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PRE-WAR BLUES 78's:

133. Sister Rosetta Tharpe — "Sleep On Darling Mother/I Want To Live So God Can Use Me" DECCA 8657 E+ MB $25

 

134. Sister Rosetta Tharpe — "The Lonesome Road/Rock Me" DECCA 2243 E MB $25

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

 

137. The Virginia Four — "I'd Feel Much Better/Queen Street Rag" DECCA 7808 E- MB $25

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

 

139. Curly Weaver With BLIND WILLIE McTELL — "Sometime Mama/Two Faced Woman" DECCA 7906 E+/E- Second issue after Champion MB $200

 

140. Sylvester Weaver — "Guitar Rag/Damfino Stomp" OKEH 8480 E- Classic MB $200

 

141. Sylvester Weaver — "Dad's Blues/What Makes A Man Blue" OKEH 8522 E- MB $200

 

142. Peetie Wheatstraw — "Fairasee Woman/Beggar Man Blues" DECCA 7272 E/E- MB $50

 

143. Peetie Wheatstraw — "I Want Some Sea Food/Beer Tavern" DECCA 7657 E MB $75

 

144. Peetie Wheatstraw — "Big Apple Blues/Two Time Mama" DECCA 7753 E MB $50

 

145. Peetie Wheatstraw — "Cuttin' Em Slow/Jaybird Blues" DECCA 7798 E-/E+ MB $50

 

146. Peetie Wheatstraw — "No 'Count Woman/What's That?" DECCA 7823 E MB $50

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

 

148. Georgia White — "You Got To Drop The Sack/Furniture Man" DECCA 7689 E MB $25

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

 

152. Sonny Boy Williamson — "Worried Me Blues/Frigidare Blues" BLUEBIRD 7404 E MB $200

 

153. Sonny Boy Williamson — "I Been Dealing With The Devil/War Time Blues" BLUEBIRD 8580 E/E+ MB $100

 

154. Sonny Boy Williamson — "My Baby Made A Change/Big Apple Blues" BLUEBIRD 8766 E MB $100

 

155. Sonny Boy Williamson — "Shady Grove Blues/She Was A Dreamer" BLUEBIRD 8914 E MB $100

 

156. Sonny Boy Williamson — "Ground-Hog Blues/Broken Heart Blues" BLUEBIRD 9031 E MB $100

 

157. Sonny Boy Williamson — "Miss Stella Brown/Desparado Woman" BLUEBIRD 34-0736 E MB $50

 

158. Jimmy Yancy And Faber Smith — "East St. Louis Blues/I Received A Letter" VOCALION 05464 E+/E MB $25

 

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 6024VG+ 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 3077M- 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 777VG+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 1203M- 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 200M- 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

 

165. Johnny Ace/Earl Forrest — "Mid Night Hours Journey/Trouble And Me" FLAIR 1015 M- Johnny Ace's first record MB $150

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

 

168. Jimmy Binkley — "You Made A Boo Boo/Messin' Around" CHECKER 835 M- WHITE AND RED LABEL PROMO COPY with small wol MB $75

 

169. Bobby Blue Bland — "It's My Life, Baby/Time Out" DUKE 141 M- MB $20

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

 

173. Buster Brown — "Fannie Mae/Lost In A Dream" FIRE 1008 M- CLASSIC MB $20

 

174. Buster Brown — "Sugar Babe/I'm Going - But I'll Be Back" FIRE 507 M- White label promo MB $25

 

175. Nappy Brown — "Don't Be Angry/Any Time Is The Right Time" SAVOY 698 VG+ WHITE LABEL PROMO of R&B CLASSIC and TOUGH to find as PROMO MB $25

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

 

180. "Scatman" Crothers And The Mellow Men — "Keep That Coffee Hot/Dearest One" CENTURY 710 VG TOUGH MB $20

 

181. Earl Curry — "Try And Get Me/Dream" R & B 1313 M- SCARCE ONE MB $100

 

182. Clifton Chenier And His Band — "Boppin The Rock/Ay-Tete Fee" SPECIALTY 552 M- Small wol on B-side MB $30

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

 

184. Big John Demarcus — "Troublin' Mind/Little Sweetheart" BENRENE RECORDS 10570 M- MB $75

 

185. Lee Diamond — "Mama Loochie/Hattie Malatti" VEE-JAY 272 M- MB $30

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

 

187. K. C. (Country Boy) Douglas — "The Things I'D Do For You/The Little Green House" GALAXY 753 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO with small sticker stain on B-side label MB $20

 

188. Billy (The Kid) Emerson — "Move Baby Move/When It Rains, It Pours" SUN 214 M- 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

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