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Our Chicago roots run deep here, with plenty of postwar Chicago blues -- plus delta blues, folk blues, electric blues, pre-war blues, and more!
CDs (255) new/used, Vinyl (263) new/used, LPs (243) new/used, 7-inch (16) new/used, 78 RPM (4), Cassettes (5), Books (1), All (524)
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Xtra (UK), 1966. Near Mint- ... $24.99
With selections by Texas Alexander, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Cannon's Jug Stompers, Robert Johnson, Speckled Red, Victoria Spivey, Leadbelly, Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williamson, Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Elmore James. LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear and is bent a bit at the front panel.)
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Mississippi String Bands 1928 to 1936 ... LP RST (Austria), Late 20s/Early 30s. Very Good+ ... $16.99
Includes tracks by the Chatman Brothers (Lonnie & Sam), the Mississippi Blacksnakes, Charlie McCoy,Alec Johnson, and Walter Jacobs. LP, Vinyl record album
Folkways, Mid 1950s. Very Good+ ... $29.99
With selections by Starlight Gospel Singers, Ella Cash, JT Cash, Joseph Massey, Dorothy Melton, Combs Gospel Singers, and Mississippi Wandering Travelers. LP, Vinyl record album
(Early 60s issue in a paste-on cover, with booklet.)
Alligator, 1984. Near Mint- ... $7.99
Features work by Donald Kinsey & The Kinsey Report, Valerie Wellington, Dion Payton & The 43rd Street Blues Band, The Sons Of Blues/Chi-Town Hustlers, The Professor's Blues Review featuring Gloria Hardiman, John Watkins, Michael Coleman, Maurice John Vaughn, Melvin Taylor & The Slack ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cut corner, light wear and aging, and is lightly bent at the right side.)
Ace (UK), Late 50s/Early 60s. New Copy ... $12.99 19.99
A deep look at a blues scene that doesn't always get its due – music not from Chicago, Memphis, or various points south – but some nicely gritty tracks that were cut in New York during the postwar years! Despite New York's fame as a hub of jazz, soul, and other styles – the city ... read more CD
Brunswick (Germany), 1962. Very Good+ Gatefold ... $19.99
Great material from this famous German blues festival – with work by Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, T Bone Walker, Jump Jackson, Sonny Terry, John Lee Hooker, and Shakey Jake! LP, Vinyl record album
(Mid 60s stereo German Polydor pressing in the booklet cover.)
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Oxford American 15th Edition Southern Music ... CD Oxford American, 1950s/1960s/1970s/1980s/1990s/2000s. Used 2 CDs ... $4.99
Music from the Fisk University Jubilee Singers, Tupper Saussy, Connie Smith, Johnny Cash, Sleepy John Estes, The Prisonaires, Buddy & Julie Miller And The McCrary Sisters, Rosanne Cash, Dolly Parton, Brandy Clark, Carl Perkins, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and much more. (Folk/Country, Blues) CD
(Packaged in a slim sleeve.)
Storyville (UK), 1963. Near Mint- ... $24.99 29.99
Includes selections by Otis Spann, Speckled Red, Sunnyland Slim, Champion Jack Dupree, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson. LP, Vinyl record album
(In a flip-back cover, with light wear, some aging, and bent a bit at the bottom right corner.)
Riverside (Netherlands), Late 20s/Early 30s. Near Mint- Gatefold ... $24.99
With vintage selections by Bert Mays, Barrel House Welch, Rudy Foster, Jack O'Diamonds, James "Bat" Robinson, Louise Johnson, Little Brother Montgomery, Jabo Williams, and Turner Parrish. LP, Vinyl record album
(Dutch pressing in the glossy booklet cover, with bent corners.)
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Piano Blues Vol 9 – What's The Use Of Getting' Sober – Lofton/Magpie (UK), 1930s. Near Mint- ... $9.99
Featuring work by Cripple Clarence Lofton, Red Nelson, and George Noble. LP, Vinyl record album
(Late 70s issue. Cover has light wear.)
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Piano Blues Volume 14 – Play It For Me – The Accompanist 1933 to 1941 ... LP Magpie (UK), Late 30s/Early 40s. Near Mint- ... $9.99
Features work by Myrtle Jenkins, Pinetop Sparks, Honey Hill, Horace Malcom, Roosevelt Sykes, and Black Bo! LP, Vinyl record album
(Early 80s issue. Cover has light wear and aging.)
Yazoo, 1930s. Near Mint- ... $19.99
Smithsonian Folkways, 1950s/1960s/Early 70s. New Copy 3CDs/Book ... $67.99 74.99
A stunning document of culture in and around the Texas scene of the postwar years – never-heard recordings done by blues enthusiast Robert Mack McCormick, who also photographed most of his subjects as well – a lost legacy that finally gets exposure to the world at large here in a big ... read more CD
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Rhythm Room Blues ... CD Hightone, 1990s/Early 2000s. Used ... $4.99
Thirteen songs from Kim Wilson, RL Burnside, Sonny Rhodes, Henry Gray, Sam Lay, George "Mojo" Buford, and Nappy Brown. CD
(Out of print, punch through barcode.)
Rough Guide, New Copy ... $22.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
Strawberry (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 3CD ... $27.99 34.99
A really cool package that's way more than just the blues promised in the title – as the set brings together work from a variety of scenes and styles, all showing the many ways that American blues had such an impact on UK sounds from the mod generation onwards! There's definitely some tracks ... (Rock, Blues) read more CD
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Southern Journey Vol 3 – 61 Highway Mississippi – Delta Country Blues, Spirituals, Work Songs & Dance Music ... CD Rounder, 1959. Used ... $3.99
Alan Lomax recordings – features Fred McDowell, John Dudley, Ervin Webb, and others! CD
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Tea Pad Songs Vol 2 ... LP Stash, 1930s/1940s. Very Good+ ... $11.99
Raunchy vintage blues and jazz, with lots of drug and drinking slang – on cuts by Babs Gonzalez, Spirits Of Rhythm, Lucky Millinder, Rubberlegs Williams, Slim & Slam, Rosetta Howard, Cats & The Fiddle, and others! LP, Vinyl record album
(70s issue. Cover has a promo stamp and minimal wear.)
Tradition, 1920s/1930s/1940s/1950s/1960s. Used ... $2.99
Music from Etta Baker, Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Big Bill Broonzy, Louis Armstrong, Odetta, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Woody Herman, and others – 15 tracks total. CD
(Barcode has a cutout hole.)
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Unfinished Boogie – Western Blues Piano – 1946 to 1952 ... LP Muskadine, Mid 1940s-Early 1950s. Near Mint- ... Just Sold Out!
... LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has lightly bumped corners.)
BMG, Late 20s. Used ... $4.99 6.99
Includes material by The Memphis Jug Band, Jim Jackson, Cannon's Jug Stompers, and Frank Stokes. CD
(Out of print, crease through traycard artwork.)
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Wrinkles – Classic & Rare Chess Instrumentals ... CD Chess, 1950s/Early 60s. Used ... $9.99
Connoisseur Collection (UK), Late 50s-Mid 60s. Used ... $6.99
Features music by Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Jimmy Reed, Slim Harpo, The Coasters, Marvin Gaye, Gene Allison, Rufus Thomas, Muddy Waters, Irma Thomas, Don Covay, Howlin Wolf, Alvin Robinson, Dale, Eric Donaldson, and the Temptations. (Funky Compilations, Blues) CD
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You're Gonna Leave The Old Home ... LP Mississippi, 1930s. New Copy ... $13.99 19.99
A great set of rural blues and folksy modes, presented here with little in the way of information – which then maybe makes the whole thing a completely delightful musical discovery – as if you've found a whole stack of vintage 78rpm singles with the labels rubbed off, and have to drop ... read more LP, Vinyl record album
