VARIOUS-BLUES Rhythm & Blues Saxophone Anthology - Atlantic Honkers (Rare 1986 US test pressing 28-track double LP compilation, starring Joe Morris, Tiny Grimes, Frank Culley, Willis Jackson, Jesse Stone, Arnett Cobb & King Curtis, made insmall quantities purely for sonic evaluation purposes. The vinyl is immaculate, with hand annotated studio labels housed in a plain gatefold sleeve with label copy sheets attached) more...
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BOBBY GRANT, BUDDY BOY HAWKINS, KING SOLOMON HILL & BIG BILL JOHNSON Backwoods Blues (Very rare 1954 UK 8-track mono 10" LP. The picture sleeve is non-laminated and very delicate, with some small pen marks front and back and scalloped flipbacks.There are two seam splits yet the print remains bright, vivid and unblemished. The vinyl is excellent-. Tough to find mint, we therefore offer this rarity at an advantageous price AL3535) more...
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VARIOUS Nothing But The Blues (Rare 1971 UK plain orange labels 24-track double LP, compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Mike Vernon, featuring the likes of Otis Spann, Big Walter, Otis Rush, Slim Harpo, Doctor Ross, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Lightnin Slim& many more, gatefold picture sleeve with company inners. The sleeve shows minimal light wear and the vinyl shows minimal light signs of play) more...
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BROWNIE McGHEE / JOHN LEE HOOKER / MEMPHIS MINNIE / SUNNYLAND SLIM / ST. LOUIS JIMMY / VARIOUS Livin' With The Blues (1964 UK 12-track mono LP compilation pulling together rare sides cut for Regal & Savoy between 1949 & 1952, housed in a frontlaminated picture sleeve. The sleeve shows light wear (with neatly written handwritten name to back) & the vinyl shows only a few light signs of play) more...
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MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS THE BLUES Feel Like Going Home (2004 UK Region 2 PAL DVD - Scorsese pays homage to the Delta Blues, Corey Harris travels through Mississippi and on to West Africa exploring the roots of the music - the film celebrates the early Delta bluesman through original performances [including Willie King, Otha Turner and Ali Farke Toure) plus rare archival footage featuring Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker - with bonus filmography and biography & interviews) more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES & GOSPEL Georgia Grassroots Music Festival (Very rare 1977 US promotional-only privately pressed 18-track LP compilation, celebrating the American South's musical heritage with foot-stomping fiddle bands, the rollicking tunes of banjo pickers, the moving wail of blues singers & the spirited shouts of gospel groups. Eddie Kirkland, Betty Smith & Uncle John Patterson are just some of the names who performed that year. Despite a little edge wear, the pasted sleeve is stilli more...
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VARIOUS I Have To Paint My Face (Rare 1965 US 14-track LP featuring Sam Chatman, Butch Cage & Willie Thomas, Jasper Love, Wade Walton, R.C. Smith & more, complete with six page illustrated lyric booklet, merchandising & reviews inserts, texturedpasted picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some very understandable edge & corner scuffs, given the design, but is in very presentable condition & the vinyl is immaculate - a superb complete copy of this hard to find LP of classic Blues! F1005) more...
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VARIOUS The Story Of The Blues (1969 US 32-track double LP, compiled by Paul Oliver & featuring rare original blues tracks from 1927-1968, intended as a companion piece to his book of the same name. The selection opens with the Fra-Fra Tribesmenrecorded in Ghana, nothing but vocals over a fiddle and rattle! The discs then take you through the early works, chronologically, of Charley Patton, Leadbelly, Robert Johnson and some highly obscure names - Blinding stuff. The gatefold picture more...
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VARIOUS Livin' With The Blues (1964 UK 12-track mono compilation LP featuring Brownie McGhee, John Lee Hooker, Memphis Minnie, Sunnyland Slim, Papa Lightfoot, St. Louis Jimmy & more on rare tracks recorded between 1949 & 1952 for Regal & Savoy, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with a bit of laminate creasing and the vinyl looks barely played RM209) more...
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VARIOUS The Blues Came Down From Memphis (Rare 1965 UK 1st press 14-track deep groove mono LP compilation, starring Doctor Ross, James Cotton, Rufus "Hound Doug" Thomas Jr. and more. The front laminated sleeve shows only light signs of discolouring on the reverse and despite some light spindle marks to the labels the vinyl is excellent. A great copy of this scarce blues comp! HAS8265) more...
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VARIOUS Blues Like Showers Of Rain (Rare 1968 14-track stereo LP featuring tracks from classic British Blues Boom artists such as Dave Kelly, Jo-Ann Kelly, Mike Cooper, Ian [A] Anderson, Mike Cooper & more. The matte picture sleeve is Very Good with some light ageing including a little foxing to be expected, the heavyweight vinyl is clean & grades EX/EX- with just a few minor paper hairlines not affecting play SDM142) more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES & GOSPEL Chicago Breakdown (1981 UK issue of the US 12-track compilation LP, compiled & released by legendary blues/folk guitarist John Fahey's label, this collection of rare Chicago blues is an absolute winner with hard-to-findmaterial from Big Joe Williams, Little Brother Montgomery, Eddie Boyd & more. The picture sleeve shows just a few minor storage marks or shelf wear & the vinyl is clean with minimal play SNTF863) more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES & GOSPEL The Rural Blues (Scarce 1966 UK issue of the US Folkways 36-track double compilation LP, gatefold sleeve. Superb set of rare and hard-to-find blues including material from Robert Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller, Skip James andmore. The sleeve shows some light storage wear whilst the vinyl is in excellent condition XTRA1035) more...
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VARIOUS Nearer My God To Thee (Super limited late 60s Austrian 16-track mono vinyl LP compilation, featuring rare blues recordings from Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Skip James, Mssissippi John Hurt & more, housed in a unique fullylaminated picture sleeve with insert. The sleeve has some edge wear yet the vinyl reveals only light signs of play RL-304) more...
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VARIOUS Whole World In His Hands 1927-1936 (1974 US 13-track stereo LP compilation, featuring rare gospel & blues recordings including Blind Roosevelt Graves, Lonnie McIntorsh, Elder Curry & more, pasted picture sleeve with extensive notes. The sleeve shows a little storage wear, mostly around the edges, yet all text is clearly legible & the vinyl is Excellent with minimal play) more...
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VARIOUS Fillin' In Blues (1973 US 18-track LP compiling rare Country Blues & obscure barrelhouse piano from 1928-30, with artists including Cow Cow Davenport, Charley Taylor, Washboard Walter & more. The sleeve has a little faint residue in the corner left over from a filing sticker but is otherwise in nice shape. The vinyl is in VG+/EX- condition, with just light signs of repeated play, priced advantageously) more...
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VARIOUS Birmingham Quartet Anthology (1980 US 32-track double LP compilation of historic recordings from Jefferson County, Alabama [1926-1953], housed in a unique gatefold picture sleeve with integral eight-page booklet packed with information& rare photos. The cover is Excellent [1" hairline split in a top edge] & both vinyl discs are Excellent with few signs of play) more...
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VARIOUS Original Golden Hits Of The Great Blues Singers (Rare Test Pressing for the 1963 UK 12-track stereo LP compilation on Mercury, starring Chuck Willis, Ray Charles, Lightning Hopkins, Elmore James & more, with plain white labels & machine stamped catalogue number/matrices in the run-outs. Both sides of the label are annotated by the engineer with the album title & side detail. The vinyl remains in Excellent condition with barely any play SMCL20182) more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES & GOSPEL Conversation With The Blues (1965 UK 25-track deep groove mono LP on the unboxed Decca label, a superb collection of field recordings made by Paul Oliver, capturing live performances from Otis Spann, Henry Townsend, Little Brother Montgomery, J.B. Lenoir & more, front laminated picture sleeve with detailed album notes & rare six-page booklet. This is an ex-shop copy with a 'Guaranteed - Secondhand record - Perfect Condition' stamped on the back. Otherwise the c more...
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VARIOUS BLUES & GOSPEL A Blues And Gospel Caravan (Rare 1964 sixteen page programme for the package tour of the UK featuring the legendary stars Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Muddy Waters & Otis Spann, Rev. Garry Davis,Mississippi John Hurt & Cousin Joe Pleasants, with a picture and small biography of each act inside. Apart from a tear to the cover at the spine and tarnished staples, this copy is missing the outer cover but has otherwise survived very well with more...
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VARIOUS The Great Harmonica Players Vol. 1 & 2 (80s Austrian 34-track 2-LP compilation set, gathering many rare recordings from the greats of the instrument. Both parts are housed in their respective picture sleeves with Mole Jazz price stickersattached. The sleeves show some scuffing & minor wear whilst the vinyl discs appear Excellent with just some faint cosmetic blemishes not affecting play RL-320/1) more...
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VARIOUS Blues On 2 (1986 UK 10-track LP, featuring live sessions recorded for the BBC Radio 2 Rhythm & Blues series introduced by Paul Jones. The LP represents the best output recorded specially for the show and documentsthe cream of the cropfrom Britain when it comes to the blues. Includes a version of When My Baby Left Me by Rory Gallagher plus a rare take of Express Man from the veterans The Groundhogs [Ken Pustelnik on drums] recorded May '86. The picture sleeve shows minimal w more...
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VARIOUS Singing The Blues (Rare 1963 UK 4-track 7" EP on the maroon & silver London Atlantic label with four-prong centre, featuring the Minit recordings - Mother In Law by Ernie K-Doe, It Will Stand by The Showmen, Ooh Poo Pah Doo by Jessie Hll &I Like It Like That by Chris Kenner, all with great Northern Soul appeal. The front laminated flipback picture sleeve is Excellent with some mild ring wear creasing & the vinyl grades EX/EX- with a nice sheen & some faint paper hairlines n more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES & GOSPEL Blues Box 2 (1976 German pressed 4-LP vinyl set featuring 64 tracks rare & fine blues sides from the >>Race Records<< catalogue of MCA recorded between 1936 and 1942, with tracks by Bandanna Girls, Bea Booze, Lee Brown,Sweet Georgia, George Davis, Jimmie Gordon, Rosetta Howard, Alberta Hunter, Nora Lee King, Connie McLean's Rhythm Boys and more. Each vinyl disc is held in individual inner sleeve with their tracklisting & German sleevenotes and housed togethe more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES & GOSPEL Conversation With The Blues (1965 UK 25-track vinyl compilation LP, front laminated picture sleeve with detailed liner notes on the reverse and the all important 6 page booklet which is always missing on the rare occasions this record surfaces. Superb collection of field recordings made by Paul Oliver, capturing live performances from Otis Spann, Henry Townsend, Little Brother Montgomery, J.B. Lenoir and more. The sleeve shows some light foxing to the front a more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES & GOSPEL Blues Fell This Morning (Scarce 1960 UK 14-track mono vinyl LP compilation, on a 'rough' textured black & silver Philips label, featuring rare recordings of southern blues singers, compiled & annotated by the great PaulOliver, front laminated flipback picture sleeve with deep blue border. The sleeve shows a little wear to the flipbacks but is otherwise excellent. The vinyl reveals a couple of light hairline scuffs but is otherwise clean & playback is excellent more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES & GOSPEL Walking Blues (1979 UK 14-track compilation LP, picture sleeve with paper insert. A slice of history from the UK label that specialised in rare recordings of US blues/roots, this collection includes many recordings madeby the legendary sound archivist Alan Lomax for the US library of Congress. Includes material from Son House, Willie Brown, Leroy Williams and more, also includes an insert with extensive notes. The sleeve shows very little wear and, apart fro more...
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VARIOUS The Story Of The Blues (70s UK graduated orange label 32-track double LP compiled by Paul Oliver, featuring rare original Blues tracks from 1927-1968, intended as a companion piece to his book of the same name. The selection opens withthe Fra-Fra Tribesmen recorded in Ghana, nothing but vocals over a fiddle & rattle! The discs then take you through the early works, chronologically, of Charley Patton, Leadbelly, Robert Johnson & some obscure names - Blinding stuff. The gatef more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES & GOSPEL Piano Singer's Blues (1979 US 16-track LP, heavyweight pasted sleeve. This was the third release for the label that was started by Rosetta Reitz (1924–2008), an American feminist and jazz historian, all releases relatedto female jazz and blues musicians. This collection focuses on rare recordings by female blues pianists from the '30s through to late '50s. The sleeve shows some shelfwear and a small crease in the top left hand corner whilst the vinyl looks b more...
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VARIOUS The Story Of The Blues (1969 UK plain orange label 32-track double LP compiled by Paul Oliver, featuring rare original blues tracks from 1927-1968, intended as a companion piece to his book of the same name. The selection opens with the Fra-Fra Tribesmen recorded in Ghana, nothing but vocals over a fiddle & rattle! The discs then take you through the early works, chronologically, of Charley Patton, Leadbelly, Robert Johnson & some obscure names - blinding stuff. The front l more...
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