One copy

Marion Brown Porto Novo

Some bargain free jazz that sits nicely with Ayler, Shepp or Cherry during this period. Don't think the Canadian reissue of this '69 (nice) release has hit the markets in three years, not a lot of these out there.

Label: Arista · AL 1001
Pressing: Reissue 1975, Canada
Market value: CA$15

$20.0035% over

1 / 5Images courtesy ofVia Discogs

Porto Novo $20.00 · 35% over

The record

1969 1975 now

Artist: Marion Brown
Record: Porto Novo
Label: Arista
Released: 1969
Genre: Free Improvisation, Free Jazz, Jazz
Pressings: One of 17 (this one from 1975)

Discogs source ↗

This copy

Year: 1975
Country: Canada
Catalog #: AL 1001
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue

Two Goldmine grades, one for the record and one for the sleeve, each out of 10. I don't sell anything below a 3.

VG+ 8/10

Record

Very Good Plus

VG+ 8/10

Sleeve

Very Good Plus

Demand310% 31 want · 10 have

Rarity0 for sale on Discogs worldwide

Tracklist

A18:25

A1 Similar Limits6:25
A2 Sound Structure6:10
A3 Improvisation5:50

B18:27

B1 QBIC6:32
B2 Porto Novo11:55

How I priced it

CA$14.78 CA$20.00

Low High

Discogs suggests (VG+): CA$14.78
A mint copy goes for: CA$21.60
My price: $20.00(+35% vs Discogs)

Last 1 sold

Sold Sep 7, 2022VG+/VG+ $12.85

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

Prices checked Aug 10, 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.