February 7, 2023 Killer Blues 45's Auction highlights
Closes Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 at 7:00 pm PT
My February 7th, 2023 Killer Blues 45's auction complete list
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1. Lightnin' Hopkins — "Leavin' Blues / Moanin' Blues" TnT 8010 • M- INSANELY rare . . . Only a couple known on 45 or 78!!! Hopkins made two records for TnT and both of them are near impossible to find!! Gorgeous copy! MB $2,500
2. Les Vendor aka JOE HILL LOUIS — "Just Plain Tired / I Cried For Love" VENDOR 100 • NICE VG+ ULTRA RARE . . . Only 100 copies pressed and ONLY ABOUT FIVE KNOWN TO HAVE SURVIVED!!! Vendor was a Jukebox company in Memphis that Louis worked for. MB $10,000
3. Little Joe aka JOE HILL LOUIS — "Glamour Girl / Keep Your Arms Around Me" HOUSE OF SOUND 500 • M- Rare Memphis label and this one is not as rare as the Vendor 45 but doesn't show up much on 45 rpm. Beautiful copy!MB $2,000
4. "Peppermint" Harris —
"Maggie's Boogie / Right Back On It" ALADDIN 3130 • MINT
YES, THIS IS THE ULTRA RARE GREEN WAX PRESSING!!! Aladdin did SOME issues in RED, BLUE, GREEN and ORANGE plastic but they are really tough to find!!!
MB $2,000
5. Birmingham Junior And His Lover Boys — "Birmingham Late Hours /You're Too Bad" EBONY 1007 • VG+/M-
EBONY was owned by J. Mayo Williams who ran Paramount for awhile in the
1920's. This is a stunningly great Country Blues that almost never turns up.
MB $2,000
6. Buster Smith And His Heat Waves — "That's Your Lovin' Baby / Til Broad Daylight" BIG TOWN • 127 M-
ONLY KNOWN COPY!! I didn't even know this was pressed. I bought out Big Town and have all the masters, yet there was NO copy in their files.
MB $2,000 7. Johnny Ace / Earl Forrest — "Mid Night Hours Journey /Trouble And Me" FLAIR 1015 • M-
Johnny Ace's FIRST record and quite
scarce on 45 rpm format MB $300
12. Jesse Allen — "Dragnet/Take It Easy"
BAYOU 011 M- TOUGH MB $200
20. Lazy Bill And His Blue Rhythms — "I Had A Dream / She Got Me Walkin' " CHANCE 1148 • VG+
NICEST COPY I'VE EVER SEEN of this super great CHANCE Blues Rarity! Small name
on label on A-side as shown. WHAT A RECORD!!! MB $2,000
21. " "Bobby Blue" Bland — "No Blow, No Show /Army Blues" DUKE 115 • MINT
RARE AND EARLY ONE BY BLAND MB $350
23. The Blue Flamers — "Watch On/Driving Down The Highway"
EXCELLO 2026 M- Great one MB $300
29. John Brim And His Stompers — "Tough Times/Gary Stomp"
PARROT 799 NICE VG Ultra rare RED vinyl. It plays fabulous!!! VERY few known on red vinyl
MB $200
37. Roy Brown And His Mighty-Mighty Men — "Bar Room Blues /Good Rockin' Man" DELUXE 3319 • M-
CLASSIC AND TOUGH ON 45 RPM FORMAT MB $300
39. Leonard Carbo — "Pigtails & Blue Jeans/So Tired"
VEE-JAY 291 MINT GREAT ROCKIN' BLUES from the lead singer for the SPIDERS
MB $150
44. Pee Wee Crayton — "Have You Lost Your Love For Me / Cool Evening" MODERN 892 • M-
RARE and this is the first and only copy
I've had on 45 rpm MB $200
55. Floyd Dixon — "Too Much Jellyroll / Baby, Let's Go Down To The Woods" ALADDIN 3111 • VG+
EARLY LIEBER AND STOLLER and very scarce on 45 rpm
MB $250
56. Floyd Dixon — "Wine, Wine,
Wine/Call Operator 210" ALADDIN 3135 M-
PITTSBURGH CLASSIC MB $200
59. Fats Domino — "How Long /Dreaming"
IMPERIAL
5209 • M- GORGEOUS RED WAX PRESSING
MB $300
62. Fats Domino — "Don't Leave Me This Way/Something's Wrong"
IMPERIAL 5262 M- RED VINYL, RARE MB $300
63. J & J Deuces — "Sweet Woman Blues / Little Woman Blues" CORDE 11965 • MINT
Super RARE and Super GREAT! MB $1,500
71. Calvin Frazier — "Have Blues Must Travel / Lilly Mae"
J-V-B 86 •
M- FABULOUS! MB $500
73. Little Willie Foster — "Crying The Blues/Little Girl"
COBRA 5011 M- MB $200
86. Arthur Gunter — "Baby Let's Play House/Blues After Hours"
EXCELLO 2047 M- CLASSIC MB $150
107. Tony Hollins — "Fishin' Blues / I'll Get A Break" DECCA 48300 • M-
GREAT MB $400
114. Eddie Hope & Manish Boys — "A Fool No More / Lost Child" MARLIN 804 • M-
DOUBLE-SIDED ROCKIN' BLUES MASTERPIECE
MB $800
135. Joe Houston — "Pig Tails/Chittlin' "
BAYOU 012 M- RARE MB $150
138. Lil' Son Jackson — "Blues By The Hour /Trouble Don't Last Always" IMPERIAL 5286 • M-
Rare on 45!
MB $300
144. Elmore James — "Country Boogie / She Just Won't Do Right" CHECKER 777 • VG+
RARE!!! MB $1,500
154. Bobo Jenkins — "Democrat Blues / Bad Luck And
Trouble" CHESS 1565 • NICE VG+
RARE on 45 rpm format MB $500
204. Willie Mabon And His Combo — "I'm Mad / Night Latch" CHESS 1538 • M-
RED WAX—TOUGH MB $200
208. Fats Matthews — "Down The Line / You Know It" IMPERIAL 5235 • M-
TOUGH NEW ORLEANS SOUND! MB $200
218. Amos Milburn And His Aladdin Chicken-shackers — "Bad, Bad Whiskey/I'm Gonna Tell My Mama"
ALADDIN 3068 M- All Time Classic and a VERY EARLY 45 RPM
MB $150
222. Little Milton — "Alone And Blue / If You Love Me" SUN 200 • VG+
RARE! MB $1,000
228. Robert Nighthawk And His Nighthawks Band — "The Moon Is Rising / Maggie Campbell" STATES 131 • MINT
1950'S Blues Masterpiece MB $500
237. Country Paul — "Since I Seen Your Smiling Face / One More Time"
KING 4532 •
VG+ TOUGH ON 45 RPM MB $300
238. King Perry And His Band — "Pitching A Party/Back To Kansas City"
HOLLYWOOD 1030 M- VOCALS ON BOTH SIDES AND RARE!!!
MB $150
247. Tampa Red — "Midnight Boogie/I Miss My Lovin' Blues"
RCA VICTOR 50-0112 M- Maroon and Silver PROMO COPY
MB $150
258. Little Richard — "Get Rich Quick / Thinkin' 'Bout My Mother" RCA VICTOR 47-4582 • M-
WHITE LABEL PROMO—RARE!!! From his early days
singing Blues MB $750
259. Duces Of Rhythm & Tempo Toppers With Little Richard —
"Ain't That Good News / Fool At The Wheel"
PEACOCK
1616 • M- Harder to find than his big hits on Specialty
MB $300
260. Tempo Toppers Featuring Little Richard — "Rice, Red Beans And Turnip Greens/Always"
PEACOCK 1628 M- MB $200
266. "Doctor" Ross — "Industrial Boogie / Thirty-Two Twenty"
DIR 101 •
M- FABULOUS MB $500
273. Washboard Sam — "Diggin' My Potatoes /Bright Eyes" CHESS 1545 • M-
With label damage as shown. If you can live
with that, it's a gorgeous copy and super rare on 45 rpm! FANTASTIC RECORD!
MB $300
275. Alonzo Scales — "Hard Luck Child/We Just Can't Agree"
WING 90049 M- RARE AND GREAT!!! MB $300
283. Sunnyland Slim — "Devil Is A Busy Man / Going Back To Memphis" BLUE LAKE 105 • MINT
RED VINYL!!! #ol on B-side MB $1,000
289. Otis Spann — "It Must Have Been The Devil / Five Spot"
CHECKER 807
• G Plays like NEW!!!! A MINT copy would sell for $5,000 or more. This
one doesn't look pretty but sounds near Mint for a fraction of the price. MASTERPIECE!!
MB $500
290. Walter Spriggs — "Week End Man/I'm Not Your Fool Anymore"
BLUE LAKE 109 M- MB $200
299. Sonny "Hootin' " Terry And His Harmonica
With Brownie McGhee — "I Don't Worry (Sittin
On Top Of The World) / Man Ain't Nothin' But A Fool"
JAX 305 •
M- RED VINYL MB $300
300. Sonny Terry Trio — "Dangerous Woman/Hootin' Blues"
GRAMERCY 1005 M- RED VINYL, CLASSIC
MB $200
309. Rufus Thomas, Jr. — "Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle)/Save That Money"
SUN 188 VG Xol MB $200
310. Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton — "Hound Dog/Rock A Bye Baby"
PEACOCK 1612 MINT MB $200
314. T-Bone Walker — "Get These Blues Off Me / I Got The Blues Again"IMPERIAL 5181 • M-/VG+
EXTREMELY RARE EARLY IMPERIAL 45 RPM
MB $500
328. Muddy Waters And His Guitar — "I'm Your Hoochie Kooche Man/She's So Pretty"
CHESS 1560 M- CLASSIC MB $150 336. Junior Wells And His Eagle Rockers — "Hodo Man / Junior's Wail" STATES 134 • M- MASTERPIECE MB $1,000
345. "Sonny Boy" Williamson — "Let Me
Explain/Your Imagination" CHECKER 834 M-
WHITE LABEL PROMO, Rare, date of MAR 1956 stamped on label
MB $150
350. Howlin' Wolf — "Who Will Be Next/I Have A Little Girl"
CHESS 1593 M- MB $150 352. Howlin Wolf — "I Asked For Water/So
Glad" CHESS 1632 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO—Rare!!!
MB $200
My February 7th, 2023 Killer Blues 45's auction complete list Good luck, everybody!
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341. Jo Jo Williams And His Band — "Rock'n Roll Boogie / All Pretty Wimmens" ATOMIC - H no # • M-
MASTERPIECE! MB $500
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Next Month's Auction:
Daniel Levine's Awesome Pre-War Blues and Gospel 78's Collection!!