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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 (130) new/used, Vinyl (96) new/used, LPs (86) new/used, 12-inch (2 used), 7-inch (5 used), 78 RPM (3), Magazines (1), All (227)
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Dewey Balfa/Arhoolie, 1976. Used ... Just Sold Out!
Gospel Friend, Late 30s/1940s/Early 50s. New Copy ... $16.99 19.99
Two decades' of work by Elder Charles Beck – a really important force in the early years of gospel music, and an artist who really helped link the music to more secular styles too! Beck plays both piano and trumpet – the latter quite a surprise, and is used here on early cuts to ... (Gospel, Blues) read more CD
Rojac/Traffic, 1967. New Copy ... $7.99 16.98
A great set that may well be Big Maybelle's best record ever – really rare work that's quite different than her famous work of the 50s! The set was recorded in the Criteria studios in Miami – and it's got a cool southern soul sound that's part Bobby Blue Bland bluesy soul, and part ... (Soul, Blues) read more CD
(In a very cool Japanese-styled, LP-like cardboard sleeve cover!)
Monad, 1950s/1960s. Used (pic cover)... $6.99
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(Out of print.)
Bear Family (Germany), Late 40s/1950s. New Copy ... $15.99 20.99
Tremendous work from Clarence Gatemouth Brown – a postwar guitarist who was big on the Texas scene, but who had the modern flair and jazzy swinging groove of some of his contemporaries who'd left for the west coast! All the work here is from the early years of the Peacock Records label, and ... read more CD
Jasmine (UK), Late 40s. New Copy ... $15.99 16.99
Wonderful work from Walter Brown – a bluesy singer who first rose to prominence in the early 40s band of Jay McShann (alongside a young Charlie Parker) – but who recorded these great cuts in the postwar years! The style is a nice fusion of earlier jazz modes and some of the leaner ... (Vocalists, Blues) read more CD
Universal, 1970s. Used 2 CDs ... Just Sold Out!
Blue Goose/Airmail (Japan), 1976. Used ... $24.99
A cool little record with vintage sounds to match its cover image from Robert Crumb – performed here by a combo with Crumb on banjo and vocals, in kind of an offbeat take on early styles from jazz and string band music! The rest of the group plays a number of different instruments – ... (Jazz, Blues) read more CD
(Out of print, includes obi.)
Sunset Blvd, Late 60s. New Copy 2CD ... $21.99 22.99
Two rare concert performances from the Reverend Gary Davis – both from a time when his talents were finally getting the exposure they deserved, and presented in stunning showcases like this! CD1 features a performance from Portland, in 1969 – recorded with a gritty edge, but a great ... read more CD
Epic/Legacy, 1970s. Used ... $4.99
Wounded Bird, 1975/1977. Used ... $14.99
Chess/BGO (UK), 1964/1968. New Copy ... $10.99 16.99
A pair of amazing all-star albums from Chess Records – back to back on a single CD! First up is Two Great Guitars – in which Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry come together in a really unique album for Chess Records in the 60s – and that's saying a lot, given all the groundbreaking ... read more CD
Chess, 1950s/Early 60s. Used ... $4.99
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Chess, 1950s/Early 60s. Used 2 CDs ... $6.99
36 tracks on 2CDs – a rich collection of work from this legendary Chicago bluesman! CD
(Please note that the outer box is not included – CD's are packaged in two individual jewel cases and priced accordingly.)
Black Top, 1988. Used ... $5.99
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(Out of print.)
Jasmine (UK), Mid 50s. New Copy ... $15.99 16.99
Really fantastic work from Willie Egan – a west coast singer from the glory days of R&B on that side of the country, and one you might know best from his work in the duo of Marvin & Johnny! And yes, that's a pretty obscure duo, but an important one in the pre-soul years – ... (Soul, Blues) read more CD
Chess (Japan), 1950s. Used ... $24.99
Great early work from Lowell Fulson – tracks recorded in the 50s for Chess Records – all in Chicago, and a fair bit more obscure than some of Lowell's better-known sides from the 60s! There's still a nicely gritty groove going on here – a style that's rooted in blues, but which ... read more CD
(Out of print – and includes obi!)
Jasmine (UK), 1950s. New Copy ... $15.99 16.99
A really well-done dip into the New York City blues scene of the 50s – one that presents a wealth of work we might not have heard otherwise, pulled from labels that include Old Town, Harlem, Jax, Wing, Dog, and Groove! There's a nice mix of material here that really shows the way the city ... read more CD
P-Vine (Japan), Late 40s. Used ... $14.99
With 25 tracks including "Cecil's Mop Mop", "Original Cecil Boogie", "My Baby's Changed", "Nashville Jumps", "Time Will Tell", and "Sloppy Joe's". CD
(Out of print.)
Jasmine (UK), Late 40s. New Copy ... $15.99 16.99
Seminal sounds from one of the most important early figures on the music scene in New Orleans – an artist who was able to mix blues roots with jazzier elements, in a way that often hit the classier styles of some of the hippest artists on the LA scene in the postwar years! Gayten would later ... (Soul, Blues) read more CD
Silvertone, 1991. Used ... $2.99
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(Out of print, BMG Direct pressing.)
Silvertone, 1993. Used ... $4.99
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(Out of print, BMG Direct pressing.)
Pointblank, 1998. Used ... $3.99
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(Out of print. Still sealed with a small cutout notch through the spine.)
Cannonball, 1998. Used ... $12.99
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(Out of print – includes the original case and "cannonball"!)
John Lee Hooker —
Blues Series Vol 2 (promo) ... CD BMG, Late 40s/1950s/1960s/1970s/1980s/1990s. Used ... $4.99
16 track promotional sampler. CD
Ace (UK), Late 40s/Early 50s. New Copy 3CD ... $32.99 34.99
A really amazing package – not just for fans of John Lee Hooker, but for anyone who loves postwar blues in general! The work here is all from the tiny Sensation Records label in Detroit – the label to first record John Lee Hooker in the late 40s, and who continued to do sessions with ... read more CD
John Lee Hooker —
Legendary Modern Recordings 1948 to 1954 ... CD Virgin, Late 40s/Early 50s. Used ... Just Sold Out!
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(Out of print, pages of booklet are stuck together from some water damage and is priced accordingly.)
Sunset Blvd, Late 50s/1960s/Early 70s. New Copy 3CD ... $27.99 28.99
Sure, you've got other Lightnin Hopkins CDs back home in your collection – but this set is will pretty darn essential – as it features a whopping 57 songs in all, including 37 unreleased tracks, and other material that's hard to find on CD! CD1 features some of Hopkins' best work of ... read more CD
Sony/Columbia, 1965. Used 2 CDs ... $11.99
A great return to recording for Son House – a musician who'd stopped playing the guitar in the postwar years, but rose again to fame during the great folk blues revival of the 60s! The style here is every bit as classic as some of Son's earliest music – just recorded a lot better, too ... read more CD
Riverside/OBC, 1961. Used ... $9.99
Two great female blues talents, recorded at a time when they were still alive and well in Chicago – Alberta Hunter on vocals, and Lovie Austin on piano! CD
(Out of print.)
Sunset Blvd, Mid 60s. New Copy 2CD ... $24.99 25.99
Really great later recordings from Mississippi John Hurt – recorded in Washington DC, hence the title – and done in this stripped-down mode that really captures Hurt at his best! The tracks were all recorded for the Library Of Congress, mostly on the stage of the Coolidge Auditorium, ... read more CD
Argo/Chess, 1960. Used ... $4.99
An amazing step forward for the young Etta James – a singer who was delivering a raw, shouting form of R&B just a few years before – but who here ascends into soul music heaven with her famous work on the album! The title cut is the stuff of legend – played and played, again ... (Soul, Blues) read more CD
Jasmine (UK), Mid 50s. New Copy ... $15.99 16.00
A great split set of recordings – one that brings together a good deal of rare material from both the artists on the cover! The set begins with important Chicago recordings from Homesick James – great electrified work, but often with a quality that still echoes some of the rural roots ... read more CD
Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi Rollers —
Beau Jocque Boogie ... CD Rounder, 1993. Used ... $6.99
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Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi Rollers —
My Name Is Beau Jocque ... CD Paula, 1994. Used ... Just Sold Out!
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(Out of print.)
Columbia, 1936/1937. Used 2 CDs ... $4.99
All 41 recordings of Robert Johnson – a lasting legacy of music that's still one of the touchpoints for any exploration of early blues! CD
(Out of print, smaller 2CD pressing in a regular jewel case that actually fits on your shelf!)
Columbia, Mid 30s. Used 2 CDs ... $3.99
All 41 recordings of Robert Johnson – a lasting legacy of music that's still one of the touchpoints for any exploration of early blues! CD
(Out of print. Please note that the outer box and large booklet are not included – just the CD's, packaged in two individual jewel cases.)
Charly (UK), 1936/1937. Used ... $1.99
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(Out of print.)
Decca/BGO (UK), 1964. Used ... $6.99
Heavy blues, cut on the London scene of the 60s – a set that features singer/pianist Curtis Jones, working with a cool combo that includes a young Alexis Korner on guitar! The sound is nice and stripped down – lots of vamping piano lines from Curtis, very much in a space between boogie ... read more CD
Audio Quest, 1992. Used ... Just Sold Out!
Rhino, 1950s/1960s/1970s/1980s/1990s. Used 2 CDs ... $11.99
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(Out of print, please note that the outer slipcover or booklet is not included– 2 CDs in individual cases.)
BB King —
Best Of BB King – The Millennium Collection ... CD MCA, 1960s/1970s. Used ... $2.99
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(Still sealed.)
BB King —
Blues Series Vol 1 (promo) ... CD BMG, 1950s/1960s. Used ... $4.99
20 track promotional sampler. CD
ABC/MCA, 1971. Used ... $5.99
BB King live at the Cook County Jail in Chicago – and given the amount of great live shows going on in the institution during the early 70s, the jail must have been one hell of a place to be incarcerated! This classic features BB King entertaining the prisoners with a wickedly sharp blues ... read more CD
Rounder, 1990. Used ... $4.99
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(Out of print.)
Jasmine (UK), 1950s/Early 60s. New Copy ... $17.99 18.99
More than a decade's worth of work from the mighty Eddie Kirkland – a Detroit singer and guitarist who came up on the same scene as John Lee Hooker, but whose style was maybe even more urban and electric overall! Kirkland's sometimes eclipsed by his work with Hooker – partly because he ... read more CD
Jasmine (UK), 1950s/Early 60s. New Copy ... $15.99 16.99
A great look at the mighty talents of Leroy Kirkland – not much of a lead star on his own, but a fantastic force in the worlds of soul, blues, and R&B in the postwar years! Leroy's one of these guys who really starts to show up when you pay attention to credits on older singles – a ... read more CD
RCA, 1930s. Used ... Just Sold Out!
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(Out of print, BMG music club pressing.)
Sunset Blvd, 1972. New Copy 2CD ... $23.99 24.99
Rare live work from the great Mance Lipscomb – most of it from that early 60s time when his music was being discovered by a larger audience from the first time ever! Mance was born in 1895 – but as the notes point out, he never got the chance to make records during the early 78rpm ... read more CD
Varese, 1950s/Early 60s. Used ... $14.99
With 26 tracks recorded for Sun and his own Bobbin label – including some great previously unissued material! CD
(Out of print.)
Little Walter —
Best Of Little Walter ... CD Chess/Hallmark (UK), Early 50s. Used ... $4.99
A well-titled set – as the album features some of the best early sides that Little Walter recorded for Chess – records that went on to set a whole new standard both in blues vocals and harmonica! There's tightness here that's a bit different from some of the other Chess blues at the ... read more CD
Fat Possum/Big Legal Mess, 1970s. New Copy ... $11.99 13.99
Amazing stuff from the Converted Mind of Bishop Manning and his family! Manning was a former down & dirty blues singer who was changed forever byThe Good Word in the early 60s – and the lived in realness of these recordings certainly suggests a blues pedigree. It's completely wonderful, ... (Gospel, Blues) read more CD
Polydor, 1969. Used ... $4.99
An album that definitely lives up to its title – as the set is definitely a turning point in the career of John Mayall, and the debut of brand new lineup that helped move his music past a the straighter sound of American blues! There's still plenty of blues at the core – and great ... (Rock, Blues) read more CD
John Mayall's Blues Breakers —
Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton (2CD Deluxe Edition) ... CD Deram/Universal (UK), 1966. Used 2CD ... Just Sold Out!
Possibly one of the best-remembered albums by John Mayall's legendary Blues Breakers combo – thanks to vocals and guitar from a young Eric Clapton! Clapton at this point is way fresher than in later years – not prone to cliches, and still coming across with a raw, edgey power that is ... (Rock, Blues) read more CD
(Out of print. Minor wear at spine – otherwise in great shape!)
BMG Heritage/Bluebird, Late 20s/Early 30s. Used ... $6.99
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(Out of print, punch through barcode.)
Philo/Rounder, 1999. Used ... Just Sold Out!
Blue Bella, 2001. Used ... $6.99
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(Out of print.)
Yazoo, 1920s/1930s. Used ... $9.99
The world-changing late 20s and 1930s recordings of the great Charley Patton – grainy, soul shaking delta blues that's as pivotal and stirring as ever, if not even more so post-millenium, given that weary, old world lost beauty of it! 24 tracks including "Mississippi Boll Weavil ... read more CD
Atlantic, 1949/1953. Used ... $4.99
Essential New Orleans piano from Professor Longhair – an artist who was neither a professor, nor a man with much hair! The chrome-domed pianist had a huge influence on the sound of New Orleans R&B and soul to come – as he played in a triplet-heavy way that was rooted in blues, but ... (Soul, Blues) read more CD
(Out of print.)
Warner, 2010. Used ... $1.99
Charly (UK), 1950s/Early 60s. Used ... $6.99
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(Out of print.)
Bear Family (Germany), Late 50s/Early 60s. New Copy ... $15.99 20.99
Jimmy Reed rocks, there's no doubt about that – and classic work like the cuts in this set had a key impact on all the new styles brewing up at the end of the 50s – in a moment that made Jimmy Reed way more than just another urban blues singer at the time! The key to Reed's groove is ... read more CD
King, 1958. New Copy ... Just Sold Out!
An incredible late 50s set for King by singer Lula Reed – and a pretty unique blend of R&B and bluer and moodier material – but a lot more upbeat than you'd expect from the title! Lula's voice is a genuine vessel for the bluesy material, but it's also light and lovely, and works ... (Soul, Blues) read more CD
Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum, Late 60s. New Copy ... $11.99 13.99
Not really famous, but gritty & grooving bluesy gospel soul from Famous L Renfroe – and artist who might even be more mysterious to us after hearing the record! The Flying Sweet Angel Of Joy is kind of a dreamlike mix of impassioned vocals, electric guitar and bass, with some drums. ... read more CD
Jasmine (UK), Late 40s/1950s. New Copy ... $15.99 16.99
Seminal work from the great Todd Rhodes – a talent who was huge in the postwar years, but never fully got his dues! Rhodes was a bandleader with experience that already stretched for years in jazz before making these cuts – and his style was seminal in the development of R&B in the ... (Jazz, Blues) read more CD
Atlantic, 1999. Used ... $2.99
The legendary Jimmy Rogers works here with a whole host of famous guest stars – or "all-stars", as they're listed on the label – a lineup that includes Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Taj Mahal, Stephen Stills, Jeff Healey, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and Lowell ... read more CD
Jasmine (UK), Late 50s/Early 60s. New Copy ... $15.99 16.99
A pair of albums from the legendary Shakey Jake – with bonus tracks too! First up is Good Times – a stunner from Shakey Jake – and a set that's got a surprising jazz element as well – given that the singer/harmonicist works here with Jack McDuff on Hammond and Bill Jennings ... read more CD
Otis Spann —
Blues Is Where It's At ... CD Bluesway/BGO (UK), 1966. Used ... Just Sold Out!
Otis Spann made some great records over the years, but he sounds especially nice on the handful of sessions he did for the Bluesway label – which seem to take a Chess Records approach, then give the whole thing an extra-added punch! Otis is in the lead on piano and vocals, but the group's ... read more CD
Yazoo, Late 20s. Used ... $9.99
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Tedeschi Trucks Band —
Made Up Mind ... CD Masterworks, 2013. Used ... $4.99
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(Carboard sleeve has a small, 1/4" tear at top of the spine.)
Blind Pig, 1998. Used ... $6.99
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(Out of print.)
Capitol, 2009. Used ... $4.99
Burnside, 2000. Used ... $6.99
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(Out of print.)
Atlantic, Mid 50s. Used ... $4.99
Some of the greatest work ever from this Kansas City singer – material from that 50s stretch when he was reinventing himself as an R&B giant on Atlantic Records – exploding with new energy, and a fair bit of nasty lyrics too! Cuts include "Honey Hush", "Crawdad ... read more CD
(Out of print, BMG music club pressing.)
Sunset Blvd, Late 40s/Early 50s. New Copy 2CD ... $21.99 22.99
A very hip collection of work from the great Joe Turner – material that hasn't been easily issued elsewhere, and which fills in a key chapter of Joe's career! CD1 features vintage material, and is heavy on work from the postwar years, but before Turner rose to a second wave of fame on ... read more CD
Flying Dutchman/Ace (UK), 1969. New Copy ... $8.99 14.99
One of the grooviest records ever cut by the legendary Joe Turner – a set that takes him far from his Kansas City roots, and his 50s R&B for Atlantic Records – into a mode that's maybe even more soul-based overall! The great Gene Page handles the backings here – with a ... read more CD
Epic/Mobile Fidelity, 1985. Used Gatefold ... $28.99
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(Out of print limited numbered hybrid SACD edition.)
