July 24, 2025 Blues / R&B 45's Auction,
Page 1
Closes Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 7:00 pm PT
My July 24, 2025 Blues 45's auction highlights
Printed (PDF) version of my July 24 Blues 45's auction
How to bid on my Monthly Auctions
pg 1 • pg 2 • pg 3 • pg 4 • pg 5 • pg 6
* * * Attention Blues Collectors * * *
This auction contains some of the best and rarest Blues 45's from the 1950's! Some have not been for sale for decades! Good luck to all . . . and please request CALLBACKS for the ones most important to you.
THE KINGS OF POST WAR BLUES (Records 1 – 8)!
1. Ray Charles "Guitar Blues / Baby Let Me Hear You Call My Name" SITTIN' IN WITH 641 • VG+ Very RARE 45 rpm! His only release on this label and much harder to find than the SWING TIME releases—which are not easy these days. FIRST copy I have ever had on 45 rpm. MB $500
2. Dorothy Ellis "Drill Daddy Drill / Must Go Out And Play" FEDERAL 12070 AA • VG+/M- Possibly the BEST Rockin' Female Blues record of the 1950's! VERY tough to find on 45 rpm and in demand worldwide! Beautiful copy with minor wear on A-side. MB $500
3. Roscoe Gordon And Robert Bland aka Bobby "Blue" Bland "Love You 'Til The Day I Die / Booted" CHESS 1487 • M- Bobby "Blue" Bland's FIRST record and almost never for sale! 1400 # CHESS which is super early for a 45 rpm. 78's turn up, but NOT 45's on this one! MB $1,000
4. Jalacy Hawkins aka Screamin' Jay Hawkins — "Baptize Me In Wine / Not Anymore" TIMELY 1004 • M- STUNNING RED VINYL!!! Almost NEVER for sale, anywhere! The 78 will show up, once in a while, but the 45 is next to impossible to obtain. Here's your chance to secure his all-time best and rarest record! MB $3,000
5. John Lee Hooker "High Priced Woman /Union Station Blues" CHESS 1505 • VG+ One of only FOUR KNOWN copies!!! EARLY CHESS RELEASE that will come up on 78 rpm but almost never seen on 45 rpm! This could be your only chance to get a 45 rpm original. MB $2,000
6. Lightning Hopkins "Jake Head Boogie / Lonesome Dog Blues" R P M 346 • M- You MAY see this on 78 rpm, but the 45 is almost never for sale. Beautiful copy! Only had two dupes of this in 50+ years! Don't miss this one! MB $1,500
7. Little Milton "Lookin' For My Baby / Homesick For My Baby" SUN 220 • M- Little Milton made three records for SUN and this is the rarest of the three releases! Rarely for sale and this is a beautiful copy! MB $1,000
8. Young John Watson aka Johnny "Guitar" Watson "Space Guitar / Half Pint-A-Whiskey" FEDERAL 12175 • M- My candidate for the very best, wildest guitar solo of the 1950's. WAY ahead of its time! Those that have it, never sell it. Beautiful copy! MB $2,000