3. The Mississippi Moaner — "It's Cold In China Blues / Mississippi Moan" VOCALION 03166 • V With three inch hard-to-spot hairline crack. STUNNING RECORD!!! His only record! MAYBE ten copies known . . . maybe . . . MB $1,000

4. Charley Patton — "Pony Blues / Banty Rooster Blues" PARAMOUNT 12792 • POOR Plays through fairly well except for one skip at the beginning of "Pony Blues." Yes, it is pretty much a wall hanger, but it's a genuine original Patton and they just don't come up for sale anymore! MB $1,000

5. Charley Patton — "Shake It And Break It But (Don't Let It Fall Mama) / A Spoonful Blues" PARAMOUNT 12869 • V PLAYS E- and it is a double-sided masterpiece! 1/2 inch stress crack at the very start. Original Patton 78's are quickly vanishing from the marketplace. MB $8,000

6. Charley Patton — "Lord I'm Discouraged / I'm Going Home" PARAMOUNT 12883 • V+ Double-sided PATTON GOSPEL MASTERPIECES! Anytime you can get a Patton V+ or better, it's a miracle. Plays GREAT TOO! MB $8,000

9. Beale Street Sheiks"You Shall / It's A Good Thing" PARAMOUNT 12518 • E FRANK STOKES MASTERPIECE and WOW . . . it's soooo clean!!! MB $1,500

10. Barefoot Bill From Alabama "My Crime Blues / Snigglin' Blues" COLUMBIA 14510 • E BLUES MASTERPIECE!!! MB $1,000

12. Blind Blake"He's In The Jailhouse Now / Southern Rag" PARAMOUNT 12565 • E TOUGH to find anything by Blake in E or better condition—they usually turn up whipped. MB $1,000

14. Barbecue Bob "Red Hot Mama - Papa's Going To Cool You Off / Good Time Rounder" COLUMBIA 14449 • E+ STUNNING Store Stock New copy—LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MADE YESTERDAY! MB $600

16. Mary Butler With THE MISSISSIPPI SHEIKS — "Mary Blues / Bungalow Blues" BRUNSWICK 7046 • E MB $500

17. Banjo Joe (GUS CANNON) With Blind Blake — "Can You Blame The Colored Man?/Poor Boy Long Ways From Home" PARAMOUNT 12571 V- MB $200

19. Bo Carter — "Don't Do It No More / Skin Ball Blues" BLUEBIRD 5997 • E+/E CLASSIC BO CARTER MB $500

20. Bo Carter — "Ain't Nobody Got It/Rolling Blues" BLUEBIRD 6373 E+/E More classic Bo MB $500

23. Bo Carter — "All Around Man–Part 2 / Doubled Up In A Knot" BLUEBIRD 6659 • E CLASSIC MB $500

24. Ida Cox — "Bama Bound Blues/Lovin' Is The Thing I'm Wild About" PARAMOUNT 12045 E- MB $100

27. Julius Daniels/L.C. Prigett — "Can't Put The Bridle On That Mule This Morning/Frog Town Blues" VICTOR 21359 E MB $500

28. Teddy Darby "Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues / My Laona Blues" PARAMOUNT 12828 • E/E+ GORGEOUS COPY and even though the label says "Vocal with Piano" there is no piano on this record! He plays GUITAR and very well!!! GREAT RECORD MB $2,000

31. Sleepy John Estes "Diving Duck Blues / The Girl I Love She Got Long Curls" VICTOR 38549 • V PLAYS MAGNIFICENT!!! All Time Classic MB $1,000

33. Feathers And Frogs — "How You Get That Way/Sweet Black Dog" PARAMOUNT 12812 V+ RARE MB $300

34. Nellie Florence With BARBECUE BOB — "Jacksonville Blues/Midnight Weeping Blues" COLUMBIA 14342 E- GREAT FEMALE VOCALS WITH BARBECUE BOB BACKING HER UP ON GUITAR MB $300

37. Blind Boy Fuller — "Jivin' Woman Blues/Heart Ease Blues" VOCALION 04732 E MB $300

45. Georgia Pine Boy (Joe McCoy) — "Look Who's Coming Down The Road/The World Is A Hard Place To Live In" DECCA 7828 E Sounds just like Tommy Johnson's "Maggie Campbell" MB $200

50. Rev. J. O. Hanes — "Sin And The Remedy/The Great Transaction's Done" PARAMOUNT 3058 V+ Probably the rarest of the three Paramount picture labels, this one is a wall hanger since it is badly cracked to the label. MB $20

51. Sloppy Henry — "Royal Palm Special Blues / Jomo Man Blues" OKEH 8845 • E+ MB $600

55. Peg Leg Howell And Eddie Anthony — "Banjo Blues/Turkey Buzzard Blues" COLUMBIA 14382 E+ MB $500

56. Peg Leg Howell And Jim Hill — "Monkey Man Blues/Chittlin' Supper" COLUMBIA 14426 E+ MB $500

58. Papa Charlie Jackson — "Scoodle Um Skoo/What's That Thing She's Shakin' " OKEH 8954 E+ MB $500

61. Blind Lemon Jefferson"Lemon's Cannon Ball Moan / Change My Luck Blues" PARAMOUNT 12639 • E Gorgeous copy!!! You seldom see CLEAN Blind Lemons ANYWHERE! MB $1,000

67. Alec Johnson — "Miss Meal Cramp Blues/Sundown Blues" COLUMBIA 14446 E+ With THE MISSISSIPPI SHEIKS MB $300

68. Blind Willie Johnson — "I'm Gonna Run To The City Of Refuge / Jesus Is Comin" COLUMBIA 14391 • E+ MB $800

69. Blind Willie Johnson — "Let Your Light Shine On Me/God Don't Never Change" COLUMBIA 14490 E- MB $500

70. Blind Willie Johnson — "The Soul Of A Man/Church, I'm Fully Saved Today" COLUMBIA 14582 E- MB $400

73. Lonnie Johnson — "Away Down In The Alley Blues/Blues In G" OKEH 8575 E TOUGH AND GREAT ONE MB $400

76. Lonnie Johnson — "Racketeers Blues/I'm Nuts About That Gal" OKEH 8946 E "X" carved into label MB $300

85. Chatman's Mississippi Hot Footers — "It Ain't No Good—Part 1/Part 2" VOCALION 02687 E MB $200

86. Blind Sammie aka BLIND WILLIE McTELL — "Talking To Myself/Razor Ball" COLUMBIA 14551 V+ MB $500

87. Ruby Glaze_Blind Willie (McTell) "Mama, Let Me Scoop For You /Rollin' Mama Blues" Great playing copy of classic McTell BLUEBIRD 6007 • V+ MB $1,000

90. Memphis Jug Band — "Beale Street Mess Around/I'll See You In The Spring" VICTOR 21066 E+ MB $500

91. Memphis Jug Band — "Snitchin' Gambler Blues/She Stays Out All Night Long" VICTOR 21524 E+/E MB $300

95. Memphis Jug Band — "Lindberg Hop/Sugar Pudding" VICTOR 21740 E+ MB $300

96. Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie "When The Levee Breaks / That Will Be Alright" COLUMBIA 14439 • E+ Masterpiece and covered by Led Zeppelin MB $2,000

97. Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie — "Can I Do It For You?—Part I / Part II" VOCALION 1523 • E- MB $500

98. Memphis Minnie"Frankie Jean (That Trottin' Fool) / Memphis Minnie-Jitis Blues" VOCALION 1588 • E/E+ With tiny tear on label MB $1,000

100. Memphis Minnie — "Ma Rainey/Finger Print Blues" OKEH 05811 E TOUGH ONE! Her TRIBUTE to Ma Rainey when Rainey died MB $100

102. Alice Moore — "Prison Blues/My Man Blues" PARAMOUNT 12868 E- MB $200

103. Rosie Mae Moore — "Staggering Blues/Ha-Ha Blues" VICTOR 21280 E With Charlie McCoy on guitar and fabulous MB $400

104. William Moore "Old Country Rock / Raggin' The Blues"PARAMOUNT 12761 • E+With small pressing defect that thumps for a few revolutions MB $2,000

105. The Nugrape Twins — "I Got Your Ice Cold Nugrape / There's A City Built Of Mansions" COLUMBIA 14187 • E+ MB $500

108. Ma Rainey — "Ma Rainey's Dream Blues/Lost Wandering Blues" PARAMOUNT 12098 E- MB $300

110. Ma Rainey With Her Georgia Band — "Broken Soul Blues/Sissy Blues" PARAMOUNT 12384 E MB $300

116. Washboard Sam With FREDDIE SPRUELL — "Ocean Blues/YMV Blues" BLUEBIRD 5983 V SAM'S FIRST RECORD with incredible guitar by FREDDIE SPRUELL—Rare! MB $200

120. Uncle Skipper aka CHARLEY JORDAN — "Chifferobe/Cuttin' My ABC's" DECCA 7353 V+ MB $100

128. South Street Trio — "South Street Stomp/Big Four" VICTOR 38509 V+ THE RARE ONE BY THEM MB $300

129. Victoria Spivey — "Spider Web Blues/Hoodoo Man Blues" OKEH 8370 E+ GORGEOUS STORE STOCK NEW MB $300

130. Vol Stevens With The Memphis Jug Band — "Vol Stevens Blues / Baby Got The Rickets" VICTOR 21356 • E+ MB $500

135. Henry Townsend — "Poor Man Blues /Mistreated Blues" COLUMBIA 14491 • E+ MB $800

136. Henry Townsend — "Henry's Worry Blues/Long Ago Blues" COLUMBIA 14529 E- MB $500

138. Curly Weaver With BLIND WILLIE McTELL —"Sometime Mama/Two Faced Woman" CHAMPION 50065 E+ MB $500

147. Bukka White"Fixin' To Die Blues / Black Train Blues" VOCALION 05588 • E Monster! Covered by Dylan MB $1,500

149. Williams' Jug Band/Dicky Wells Shim Shammers — "Chizzlin' Sam/Baby Are You Satisfied" COLUMBIA 2829 V+ BLUE WAX MB $100

150. Sonny Boy Williamson — "Skinny Woman/Got The Bottle Up And Gone" BLUEBIRD 7012 E MB $300

151. Sonny Boy Williamson — "Good Morning, School Girl/Sugar Mama Blues" BLUEBIRD 7059 E All Time Classic and covered by many other Blues singers for decades since MB $300

POST WAR BLUES 45's:

THE KINGS OF POST WAR BLUES 45's: (Records 159-164)

159. Eddie Burns — "Hello Miss Jessie Lee / Dealing With The Devil" DELUXE 6024 • VG+ Fabulous record! This is his crude and primitive version of the Sonny Boy Williamson classic "Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl." Detroit Blues at its finest! MB $400

160. Lightning Hopkins — "Honey, Honey Blues / Moonrise Blues" ALADDIN 3077 • M- Super rare and great EARLY 45 rpm! The 78 of this will come up, but you never see the 45! Beautiful copy! Don't let it pass by!MB $1,000

161. Elmore James — "Country Boogie / She Just Won't Do Right" CHECKER 777 • VG+Early Elmore 45 that rarely comes up for sale MB $750

162. Bobo Jenkins — "Democrat Blues /Bad Luck and Trouble" CHESS 1565 • M- Scarce and great one! More Detroit primitive country Blues MB $400

163. Bobby Marchon — "Just A Little Ol' Wine / You Made A Fool Of Me" DOT 1203 • M- One of those early DOT 45's that just doesn't show up often MB $300

164. Little Milton — "If You Love Me / Alone And Blue" SUN 200 • M- Another one of the early SUN label Blues issues that is getting harder and harder to get as more and more are running to (or trying to) the SUN LABEL. MB $800

166. Jo Jo Adams — "Call My Baby/Rebecca" PARROT 788 M- RED VINYL and you almost never see this one on 45 rpm! MB $500

167. Long Man Binder — "The Long Man/I'm A Lover" UNITED 194 VG+ aka DENNIS BINDER—WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $150

170. Red Boyd And His Orchestra/Don Hill And His Orchestra — "Red's Ride/Perfidia" BLUES & RHYTHM 7006 MINT Yes, it's an instrumental . . . but it just may be the only 45 rpm release on Blues & Rhythm which was a 1951/1952 offshoot of Modern/Flair/RPM MB $50

171. Tiny Bradshaw — "The Train Kept A-Rollin'/Knockin' Blues" KING 4497-AA M- First Pressing of this song that would soon be covered by THE JOHNNY BURNETTE TRIO and later by THE YARDBIRDS MB $150

172. Big Bill Broonzy — "Leavin' Day/South Bound Train" MERCURY 70039 M- TOUGH to find on 45 rpm format MB $150

176. Cliston Chanier—King Of The South — "Louisiana Stomp/Cliston Blues" IMPERIAL 5352 M- Tiny date of 5/31/55 written neatly on the label ...aka CLIFTON CHENIER MB $150

177. 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—MUDDY WATERS "BORROWED" the A-side and made it his own MB $75

178. Pee Wee Crayton — "Cool Evening/Have You Lost Your Love For Me" MODERN 892 M- MB $200

179. Scat Man Crothers/Red Callendar Sextette — "Papa (I Don't Treat That Little Girl Mean)/Till I Waltz Again With You" RECORDED IN HOLLYWOOD 142 M- VERY SCARCE ANSWER RECORD to RUTH BROWN'S CLASSIC "Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean" MB $100

183. Mercy Dee — "Rent Man Blues/Fall Guy" SPECIALTY 466 M- RED VINYL MB $100

186. Floyd Dixon — "Wine, Wine, Wine/Call Operator 210" ALADDIN 3135 M- PITTSBURGH CLASSIC MB $100

189. Little Esther — "Sit Back Down/He's A No Good Man" DECCA 48314 MINT PINK LABEL PROMO MB $150

190. Little Esther — "Talkin' All Out My Head/If You Want Me" DECCA 28804 MINT MB $150

192. Calvin Frazier — "Have Blues Must Travel/Lilly Mae" J-V-B 86 M- FABULOUS! MB $400

200. Screamin' Jay Hawkins — "I Put A Spell On You/Little Demon" OKEH 7072 VG+ Tough to find this one clean—MOST COPIES ARE WELL USED MB $75

201. Screamin' Jay Hawkins — "You Made Me Love You/Darling, Please Forgive Me" OKEH 7084 VG+ WHITE LABEL PROMO with name written on the label on both sides MB $20

202. Screamin' Jay Hawkins — "Alligator Wine/There's Something Wrong With You" OKEH 7101 VG MB $25

203. Screamin' Jay Hawkins — "Ashes/Nitty Gritty" CHANCELLOR 1117 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO with xol MB $20

204. Screamin' Jay Hawkins — "I'm Lonely/Stone Crazy" PHILIPS 40606 VG WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $10

205. Jessie Hill — "Oogsey Moo/My Love" MINIT 628 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $20

206. Billy Holiday — "Rocky Mountain Blues/Blue Turning Grey Over You" ALADDIN 3102 VG RARE MB $50

207. Country Homes — "Come On And Put Me In The Alley/I Want You To Use Me" DELUXE 6036 M- MB $200

210. Lightning Hopkins — "What's The Matter Now?/My Mama Told Me" MERCURY 70191 M- MB $100

225. Elmore James — "I Believe/I Held My Baby Last Night" METEOR 5000 M- Stunning copy of all time classic Elmore! MB $350

226. Elmore James — "Sinful Woman/Baby, What's Wrong" METEOR 5003 M- THE HARDER OF THE TWO METEOR ELMORE's MB $400

227. Elmore James And His Broomdusters — "Standing At The Crossroads/Sunny Land" FLAIR 1057 M- ELMORE CLASSIC MB $200

232. Rock Heart Johnson — "Black Spider/Midnight Rambler" RCA VICTOR 5136 VG+ MB $100

233.B. B. King — "3 O'Clock Blues / That Ain't The Way To Do It" R P M 339 • M- EARLY B. B. ON SUPER EARLY MODERN 45 MB $500

234. B. B. King — "Gotta Find My Baby/Some Day Some Where" R P M 360 VG+ TOUGH EARLY ONE MB $300

237. Christine Kittrell — "Sittin' Here Drinkimg/I Ain't Nothing But A Fool" TENNESSEE 128 M- CLASSIC MB $100

240. Leonard Lee — "When The Sun Goes Down/Tryin' Fool Me" LAMP 8001 M- Of Shirley and Lee —RARE MB $150

244. Smiley Lewis — "Big Mamou / Play Girl" IMPERIAL 5234 • M- RED WAX!!! MB $400

245. Smiley Lewis — "Caldonia's Party/Oh Baby" IMPERIAL 5241 M- MB $200

247. Lick, Slick And Slide — "I Got Drunk/I Love My Baby" SAVOY 1150 VG+ WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $150

250. Bobby Marchan And The Tick Tocks — "Snoopin' And Accusin'/This Is The Life" FIRE 1014 M- PROMO COPY—RARE MB $100

255. Joe McCoy And His Real McCoys — "Hey Hey Loretta/Too Much Goin' On" TIARA 6115 M- Little Richard style screamer MB $150

258. Elmon Mickle — "Flat Foot Sam/I Got To Get Some Money" ELKO No # M- MB $300

259. Little Milton With Playmates Of Rhythm — "Let My Baby Be / Ooh! My Little Baby" METEOR 5045 • M- THE RAREST OF HIS TWO METEOR 45's MB $300

264. Doc Palmer aka DOC POMUS — "Bye Baby Bye/Heartlessly" DAWN 214 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $100

266. King Perry And His Band — "Pitching A Party/Back To Kansas City" HOLLYWOOD 1030 M- VOCALS AND TOUGH ONE MB $100

283. "Doctor" Ross — "Industrial Boogie/Thirty-Two Twenty" DIR 101 M- FABULOUS MB $300

285. Alonzo Scales — "My Baby Likes To Shuffle/She's Gone" WING 90020 M- MB $150

291. Melvin Smith — "Open The Door Richard/Zaki Sue" CAMEO 135 M- TOUGH ONE MB $100

295. Sonny Terry — "Dangerous Woman/Hootin' Blues" GRAMMERCY 1005 M- RED VINYL MB $50

296. Kid Thomas — "Rockin' This Joint To-Nite/You Are An Angel" TRC 1012 M- FANTASTIC ROCKER MB $200

298. Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton — "Hound Dog/Night Mare" Peacock 1612 M- ALL TIME CLASSIC, Shiny RED label MB $200

299. Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton — "They Call Me Big Mama/Cotton Picking Blues" PEACOCK 1621 M- MB $150

301. Little Victor — "Papa Lou And Gran/What Is Love" RICHLAND 23 VG GREAT ROCKIN' BLUES MB $200

303. Little Walter And His Jukes — "Oh Baby/Rocker" CHECKER 793 M- True First Pressing with no "Record Co." on label MB $75

304. Little Walter And His Jukes — "Flying Saucer/One More Chance With You" CHECKER 838 MINT Rare WHITE AND RED LABEL PROMO MB $150

306. Muddy Waters And His Guitar — "I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man/She's So Pretty" CHESS 1560 M- ALL TIME BLUES CLASSIC MB $200

307. Muddy Waters — "Got My Mojo Working/Rock Me" CHESS 1652 M- ANOTHER MUDDY MASTERPIECE MB $100

317. Sonny Boy Williamson — "Bring Another Half Pint/Little Girl" RCA VICTOR 50-5005 M- ORANGE VINYL MB $200

319. Tyrone Wilson — "Lonesome Blues/My Baby's Gone" GATEWAY 24056 VG+ Wol MB $150

321. Howlin' Wolf — "I Asked For Water/So Glad" CHESS 1632 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO—Rare! MB $150

My October 1, 2024 Killer Blues Auction complete list

Good luck, everybody!
John Tefteller

Next Month's Auction:
R & B Vocal Groups 45's!