Record wantlist
Tom is seeking the following records. If you have any of these for sale or trade, please let him know (Email link at bottom.)
Some of these 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:
Woodrow Adams - Pretty Baby Blues - Checker 757
Baby Face Leroy Trio - Rollin' and Tumblin' - Parkway 501
Agustin Barrios - any 78 on Odeon or Atlanta
Guitarist Barrios - any 78 on Artiga
Blind Blake - Sweet Papa Lowdown - Paramount 12737
Leo Brouwer - any Cuban 78
George Curry - No. 9 on the Menu Cat A-la-Carte and Dog Slaw - Elko 827
Jed Davenport & his Beale Street Jug Band - Beale Street Breakdown - Vocalion 1478
Earl Hooker - Sweet Angel - Rockin 513
Shakey Horton - Have A Good Time - Cobra 5002
Alberta Hunter - Come On Home - Paramount 12013 (multi-colored)
Blind Willie Johnson - Columbia 14537D - (black lbl, royal blue wax.)
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
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!
Rev. Utah Smith - anyStaples Singers - Faith and Grace - Royal 105
Sunny Land Slim (sic) & Muddy Water (sic) - Blue Baby - Tempo-Tone 1002
Deacon Bill Williams - Holy Train - Rising Star RS-52973-D
Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words Blues - Paramount 12951 hear it!
(old picture disc) - Little Red Riding Hood -Emerson A-100Wanted on 7" 45RPM:
Cab Calloway - Fontana 462.101 (French EP w/ picture sleeve.)
Cosmic Rays - Foggy Day in London Town - Saturn 9/1954
Cousin Leroy - I'm Lonesome - Ember 1023
Du Droppers - Boot 'Em Up - Groove 0036
Bud Freeman - Because of LSD - Kimberly 537
Frosty & the Diamonds - Destination Mars - Combo 122Hugo Gonzalez & Flaco Jimenez - Arhoolie 537 and/or 538
The Intimates - Doing The Orbit - Natural L-209
Buck Jones - A Box of Grass - Tiki 804
Dick Kent - Octopus Woman, Please Let Me Go - MSR Records
Papa Lightfoot - Jumpin With Jarvis - Aladdin 3304
Brothers McGhee & Terry - I'm Gonna Tell God - Choice 07
Elmon Mickle - Flat Foot Sam - Elko 003
The Qualities - It's Christmastime - Saturn M08W4052/3
Soul Senders - Let Me Go - Felton
Arbee Stidham - When I Find My Baby - Abco 107
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Hootin' The Blues - (German) Scout 7
Deacon Bill Williams - Holy Train - Rising Star RS-52973-D
Yochannan - Hot Skillet Mama - Saturn 4236/4237
Fred Zimmerle - Yo Me Enamore - Perla 1001
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)
Hal Otis Orch - Speak Low - Westminster 6073 (Jayne Mansfield cover)
Regent Concert Orch - Amor - Regent 6091 (Mansfield cover)
Sonny Terry - Harmonica Blues - (UK) Topic 10 T 30 (10")
Staple Singers - Freedom Highway - Epic LN 24163 (NOT the reissue of the same name)
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)
Wanted on CD:
The Equation - In Session - Crapstone
James Marshall Hendrix - Before... with Curtis Knight Live 1965 vol. 2
Kate Rusby - Underneath the Stars (single) - Pure 14
Kate Rusby - You Belong to Me (single) - Pure 19
Kate Rusby - Little Jack Frost (single) - Pure 20
(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
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 (Bessie Smith etc)
* blues or jazz 78s on blue-wax Columbia
* early pre-disc cylinders by harmonica players or solo guitarists