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ROCKABILLY MASTERPIECES ON 45 RPM (Records 1 – 10)!

1. Steve Carl With The Jags "Curfew / 18 Year Old Blues" METEOR 5046 • M- Slight sticker stain, very faded, on A-side. CLASSIC MEMPHIS ROCKABILLY and the very last issue on the METEOR label! TOUGH and GREAT!!! MB $800

2. Dickie Damron "Gonna Have A Party / Rockin' Baby" LAUREL RECORDS 792 • VG PLAYS PERFECT with just light scuffs. INSANELY RARE from Alberta, Canada. STARDAY CUSTOM PRESS!! They don't get much better than this one! First copy I ever had! MB $1,500

3. The Echo Valley Boys "Wash Machine Boogie / Ramblin' Man" ISLAND 1 • VG+ Plays like new . . . just light scuffs. W W R I radio station stamp on both labels. TOUGH one! First one I have ever had. Lots of BOOTS out there, but this is the ORIGINAL. MB $500

4. Sonny Freeze "Cotton Pickin' Heartache / Cool Cool Baby" GUITAR 102 • VG+ TWO fabulous Guitar and Piano breaks! Absolute MASTERPIECE of the genre and very FEW known copies. Plays like New. Never, ever, had this one before! MB $3,000

5. Jess Hooper "All Messed Up / Sleepy Time Blues" METEOR 5025 • VG+ TALK ABOUT RARE MEMPHIS ROCKABILLY!!! This one is JUST KILLER!!!! Primitive and primal! Sounds like Charlie Feathers! Almost never for sale!! MB $3,000

6. Lloyd McCollough "Gonna Love My Baby / 'Cause I Love You" REPUBLIC 7129 • M-/VG+ Double-sided MASTERPIECE from Nashville! Really, really hard to find this one! I had it ONCE, decades ago . . . but that is it. You may not see another! MB $2,000

7. The Night Riders "Pretty Plaid Skirt (And Long Black Sox) /I'll Never Change" SUE 713 • M- Tiny tear on A-side label. Light years ahead of its time, this 1958 release SOUNDS LIKE 1970's PUNK!!! If you don't know it, listen to it! MB $500

8. Roy Oribson And The Teen Kings "Ooby Dooby / Trying To Get To You" JE-WEL 101 • M- YES! This is it! The very first pressing on the original label before SUN picked it up and turned Roy into a star. And yes, they spelled his last name wrong on the initial pressing. MB $3,000

9. Speck And Doyle "Music To My Ear / Big Noise, Bright Lights" SYRUP BUCKET 1000 • M- I never had an original before! From Columbus, Georgia comes this FABULOUS classic! Very few copies known! MB $1,500

10. Gene Vincent "The Night Is So Lonely / Right Now" CAPITOL 4237 • M-/VG+ Top seam is slightly grayed and there is a tiny tear in the middle of the front of the sleeve but insanely rare PICTURE SLEEVE!!! Stock copy record included. MB $1,500

 

11. Milton Allen — "Love A, Love A Lover/Just Look, Don't Touch, She's Mine" RCA VICTOR 6994 VG+ MB $10

12. The Astronauts — "Come Along Baby/Tryin' To Get To You" PALLADIUM 610 VG+ THEIR VERY FIRST RECORD! MB $100

 

13. Ron Bennett — "Let's Do The Twist/It Only Takes One To Be Lonely" BARONET 6 M- Interesting Piano Rocker MB $25

 

14. Brook Benton — "I Wanna Do Everything For You/Come On, Be Nice!" VIK 0285 M- His only Rocker MB $20

15. Bob And Lucille — "Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Moe/Demon Lover" DITTO 121 M- ROCKABILLY MASTERPIECE!!! This is the original TRUE FIRST PRESSING BEFORE it was picked up and issued on KING MB $300

16. Jim Bobo — "Jungle Rock / When I'm In Your Arms" EKO 506 • VG+ True First Pressing on Original label—before KING picked it up! Another Rockabilly MASTERPIECE! MB $500

 

17. Eddie Bond And The Stompers — "Rockin' Daddy/I've Got A Woman" MERCURY 70826 M- CLASSIC! MB $75

 

18. Eddie Bond And The Stompers — "Slip, Slip, Slippin'-In/Flip, Flop Mama" MERCURY 70882 VG+ MB $50

19. Big Bopper — "Chantilly Lace/Purple People Eater Meets Witch Doctor" D 1008 M-/VG+ Beautiful copy of the very FIRST PRESSING of this all time classic! Issued first on D and then leased to MERCURY where it became a mega-hit. MB $100

 

20. Jimmy Bowen With The Rhythm Orchids — "I'm Stickin' With You/Ever Lovin' Fingers" ROULETTE 4001 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO, B-side has slight label damage MB $25

21. Little Donnie Bowshier — "Rock And Roll Joys/Stone Heart" DESS 7002 VG+ All time CLASSIC MB $200

22. Tommy Brewer — "Drag Brother Drag/Function At The Junction" CRYSTALETTE 701 M-/VG+ WHITE LABEL PROMO on beautiful RED VINYL with faded X on A-side label and small tear on B-side label MB $25

 

23. Cecil Campbell — "Rock And Roll Fever/The Rocking Guitar" M-G-M 12482 VG MB $10

24. Ray Campi And The Snappers — "It Ain't Me/Give That Love To Me" DOT 15617 M- Classic MB $50

 

25. The Centurys — "Wayward Wind/Her Love" MICRO 6344 VG- WILD version of classic Pop ballad MB $20

 

26. The Cheaters — "Bobby Lane/There's Always Me" SIMS 302 VG WHITE LABEL PROMO with small stain on the label MB $20

27. Sanford Clark — "The Fool/Lone-some For A Letter" M C I 1003 VG FIRST LABEL, TRUE FIRST PRESSING before it went to DOT and became a mega-hit MB $50

28. Sanford Clark — "Modern Romance/Travelin' Man" DOT 15738 VG Plays PERFECT, just light scuffs, his RAREST and BEST! MB $100

29. Joe Clay — "Duck Tail/Sixteen Chicks" VIK 0211 M- MB $100

 

30. Loy Clingman — "I'm Low, Low, Low/It's Nothing To Me" DOT 15567 M- MB $30

31. The Cochran Brothers — "Tired And Sleepy / Fool's Paradise" EKKO 3001 • M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $400

32. The Cochran Brothers — "Mr. Fiddle / Two Blue Singin' Stars" EKKO 1003 • M- Tiny stain on label MB $400

33. Cochran Brothers — "Guilty Conscience/Your Tomorrows Will Never Come" EKKO 1005 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $400

34. Cochran Brothers — "Walkin' Stick Boogie/Rollin' " CASH 1021 VG+ MB $200

35. Eddie Cochran — "Skinny Jim / Half Love" CREST 1026 • MINT Eddie's best and this is a pristine copy MB $600

 

36. Eddie Cochran — "Sittin' In The Balcony/Dark Lonely Street" LIBERTY 55056 VG+ MB $10

 

37. Eddie Cochran — "Drive In Show/Am I Blue" LIBERTY 55087 VG+ MB $10

38. Eddie Cochran — "Twenty Flight Rock/Cradle Baby" LIBERTY 55112 M- Small print first pressing MB $200

 

39. Eddie Cochran — "Jeannie Jeannie Jeannie/Pocketful Of Hearts" LIBERTY 55123 VG+ WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $25

40. Eddie Cochran — "Pretty Girl/Theresa" LIBERTY 55138 M- Tough one MB $100

 

41. Eddie Cochran — "Summertime Blues/Love Again" LIBERTY 55144 VG WHITE LABEL PROMO with small stain on the label—all time classic teenage anthem! MB $25

 

42. Eddie Cochran — "C'mon Everybody/Don't Ever Let Me Go" LIBERTY 55166 VG+ WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $25

 

43. Eddie Cochran — "Teenage Heaven/I Remember" LIBERTY 55177 VG+ MB $25

 

44. Eddie Cochran — "Teenage Heaven/I Remember" LIBERTY 55177 VG+ WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $25

 

45. Eddie Cochran — "Somethin' Else/Boll Weevil Song" LIBERTY 55203 VG+ WHITE LABEL PROMO with faded xol MB $25

 

46. Eddie Cochran — "Hallelujah I Love Her So/Little Angel" LIBERTY 55217 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $30

 

47. Eddie Cochran — "Three Steps To Heaven/Cut Across Shorty" LIBERTY 55242 M- MB $35

 

48. Eddie Cochran — "Sweetie Pie/Lonely" LIBERTY 55278 VG+ WHITE LABEL PROMO with sticker stain on the labels MB $25

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