One copy · 2014 US pressing

Donald Byrd Black Byrd

Name: Donald Byrd – Black Byrd
Brand: Donald Byrd
SKU: MLD-5955109
Price: 55.0 CAD
Availability: InStock

$55.0029% underGoing rate CA$78 · graded VG+ / NM

Nice cleaning sounding entry point to one of the great Mizell brothers' funk-jazz on Blue Note with an iconic cover to boot. Can't go wrong here!

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Black Byrd $55.00 · 29% under

The record

1973 2014 now

Artist: Donald Byrd
Record: Black Byrd
Label: Blue Note
Released: 1973
Genre: Jazz, Jazz-Funk
Pressings: One of 68 (this one from 2014)

Discogs source ↗

This copy

Tiny little scuff on A1 with a faint tick that happens for about 20 seconds of the opening track keeping it from a higher grade

Year: 2014
Country: US
Catalog #: BN-LA047-F
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 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 NM 9/10

Demand60% 536 want · 886 have

Rarity8 for sale on Discogs worldwide

Tracklist

A

A1 Flight Time
A2 Black Byrd
A3 Love's So Far Away

B

B1 Mr. Thomas
B2 Sky High
B3 Slop Jar Blues
B4 Where Are We Going?

More listening

Flight-Time

How I priced it

CA$55.00 CA$77.93

Low High

Discogs suggests (VG+): CA$77.93
A mint copy goes for: CA$113.89
My price: $55.00(-29% vs Discogs)

Last 10 sold

Sold Mar 26, 2026M/NM $69.50
Sold Mar 23, 2026VG+/VG+ $56.35
Sold Mar 15, 2026M/NM $55.60
Sold Feb 21, 2026M/NM $104.25
Sold Feb 1, 2026NM/NM $79.99
Sold Dec 28, 2025M/NM $69.50
Sold Sep 21, 2025NM/NM $47.26
Sold Jun 18, 2025VG+/VG+ $66.71
Sold Jun 13, 2025VG+/VG+ $41.70
Sold May 8, 2025NM/NM $69.50

Grades read record/sleeve. Filled bar: sold in the same grades as mine (VG+/NM). Outlined: one grade matches. Dashed line: my price. Hover a row for the date.

Prices checked Aug 15, 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.

The ritual, before it reaches you

Played first

Every record gets a needle test before it's listed. If it doesn't play clean, it doesn't get posted.

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.