My February 19, 2026 Blues 45's Auction HIGHLIGHTS!
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* * * Hello Blues 45's Collectors!!* * *
This auction offers one of the BEST selections of Rare and Classic Blues 45's that you will ever see — ANYWHERE!! Lots of Rarities and some just never come up for sale — AT ANY PRICE! Included is a great collection of "Pittsburgh Sound" Jump Blues.
Most of the records are nice and clean. Records graded VG+ will play M. You will look long and hard to find better copies — ANYWHERE! If you see records you just "HAVE TO HAVE" please bid accordingly as my auctions are known worldwide for getting the best prices for Great and Rare items.
So bid like you REALLY want to own them and REQUEST A CALL BACK on closing night to get one last shot at the treasures you've been seeking!
THE KINGS OF POST WAR BLUES (Records 1 – 10)!
1. 1. Floyd Jones"School Days On My Mind / Ain't Times Hard" VEE-JAY 111 • VG+ RED VINYL Chicago Blues Masterpiece! Almost never turns up on 45 rpm and rare enough on 78 rpm! VERY nice copy with just light scuffs. Plays fantastic! MB $1,500
2. Freddy King"Country Boy / That's What You Think" EL BEE 157 • VG+ Freddy King's very FIRST RECORD! Recorded in Chicago well before he went to record in Ohio for KING. These don't turn up much anymore! MB $1,000
3. Pete "Guitar" Lewis"Chocolate Pork Chop Man / The Blast" FEDERAL 12112 • M- SUPER SCARCE ON 45 rpm—usually only found on 78 rpm. GREAT record! Beautiful copy! MB $750
4. Smiley Lewis"The Gypsy Blues / You're Not The One" IMPERIAL 5224 • NICE VG+ GREAT New Orleans Blues and this is one of his hardest to find on 45 rpm. MB $400
5. Little Milton"If You Love Me / Alone And Blue" SUN 200 • M- His second record for SUN and also his best! If you are running SUN label, this is certainly one to have . . . and if you're not, it's still a great guitar Blues Record and one to have for ALL Blues collectors. MB $750
6. Jimmy Rogers With His Rocking Four"Act Like You Love Me / Left Me With A Broken Heart" CHESS 1543 • M- FABULOUS! Many of the CHESS releases before #1550 are super tough to find as 45 rpm. This one is tough and great Rockin' Blues! MB $750
7. Arbee Stidham"When I Find My Baby /Please Let It Be Me" ABCO 107 • M- With WALTER HORTON on HARMONICA!!! This is the rarest and best of his ABCO releases and really tough to find on 45 rpm format. The 78 isn't common either. MB $500
8. Joe Turner And Pete Johnson"Roll 'Em Boys / Kansas City Blues" R P M 331 • VG+/M- VERY early RPM 45!!!! You never see these on 45! This is the first and only 45 of this I have ever seen. MB $1,000
9. Baby Face Turner"Gonna Let You Go / Blue Serenade" MODERN 882 • VG+ BLUES MASTERPIECE . . . and SUPER RARE on 45 rpm! This is only the second copy I have seen in 50 years—mostly seen on 78 but even those are TOUGH. MB $1,500
10. Little Walter And His Jukes"Tell Me Mama / Off The Wall" CHECKER 770 • M- RED WAX!!! Magnificent Chicago Blues and really TOUGH to find on RED WAX. There is very slight center hole damage but otherwise beautiful. MB $1,000
Rare & Classic Blues 45's!
12. Jesse Allen — "Sittin' And Wonderin' /I Wonder What's The Matter"IMPERIAL 5285 • M- TOUGH MB $300
13. Evangelist "Baby" Ballinger — "So Glad/Let It Be" ARTISTIC 100 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO with xol—First issue on Artistic and quite scarce MB $200
15. Rufus Beacham — "Good Woman/Don't Say You Love Me" CHART 617 M- A-side is JUMP BLUES, B-side has nice Vocal Group backing MB $200
16. Dennis Binder — "I Miss You So/Early Times" MODERN 933 M- With IKE TURNER on guitar!!! RARE and FABULOUS MB $300
17. Otis Blackwell — "Bartender, Fill It Up Again!/You're My Love" JAY-DEE 787 MINT MB $100
19. Barrel House Blott & Lee With The St. Louisians — "Brand New Man /Chicks, Going Crazy"CHANCE 1136 • M- Beautiful copy on gorgeous RED VINYL MB $500
20. Babe Blountt — "Bobby Sox Rock/Hello Phylis" ATOMIC-H 909 M- RARE and OBSCURE JUMP BLUES! First and Only copy I'VE EVER SEEN on CHICAGO LABEL MB $300
23. Tiny Bradshaw — "Bradshaw Boogie/Walkin' The Chalk Line" KING 4457 M- MB $200
24. Tiny Bradshaw — "The Train Kept A-Rollin'/Knockin' Blues" KING 4497 MINT GREEN VINYL—All time classic MB $300
26. John Brim And His Stompers — "Tough Times/Gary Stomp" PARROT 799 M- MB $300
27. Sonny Brooks — "Champ Ale/Sentimental Blues" GROOVE 0027 MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $200
28. Big Bill Broonzy — "Leavin' Day/South Bound Train" MERCURY 70039 M- TOUGH to find on 45 rpm MB $150
30. Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown — "Boogie Uproar/Hurry Back Good News" PEACOCK 1617 MINT MB $100
33. Roy Brown And His Mighty-Mighty Men — "Travelin' Man/Hurry Hurry Baby" KING 4602 M- MB $100
36. Roy Brown — "King EP with Cover" KING EP-254 M-/M- Cover has small tear—very scarce EP MB $200
37. Tommy Brown And His Combo — "Southern Women/Remember Me" UNITED 183 MINT Rare! MB $300
38. Ben Bryant And His Combo — "Cat's Delight/Blue Midnight" SABRE 101 M- RED VINYL AND HARD TO FIND MB $300
40. Milton Buckner And His Beale Street Gang — "Red, Red Wine/Boogie Grunt" SAVOY 785 M- TOUGH MB $150
41. Johnny Bullard — "Mixed Up Baby / Fear Not"CARBON NO # • MINT GREAT JUMP BLUES and YES, this is the same guy as John Bullard on Deluxe. MB $500
42. Eddie Burns — "Treat Me Like I Treat You/Don'cha Leave Me Baby" J-V-B 82 M-/VG+ BLUES CLASSIC and this is the original first issue MB $300
47. The Rockin' And Walkin' Rhythm Of Eddie Chamblee — "Lonesome Road/Walkin' Home" UNITED 160 MINT GORGEOUS RED VINYL MB $100
48. The Rockin' And Walkin' Rhythm Of Eddie Chamblee — "Come On In/La! La! La! Lady" UNITED 181 MINT MB $100
50. Blue Charlie — "I'm Gonna Kill That Hen/Don't Bring No Friend" NASCO 6002 M-/M BLUES Masterpiece MB $350
51. Boozoo Chavis — "Forty One Day's/Bye Bye Catin" FOLK-STAR 1201 M- MB $200
53. Ann Cole — "Got My Mo-Jo Working (But It Just Won't Work On You)/I've Got A Little Boy" BATON 237 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO and THIS is where Muddy Waters learned the song! He did NOT write it or sing it first. MB $75
54. Big Tom Collins — "Heart Breaking Woman / Watchin' My Stuff" KING 4568 • M-GREAT GUITAR AND TOUGH to find on 45 rpm! FIRST COPY I have ever had on 45! And the 78 isn't common! MB $350
55. The Confiners — "Harmonica Boogie /The Toss Bounce"ELECTRO 261 • M- GREAT and RARE from HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI MB $500
56. Bixie Crawford — "My Man's Devil/Waiting Around" RCA VICTOR 50-0135 MINT RED AND SILVER PREVIEW RECORD MB $150
57. Pee Wee Crayton — "Win-O/Hurry Hurry" IMPERIAL 5297 M- Rare MB $400
58. Pee Wee Crayton — "Steppin' Out/Hey Little Dreamboat" HOLLYWOOD 1055 M-/VG+ RARE MB $200
61. Scat Man Crothers — "Papa (I Don't Treat That Little Girl Mean)/Till I Waltz Again With You" RECORDED IN HOLLYWOOD 142 M- ANSWER RECORD to RUTH BROWN'S "Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean" MB $100
64. Margie Day — "Take Out Your False Teeth, Daddy/I'm Too Busy Crying" DECCA 48317 M- PINK LABEL PROMO MB $100
66. Floyd Dixon — "Wine, Wine, Wine/Call Operator 210" ALADDIN 3135 MINT MB $175
67. Floyd Dixon And His Band — "Hey Bartender/Is It True" CAT 114 M- MB $100
68. Champion Jack Dupree — "Shim Sham Shimmy/Drunk Again" RED ROBIN 130 M- MB $200
70. Little Esther — "I'm A Bad, Bad Girl/Don't Make A Fool Out Of Me" FEDERAL 12023 NICE VG+ TOUGH MB $200
71. Little Esther — "Hound Dog/Sweet Lips" FEDERAL 12126 MINT Her version of Big Mama Thornton (and Elvis) classic—Great! MB $350
72. H. Bomb Ferguson And His Mad Lads — "No-Sackie-Sack/Spaghetti, And Meat Ball" BIG BANG 103 M- RARE and GREAT MB $200
74. Valli Ford And The Caldonia Boys — "He's My Kind Of Man/All Of Me" PEACOCK 1630 VG+/M- Rare MB $100
75. Calvin Frazier — "Have Blues Must Travel / Lilly Mae"J-V-B 86 • M- GREAT ONE MB $400
76. Johnny Fuller — "Sunny Road/I Can't Succeed" HOLLYWOOD 1084 M- Rarely for sale anywhere MB $200
77. Bob Gaddy — "I (Believe You Got A Sidekick) / Bicycle Boogie"JACKSON 2303 • M- RED VINYL and really tough to find on 45 rpm MB $500
79. Clarence "Bon-Ton" Garlow — "New Bon-Ton Roulay/Dreaming" ALADDIN 3179 MINT AMAZING record and absolutely perfect in every way MB $400
83. Babs Gonzales — "Shuckin' And Jivin'/Still Wailin' " KING 4615 M- SCARCE!!! MB $125
86. Roscoe Gordon — "We're All Loaded/Tomorrow May Be Too Late" R P M 384 M- MB $100
87. John Greer And His Rhythm Rockers — "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee/Long Tall Gal" RCA VICTOR 50-0007 M- ORANGE VINYL MB $150
91. Big Boy Groves — "I Gotta New Car/No Down Payment" LONNIE 5004 M- RARE VERSION of his CLASSIC, first recorded for SPARK MB $75
94. "Peppermint" Harris — "Three Sheets In The Wind/I Never Get Enough Out Of You" ALADDIN 3206 M-/VG+ MB $100
95. Wynonie Harris — "Good Rockin' Tonight/Good Morning, Mr. Blues" KING 4210 M- MB $100
96. Wynonie Harris — "I'll Never Give Up/Man, Have I Got Troubles" KING 4468 M- TOUGH ONE MB $100
98. Brother Will HairstonHurricane Of The Motor City — "The Alabama Bus Part 1 / Part 2"J-V-B 44 • M- SUPER SIGNIFICANT RECORD! RAP (before it was called RAP) and all about Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement. Fantastic and historical! MB $500
101. The Royal Hawk aka ROY HAWKINS — "I Wonder Why/Royal Hawk" FLAIR 1013 MINT First and ONLY copy I have had on 45 rpm MB $400
102. Al Hibbler — "Fat And Forty/Poor Butterfly" CHESS 1569 MINT Tough one and his BEST RECORD MB $200
103. Smokey Hogg — "When I've Been Drinkin'/Tear Me Down" IMPERIAL 5269 NICE VG+ RARE MB $200
104. John Lee Hooker — "Jump Me/I Wonder Little Darling" MODERN 931 MINT MB $250
107. Lightening Hopkins — "The War Is Over/Policy Game" DECCA 28841 M- MB $100
109. Lightning Hopkins — "What's The Matter Now/My Mama Told Me" MERCURY 70191 M- MB $100
116. Camille Howard — "Excite Me Daddy/I'm So Confused" FEDERAL 12125 MINT TOUGH and FANTASTIC MB $400
121. Lil' Son Jackson — "Rockin' And Rollin' #2/Journey Back Home" IMPERIAL 5204 VG+ SCARCE MB $150
124. Elmore James — "Country Boogie /She Just Won't Do Right"CHECKER 777 VG+RARE MB $500
125. Elmo James And His Broomdusters —"Standing At The Crossroads/Sunny Land" FLAIR 1057 M- All Time Classic MB $200
128. Lazy Slim Jim — "Wine Head Baby/One More Drink" SAVOY 887 MINT MB $100
129. Bill Johnson And The Four Steps Of Rhythm — "You Better Dig It/The Right To Love" TALOS 402 M- MB $100
130. Ray Johnson And The Hi-Liters — "Gonna Roll Lucky Seven Tonight/Baby I Miss You" BLEND 103 VG+ MB $75
131. Eddie (Guitar Slim) Jones — "Certainly All/Feelin' Sad" J-B 603 VG+ Rare on 45 rpm and not at all common on 78 MB $300
132. Mildred Jones — "Mr. Thrill/Mis-Used Woman" PEACOCK 1638 MINT Rare and Fantastic FEMALE BLUES MB $400
133. Roy Jones — "Shining 'N Switching/Pop Corn" COMBO 178 MINT Tough MB $75
134. George Kelly — "Ain't That Good/Preaching Blues" APOLLO 825 M- Obscure MB $100
138. Clarence "Junior" Lewis — "Lost Everything/Your Heart Must Be Made Of Stone" RED ROBIN 136 M- MB $200
139. Jimmy Lewis — "Cherry Wine/Dark And Lonely Room" RCA VICTOR 4899 M-/VG+ MB $150
140. Little Joe aka JOE HILL LOUIS "Glamour Girl / Keep Your Arms Around Me" HOUSE OF SOUND 500 • M- MB $750
141. Smiley Lewis — "Caldonia's Party/Oh Baby" IMPERIAL 5241 M- MB $200
148. Jimmy Liggins — "Boogie Woogie King/No More Alcohol" ALADDIN 3251 M- MB $150
149. Jimmy Liggins And His 3-D Music — "Drunk/I'll Never Let You Go" SPECIALTY 470 VG Plays FANTASTIC, RED VINYL MB $50
150. Papa Lightfoot And His Harmonica — "P. L. Blues/After-While" ALADDIN 3171 VG+ FANTASTIC MB $300
154. Bobby Marchon — "Just A Little Ol' Wine/You Made A Fool Of Me" DOT 1203 M- Rare MB $200
156. Little Arthur Mathews — "I'm Gonna Whale On You/Someday Baby" FEDERAL 12232 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO with BIO LABEL—GREAT GUITAR on this one!!! MB $150
158. Fats Matthews — "Down The Line/You Know It" IMPERIAL 5235 M- MB $100
159. Jerry McCain And His Upstarts — "Trying To Please/My Next Door Neighbor" EXCELLO 2103 VG MB $25
160. Brownie McGhee And His Sugar Men — "Mean Old Frisco/Lover" JACKSON 2304 M- RED WAX!!! Nice one and very scarce MB $300
161. Brownie McGhee And His Jook Block Busters — "I'm 10,000 Years Old/Cherry Red" JAX 312 M- RED WAX!!! MB $200
162. Brownie McGhee And His Jook House Rockers — "Christina/Worrying Over You" HARLEM 2323 M- MB $150
167. J. Mercy Baby — "The Rock And Stomp/So Lonesome" MERCY BABY 502 M- Small wol, GREAT SCREAMIN' GUITAR—first and ONLY copy I have ever seen! MB $300
168. Louie Meyers And The Aces — "Just Whaling / Bluesy"ABCO 104 • M-CHICAGO HARMONICA BLUES MASTERPIECE! Tough to find on 45 rpm and the 78 isn't easy either. MB $500
171. Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra —"The Grape Vine/No One Else Could Be" KING 4476' M- RARE ONE on 45 rpm MB $200
174. Freddie Mitchell — "3 Strikes You're Out/Preachin' " ROCK `N' ROLL 609 M- MB $100
175. Willie Nix And His Combo"Just Can't Stay / All By Yourself" SABRE 104 • M-TOP TEN CHICAGO BLUES MASTERPIECE!!! Rarely for sale in ANY condition! This is a record that those who have it, do not sell it. I have the only known copy. MB $2,000
178. Hot Lips Page And His Orchestra — "Strike, While The Iron Is Hot!/I Wanna Ride Like The Cowboys Do" RCA VICTOR 50-0129 NICE VG+ RED AND SILVER PREVIEW COPY MB $50
179. Hot Lips Page — "The Cadillac Song/Ain't Nothing Wrong With That, Baby" KING 1404 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO with BIO LABEL MB $100
183. Pigmeat Peterson — "Everybody Loves A Fat Man/Loud Mouth Lucy" FEDERAL 12081 VG PLAYS MAGNIFICENT! Very scarce on 45 rpm MB $100
190. Tampa Red — "Midnight Boogie/I Miss My Lovin' Blues" RCA VICTOR 50-0112 MINT MB $150
192. Tampa Red — "So Crazy About You Baby/So Much Trouble" RCA VICTOR 5523 MINT MB $100
197. Todd Rhodes Orchestra — "Gin, Gin, Gin/I Shouldn't Cry (But I Do)" KING 4469 M-/NICE VG+ MB $100
201. Lester Robertson And The Upstarters — "My Girl Across Town/Take It Home To Grandma" MONTEL 1001 M- GREAT New Orleans style Rockin' Blues! MB $150
203. Doctor Ross — "Cannonball/Numbers Blues" HI-Q 5027 M- RARE ONE from DETROIT MB $200
205. "Junior" Ryder And The Peacocks — "Better Stop/Sad Story" DUKE 119 M- A-side is good JUMP BLUES and the B-side has Vocal Group backing him up MB $200
209. Lightning Slim — "Rock Me Mama / Bad Luck" FEATURE 3006 • M- His FIRST AND BEST record MB $300
213. Melvin Smith — "Looped/Woman Trainer" RCA VICTOR 4735 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $75
215. Cliff "King" Solomon — "Square Dance Boogie/Street Walkin' " OKEH 7022 M- Tough MB $75
216. Little Sonny — "Love Shock / I Love You Baby Until The Day I Die" J-V-B 5001 • M- Great one! This is the original label from Detroit, before it went to Excello. MB $300
218. Tasso The Great — "My Sympathy/Ebony After Midnight" UNITED 150 NICE VG+/M- RED VINYL and quite scarce on 45 rpm MB $100
219. Billy Tate — "Right From Wrong/Don't Call My Name" PEACOCK 1671 MINT MB $100
221. Eddie Taylor With JIMMY REED — "Ride Em On Down/Bigtown Playboy" VEE-JAY 185 M- FANTASTIC CHICAGO ROCKIN' BLUES MB $150
224. Sonny Terry — "Dangerous Woman/Hootin' Blues" GRAMERCY 1005 M- RED VINYL MB $150
227. Sister Rosetta Tharpe — "Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down/When The Saints Go Marching In" MERCURY 70910 M- MB $75
228. Jesse Thomas With L.C. Williams Band — "When I Squeeze Your Hand/Take Me Back Baby" RTA VICTORY 313 G Rare and Great TWO-SIDER from PRE-WAR ARTIST! ONLY copy I have ever seen—made in SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA MB $50
230. Ike Turner And His Kings Of Rhythm — "She Made My Blood Run Cold/Do You Mean It" FEDERAL 12297 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $100
232. T-Bone Walker — "When The Sun Goes Down/Pony Tail" IMPERIAL 5264 M- MB $100
234. Big Walter And His Combo — "Hard-Hearted Woman/Back Home To Mama" STATES 145 NICE VG+ MB $100
235. Little Walter J."That's Allright / Just Keep Loving Her"CHANCE 1116 • NICE VG+CHICAGO BLUES MASTERPIECE!!! Scarce on 45 rpm. MB $2,000
244. James Walton And His Blues Kings (aka SQUARE WALTON) — "Miss Jessie James/Leaving Blues" HI-Q 5029 MINT NICE ONE from DETROIT MB $100
246. Dinah Washington — "Big Long Slidin' Thing/(No, No, No) You Can't Love Two" MERCURY 70392 MINT Classic MB $35
250. Muddy Waters And His Guitar — "Manish Boy/Young Fashion Ways" CHESS 1602 M- Classic MB $100
251. Muddy Waters — "Got My Mojo Working/Rock Me" CHESS 1652 M- MB $100
262. Sonny Boy Williamson — "Bring Another Half A Pint / Little Girl"RCA VICTOR 50-0005 M-ORANGE VINYLMB $200
263. Sonny Boy Williamson — "Don't Start Me Talkin'/All My Love In Vain" CHECKER 824 NICE VG+ PROMO COPY with stain on B-side label—TOUGH to find as PROMO MB $75
265. Po Joe Williams — "Goin' Back/My Baby Left" VEE- JAY 227 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $75
269. Jimmy Wilson And His All-Stars — "It's Time To Change/Any Man's A Fool" ALADDIN 3241 M- MB $150
271. The Howlin' Wolf — "I'll Be Around /Forty Four" CHESS 1584 • MINTMB $150
272. Howlin' Wolf — "Come To Me Baby/Don't Mess With My Baby" CHESS 1607 NICE VG+ PROMO COPY! MB $100
274. Howlin Wolf — "I Asked For Water/So Glad" CHESS 1632 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO—RARE!!! MB $150
281. Billy Wright — "Mean Old Wine/Keep Your Hands Off My Heart" SAVOY 776 M- MB $100