Closes Tuesday, November 21 2023 at 7 pm PT
Post War Blues / R&B 45's & Post War Blues 78's
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November 21st Killer Blues 45's & 78's Auction highlights
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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
185. Kokomo Arnold "Milk Cow Blues/Old Original Kokomo Blues" DECCA 48000 E-/E+ Kicking off their new Blues series in 1948, Decca decided to re-release this Pre-War classic MB $25
186. Mr. Google Eyes "Japoline/Bad Nerves" DOMINO 352 E+ MB $75
187. Mr. Google Eyes "Young Boy/Poppa Stoppa's" COLEMAN 118 E+ MB $75
188. Mr. Google Eyes "Rough And Rocky Road/No Wine, No Women" OKEH 6820 E+ MB $50
189. Mr. Google Eyes August "O What A Fool/Play The Game" DUKE 117 E+ MB $25
190. LaVern Baker as MISS SHARECROPPER "I've Tried/How Long" NATIONAL 9151 E+ Her first record MB $50
191. Mr. Bear And His Bear Cats "I'm Gonna Keep My Good Eye On You/How Come" GROOVE 0125 E+ MB $50
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
195. Calvin Boze And His All Stars "Stinkin' From Drinkin'/Look Out For Tomorrow Today" ALADDIN 3072 E+ MB $50
196. Big Bill Broonzy And His Guitar "I Love My Whiskey/Water Coast Blues" MERCURY 8122 E MB $25
197. Honey Brown "Rockin' And Jumpin'/Lonesome And Mistreated" DERBY 761 E+ MB $50
198. Piney Brown "Gloomy Monday Blues/Mourning Blues" APOLLO 402 E+ MB $25
199. Beulah Bryant "What Am I Gonna Do?/Prize Fightin' Papa" EXCELLO 2049 E+ TOUGH FEMALE BLUES MB $50
200. Allen Bunn And Trio "The Guy With A "45"/She'll Be Sorry" APOLLO 436 E+ MB $25
201. Allen Baum (Bunn) "Too Much Competition/My Kinda Woman" RED ROBIN 124 E FABULOUS MB $100
202. Harold Burrage "Messed Up/I Don't Care Who Knows" COBRA 5012 E+ MB $75
203. Dr. Clayton "I Need My Baby/Hold That Train, Conductor" RCA VICTOR 20-1995 E+ MB $25
204. Sammy Cotton "It's So Hard/You've Been Mistreating Me" REGAL 3284 E+ WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $25
205. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup "Rock Me Mama/Who's Been Foolin' You" BLUEBIRD 34-0725 E MB $25
206. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup "Cool Dispo-sition/Keep Your Arms Around Me" BLUE-BIRD 34-0738 E MB $25
207. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup "I'm In The Mood/She's Gone" RCA VICTOR 34-0746 E MB $25
208. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup "Dust My Broom/You Know That I Love You" RCA VICTOR 22-0074 E Has tiny edge chip that doesn't go into the grooves MB $20
209. Big Boy Crudup "Goin' Back To Georgia/Mr. So And So" RCA VICTOR 20-4572 E MB $20
210. Walter Davis "My Friends Don't Know Me/When You Need My Help" RCA VICTOR 20-2156 E+ MB $25
211. Walter Davis "Things Ain't What They Used To Be/Just One More Time" RCA VICTOR 20-2335 E MB $20
212. Calvin Frazier "Sweet Lucy (Drinking Women)/Be-Bop Boogie" ALBEN 106 V RARE MB $100
213. Little Boy Fuller "Shake Your Stuff/ Lazy Bug Blues" SAVOY 5535 E-/E MB $25
214. Jazz Gillum "Whiskey Head Buddies/Afraid To Trust Them" BLUEBIRD 34-0741 E+ MB $25
215. Jazz Gillum "Reckless Rider Blues/ Look On Yonder Wall" RCA VICTOR 20-1974 E+ MB $25
216. Jazz Gillum "Can't Trust Myself/All In All Blues" RCA VICTOR 20-2232 E/E+ MB $20
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
219. Wynonie Harris With Todd Rhodes Orchestra "Lovin' Machine/Luscious Woman" KING 4485 E+ MB $25
220. Wynonie Harris "The Deacon Don't Like It/Song Of The Bayou" KING 4635 E- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $25
221. Smokey Hogg "Little Car Blues/Country Gal" MODERN 833 E+ # OL MB $25
222. John Lee Hooker "Ride 'Til I Die/It's Stormin' And Rainin' " MODERN 901 E MB $50
223. John Lee Hooker "I Wonder Little Darling/Jump Me" MODERN 931 E MB $50
224. John Lee Hooker "I Tried Hard/Let's Talk It Over" MODERN 935 E/E+ MB $50
225. John Lee Hooker "I'm So Worried Baby/The Road Is So Rough" VEE-JAY 233 E+ MB $50
226. John Lee Hooker "I Love You Honey/You've Taken My Woman" Vee-Jay 293 E/E+ MB $50
227. Lightnin' Hopkins "Fast-Mail Rambler/Thinkin' And Worryin' " ALADDIN 204 E+ Magnificent! MB $100
228. Lightnin' Hopkins "Early Mornin' Boogie/Nothin' But The Blues" HERALD 443 E MB $50
229. Lightnin' Hopkins And His Guitar "They Wonder Who I Am/Evil Hearted Woman" HERALD 449 E WHITE LABEL PROMO pressed on thin VINYL for that sound that just leaps from the grooves, #ol MB $50
230. Bull Moose Jackson "Big Fat Mamas Are Back In Style Again/My Beloved" KING 4412 E+ MB $25
231. Moose Jackson "Nosey Joe/Sad" KING 4524 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $50
232. Lil' Son Jackson "Good Ole Wagon/SAME" IMPERIAL 5312 E Same label on both sides MB $50
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
235. Bo-Bo Jenkins "Baby, Don't You Want It To Go/10 Below Zero" FORTUNE 838 E MB $200
236. Memphis Jimmy "Drifting/Mercy Mama" RCA VICTOR 20-1887 E MB $20
237. St. Louis Jimmy "Dog House Blues/ Bad Condition" RCA VICTOR 20-2650 E MB $20
238. Cousin Joe "Post-War Future Blues/ Mop-Mop" ALADDIN 118 E- With one inch hairline crack . . . tough one MB $20
239. Cousin Joe With Pete Brown's Brooklyn Blues Blower "Weddin' Day Blues/You Got It Comin' To You" SAVOY 5527 E+ MB $25
240. Cousin Joe With Hoogie Beetle on piano "Old Man Blues/Too Tight To Walk Loose" SAVOY 5536 E+ MB $25
241. Little Papa Joe "Easy Lovin'/Looking For My Baby" BLUE LAKE 116 E+ aka JODY WILLIAMS MB $50
242. Smokey Joe "The Signifying Monkey/Listen To Me Baby" SUN 228 V+ MB $20
243. Floyd Jones And His Trio "On The Road Again/Skinny Mama" J. O. B. 1013 E CHICAGO BLUES MASTERPIECE MB $400
244. Curtis Jones "Don't Leave Me Baby/ Her Love Will Get It" COLUMBIA 37472 E MB $25
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
247. Jimmy Liggins "Going Away/Come Back Home" SPECIALTY 484 E WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $25
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
251. Big Maceo "Kid Man Blues/Things Have Changed" BLUEBIRD 34-0735 E MB $20
252. Big Maceo "My Own Troubles/I Lost My Little Woman" RCA VICTOR 20-2353 E MB $20
253. Big Maceo "One Sunday Morning/Just Tell My Baby" SPECIALTY 346 E/E+ MB $20
254. Percy Mayfield "Loose Lips/I Need Love So Bad" SPECIALTY 485 E WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $20
255. Big Red McHouston "I'm Tired/Where Is My Honey" GROOVE 0020 E+ WHITE LABEL PROMO, aka MICKEY BAKER MB $50
256. Memphis Minnie "I'm So Glad/Mean Mistreater Blues" COLUMBIA 37295 E- MB $20
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
260. Tampa Red "I'll Be Up Again Some Day/ I Oughta Bite You" RCA VICTOR 20-2147 E+/E MB $20
261. Tempo Toppers "Rice, Red Beans And Turnip Greens/Always" PEACOCK 1628 V MB $25
262. Tommy Ridgley "Earley Dawn Boogie/Shresbury Blues" IMPERIAL 5054 V+ MB $20
263. Washboard Sam And His Washboard Band "Soap And Water Blues/You Can't Make The Grade" RCA VICTOR 20-2440 E+ MB $25
264. Guitar Slim And His Band "Woman Troubles/Cryin' In The Morning" IMPERIAL 5278 E MB $25
265. Henry Smith And His Blue Flames "Good Rocking Mama/Lonesome Blues" DOT 1220 E+/E WHITE LABEL PROMO, MASTERPIECE MB $300
266. Blance Thomas "You Ain't So Such A Much/Not The Way That I Love You" IMPERIAL 5302 E+ Date on A-side labelthin VINYL pressing MB $100
267. Irene Treadwell "Dear Santa, Bring Back My Daddy To Me!/The Church" JAY-DEE 782 E- MB $20
268. "Baby Boy" Warren "My Special Friend Blues/Nervy Woman Blues" GOTHAM 507 E+ MB $200
269. Muddy Waters "I Won't Go On/She's Got It" CHESS 1692 E+ MB $100
270. Billy Williams And His Band "Shout 'N' Rock/The Blues That Jack Built" ATLANTIC 862 E+ RARE EARLY ATLANTIC MB $100
271. Joe Williams "Banta Rooster Blues/ House Lady Blues" COLUMBIA 30119 E Great Cover Version of CHARLEY PATTON'S "BANTY ROOSTER BLUES" MB $50
272. Joe Williams "Somebody's Been Worrying/Vitamin A" BLUEBIRD 34-0739 E MB $20
273. Sherman Williams Orchestra "The Bounce/Sad And Blue" UNIQUE 001 E+/E MB $30
274. Johnny Young And His Mandolin "Worried Man Blues/Money Talkin' Woman" ORA NELLE 712 E+ MB $400
275. Sonny Boy Williamson "Decoration Day Blues No. 2/Love Me, Baby" BLUEBIRD 34-0713 E MB $20
276. Sonnyboy Williamson "Miss Stella Brown/Desparado Woman" BLUEBIRD 34-0736 E MB $20
277. Sonny Boy Williamson "Alcohol Blues/Apple Tree Swing" RCA VICTOR 20-2893 E MB $20
278. Jimmy Witherspoon "Foolish Prayer/ Two Little Girls" FEDERAL 12095 E+ WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $50
My November 21st Killer Blues Auction highlights
Good luck, everybody!
John Tefteller
Next Month's Auction:
Pete Whelan Pre-War Blues 78's Collection — Part 3!