VARIOUS The Mercury - Blues N Rhythm Story 1945-1955 (Superb 1996 deleted US 211-track 8-CD box set featuring 4 x 2-CD sets: Midwest Blues, Southwest Blues, West Coast Blues and East Coast Blues, housed in 6" x 12" black and gold title box with8-page booklet containing biography, discography and some great photographs!) more...
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VARIOUS The Story Of The Blues (1969 UK plain orange label 32-track double LP compiled by Paul Oliver, featuring rare original blues tracks from 1927-1968, intended as a companion piece to his book of the same name. The selection opens with the Fra-Fra Tribesmen recorded in Ghana, nothing but vocals over a fiddle & rattle! The discs then take you through the early works, chronologically, of Charley Patton, Leadbelly, Robert Johnson & some obscure names - blinding stuff. The front l more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES The Story Of The Blues - Volume 2 (1970 UK plain orange label 32-track double LP compilation, featuring recordings by J.B. Lenoir, Son House, Big Maybelle, Roosevelt Sykes, Otis Rush, Magic Sam & many more, gatefold picture sleeve with detailed notes by compiler Paul Oliver inside. The cover shows minimal signs of wear whilst the vinyl appears barely played more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES The Cobra Records Story: Chicago Rock & Blues 1956-1958 (1993 Japanese 54-track compilation 2-CD album set featuring the songs, musicianship and arranging talents of Willie Dixon. Includes tracks by Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Magic Sam and much more. Housed in a fat double jewel case with picture sleeve, 36-page Japanese text booklet + obi-strip WPCP-5501~2) more...
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VARIOUS The Story Of The Blues Vol. 1 & 2 (Late 70s French only 64-track compilation quadruple LP box set taking you from the origins of the blues through to the latter blues artists of the late forties & fifties, complete with eight page booketwith text in French & English in nice picture box. The box shows just a little light corner scuffing & the vinyl is flawless CBS66426) more...
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VARIOUS The Story Of The Blues (1969 US 32-track double LP, compiled by Paul Oliver & featuring rare original blues tracks from 1927-1968, intended as a companion piece to his book of the same name. The selection opens with the Fra-Fra Tribesmenrecorded in Ghana, nothing but vocals over a fiddle and rattle! The discs then take you through the early works, chronologically, of Charley Patton, Leadbelly, Robert Johnson and some highly obscure names - Blinding stuff. The gatefold picture more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES & GOSPEL The Story Of The Blues - Volume 2 (70s Dutch 32-track compilation double LP, featuring recordings by J.B. Lenoir, Son House, Big Maybelle, Roosevelt Sykes, Otis Rush, Magic Sam & more, gatefold picture sleeve with detailednotes from compiler Paul Oliver. Despite some annotations penned inside by a previous owner, the vinyl still looks barely played) more...
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VARIOUS The Story Of The Blues (80s UK red label 32-track double LP compiled by Paul Oliver, featuring blues tracks from 1927-1968, intended as a companion piece to his book of the same name. The selection opens with the Fra-Fra Tribesmen recorded in Ghana, nothing but vocals over a fiddle & rattle! The discs then take you through the early works, chronologically, of Charley Patton, Leadbelly, Robert Johnson & some highly obscure names - Blinding stuff. The gatefold sleeve is Excel more...
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VARIOUS The Story Of The Blues (70s UK graduated orange label 32-track double LP compiled by Paul Oliver, featuring rare original Blues tracks from 1927-1968, intended as a companion piece to his book of the same name. The selection opens withthe Fra-Fra Tribesmen recorded in Ghana, nothing but vocals over a fiddle & rattle! The discs then take you through the early works, chronologically, of Charley Patton, Leadbelly, Robert Johnson & some obscure names - Blinding stuff. The gatef more...
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VARIOUS The Story Of The Blues (Late 70s, early 80s UK graduated orange label 32-track double LP compiled by Paul Oliver, featuring blues tracks from 1927-1968, intended as a companion piece to his book of the same name. The selection opens with the Fra-Fra Tribesmen recorded in Ghana, nothing but vocals over a fiddle & rattle! The discs then take you through the early works, chronologically, of Charley Patton, Leadbelly, Robert Johnson & some highly obscure names - Blinding stuff. more...
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VARIOUS The Fire/Fury Records Story (1993 US 51-track double CD box set, featuring hits and rare tracks by the original artists including Tarheel Slim, Wilbert Harrison, Elmore James, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lee Dorsey, Titus Turner and more, each disc in their own case with picture sleeve, 16 page booklet and housed withing a 5" x 12" x 1½" card picture box) more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES & GOSPEL Chicago Hit Factory: The Vee Jay Story (2013 UK 10-disc CD compilation featuring 269 tracks, presented in a hype stickeredsealedclamshell box. Incredible collection of one of the most successful independent recordlables in pop history, charting Blues, Doo-Wop, Pop and Soul between 1953 and 1966, also includes a 72 page booklet featuring a detailed history of the label. This item is sealed and in mint, unplayed condition CHARLY915) more...
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VARIOUS The Blues Story (1985 Dutch 16-track vinyl LP compilation, featuring blues legends Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, B B King & Howlin Wolf among others, picture sleeve. The sleeve has just minor wear and the vinyl looks seldom played MA5686) more...
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VARIOUS This Is Blues (1969 UK pink 'i' label 14-track stereo LP compilation, compiled by Guy Stevens for Island, including Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Otis Rush, Junior Wells & more, fully laminated picture sleeve. The sleeve is Excellent with little shelf wear & retains the original price sticker whilst the vinyl appears barely played IWP-5) more...
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VARIOUS And This Is Maxwell Street (Sealed 2000 UK 30-track 3-CD Box Set, gathering the street recordings made for 'And This Is Free', Mike Shea's legendary 1964 documentary film about Chicago's Maxwell Street & its open air market. Contains never before released performances by Robert Night Hawk, Carey Bell, Big John Wrencher, Johnny Young & more - The third disc contains a rare interview [44min] with Robert Nighthawk conducted by Mike Bloomfield. Each disc is housed in its respectiv more...
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VARIOUS This Is Blues (1969 UK pink 'i' label 14-track stereo vinyl LP compilation, compiled by Guy Stevens for Island, including Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Otis Rush, Junior Wells & many more, fully laminated picture sleeve. The sleeve has some light storage wear and laminate creasing, but the vinyl appears near as new - a great play copy IWP-5) more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES & GOSPEL This Is Charly Blues (1987 UK 16-track vinyl compilation LP, picture sleeve. Top drawer US blues collection featuring tracks from Robert Cray Band, Otis Rush, Elmore James and more. The sleeve shows some signs of wear but remains fully intaact whilst the vinyl looks barely played SAM.2) more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES & GOSPEL Blues Fell This Morning (Scarce 1960 UK 14-track mono vinyl LP compilation, on a 'rough' textured black & silver Philips label, featuring rare recordings of southern blues singers, compiled & annotated by the great PaulOliver, front laminated flipback picture sleeve with deep blue border. The sleeve shows a little wear to the flipbacks but is otherwise excellent. The vinyl reveals a couple of light hairline scuffs but is otherwise clean & playback is excellent more...
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VARIOUS Travellin' This Lonesome Road (1970 UK 16-track mono LP compilation, featuring Luke Jordan, Blind Willie McTell, Walter Davis, Sonny Boy Williamson & more, front laminated picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a bit of ring wear or minor age yellowing & the vinyl reveals minimal signs of play in its life INT1175) more...
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VARIOUS Frank, This Is It (1988 Japanese only 16-track compilation LP featuring rare sides by Willie Cobbs, Cliff Jackson, Allen Orange, Calvin Leary, Piney Brown & Bobby King, complete with Japanese/lyric insert, picture sleeve & obi-strip PLP-389) more...
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VARIOUS ARTISTS What It Is? Funky Soul & Rare Grooves (2006 UK Strictly Limited Edition 7" vinyl single boxset compiling TWENTY FIVE slabs of serious Funk from the vaults of Atlantic, Atco, Warner Bros, Reprise and Josie Records celebrating thisheady, groove-heavy strain of 'gut bucket Funk' that remains a major force in American music and pulls together rare sides from well-known artists and definitive Funk grooves from lesser known but supremely gifted masters of the art form alike more...
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VARIOUS The Blues Is Alright (1985 US 10-track compilation LP featuring Z.Z. Hill, Little Milton, Denise LaSalle & more, picture sleeve MAL7430) more...
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VARIOUS Hot Box Is On My Mind - Postscript 1927-1933 - The Piano Blues Volume Five (1978 UK 16-track LP compilation, a fine selection of historic pre-Depression Piano Blues styles from America, including recordings by Skip James, Speckled Red,Roosevelt Sykes, Little Brother Montgomery & more, fully laminated picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl appears barely played PY4405) more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES Play My Jukebox (1976 UK 16-track vinyl LP compilation, East Coast Blues from 1943 to 1953, front laminated picture sleeve. The sleeve shows very light wear and the vinyl has just the odd light sign of play LP4711) more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES & GOSPEL Blues Scene USA Volume 3 - Blues All Around My Bed (1967 German 12-track LP compilation, including Big Joe Williams, Arthur Weston & more, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows edgewear and the vinyl has minimal sign of play) more...
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VARIOUS Bless My Bones: Memphis Gospel Radio, The Fifties (1988 US 16-track vinyl LP compilation of gospel radio recordings including Songbirds Of The South, Spirit Of Memphis Quartet and Brewsteraires, open shrink wrap picture sleeve with 6-page fold-out picture/lyric insert. The picture sleeve shows hardly any wear at all and the vinyl has barely any spindle marks suggesting minimal play, a superb package) more...
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VARIOUS Nearer My God To Thee (Super limited late 60s Austrian 16-track mono vinyl LP compilation, featuring rare blues recordings from Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Skip James, Mssissippi John Hurt & more, housed in a unique fullylaminated picture sleeve with insert. The sleeve has some edge wear yet the vinyl reveals only light signs of play RL-304) more...
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VARIOUS Please Warm My Weiner (Rare original 1973 US 14-track vinyl LP compilation of early historic blues recordings from the likes of Yazoo All Stars, Whistling Bob Howe & Frankie Griggs, Hokum Boys, Papa Charlie Jackson & more. The picture sleeve could only be the work of Sir Robert Crumb! A great copy L-1043) more...
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VARIOUS I Have To Paint My Face (Rare 1965 US 14-track LP featuring Sam Chatman, Butch Cage & Willie Thomas, Jasper Love, Wade Walton, R.C. Smith & more, complete with six page illustrated lyric booklet, merchandising & reviews inserts, texturedpasted picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some very understandable edge & corner scuffs, given the design, but is in very presentable condition & the vinyl is immaculate - a superb complete copy of this hard to find LP of classic Blues! F1005) more...
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VARIOUS-BLUES & R&B This Is Black Top... Paving The Way To Your Soul (1989 UK 12-track vinyl LP compilation of New Orleans-based artists, including The Neville Brothers, Snooks Eaglin, Anson Funderburgh and more, picture sleeve. The sleeve hasa slight corner creasing and small knocks to the spine; the vinyl remains in excellent condition BTS1) more...
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