Tom is seeking the following records. If you have any of these for sale or trade, p

Some are rather rare and valuable, while others are quite common but have somehow eluded his collection. Note: just because a disc is listed here doesn't necessarily mean Tom can actually afford some of these. There are a few (like the Parkway 78 shown above) that will probably always remain out of reach. Thanks!

Wanted on 10" 78RPM:

Baby Face Leroy Trio - Rollin' and Tumblin' - Parkway 501
Agustin Barrios - any 78 on Odeon, Atlanta,  etc
Guitarrist Barrios - any 78 on Artiga
Elder Beck - Wine Head Willie - Chess 1539
Blind Thomas (John Fahey) - any 78 on Fonotone
Dock Boggs - Old Rub Alcohol Blues - The Lonesome Ace 1
Leo Brouwer - any Cuban 78
Rev. J. O. Hanes - Paramount 3058(?)  (with picture label)
Earl Hooker - Sweet Angel - Rockin 513
Shakey Horton - Have A Good Time - Cobra 5002
Alberta Hunter - Come On Home - Paramount 12013 (multi-colored)

Sonny Jones - I'm Pretty Good At It - Vocalion 05124
Les Loups - Nadando en Mar de Rosas - (Argentine) Victor 80936

Little Walter Trio - Moonshine Blues - Parkway 502
Little Walter Trio - Bad Acting Woman - Regal 3296
Mumbles - Black Gal - RPM 338
Snoozer Quinn - any 78 on Wiggs Inc.

Ma Rainey - Dream Blues - Paramount 12098
Rhythm Willie - any 78 on Premium or Okeh (except Okeh 05856)
Robert Richard - Root Hog - King 4127

Sister Rosa Shaw - I'm Leaving Soon - Chance 5007  hear it!
Six Jumping Jacks  - Nagasaki - Brunswick   hear it!
Rev. Utah Smith - Two Wings - Checker 785
Staples Singers - Faith and Grace - Royal 105

Sunny Land Slim (sic) & Muddy Water (sic) - Blue Baby - Tempo-Tone 1002
Deacon Bill Williams - Holy Train - Gotham (?)
Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words Blues - Paramount 12951  hear it!
(old picture disc) - Little Red Riding Hood -Emerson A-100

Wanted on 12" 33RPM LP:

Cab Calloway - (green cover w/ cartoon of Cab) - Epic                        

Carolina Slim - Blues From the Cotton Fields - Sharp SMG-2002

Irving Fields Orch - Melody Cruise Italy - Oceanic OCP 513 (Sophia Loren cover)
Joel Herron - My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Westminster WB 7048 (Jayne Mansfield cover)
Flaco Jimenez & Toby Torres - El Troquero - Sombrero 3002

The La De Das – R&R Sandwich – (Australia) (R Crumb cover)

The Otis Brothers - The Otis Brothers - Flying Crow 103 (R Crumb cover)
Hal Otis Orch - Speak Low - Westminster 6073 (Jayne Mansfield cover)

Regent Concert Orch - Amor - Regent 6091 (Jayne Mansfield cover)
Sonny Terry - Whoopin' The Blues - (UK) Melodisc MLP-516 (10")
Sonny Terry - Harmonica Blues - (UK) Topic 10 T 30 (10")
Staple Singers - Freedom Highway - Epic LN 24163 (NOT the reissue of the same name)

Wild Family Orchestra – Yolo (R Crumb cover)

Big John Wrencher – Maxwell Street Alley Blues – Barrelhouse (R Crumb cover)

(various) The Music Never Stopped - Shanachie (NOT the picture disc; the regular LP w/ 12" cover)
(PS: Click here to see Tom's favorite albums...)

Wanted on CD:

The Equation - In Session - Crapstone

James Marshall Hendrix - Before... with Curtis Knight Live 1965 vol. 2

Rolf Lislevand - Kapsberger: Libro Quarto D'intavoluntura di Chitarone - Astree E 8515

Kate Rusby - Planets (single) - Pure Records

(various) That's What I Call Sweet Music - American Dance Orchestras of the 1920's - EMI UK

Books wanted:
Duke/Peacock Records by Galen Gart and Roy C. Ames

Okeh Race Records by Laurie Wright

Always interested in auction or set-sales lists for 78s, 45s & LPs, especially blues (pre-war & post-war,) R & B, gospel, etc. 

Also wanted: 
* old harmonica ephemera -- instructionals, ads, etc
* old bullet-shaped microphones (working or not.) Shure, Astatic, etc
* 10" 78 RPM picture-discs (other than Vogue label)
* boxing-style concert posters of blues/folk/R&B/gospel shows  (like that) ------->
* lobby cards and/or window cards from black musicals ("Hi De Ho," "Ebony Parade," etc)
* cheesecake LP covers (esp. J Mansfield or S Loren)
* old sheet music w/ photos of jazz or blues artists
* blues or jazz 78s on blue-wax Columbia
* early pre-disc cylinders by harmonica players or solo guitarists

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