November 21 Killer Blues 78's & 45's Auction-highlights
Closes Tuesday, November 21 2023 at 7 pm PT
November 21st Killer Blues 45's & 78's Auction — complete list:
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Post War Blues / R&B 45's
1. Little Hudson And His Red Devil Trio "Rough Treatment / I'm Looking For A Woman" J.O.B. 1015 NICE VG+ Nice copy of Chicago Blues classic that rarely turns up on 45 rpm!!! In almost 50 years of searching, I have seen only two or three on 45 rpm. MB $1,000
2. Willie Nix And His Combo "Just Can't Stay / All By Yourself" SABRE 104 M- Absolutely STUNNING Chicago Blues!!! One of the TOP Blues records of the 1950s! In almost 50 years of searching, I have only found TWO copiesand only know of two others. The 78 rpm shows up . . . the 45 rpm does not. Now's your chance! MB $3,000
3. Jimmy Eager And His Trio "Please Mr. Doctor / I Should Have Loved Her More" SABRE 100 M-/VG+ RED VINYL!!!! aka TAMPA RED!!! Fabulous Blues from a Master Bluesman!! SUPER RAREmaybe FIVE KNOWN COPIES on 45 RPM . . . maybe. MB $3,000

4. Snooky Pryor "Crosstown Blues / I Want You For Myself" PARROT 807 M- RED VINYL!!! Chicago Blues Masterpiece and VERY hard to find on 45 rpm!!! You will look decades to find another one . . . maybe! MB $3,000
5. Jimmy Reed and His Trio "High And Lonesome / Roll And Rhumba" CHANCE 1142 VG+ His very first record!!!! Recorded for Vee-Jay and issued as Vee-Jay 100 but, at that point, CHANCE had better distribution so it came out on both! MB $1,500
6. Little Walter J. "That's Allright / Just Keep Loving Her" CHANCE 1116 NICE VG+ CHICAGO BLUES CLASSIC!!! Ultra rare on 45 rpm format with less then ten known to still exist! Super early LITTLE WALTER!!! I have had only three copies in 50 years of record collecting. MB $3,000
7. Johnny Ace/Earl Forrest "Mid Night Hours Journey/Trouble And Me" FLAIR 1015 M- JOHNNY ACE'S FIRST RECORD MB $200
9. James Banister And His Combo "Gold Digger/Blues And Trouble" STATES 141 VG FABULOUS CHICAGO BLUES MB $100
12. Jimmy Binkley "You Made A Boo Boo/Messin' Around" CHECKER 835 M- PROMO COPY!!! Small wol MB $100
17. Willie Bradford "Wanna Be Loved/ So Long" FIRE 500 M- Obscure and great FIRE 45, xol MB $100
18. John Brim And His Stompers "Tough Times/Gary Stomp" Parrot 799 VG+ CHICAGO CLASSIC MB $300
20. Eddie Burns "Hello Miss Jessie Lee /Dealing With The Devil" DELUXE 6024 VG+ ALL TIME CLASSIC!!! Great version of Sonny Boy Williamson's 1930's masterpiece "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"VERY SCARCE on 45 rpm! MB $500
21. Ray Charles "Mess Around/Funny" ATLANTIC 999 M- All Time Classic!!! As heard in "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" MB $150
22. Boozoo Chavis "Boozoo Stomp/Paper In My Shoe" FOLK-STAR 1197 M- Thick vinyl True First Pressing MB $300
27. Pee Wee Crayton "I Must Go On/Don't Go" POST 2007 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $100
29. Floyd Dixon "Wine, Wine, Wine/Call Operator 210" ALADDIN 3135 M- Pittsburgh CLASSIC MB $150
30. Floyd Dixon "Hard Living Alone/Please Don't Go" SPECIALTY 468 M- RED VINYL MB $100
32. Big Ed And His Combo (Eddie Burns) "Biscuit Baking Mama/Superstition" CHECKER 790 M- GREAT!!! Tough on 45 rpm MB $300
34. Calvin Frazier "Have Blues Must Travel / Lilly Mae" J-V-B 86 M- FABULOUS MB $500
36. James Freeman And His Rockin' Rhythm "Big Leg Mama/Come Back Home To Me" GOLDBAND 1196 MINT MB $100
41. Arthur Gunter "Baby Let's Play House/Blues After Hours" EXCELLO 2047 M- MB $100
48. Mr. Sad Head "I'm High/Hard Luck And Traveling" RCA VICTOR 5230 M- MB $300
49. Charles Henderson backed by The Minor Chords "Bad Bull Dog/Fire" FLICK 005 MINT RARE MB $300
50. Billie Holiday (Lady Day) With Tiny Grimes Sextet "Rocky Mountain Blues/Blue Turning Gray Over You" ALADDIN 3102 VG VERY RARE ON 45 RPMFIRST AND ONLY COPY I'VE SEEN ON 45except for the EP MB $100
51. Country Homes "Come On And Put Me In The Alley/I Want You To Use Me" DELUXE 6036 M- MB $300
56. Lightening Hopkins "Bad Things On My Mind/I'm Wild About You Baby" DECCA 48321 M-/VG+ MB $100
66. Long John Hunter "Old Red/It's Your Thing" YUCCA 209 M- Tough MB $150
68. Moose Jackson "Nosey Joe/Sad" KING 4524 M- MB $100
70. Elmore James "Country Boogie / She Just Won't Do Right" CHECKER 777 VG+ RARE!!! MB $1,000
71. Bobo Jenkins "Democrat Blues/Bad Luck And Trouble" CHESS 1565 M- Rare! MB $500
72. Grant "Mr. Blues" Jones "It's Been A Long Time, Baby/You Won't Have To Cry" DECCA 48169 M- SCARCE DECCA BLUES SERIES MB $100
86. Joe Hill Louis And His Band "Hydramatic Woman / Bad Woman Blues" BIG TOWN 401 M- One of only 25 known copies. All from the same box back in the late 1980's. Previously not known to exist on 45 rpm! His version of "Rocket 88." MB $500
89. Willie Mabon "I'm Mad/Night Latch" CHESS 1538 M- RED KIDDIE WAX MB $100
91. Bobby Marchan "Just A Little Ol' Wine/You Made A Fool Of Me" DOT 1203 M- RARE!!! Record company misspelled his name as Marchon MB $500
92. Bobby Marchan And The Tick Tocks (Formerly Huey Smith's Clowns) "Snoopin' And Accusin'/This Is The Life" FIRE 1014 M- PROMO COPYRARE!!! First and ONLY copy I've seen MB $150
94. Frank Motley And His Motley Crew "Rock 'N' Roll's Gotta Beat/Space Age" HAWKEYE 4015 M- OBSCURE ROCKIN' BLUES ON IOWA LABEL . . . first and ONLY copy I have seen MB $200
100. Tampa Red "Midnight Boogie/I Miss My Lovin' Blues" RCA VICTOR 50-0112 M- MAROON/SILVER PREVUE COPY MB $150
108. Little Richard "Get Rich Quick/Thinkin' 'Bout My Mother" RCA VICTOR 4582 VG WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $100
109. Tempo Toppers Featuring Little Richard "Rice, Red Beans And Turnip Greens/Always" PEACOCK 1628 M- MB $200
113. "Doctor" Ross "Industrial Boogie / Thirty-Two Twenty" DIR 101 M- FABULOUS! MB $500
115. Alonzo Scales "My Baby Likes To Shuffle/She's Gone" WING 90020 M- MB $200
125. Eddie Taylor "Ride Em On Down/Bigtown Playboy" VEE-JAY 185 M- WHITE LABEL PROMOSTUNNING CHICAGO Rocking Blues with JIMMY REED ON HARP! MB $150
126. Hound Dog Taylor "Christine/Alley Music" C. J. 626 MINT PROMO COPY, Hey, Blues guys, is this the first label for this, before FIRMA? MB $100
128. Flash Terry "Cool It/Her Name Is Lou" INDIGO 135 M- MB $75
129. Sonny "Hootin' " Terry And His Harmonica "I Don't Worry (Sittin On Top Of The World)/Man Ain't Nothin' But A Fool" JAX 305 M- MB $100
130. Sonny Terry Trio "Dangerous Woman/Hootin' Blues" GRAMMERCY 1005 M- RED VINYL MB $150
133. Kid Thomas "Rockin' This Joint To-Nite/You Are An Angel" IRC 1012 M- GREAT ONE!!! MB $200
135. Joe Turner "Joe Turner Blues/Cherry Red" OKEH 6829 M- TOUGH ON 45 RPM!!! MB $100
136. Little Victor "Papa Lou And Gran/What Is Love" RICHLAND 23 VG GREAT ROCKIN' BLUES MB $300
138. T-Bone Walker "Street Walking Woman/Blues Is A Woman" IMPERIAL 5202 VG+ RARE ON 45 RPM!!! MB $200
139. T-Bone Walker "Party Girl/Here In The Dark" IMPERIAL 5239 M- MB $200
140. T-Bone Walker "Tell Me What's The Reason/Everytime" IMPERIAL 5247 M-/VG+ MB $100
141. T-Bone Walker "When The Sun Goes Down/Pony Tail" IMPERIAL 5264 M- MB $150
143. Big Walter And His Combo "Hard-Hearted Woman/Back Home To Mama" STATES 145 M- CHICAGO CLASSIC MB $300
144. Little Walter And His Jukes "Oh Baby/Rocker" CHECKER 793 M- True First Pressing with NO "record company" printed on the label . . . very scarce this way!!! MB $200
147. Little Walter And His Jukes "Flying Saucer/One More Chance With You" CHECKER 838 MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $200
150. Muddy Waters "Sad, Sad Day/She's All Right" CHESS 1537 M- ANY release by Muddy under #1550 is rare as most copies sold were 78 rpm. MB $500
151. Muddy Waters And His Guitar "I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man/She's So Pretty" CHESS 1560 M- Muddy Masterpiece MB $200
154. Muddy Waters "Got My Mojo Working/Rock Me" CHESS 1652 M- CLASSIC MB $100
160. James Wayne "Sweet Little Woman / In Love With You" IMPERIAL 5258 VG ONLY COPY ON 45 RPM THAT I KNOW OF!!! MB $800
162. Junior Wells And His Eagle Rockers "Hodo Man / Junior's Wail" STATES 134 M- CHICAGO BLUES MASTERPIECE!!! MB $1,000
163. Arnold Wiley And His All-Star Band "Squares Ain't Walkin' No More/It'll Be A Long Time" ACE 111 VG+/M- Wiley was a Pre-War Blues artist who first recorded in the late 1920's. This is modernized version of "Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More" from the early 1930's MB $100
165. Po Joe Williams "Goin' Back/My Baby Left" Vee-Jay 227 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $100
169. Jimmy Wilson And His Band "Trouble In My House/Jumpin' From Six To Six" BIG TOWN 115 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $100
170. Tyrone Wilson "Lonesome Blues/ My Baby's Gone" GATEWAY 24056 VG+ #ol MB $200
171. Wally Wilson "If You Don't Love Me / The Hunt" SABRE 106 VG+ RARE!!!! ONLY copy I have ever had on 45 rpm formatand the 78 is tough as well! MB $800
172. The Howlin' Wolf "Baby How Long?/ Evil Is Goin' On" CHESS 1575 M- MB $300
174. Howlin' Wolf "I Asked For Water/So Glad" CHESS 1632 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $150
178. Alvan X "A White Man's Heaven Is A Black Man's Hell Part 1/Part 2" MUHAMMAD'S TEMPLE NO. 11 M- RARE!!! MB $100
Post War Blues 78's
179. Sunny Blair "Gonna Let You Go / Please Send My Baby Back" METEOR 5006 E Monster Country Blues and near impossible to find on 45 rpm! MB $500

180. Mr. Honey aka HONEYBOY EDWARDS "Build A Cave / Who May Your Regular Be" ARTIST RECORD COMPANY 102 E Yes, this is the great Honeyboy Edwards in his only truly VINTAGE recording. SUPER SCARCEI only know of three copies!!! Miss this one and search for decades for another one! MB $2,000
181. J. B. (Hutto) And His Hawks "Pet Cream Man / Lovin' You" CHANCE 1160 E+ STUNNING COPY OF A STUNNING RECORD!!! Chicago Blues Masterpiece! The 45 has THREE known copies!!! Absolutely essential for any serious collector of Post War Blues! MB $500
182. Birmingham Junior And His Lover Boys "Birmingham Late Hours / You're Too Bad" EBONY 1007 E+ OBSCURE CHICAGO BLUES MASTER-PIECE on a label owned by PARAMOUNT LABEL TALENT SCOUT J. Mayo Williams!!! TOUGH! MB $500
183. Baby Face Leroy "My Head Can't Rest Anymore / Take A Little Walk With Me" J. O. B. 100 E+ CHICAGO BLUES MASTERPIECE and the very first J.O.B. release. MB $800
184. Papa Lightfoot "Wine, Women, Whiskey / Mean Old Train" IMPERIAL 5289 E+ This one gets my vote for being the LOUDEST, MOST ROCKIN' BLUES recorded in the 1950's!!! Just incredible two-sider! Near impossible on 45 rpm. MB $800
192. Lazy Bill And His Blue Rhythms "I Had A Dream/She Got Me Walkin' " CHANCE 1148 E FABULOUS!!! MB $300
193. Dennis Binder And His Orchestra "I Miss You So/Early Times" MODERN 930 E+/E FABULOUS ROCKIN' BLUES MB $100
194. Little Booker "Doing The Ham Bone/Thinkin' About My Baby" IMPERIAL 5293 E+ VINYLand the sound just leaps from the grooves! MB $100
201. Allen Baum (Bunn) "Too Much Competition/My Kinda Woman" RED ROBIN 124 E FABULOUS MB $100
212. Calvin Frazier "Sweet Lucy (Drinking Women)/Be-Bop Boogie" ALBEN 106 V RARE MB $100
217. Tiny Grimes Quintet "Nightmare Blues/Hot In Harlem" ATLANTIC 869 M- Super early ATLANTIC with vocal by Red Prysock MB $100
218. "Stick Horse" Hammond "Gambling Man/Alberta" J O B 100 E- With hard to spot one inch hairline crack RARE MB $100
233. Elmore James And His Broomdusters "Cry For Me Baby/Take Me Where You Go" CHIEF 7006 E MB $300
234. Elmore James And His Broomdusters "Make My Dreams Come True/Bobby's Rock" FIRE 1011 E- RARE ON 78 RPM FORMAT MB $300
243. Floyd Jones And His Trio "On The Road Again/Skinny Mama" J. O. B. 1013 E CHICAGO BLUES MASTERPIECE MB $400
245. Little Sonny Jones "Winehead Baby/Going To The Country" IMPERIAL 5287 M- MB $100
246. Ernest Lewis "West Coast Blues/No More Lovin' " PARROT 791 E CHICAGO BLUES MASTERPIECE MB $200
248. Robert Lockwood, Jr. "Dust My Broom/I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole" MERCURY 8260 E+/E MB $300
249. Joe Hill Louis "Railroad Blues/A'Jumpin' And A'Shufflin" COLUMBIA 30182 E With 1/2 inch lam on the A-sideRARE! MB $300
250. Robert Ketchum "Stockade/She's Gone From Me" PEACOCK 1623 E-/E+ MB $200
257. Memphis Minnie And Her Combo "Kissing In The Dark/World Of Trouble" J. O. B. 1101 E+ Post War Minnie Masterpiece MB $300
258. Rev. "Gatemouth" Moore And His Congregation "The Bible's Being Fulfilled Every Day/Glory, Glory" ARISTOCRAT 905 E+ RARE MB $100
259. Robert Nighthawk And His Nighthawks Band "Feel So Bad/Take It Easy Baby" UNITED 105 E+ SUPER HARD TO FIND SUPER CLEAN MB $500
265. Henry Smith And His Blue Flames "Good Rocking Mama/Lonesome Blues" DOT 1220 E+/E WHITE LABEL PROMO, MASTERPIECE MB $300
268. "Baby Boy" Warren "My Special Friend Blues/Nervy Woman Blues" GOTHAM 507 E+ MB $200
270. Billy Williams And His Band "Shout 'N' Rock/The Blues That Jack Built" ATLANTIC 862 E+ RARE EARLY ATLANTIC MB $100
274. Johnny Young And His Mandolin "Worried Man Blues/Money Talkin' Woman" ORA NELLE 712 E+ MB $400
My November 21st Killer Blues Auction — complete list:
Good luck, everybody!
John Tefteller
Next Month:
PETE WHELAN PRE-WAR BLUES 78's Collection — Part 3!!