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Brian Auger's Oblivion Express

Closer To It! / 1973 / RCA Victor APL1-0140

VG+ / VG+ / $11.00

Original release

Brian Auger's Oblivion Express

Live Oblivion Vol. 1 / 1974 / RCA Victor CPL1-0645

VG+ / VG++ / $12.00

Live at the Whisky A Go Go, Hollywood

Brian Auger & Julie Tippetts

Encore / 1978 / Warner Bros BSK 3153

VG+ / VG++ / $12.00

Average White Band

Average White Band / 1974 / Atlantic SD 7308

VG+ / VG+ / $11.00

Custom inner sleeve with lyrics

Average White Band

Cut The Cake / 1975 / Atlantic SD 18140

VG++ / VG++ / $14.00

Custom inner sleeve with lyrics

Long John Baldry

It Ain't Easy / 1971 / Warner Bros WS 1921

VG+ / VG+ / $16.00

A classic set produced by Rod Stewart (side 1) and Elton John (side 2). Includes Don't Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie On The King Of Rock And Roll, Black Girl, It Ain't Easy, Morning Morning, I'm Ready, Let's Burn Down The Cornfield, Mr. Rubin, Rock Me When He's Gone, Flying. With Ron Wood, Sam Mitchell

John Baldry

Good To Be Alive / 1975 / Casablanca NBLP 7012

VG++ co / VG++ / $14.00

Bobby Bland

Reflections In Blue / 1977 / ABC AB-1018

VG++ / NM / $12.50

Original release

The Blues Project

Planned Obsolescence / 1968 / Verve Forecast FTS-3046

VG++ wobc / VG++ wol / $12.50

Canadian release. Small writing on back cover & label

Booker T & the MG's

The Booker T Set / 1969 / Stax STS-2009

VG / VG+ / $11.00

Clarence Gatemouth Brown

Blackjack / 1977 / Music Is Medicine MIM-9002

NM / NM / $20.00

Roy Buchanan

Second Album / 1973 / Polydor PD-5046

VG++ / VG+ / $11.00

Roy Buchanan

When A Guitar Plays The Blues / 1985 / Alligator AL-4741

NM / VG++ / $10.00

Paul Butterfield Blues Band (more Blues)

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band / 1966 / Elektra EKS 7294

VG+ / VG++ / $18.00

2nd issue, brown label. Partial seam splits, very small writing on cover. "Stereo" factory sticker on cover

The Butterfield Blues Band

The Resurrection of Pigboy Cranshaw / 1967 / Elektra EKL 4015 mono

VG+ / VG+ / $20.00

Original mono release

Paul Butterfield

Better Days / 1973 / Bearsville BR  2119

VG+ / NM / $15.00

Original Bearsville release. With Ronnie Barron, Amos Garrett, Geoff Muldaur, Christopher Parker, Billy Rich. Includes poster/bio sheet. Gatefold cover with credits

Butterfield Blues Band

East-West / 1971 / Elektra EKS-7315

VG++ / NM / $14.00

Reissue, Elektra butterfly label

Paul Butterfield's Better Days

It All Comes Back / 1973 / Bearsville BR 2170

VG+ / VG+ / $14.00

 Climax Blues Band

Gold Plated / 1976 / Sire SASD 7523

VG++ / VG+ / $8.00

Dynamite Masters Blues Quartet

Dynamite Masters Blues Quartet (7" EP) / 1987 / Mangrove ROOT-006

NM / NM / $18.00

Japanese release, sea green vinyl

David Elliott

David Elliott / 1972 / Atlantic SD-7222

VG++ co / VG++ / $11.00

Backup musicians include Caleb Quaye, Francis Monkman, Albert Lee, Nigel Olsson. Promo sticker on cover

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Ramblin' Jack Elliott / 196? / Prestige/Folklore FL 14014 mono

VG++ / VG++ / $50.00

1961 recordings. Sadie Brown, East Virginia Blues, I Belong To Glasgow, The Cuckoo, Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms, South Coast, San Francisco Bay Blues, The Last Letter,  I Love Her So / I Got A Woman, Candyman, Tramp On The Street, Railroad Bill. With Ralph Rinzler, mandolin and John Herald, guitar. Liner notes by John Greenway

Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac In Chicago (2 LPs) / 1975 / Sire SASH-3715-2

VG co / VG++ / NM / $18.00

White Label Promo. Reissue of Blue Horizon BH 3801. 1969 sessions with Willie Dixon, Shakey Horton, J.T. Brown, Guitar Buddy, Honeyboy Edwards, S.P. Leary. Cut corner, ringwear and stain on corner of cover

Amos Garrett

Amosbehavin' / 1987 / Blueprint BPR-5149

NM (in shrink) / NM $11.00

John Hammond

John Hammond / 1964 / Vanguard VRS 9132 mono

VG++ / VG+ / $25.00

John Hammond

The Best Of John Hammond (2 LPs) / 1970 / Vanguard VSd 11/12

VG++ / VG++, VG++ / $16.00

 John Lee Hooker

Endless Boogie (2 LPs) / 1971 / ABC  ABCD-720

VG+ / VG++, VG++ / $35.00

Gatefold cover with credits. Minor ringwear on cover, otherwise excellent

Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin' Hopkins / 1969 / Archive of Folk & Jazz Music FS-241

VG+ / VG++ / $25.00

Big Black Cadillac Blues, I've Been Buked And Scorned, Stool Pidgeon Blues, Brand New Car, Drinkin' In The Blues, Ball Of Twine

Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin' Hopkins Volume II / 197? / Archive of Folk & Jazz Music FS-313

VG++ co / VG++ / $25.00

Recorded October 1965, Los Angeles. With Fugitive Blues, G String Guitar, Grand Ma Told Grand Pa, Rain, Goin' To Dallas, Last Night, Keep Movin' On, That's My Story, Dillon's Store

Howlin' Wolf

Howlin' Wolf (2 LPs) / 1976 / Chess 2ACMB-201

VG++ /  VG+, VG+ / $25.00

Chess Blues Masters series. Reissue of 2CH-60016. Cover illustration by Nick Caruso. Gatefold cover with liner notes by Peter Guralnick, Rolling Stone magazine

Ivory Joe Hunter

The Return Of Ivory Joe Hunter / 1971 / Epic E 30348 mono

NM co / VG / $8.00

With Isaac Hayes on organ

Mississippi John Hurt

Last Sessions / 1972 / Vanguard VSD-79327

VG co, rsobc / VG+ / $15.00

White Label Promo

Elmore James

The Best Of Elmore James / 1985 / Kent KLP 4003

NM / NM / $30.00

Reissue, Kent Treasure Series. The last sides Elmore James and his Broom Dusters cut for Modern/Flair Records in 1955, plus tracks from Chicago sessions in 1953 and 1956

Albert King

King Of The Blues Guitar / 1969 / Atlantic SD 8213

VG co / VG / $12.00

Albert King

Live Wire - Blues Power / 1977 / Stax STX-4128

NM / NM / $15.00

Reissue

Albert King

Live Wire - Blues Power / 1977 / Stax STX-4128

VG++ / VG++ / $14.00

Reissue

Albert King

I Wanna Get Funky / 1987 / Stax MPS-8536

VG+ / VG+ / $10.00

Reissue

B.B. King (see B.B. King page)

Freddie King (Freddy King)

Burglar / 1974 / Polydor 831 851 Y-1

NM / NM / $15.00

Freddy King (Freddie King)

Just Pickin' (2 LPs) / 1986 / Modern Blues Recordings MB2LP-721

Sealed / $40.00

Rare vinyl reissue of King's classic all-instrumental LPs - "Let's Hide Away And Dance" and "Freddy King Gives You A Bonanza Of Instrumentals". 24 classic instrumentals including Hide Away, The Stumble, Remington Ride, San-Ho-Zay, Side-Tracked, Sen-Sa-Shun, Swooshy, Manhole, King-A-Ling ... also Butterscotch, Wash Out, Just Pickin', Heads Up, In The Open, Out Front, Swooshy, Freeway 75, Low Tide, The Sad Nite Owl, Funnybone, Nickelplated, Surf Monkey, Freddy's Midnite Dream, Fish Fare, Cloud Sailin'. Extensive liner notes trace the music's origins and King's life, musical development and influence on such modern greats as Eric Clapton & Lonnie Mack

Al Kooper

Easy Does It (2 LPs) / 1970 / Columbia G 30031

NM co / NM, NM / $20.00

Gatefold cover with lyrics

Booker T. Laury

Booker T. Laury - One Of The Last Memphis Blues Piano Jewels / 198? / Wolf 120.912

NM / NM / $15.00

Austrian release

Furry Lewis

On The Road Again / 1969 / Adelphi AD 1007S

VG++ / NM / $35.00

With Bukka White, Gus Cannon, Dewey Corley, B. Sam Kirk

Little Milton

Blues 'N Soul / 1982 / Stax MPS-8518

NM / NM / $18.00

Remastered reissue of STS-5514. Woman Across The River, Behind Closed Doors, Sweet Woman Of Mine, Worried Dreamer, How Could You Do It To Me, You're No Good, Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do, Hard Luck Blues

Manfred Mann

The Manfred Mann Album / 1964 / Ascot ALS 16015

VG++ / VG+ / $35.00

A great set, with Do Wah Diddy Diddy, It's Gonna Work Out Fine, Bring It to Jerome, Down The Road Apiece, Sack O' Woe

Smokestack Lightning, Got My Mojo Working, I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man ...

Manfred Mann

My Little Red Book Of Winners / 1965 / Ascot ALM 13021 mono

VG+ / VG+ / $28.00

My Little Red Book, Oh No Not My Baby, What Am I To Do, Poison Ivy, Without You, With God On Our Side ...

Mark-Almond

Mark-Almond / 1970 / Blue Thumb BTS 27

VG++ / VG++ / $12.00

Their debut album

Mark-Almond

Rising / 1972 / Columbia KC 31917

VG+ / VG+ / $8.00

Dutch Mason Blues Band

Wish Me Luck / 1967 / London PS-733

VG++ / VG++ / $16.00

Canadian release

John Mayall

Back To The Roots (2 LPs) / 1971 / Polydor 25-3002

VG++ / NM wol / $18.00

Mayall gathered many of the great musicians who played with him during the '60s for this double album, including Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Keef Hartley, Johnny Almond, Sugarcane Harris, Larry Taylor and Paul Lagos. With NM 28-page booklet of photos and clips of the members of the great Mayall bands. Very small writing on labels.

John Mayall

Jazz Blues Fusion / 1972 / Polydor PD 5027

NM / NM / $12.50

John Mayall

The Turning Point / 1970 / Polydor 24-4004

VG+ / VG+ / $8.00

Merl Saunders

Merl Saunders / 1974 / Fantasy F-9460

VG++ co / VG++ / $15.00

Sky Saxon Blues Band

A Full Spoon Of Seedy Blues / 1968 / GNP Crescendo GNP-2040

VG+ co / VG+ / $20.00

Siegel-Schwall Band

Sleepy Hollow / 1972 / RCA Victor WNS-1010

VG+ / NM / $10.00

Bessie Smith

The World's Greatest Blues Singer (2 LPs) / 1970 / Columbia GPD/CRT 33

VG++ / VG++, VG++ / $20.00

Otis Spann

Otis Spann Is The Blues - Candid Spann Vol. 1 / 1983 / Crosscut CCR 1003

VG++ / NM / $20.00

German release

Otis Spann

Otis Spann And His Piano - Candid Spann Vol. 2 / 1983 / Crosscut CCR 1004

VG+ / VG++ / $18.00

German release

Roosevelt Sykes

The Honeydripper / 196? / Prestige PRST 7722

VG+ / VG+ / $25.00

Reissue of Bluesville 1014. A classic, with King Curtis on tenor sax and Robert Banks, organ

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (more Rarities)

Just A Closer Walk With Thee / 1962 / Fantasy 3296 mono

VG+ / VG++ / $150.00

Red vinyl original. Recorded at Jenny Lind Hall, Oakland, California in 1957. Liner notes by Orlando Cepeda

Various Artists

The Best Of The Chicago Blues Vol. 1 / 1975 / Vanguard VMS-73125

NM is / NM / $15.00

Reissue of first disc of VSD 12 from 1970. Featuring Jimmy Cotton, Junior Wells, Otis Spann, Buddy Guy, J.B. Hutto, Homesick James

Various Artists

Blues Piano Orgy / 1972 / Delmark DS 626

NM / VG++ / $28.00

Previously unreleased performances by Speckled Red, Curtis Jones, Sunnyland Slim, Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, Otis Spann. Informative liner notes by Bob Koester

 Various Artists

Copulatin' Blues Volume One / 1976 / Stash ST 101

NM / NM / $25.00

Original release. 16 raunchy blues songs from the '30s. Artists include Sidney Bechet, Bessie Smith, Lil Johnson, Johnny Temple, Merline Johnson, Coot Grant, Lucille Bogan, Bessie Jackson, Georgia White. Includes insert with lyrics

Various Artists

Genuine Houserockin' Music / 1986 / Alligator AL-101

NM / NM / $11.00

Johnny Winter ("Sound The Bell"), Koko Taylor ("Come To Mama"), Lonnie Mack ("Satisfy Suzie"), Albert Collins with Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland ("Blackjack"), Son Seals ("Goin' Home"), Lonnie Brooks ("Don't Take Advantage Of Me"), Roy Buchanan ("Short Fuse"), Fenton Robinson ("Laundry Man"), Jimmy Johnson ("You Don't Know What Love Is"), James Cotton ("Ain't Doin' Too Bad"), Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers ("Don't Blame Me"). Includes brief bios and photos of the artists.

Josh White

Feelin' Blue / 196? / Blue Ribbon BRS-8008

VG++ / VG++ / $15.00

Careless Love, Dink's Blues, Oh Lula, Tap 'Em Up Solid, Jim Crow Train, Strange Fruit, Bad Housing Blues, You Don't Know My Mind, How About You, Southern Exposure

Joe Williams

A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry / 197? / Roulette SR-52005

NM / VG++ / $12.50

Reissue. Bluesy ballads arranged by Jimmy Mundy with Jimmy Jones on piano. Beautiful cover photo by Lester Krauss

Sonny Boy Williamson

One Way Out / 1984 / Chess CH 9116

VG++ / NM / $20.00

Reissue. Vinyl in cherry condition. 15 performances from 1955-1961. Born Blind, Work With Me, You Killing Me, Keep It To Yourself, Don't Lose Your Eye, Good Evening Everybody, Too Close Together, Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide, I Wonder Why, This Is My Apartment, One Way Out, Like Wolf, Have You Ever Been In Love, Cool Disposition, I Know What Love Is All About

 Edgar Winter

Edgar Winter's White Trash / 1971 / Epic E 30512

VG+ / VG+ / $18.00

Original release, yellow label. Introducing Jerry LaCroix

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