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One copy · original 1984 US pressing
Archie Shepp The Good Life
$20.00 CAD · graded VG+ / VG
Cheap Archie Shepp heat from mid-80's that's never seen a reissue.
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The record
- Artist
- Archie Shepp
- Record
- The Good Life
- Label
- Varrick Records
- Released
- 1984
- Genre
- Avant-garde Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz, Post Bop
- Pressings
- One of 4 (this is an original)
This copy
- Year
- 1984
- Country
- US
- Catalog #
- 005
- Format
- Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Two Goldmine grades, one for the record and one for the sleeve, each out of 10. I don't sell anything below a 3.
Record
VG+ 8/10
Sleeve
VG 7/10
Demand22%
10 want · 46 have
Rarity15
for sale on Discogs worldwide
Discogs suggests (VG+)CA$23a mint copy goes for CA$18
My price$20.00-12% vs Discogs
Tracklist
A17:27
- A1 Moose The Mooche3:33
- A2 Stompin´At The Savoy9:09
- A3 The Good Life (Dedicated To Sonny Stitt)4:45
B19:57
- B1 Jordu5:34
- B2 Mama Rose4:23
- B3 Une Petite Surprise10:00
More listening
How I priced it
CA$20.00
CA$22.72
Low
High
- Discogs suggests (VG+)
- CA$22.72
- Others for sale in VG+
- 7 of 15 (7 VG+·5 NM·3 M)
- Cheapest VG+-or-better elsewhere
- CA$9.00 (VG+ · I'm CA$11.00 more)
- A mint copy goes for
- CA$18.00
- My price
- $20.00(-12% vs Discogs)
Prices checked Sep 20, 2026 against the exact Discogs pressing. Check me. Photos come from the Discogs entry for this release. Credit or removal on request.
The fine print
Free pickup in Vancouver. Everywhere else in Canada ships by weight.
Shipping & pickup
Pickup in Vancouver is free at any size, and it gets you at the new arrivals first.
Everywhere else in Canada ships by weight, worked out at checkout. Records are heavy, so the shop works in boxes. A box holds 12. A full box ships free anywhere in Canada. So does $250, whichever comes first.
Returns
If a record arrives worse than I graded it, tell me within 14 days. I'll email a Canada Post return label as a QR code. Take the package to any post office. No printer, no cost to you. Store credit for the full amount once it's back.
Otherwise sales are final.
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The ritual, before it reaches you
Matrix-matched
The dead-wax runouts are read character by character and matched to the exact Discogs pressing. This one, not one like it.
Graded Goldmine
Record and sleeve graded separately to the Goldmine standard, as honestly as my ears and eyes allow. The grade sets the price.
Washed
Every record runs through the HumminGuru washer. Goat-hair brushes, alcohol-free fluid. It dries on the rack before it's shelved. Dust is not a genre.
Fresh outer
Slipped into a brand-new outer sleeve, so the jacket you get stays the jacket I graded.
Packed apart
Before boxing, the record comes out of the jacket and rides beside it. The old mailer trick that stops seam splits in transit.