Part 2: What was inside GEORGE BENSONS LP Record Collection?? Huge Stack of BLUE NOTES & Prestige!!

[@Ampersand00]

Oh man, I've been waiting for this update. Been telling the guys in my local store about this but I don't think anyone's as excited as me about this story.

[@analoguecity3454]

Great ain't it?!

[@warriboy9850]

Absolutely brill seeing George Benson in concert, Birmingham U.K. Love the create digging luck fella. Thanks 🙏🏿

[@Feech23]

Hi Mike, great video. Question. Seems too late to get into vinyl beyond very small curated collection. Prices are just too high. Will the vinylinflation ever end.

[@fts81]

Great picks. And true about blue labels. I bought a collection last year with mostly rvg blue labels, mint. Amazing how prices went up

[@roberthuerta2776]

Wow Mike, sweet pick ups, an unbelievable collection from an iconic musician and that incredible story you told about meeting George Benson awhile ago, that's one helluva great story and one I'm sure you will never forget either! Keep up the great work!

[@notDonaldFagen]

I picked up George's sealed Sign '☮' The Times 12" maxi from the Discogs store. Just to have 😀

[@rsmphl717]

cant ever go wrong with Grant Green.....That 3 sounds record is tuff too......Check out Gene Harris & 3 sounds. Lee Morgan Sidewinder is a classic.

[@linnsterlingcurebeliefinad1725]

Wes Montgomery is some of the hardest stuff ive ever played on guitar.his scales are crazy hard.

[@nhill5858]

Do you always take the original inner sleeve out and replace them with the MoFi version?

[@louissilvani1389]

Many years ago I had a George Benson 45 on the groove label I believe it was the cover of a Ray Charles record It was his first to this day I’ve never seen another one 🤔

[@richardsappington1658]

What an epic collection. Thank you for sharing!! (Now to check the wallet)

[@jamiebeach3243]

When u choose the best sounding copies,do u use headphones?,or just crank up the system?

[@mvmmotovlogmusic2815]

Glad you “Vee JAY’d” it. I was like 🧐

[@adolphhernandez7615]

What's your cleaning routine? I use an Okki Nokki and some local homebrew record cleaning solution.

[@Wrestoktwella]

I often buy albums without the sleeves

[@kidsbooksandmore9285]

How do you know if a record has the original Van Gelder metal work?

[@LetThereBeSound1]

Man you should have asked him to autograph that copy of MFSL's Breezin' ! ! !

[@rsmphl717]

Herbie Hancock Prisoner soundtrack behind you is very tight.

[@valuevinyl110]

Mold hazard! That sounds like something I want! Any moldy ones you did not want to keep?

[@reagan-s-parrot]

Cool! Great jazz

[@ergloo6660]

Wow, thank you for sharing

[@rixvspinner]

you got bragging rights with this collection Mike. interesting to see what you got.

[@lauher21]

I love Jackie McLean. Invoice please if you end up selling them

[@saschaheusingfeld7239]

Great Video! How many records was in his collection?all the best from germany

[@silversurfermusicco5263]

Blue notes are rare in usa but in uk very hard to find

[@suckerbass]

The shelving units behind you in the video, where do you purchase those? Thanks in advance.

[@TheInGroove]

Home Depot. Wood, Nails and stain. Some assembly required.

[@suckerbass]

@@TheInGroove Wow, they look really good and solid. I never would have guessed they were from Home Depot supplies. Thanks again.

[@brianteron973]

@@suckerbass Don't know about the US, but Ikea sells units like that in Canada....probably not as solid but might be worth a look.

[@suckerbass]

@@brianteron973 Thank you

[@frozenlake1215]

My favorite players are Jackie Mc-Cleen and Ike Cue-beck

[@love2spinvinyl]

Do you store your personal records with vinyl outside the gatefold/covers like how you show on these videos. Or do you put them inside? Thanks for the videos.

[@TheInGroove]

Outside. Just like the video.

[@warriboy9850]

Mike intriguing Why???

[@bobdavis4848]

@@warriboy9850 I suspect to save wear and tear on the covers.

[@normanplatt1239]

I have Jackson Brown Running on Empty 1977. Side two lable on both side. lol is it rare?

[@bobdavis4848]

You mean Jackson Browne label. What you have is rare but in this case that does not make it valuable. This kind thing overall was semi-common in the 70s.

[@setharson9256]

Very cool. Thank you ☺️

[@luis6379-q7k]

Mike, can you please define “well loved copy”?

[@Cripplecreekcarl]

Perhaps it has something to do with “nice deep grooves”…

[@luis6379-q7k]

@@Cripplecreekcarl LOL. I think (hope) it means “well cared for”. But it also could mean “played A LOT”.

[@TheInGroove]

Played to death.

[@OwlsRNotWhatTheySeem]

Well loved copy = crap. Play copy = better than well loved but still crap. Evidently nm copies were neither well loved nor playable haha.

[@luis6379-q7k]

@@OwlsRNotWhatTheySeem It is interesting that George Benson's copy of Breezin' on Mobile Fidelity is VG++ condition. I guess an artist doesn't listen to their own records much.

[@SavoyBRG]

I met George once myself. I managed a record store in New Jersey for about 20 years. Benson spent about 2 hours there one day. Nice guy, although he wasn't very interested in talking about a doo wop record he made with a vocal group in his early days. He made this one when he was just a kid, in 1954. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6XLXmambM52n6M

[@TOJralpheal]

Thx your the coolest 😎

[@analoguecity3454]

Lucky you! 🤗

[@Markymarkvinylnut]

Still puzzles me why records are stored outside the jacket at the back...i found it takes up more room on the shelf, I got terrible chaffing on the outer cover from adjacent records and the oval shape of the album cover gets disfigured

[@TheInGroove]

Your doing something wrong. Try not packing them so tight. Enough so there upright but not so much that they are smushed.

[@damiankirkwood7924]

What kind of sleeves you use?

[@TheInGroove]

www.theingroove.com/products/100-japanese-resealable-vinyl-lp-outer-sleeves-1-6-mil-record-sleeves?_pos=4&_psq=sleeves%20japaneese&_ss=e&_v=1.0

[@damiankirkwood7924]

@@TheInGroove thanks !

[@UberPilot]

@@damiankirkwood7924 Do these have the pocket on the back?

[@mymixture965]

Jimmy Smith.....not Johnny Smith, the guitar player.

[@bassbymichele]

Johnny "Hammond" Smith was an organ player as well

[@mymixture965]

@@bassbymichele but not the one on the cover shown here :-)

[@TheInGroove]

I corrected myself at the end.

[@notDonaldFagen]

Mike, my guy, it's Plastylite, not Plastycite. It's been bugging me for a few videos now 😁

[@TheInGroove]

Don’t let it bug you. I butcher many, many words. It’s what I do. It’s my thing😀

[@bradleykay]

Looks straight at Jimmy Smith album: “Johhhhny Smith!”

[@spoonatic]

This has been driving me nuts trying to find out what Plastycite is - thanks for commenting

[@UFO_computers]

Too bad about that climate crisis re: “20 years from now”. But yeah, I’ll be bidding here and there.

[@AeroModule]

PlastyLITE, not CITE :)

[@Digginbehindthedikes]

I think you meam Plastylite

[@Warnerchild]

"hugh stack"

[@TheInGroove]

LOL ty

[@Warnerchild]

@@TheInGroove any time