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Top Six Rock & Roll Rarities!

1. The Beefeaters — "Please Let Me Love You / Don't Be Long" BOUNTY 45102 • VG+ WHITE LABEL PROMO — ULTRA RARE! The BYRDS' FIRST RECORD! NEVER, EVER seen it on this label!!! It does show up once in a while on ELEKTRA, but BOUNTY, which was part of ELECKTRA for just a couple of months, never turns up. I have heard that there are Less than five known copies! MB $2,000

2. Danny And The Juniors — "At The Hop / Sometimes" SINGULAR S-711 • M- With original "countdown" intro! This is the original TRUE FIRSTPRESSING on the ORIGINAL label before ABC-Paramount! And this is the cleanest copy I have ever seen in all my 50+ years. Normally, they show up VG+ at best. MB $500

3. Larry Hall — "Sandy / Lovin' Tree" EVER GREEN 1001 • M- FIRST LABEL, TRUE FIRSTPRESSING!!! Sticker says "NOT FOR SALE. DISCONTINUED ON EVER GREEN—ONLY AVAILABLE ON HOT." HOT was the second press, then Strand where it became a BIG hit with the Teen market. This copy does not include the EVER GREEN Picture Sleeve, of which there are about five known copies. MB $350

4. Morgus With The Daringers — "Werewolf / The Morgus Creep" FULTON 2458 • VG/M- Drill hole in label but PICTURE SLEEVE is just gorgeous! Nearly impossible to find this one! MB $300

5. Bob Dylan — "Subterranean Homesick Blues / She Belongs To Me" COLUMBIA 43242 • VG+/VG+ Insanely rare PROMO ONLY PICTURE SLEEVE with WHITE LABEL PROMO record—NICE copy of record and sleeve only has minor evidence of handling. MB $500

6. Bob Dylan — "Blowin' In The Wind / Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" COLUMBIA JZSP-75606 • VG/VG+ Another super DYLAN RARITY! WHITE LABEL PROMO with SPECIAL PROMO ONLY SLEEVE! Decent copy with the sleeve being a bit cleaner than the record. MB $500

11. Annie And The Orphans — "My Girl's Been Beaten By The Beatle Bug/A Place Called Happiness" CAPITOL 5144 M- Beatles novelty MB $25

12. P.P. Arnold — "The First Cut Is The Deepest/Speak To Me" IMMEDIATE 1901 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO! This is the very FIRST version of the song revived in the 1990's by SHERYL CROW MB $25

13. Razzie Bailey And The Rebelaires — "Once We Loved/Keep Singin' And Look Ahead" B & K 103 MINT HIS FIRST RECORD??? MB $50

15. The Beatles — "Twist And Shout/There's A Place" TOLLIE 9001 M-/VG+ Yellow label with PURPLE PRINT! I have never seen this color variation before! MB $50

18. Captain Beefheart — "Click Clack/I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby" REPRISE 1068 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $35

28. The Big Bopper — "Pink Petticoats/The Clock" MERCURY 71482 M- TOUGH ONE MB $35

30. Big Brother And The Holding Com-pany — "Down On Me/Call On Me" MAINSTREAM 662 MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $20

33. David Bowie — "Changes/Andy Warhol" RCA 74-0605 M- YELLOW LABEL PROMO with slight sticker stain on A-side label MB $20

36. The Brothers Four — "Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)/The Battle Of New Orleans" COLUMBIA JZSP 78860 MINT White label promo on gorgeous orange vinyl MB $30

42. Paul Buff With FRANK ZAPPA — "Blind Man's Buff/Slow Bird" DONNA 1376 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO with faded xol MB $75

 

45. The Byrds — "I Feel A Whole Lot Better/SAME" COLUMBIA 43332 MINT/MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO pressed on gorgeous RED VINYL with the same song on both sides. Comes with PROMO LETTER which is insanely rare!!! MB $200

46. The Camps — "The Ballad Of Batman/Batmobile" PARKWAY 974 M-/M- WITH PICTURE SLEEVE MB $75

47. Canned Heat — "Rollin' And Tumblin'/Bullfrog Blues" LIBERTY 55979 M/VG+ WITH PICTURE SLEEVE MB $30

50. Johnny Cash — "Ring Of Fire/I'd Still Be There" COLUMBIA 42788 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $25

51. Johnny Cash — "It Ain't Me, Babe/SAME" COLUMBIA 43145 MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO PRESSED IN BEAUTIFUL RED VINYL with the same song on both sides MB $35

53. The Castells — "I Do/Teardrops" WARNER BROTHERS 5421 M- WITH BRIAN WILSON . . . and this is the much scarcer STOCK COPY! MB $75

58. The Coasters — "Charlie Brown/Three Cool Cats" ATCO SD-45-6132 VG+ BLUE AND SILVER LABEL STEREO 45!!! Rare! MB $50

63. Cream — "Strange Brew/Tales Of Brave Ulysses" ATCO 6488 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $20

67. Creedence Clearwater Revival — "Bad Moon Rising/Lodi" FANTASY 622 M- ORIGINAL TEST PRESSING WITH HANDWRITTEN LABELS! Small sticker on A-side label. MB $50

77. The Crossfires — "One Potato Two Potato (Three Potato, Four Potato) / That'll Be The Day" LUCKY TOKEN 112 MINT Early one by THE TURTLES MB $100

78. Bobby Curtola — "Bobby Curtola Sings For Coca-Cola" Coca-Cola NO # M- Thin plastic Picture Record MB $50

83. Denny And Lenny With The Hollywood Ghouls — "Monster's Love/Ghoul Love" CHANCE 569 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO—Good MONSTER Novelty MB $50

84. Derek And The Dominoes — "Layla/SAME" ATCO 6809 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO with MONO version on one side and STEREO version on the other side— all time classic MB $25

85. The Detours — "Bring Back My Beatles/Money" McSherry 1285 MINT Nice Beatles Novelty MB $25

86. Neil Diamond — "Two-Bit Manchild/SAME" UNI 55075 M-/VG+ RED VINYL PROMO ONLY WITH SAME SONG ON BOTH SIDES MB $25

87. Neil Diamond/Fanny — "Cherry Cherry/All Mine" WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? # 173 M- INTERVIEW with NEIL, B-side has INTERVIEW with JEAN MILLINGTON OF FANNY—APRIL 1973 PROMO ONLY for Radio Stations MB $30

94. The Doors — "Break On Through (To The Other Side)/End Of The Night" ELEKTRA 45611 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $50

95. The Doors — "Light My Fire/The Crystal Ship" ELEKTRA 45615 VG ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ON OLD STYLE LABEL as shown . . . tough to find this way! MB $50

96. The Doors — "People Are Strange/Unhappy Girl" ELEKTRA 45621 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $50

100. Bob Dylan — "Like A Rolling Stone (Part I) / (Part II)" COLUMBIA JZSP 110939 MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO ONLY RELEASE MB $300

102. Bob Dylan — "Positively 4th Street / SAME" COLUMBIA 43389 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO on gorgeous RED VINYL MB $300

103. Bob Dylan — "Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 / SAME" COLUMBIA 43592 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO on beautiful RED VINYL MB $200

107. The Dynatones — "The Fife Piper/And I Always Will" ST. CLAIR 117 M- Original, True First Pressing before it went NATIONWIDE ON HBR MB $50

114. The Fans — "I Want A Beatle For Christmas/How Far Should I Let My Heart Go Tonight" DOT 16688 M- CUTE BEATLES NOVELTY MB $25

116. Fleetwood Mac — "Black Magic Woman/Long Grey Mare" EPIC 10351 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO—original FIRST VERSION of song made more famous by SANTANA MB $25

120. Fleetwood Mac — "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)/SAME" REPRISE 1345 MINT PROMO COPY with MONO version on one side and STEREO version on the other side MB $20

124. John Foster & Sons Ltd. Black Dyke Mills Band — "Thingumybob / Yellow Submarine" APPLE 1800 M- FIRST RELEASE ON APPLE AND QUITE SCARCE MB $100

125. Stan Freberg — "The Do-It-Yourself Dragnet / BLANK" CAPITOL PRO 303 • MINT VERY SCARCE FREBERG ITEM!!! Special "in house" PROMO ONLY for CAPITOL SALESMEN to promote a sales contest for who could sell the most CAPITOL product within a two month period. The A-side is a take-off on his huge selling parody of "Dragnet" so it is a parody within a parody. MB $50

127. The Fugs — "Golden Filth RADIO SPOT/SAME" REPRISE PRO 411 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO only issued to RADIO STATIONS to promote the album "GOLDEN FILTH" MB $50

129. Bobby Fuller Four — "The Magic Touch/SAME" MUSTANG 3018 MINT RARE WHITE LABEL PROMO COPY MB $75

130. Bobby Fuller Four — "Let Her Dance/Another Sad And Lonely Night" LIBERTY 55812 MINT CREAM COLORED AUDITION RECORD MB $30

131. Artie Garr aka ART GARFUNKEL — "Private World/Forgive Me" OCTAVIA 8002 MINT MB $50

132. Artie Garr aka ART GARFUNKEL — "Dream Alone/Beat Love" WARWICK 515 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO with xol MB $50

136. The Golliwogs — "Don't Tell Me No Lies/Little Girl (Does Your Mama Know?)" FANTASY 590 VG RARE EARLY CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL MB $50

137. Frank Gorshin — "The Riddler/Never Let Her Go" A & M 804 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO with xol MB $50

138. Granny (Irene Ryan) — "Granny's Mini-Skirt/Bring On The Show" NASHWOOD 100 M-/M- WITH PICTURE SLEEVE MB $50

139. Bill Haley And His Comets — "Shake, Rattle And Roll/A.B.C. Boogie" DECCA 29204 VG+ OLD STYLE LINES LABEL TRUE FIRST PRESSING—if your copy doesn't look like this photo, then you don't have a True First Pressing MB $25

140. Harvey & Doc With The Dwellers — "Oh, Baby!!/Uncle Kev" ANNETTE 1002 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO—PHIL SPECTOR MB $50

141. Bobby Hatfield — "I Need A Girl/Hot Tamales" MOONGLOW 220 M- PROMO COPY ON GORGEOUS RED VINYL, xol MB $50

143. The Jimi Hendrix Experience — "All Along The Watchtower/Burning Of The Midnight Lamp" REPRISE 0767 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $75

146. Buddy Holly — "I'm Gonna Love You Too/Listen To Me" CORAL 61947 VG POWDER BLUE LABEL PROMO MB $20

149. Iron Butterfly — "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida/Iron Butterfly Theme" ATCO 6606 MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $20

150. The Jades With LOU REED — "Leave Her For Me / So Blue" TIME 1002 • MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO—LOU REED'S FIRST RECORD way, way before he took a walk on the wild side! MB $200

153. Jekyll And Hyde — "Dracula Drag/Frankenstein Meets The Beetles" DCP 1126 MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO—GREAT MONSTER RECORD! MB $50

154. Jerry And The Landsides — "Get Off Of My Roof/Green Fire" P.P.X. 441 VG INTERESTING ROLLING STONES "COVER" MB $20

155. Jill & Ray aka PAUL AND PAULA — "Hey Paula/Bobby Is The One" LE CAM 979 M- TRUE FIRST LABEL, FIRST PRESSING on small label Le Cam before it hit big nationwide on PHILLIPS MB $50

156. Elton John — "Lady Samantha/All Across The Havens" D J M 70,008 VG+/M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $50

159. Johnny And The Hurricanes — "Saga Of The Beatles/Rene" ATILA 211 M- PROMO COPY MB $30

160. Casey Kasem — "Letter From Elaina/Theme For Elaina" WARNER BROTHERS 5474 MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO—BEATLES NOVELTY MB $35

162. Lenore King & Tommy Anderson — "The Beatles Is Back ("Yea, Yea, Yea")/Ye Old Lion And His Feudin Cousins" HERMAJESTY 101 M- MORE BEATLES NOVELTY MB $25

163. The Kinks — "Long Tall Sally/I Took My Baby Home" CAMEO 345 VG+ RARE STOCK COPY OF THEIR FIRST RECORD MB $50

165. Curtis Knight With JIMI HENDRIX — "How Would You Feel/Welcome Home" RSVP 1120 M- Name on label MB $50

171. The Lifeguards — "Everybody Out Of The Pool/Teenage Tango" RR 69 M- True First Pressing on ORIGINAL LABEL before it became a HIT on ABC PARAMOUNT, xol MB $50

172. Count Lorry And The Biters — "Frankenstein Stomp/Groovin' With Drag" DRAGON 4406 M-/VG+ MB $30

175. Manfred Mann — "5-4-3-2-1/Without You" PRESTIGE 312 M- RARE STOCK COPY OF THEIR FIRST RECORD! Usually only found as Promo, Distributor's stamp on B-side label MB $50

177. Paul & Linda McCartney — "Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey / Too Many People" APPLE PRO-6278 M- PROMO COPY in MONO with tiny #ol MB $100

178. Paul McCartney & Wings — "Junior's Farm/SAME" APPLE 1875 M- PROMO COPY with MONO version on one side and STEREO version on the other side. RARE MB $100

179. Paul McCartney & Wings — "Sally G / SAME" APPLE 1875 • MINT PROMO ONLY!!! Same release number as "Junior's Farm" and this one was aimed at COUNTRY RADIO STATIONS. MB $150

180. Bob McFadden — "Frankie And Igor At A Rock And Roll Party/The Children Cross The Bridge" BRUNSWICK 55120 M- YELLOW LABEL PROMO MB $25

181. Bob McFadden And Dor — "The Mummy / The Beat Generation" BRUNSWICK 55140 M/M With PICTURE SLEEVE—RARE!!! MB $200

188. Rick Nelson — "She Belongs To Me/Promises" DECCA 732550 M/M WITH SUPER RARE PHOTO INSERT MB $50

190. Larry Norman — "Righteous Rocker, Holy Roller/Peace, Pollution, Revolution" M-G-M 14351 M- YELLOW LABEL PROMO MB $20

193. The Johnny Otis Show — "Castin' My Spell/Telephone Baby" CAPITOL S 4168 M- SUPER RARE STEREO 45!!! MB $50

194. Johnny Otis And His Orchestra — "The Johnny Otis Show Original Promo Package" CAPITOL FOUR RECORD SET • M-/M- Super Scarce PROMO ONLY PACKAGE—FOUR PROMO 45's and a FOLD-OUT SLEEVE that holds them all! MB $200

197. Peter, Paul & Mary — "Puff The Magic Dragon/SAME" NO label name E 12960 M- Anybody know what this is??? Never seen it before! MB $50

201. The Pretty Things — "Come See Me/Judgement Day" FONTANA 1550 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $30

206. James Ray — "I've Got My Mind Set On You/Always" DYNAMIC 503 M- GEORGE HARRISON COVERED THIS IN THE 90's MB $20

208. Paul Revere And The Raiders — "Steppin' Out/SAME" COLUMBIA 43375 MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO on gorgeous RED VINYL MB $75

210. Little Richard — "I'm In Love Again /Everynight About This Time" MYSTIC VALLEY 551 M-/VG+ First Label, True First Pressing BEFORE IT BECAME A HIT ON LITTLE STAR. Great record and very tough to find on this label. MB $150

211. Jape Richardson With The Echoes — "Monkey Song (You Made A Monkey Out Of Me)/A Teen-Age Moon" MERCURY 71312 M- RARE ONE BY THE BIG BOPPER! MB $50

212. Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra — "Batman Theme/Nelson's Riddler" 20th Century Fox 626 M-/VG+ WITH PICTURE SLEEVE MB $75

216. Tommy Roe And The Satins — "Caveman/I Got A Girl" MARK IV 001 VG+ PROMO COPY with handwritten address of the label on the label MB $30

218. Little Roger & The Goosebumps — "Gilligan's Island (Stairway)/The Wet Look" SPLASH 901 MINT Fabulous take off on LED ZEPPLIN'S "STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN" MB $50

219. The Rolling Stones — "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?/Who's Driving My Plane" LONDON 903 M- ORANGE SWIRL LABEL PROMO MB $75


221. The Rolling Stones — "Brown Sugar/SAME" ROLLING STONES 19100 VG+ PROMO ONLY RELEASE WITH SAME SONG ON BOTH SIDES MB $50

225. Sam The Sham — "The Signafyin' Monkey/Juimonos (Let's Went)" X L 104 M- RARE MB $50

229. The Seeds — "Pushin' Too Hard/Try To Understand" GNP CRESCENDO 372 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $25

232. Del Shannon — "From Me To You/Two Silhouettes" BIG TOP 3152 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO—First USA release of a song by The Beatles . . . weeks before an actual BEATLES record was released. MB $25

234. Simon And Garfunkel — "Bridge Over Troubled Water/Keep The Customer Satisfied" COLUMBIA 45079 M-/M- WHITE LABEL PROMO WITH NICE PICTURE SLEEVE MB $50

235. Patti Smith — "Hey Joe/Piss Factory" MER 601 M- Her First Record MB $200

237. The Sparrow — "Tomorrow's Ship/Isn't It Strange" COLUMBIA 43755 M-/M- WHITE LABEL PROMO with PICTURE SLEEVE—JOHN KAY FROM STEPPENWOLF MB $100

238. The Standells — "Riot On Sunset Strip/Black Hearted Woman" TOWER 314 M-/M- WHITE LABEL PROMO WITH PICTURE SLEEVE MB $50

246. Ray Stevens — "The Rockin' Teenage Mummies/It Only Hurts When I Laugh" MERCURY 72382 MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $25

251. Jimmy Swaggart — "I'll Never Be Lonely Again/At The End Of The Trail" FRIDDELL 200 M- His FIRST RECORD MB $25

252. Them — "Gloria/Baby, Please Don't Go" PARROT 9727 VG ORANGE SWIRL LABEL PROMO with xol MB $20

254. Them — "Walking In The Queens Garden/I Happen To Love You" RUFF RECORDS 1088 MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO—TRUE FIRST PRESSING before it went to TOWER MB $50

255. Them — "Walking In The Queens Garden/I Happen To Love You" TOWER 384 M-/M- WHITE LABEL PROMO with scarce PICTURE SLEEVE MB $75

257. Tico And The Triumphs — "Motorcycle/I Don't Believe Them" MADISON 169 M- PROMO COPY MB $50

262. Trash — "Golden Slumbers And Carry That Weight/Trash Can" APPLE 1811 MINT MB $50

264. The Tremeloes/The Hollies — "Silence Is Golden/Carrie-Anne" EPIC 10180/10184 M-/VG+ WHITE LABEL PROMO pressed on glorious RED VINYL with special PROMO ONLY PICTURE SLEEVE!!! MB $100

266. The Troggs — "Wild Thing/With A Girl Like You" ATCO 6415 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO with "Presley" writer credits MB $25

267. The Turtles — "Love In The City/Bachelor" WHITE WHALE 326 M-/M- With nice PICTURE SLEEVE MB $30

270. Frankie Valley And The Travelers — "Somebody Else Took Her Home/Forgive And Forget" MERCURY 70381 MINT MAROON LABEL—TRUE FIRST PRESSING MB $150

272. Burt Ward With FRANK ZAPPA — "Boy Wonder I Love You/Orange Colored Sky" M-G-M 13632 MINT YELLOW LABEL PROMO—GREAT BATMAN RELATED NOVELTY, Written and Produced FRANK ZAPPA MB $100

273. Dennis Weaver — "Chicken Mash/The Apes" EVA 103 M-/M- WHITE LABEL PROMO with great PICTURE SLEEVE MB $75

275. The Who — "Substitute/Waltz For A Pig" ATCO 6409 VG+ WHITE LABEL PROMO—This is the FIRST PRESSING IN AMERICA of a WHO 45! MB $50

276. The Who — "Happy Jack/SAME" DECCA 34444 VG PINK LABEL PROMO ONLY RELEASE with the SAME SONG on both sides MB $25

277. The Who — "Excerpts From "Tommy" BOX SET FOR RADIO STATIONS" DECCA DX SW 7285 M/M- FOUR RECORD SET of PROMO 45's in a PROMO ONLY BOX with BOOKLET INSERT MB $75

278. Wind In The Willows — "Moments Spent/Uptown Girl" CAPITOL 2274 MINT LIME GREEN LABEL PROMO, later known as BLONDIE MB $30

281. The Yardbirds — "Over Under Sideways Down/Jeff's Boogie" EPIC 10035 VG+ WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $25

282. The Yardbirds — "Little Games/Puzzles" EPIC 10156 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO with small #ol MB $25

283. The Yardbirds — "Ha Ha Said The Clown/Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor" EPIC 10204 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO with small date of 8/5/67 written on the label MB $25

286. Neil Young — "The Loner/Sugar Mountain" REPRISE 0785 MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $30

288. Neil Young — "Down By The River/The Losing End" REPRISE 0836 MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $30

291. John Zacherle — "Hurry Bury Baby/Dinner With Drac" PARKWAY 853 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO and this is the ORIGINAL TRUE FIRST PRESSING with "Dinner With Drac" as the B-side MB $50

293. Frank Zappa — "Cosmik Debris/Uncle Remus" DISCREET 586 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $25