One copy

Ron Carter Uptown Conversation

Really nice copy, UNIPAK cover. Pretty laid back, lots of solo bass moments for a fusion record. For Ron Carter heads, with Herbie on piano.

Label: Embryo Records · SD 521
Pressing: Original 1970, US
Market value: CA$41

$35.0014% under

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Uptown Conversation $35.00 · 14% under

The record

Artist: Ron Carter
Record: Uptown Conversation
Label: Embryo Records
Released: 1970
Genre: Fusion, Jazz
Pressings: One of 19 (this is an original)

Discogs source ↗

This copy

Hole punch in the bottom left

Year: 1970
Country: US
Catalog #: SD 521
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, PR - Presswell Pressing, UNIPAK Cover

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

Demand72% 429 want · 600 have

Rarity16 for sale on Discogs worldwide

Tracklist

A19:32

A1 Uptown Conversation6:08
A2 Ten Strings4:19
A3 Half A Row9:05

B23:45

B1 R. J.2:52
B2 Little Waltz7:25
B3 Einbahnstrasse7:23
B4 Doom6:05

More listening

Ron Carter - R.J.

How I priced it

CA$35.00 CA$40.68

Low High

Discogs suggests (VG+): CA$40.68
Others for sale in VG+: 9 of 16 (2 G+·3 VG·9 VG+·1 NM·1 M)
Cheapest VG+-or-better elsewhere: CA$15.00 (VG+ · I'm CA$20.00 more)
A mint copy goes for: CA$88.69
My price: $35.00(-14% vs Discogs)

Last 10 sold

Sold Aug 8, 2026NM/NM $55.20
Sold Jun 28, 2026VG+/VG+ $33.19
Sold May 3, 2026VG+/VG $27.60
Sold Dec 10, 2025VG+/G+ $21.60
Sold Nov 16, 2025NM/VG $68.45
Sold Nov 15, 2025VG+/G+ $16.56
Sold Nov 9, 2025VG+/VG $25.00
Sold Nov 5, 2025VG+/VG $27.60
Sold Sep 29, 2025NM/VG+ $69.00
Sold Sep 1, 2025NM/VG+ $59.37

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 Sep 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.