu was from the Catalan region of Spain, and was blind from birth.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Thank you for supplying that info

[@danielpatterson3715]

Nice haul, Ken

[@TheJazzShepherd]

What a great haul!!! What a great day congrats man, great stufff as always!!!

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Thanks Holy Shepherd of all Things Vinyl

[@TheJazzShepherd]

hahahahaha..... Make sure you keep close watch on your flock!!! These are important sheep!! Esp KOOL KONITZ!

[@vinniemorciglio4632]

I need to get there more often...

[@philipcibley8159]

Tete Montoliu is from Barcelona Spain.

[@gilbertgiroux7880]

Hello Ken I totally agree with you about Chet Baker being at his best on Steeplechase

[@nunsandcanssailingadventur9951]

Lmao - ‘Sophisticated jazz’ @ 7:35.

[@The33rdRevolution]

I wear my headphones at night... cuz everyone else's sound is shit. I don't know much about jazz but my ears perk up when I hear Count Basie's name. I got a 70's release called Jam Sessions that has an absolutely cookin' opener.

[@vinniemorciglio4632]

They need to use a different type of sticker, LOL. They do not come off easy..... Nice Haul.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Yes, lighter fluid and patience!

[@tomgosselin106]

What is the problem with Dynaflex? I have several of these albums and they sound fine.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

bottom of the barrel pressings literally made from recycled vinyl. THIN

[@DorianPaige00]

When the owner of Princeton record exchange was shooting the video, he flipped fast past Mose Allison's Local Color. I replayed it several times and finally could make out what it was. At first I thought it was "When Farmer met Gryce." I always thought PREX was always picked over too much even for cds. There was very little back catalog classic soul on cd. There was a decent amount of jazz imports but the Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Hank Mobley sections were sparse to say the least on cd. Major label jazz tends to be discounted. Great if that is your taste but with exception Coltrane and Bags on Atlantic, I find major label jazz quite uneventful (ie most Verve titles)!

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

I only go to Prex when they get a big jazz collection. It's uniformly a waste to time otherwise. Revilla blows it away oh a day to day basis, but he doesn't do videos to bring in the locals, he just puts out the LPs and you have to be lucky in there at the right time. I love Verve, and there's great stuff to be had from RCA and Columbia, which has that guy Miles Davis

[@DorianPaige00]

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 Columbia and Davis were a bit of an exception. I have Sonny Rollins "The Bridge" on RCA but thought his stint there was overrated unlike his stuff with Prestige. Miles was better album for album with Prestige. I couldn't get into "Sketches of Spain", "Porgy and Bess", "Quiet nights", and anything post "In a silent way". I much more prefer Miles' earlier stuff or even Lee Morgan.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

@@DorianPaige00 Basie, Joe Newman, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Fats Waller, all the great stuff from Duke on Bluebird, Oscar Peterson, Django, Al Cohn, Teddy Wilson, Mingus, Sonny Meet Hawk is a classic, some of the greatest musicians in jazz, if all pre bebop, were on RCA. The Bridge is overrated?

[@DorianPaige00]

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 I thought Sonny Meets Hawk was rather bizarre. It had Don Cherry on trumpet, Billy Higgins on drums, and Paul Bley on piano who loved to sing his lines like Errol Garner. All three worked extensively with Ornette Coleman and his free jazz style. Hawk and Rollins appear in different speakers and cover an album of standards. I'm surprised Hawkins didn't have a heart attack as most of his Prestige releases are rather mellow and make Moodsville look like a swinging affair. Hawkins always had a deep, dark texture to his playing as he was very different from Lester Young and Charlie Parker's innovative approach.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

@@DorianPaige00 Great record, Hawk almost playing out and Sonny blowing like mad. Great meeting of the minds. Heart attack ? He probably loved it. One of many important jazz records on RCA.

[@EddieJazzFan]

Wasn't Mose Allison the guy who sang & played piano in "School House Rock" cartoons?

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

I think that was trumpeter Jack Sheldon.

[@tonycatania7705]

Bob dorough I believe

[@richardobannon6301]

sure wish I could hear what you are saying

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

sorry, new videos have new mic. Sorry , again.

[@MegaF1guy]

Great video. I have a few Jimmy Smith lps that have been electronically ReChanneled to stereo, you are absolutely tight, it ruins the record. Most sound like everything is panned hard left and right. Cheers.

[@scottwallace901]

Why do you need to whisper she has headphones on. Lol

[@johnbuford8715]

Can barely hear you

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Sorry, these older videos are kinda weak...

[@johnbuford8715]

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 i am really enjoying your content. I had a 2200 lp collection full of kudu. Cti Mobile fidelity and had to walk away from it. But i am. Rebuilding. I been out of the game for a while ive learned a lot here. Thanks

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

@@johnbuford8715 sorry for your loss. That is epic! send your address to [e-mail], Ill send you a record