My October 1st, 2024 Killer Blues 45's & 78's Auction Highlights!
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My October 1st, 2024 Killer Blues 45's & 78's auction complete list
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THE KINGS OF PRE-WAR BLUES! (Records 1 – 6)
1. Robert Johnson — "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom /Dead Shrimp Blues" CONQUEROR 8871 •
E GORGEOUS COPY!!! Old store stock with just a couple LIGHT scuffs from handling! Looks unplayed!!! SUPER RARE DIME
STORE LABEL PRESSING! MB $8,000 2. Robert Johnson — "Preachin'
Blues (Up Jumped The Devil) / Love In Vain Blues" VOCALION 04630 • V+
Plays Fantastic! THE RAREST VOCALION! The A-side was borrowed from Son House and the B-side was covered by The Rolling Stones! Less than 20 known to exist.
MB $8,000
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!
