One copy · original 1975 US pressing

Julius Hemphill 'Coon Bid'ness

Name: Julius Hemphill – 'Coon Bid'ness
Brand: Julius Hemphill
SKU: MLD-1775960
Price: 20.0 CAD
Availability: InStock

$20.0024% underGoing rate CA$26 · graded VG / G

Let me start by saying that the sleeve condition is pretty shit but that shouldn't stop you from playing the music, and this one is an absolute heater with out of this world free-jazz alto sax! Priced accordingly.

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'Coon Bid'ness $20.00 · 24% under

The record

Artist: Julius Hemphill
Record: 'Coon Bid'ness
Label: Arista
Released: 1975
Genre: Free Jazz, Jazz
Pressings: One of 13 (this is an original)

Discogs source ↗

This copy

WOC. Sleeve was restored by an idiot, taped around the edges, and internal catalogue number added and taped to the front and back.

Year: 1975
Country: US
Catalog #: AL 1012
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing

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 7/10

Sleeve G 5/10

Demand53% 353 want · 670 have

Rarity22 for sale on Discogs worldwide

Tracklist

A22:29

A1 Reflections2:30
A2 Lyric7:24
A3 Skin 110:07
A4 Skin 22:28

B20:07

B The Hard Blues20:07

More listening

How I priced it

CA$16.68 CA$72.74

Low High

Discogs suggests (VG): CA$26.18
Sold for, median: CA$31.26 (CA$16.68 – CA$72.74)
Others for sale in VG: 2 of 22 (2 VG·10 VG+·8 NM·2 M)
Cheapest VG-or-better elsewhere: CA$16.88 (VG+ · I'm CA$3.12 more)
Ship from Canada: 1 of 22 (the rest cross a border to reach you)
A mint copy goes for: CA$55.26
My price: $20.00(-24% vs Discogs · -36% vs sold median)

Last 10 sold

Sold Jun 8, 2026VG+/VG+ $41.69
Sold Apr 26, 2026VG+/VG+ $22.23
Sold Apr 14, 2026NM/VG+ $64.65
Sold Jan 14, 2026VG/G $22.24
Sold Jan 12, 2026VG+/VG $38.85
Sold Dec 17, 2025VG+/VG $16.68
Sold Aug 16, 2025NM/VG+ $45.87
Sold Aug 4, 2025VG+/VG $19.46
Sold May 9, 2025NM/VG+ $36.14
Sold Mar 4, 2025NM/VG+ $56.57

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

Prices checked Aug 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.

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.