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Do you have a record collection to sell? We're always looking to buy records, CDs and memorabilia by Willie (The Lion) Smith.
We pay top prices for mint condition records, rare CDs and authentic pop memorabilia. Save time and hassle and sell us your whole collection. Or consign your high-end items with us. 60s pop, 70s rock, progressive, psychedelic, punk, indie, metal, blues, folk, funk and jazz are just some of the genres we cover - anything considered, so long as it's mint condition.
We specialise in vinyl LPs, 12-inch, 7-inch, programmes, posters, tickets, autographs, vintage merchandise & memorabilia. We also buy collectables including 1980s and 1990s CD singles, limited edition releases, picture discs, shaped and uncut, promotional and demonstartion copies, acetates, test pressings and BPI and RIAA Gold/Silver/Platinum award discs.

It's easy to sell to us. Download our valuation form and send us a detailed list of any records, CDs and memorabilia you wish to sell -- full details here. If your collection is large or valuable we can come to you.

AN AROUND-THE-WORLD GUIDE TO WILLIE (THE LION) SMITH VINYL RECORD, CDs & MEMORABLIA WE WANT TO BUY...
We will buy or trade most CDs, vinyl LP, 7”, 12” records and memorabilia from most countries, especially the following...

UK
vinyl LP, 2-LP vinyl set, book, 7" vinyl, red vinyl, blue vinyl, clear vinyl...
USA
vinyl LP, 2-LP vinyl set, red vinyl, blue vinyl, clear vinyl, promo vinyl LP, promo 12" vinyl, promo CD album...
FRANCE
vinyl LP, blue vinyl, red vinyl, green vinyl, promo 7" vinyl, promo box set, promo CD single...
SWEDEN
vinyl LP, red vinyl, yellow vinyl, blue vinyl...

Top release decades
1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1950s...

Top music labels
Ace Of Hearts, Fontana, Decca Eclipse, Good Time Jazz, MPS/BASF, Vogue, Musidisc, Jazz Odyssey, Jazz Book Club, GNP Crescendo...

Top barcodes

Top catalogue numbers
AH162, ECS-R2130, TL5272, LAG12256, BAP5055, VJD501/1/2, LSP-6016, JKP2013, GNPS9011, CV1152...

Top titles
The Swinging Cub Men, Luckey & The Lion: Harlem Piano, A Legend, Music On My Mind, Willie 'The Lion' Smith, Memorial - Volumes 1 & 2, The Original Fourteen Plus Two (1938–1939), The Memoirs Of Willie "The Lion" Smith, The Lion And The Tiger, The Great Days Of Jazz...

Top wanted titles

Other artist names
Willie 'The Lion' Smith...

Related artists
Don Ewell, Willie (The Lion) Smith, Willie (The Lion) Smith & Don Ewell...


A FEW OF THE ITEMS WE WANT...

WILLIE 'THE LION' SMITH The Lion And The Tiger (1974 French 12-track LP with Jo 'The Tiger' Jones on drums, immaculate laminated picture sleeve and excellent condition vinyl)

Tracklisting: 1. Keep Your Temper 2. Wooland Fantasy 3. Charmaine 4. Blame It On The Blues 5. You're The Limit 6. Sweetie Dear 7. I'm Coming Virginia 8. Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now; Charleston 9. Beale Street Blues 10. Just One Of Those Things 11. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight 12. Jam
WILLIE (THE LION) SMITH The Great Days Of Jazz (1959 UK 2-track 7" vinyl EP including Maple Leaf Rag & St. Louis Blues, flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little age yellowing & light shelfwear while the vinyl remains excellent JKP2013)
WILLIE (THE LION) SMITH Music On My Mind (Rare 1966 UK mail order only issue of the 1964 318-page hardback book issued as #60 in the Jazz Book Club series & featuring the memoirs of one of the great piano players with an introduction by Duke Ellington, nice dust cover with intact enrolment form. Both book & cover are in fantastic condition!)
LUCKEY ROBERTS & WILLIE (THE LION) SMITH Luckey & The Lion: Harlem Piano (1960 UK 12-track vinyl LP, two of the major creators of Harlem piano, fully laminated flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some light foxing and the vinyl is Excellent with light signs of play LAG12256)

Tracklisting: Luckey Roberts Nothin' Luckey Roberts Spanish Fandango Luckey Roberts Railroad Blues Luckey Roberts Complainin' Luckey Roberts Inner Space Luckey Roberts Outer Space Willie "The Lion" Smith Morning Air Willie "The Lion" Smith Relaxin' Willie "The Lion" Smith Rippling Water Willie "The Lion" Smith Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea Willie "The Lion" Smith Tango La Caprice Willie "The Lion" Smith Concentratin'
WILLIE 'THE LION' SMITH Memorial (1974 UK 25-track 2-LP set of recordings made when The Lion visited Paris in the winter of 1949-50, both parts housed in their respective picture sleeves with in depth album notes. The covers show minimal wear & the vinyl discs appear near mint VJD501/1/2)

Tracklisting: Volume 1 A1 Echoes Of Spring A2 Here Comes The Band A3 Relaxin' A4 Contrary Motion A5 Zig Zag A6 12th Street Rag A7 Late Hours B1 Portrait Of The Duke B2 Dardanella B3 La Madelon B4 Cuttin' Out B5 charleston B6 Carolina Shout B7 I'm Gonna Ride The Rest Of The Way Volume 2 A1 Darktown Strutter's Ball Take 1 A2 Darktown Strutter's Ball Take 2 A3 Ain't Misbehavin' A4 Stormy Weather A5 Get Together Blues A6 Nagasaki B1 Can You Hear Me B2 Trains And Planes B3 Conversation On Park Avenue B4 Pretty Baby B5 Sweet Sue, Just You
WILLIE (THE LION) SMITH & HIS CUBS The Swinging Cub Men (1967 UK 12-track mono LP featuring tracks recorded in New York in 1935 & 1937, front laminated picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl is flawless AH162)

Tracklisting: 01. Streamline Gal 02. What Can I Do With a Foolish Little Girl Like You 03. Harlem Joys 04. Swing Brother Swing 05. The Swampland (Is Calling Me) 06. More Than That 07. I'm All Out Of Breath 08. I Can See You All Over The Place 09. Get Acquainted With Yourself 10. Knock Wood 11. I've got To Think It Over 12. Achin' Hearted Blues
WILLIE (THE LION) SMITH Music On My Mind (Rare 1966 UK mail order only issue of the 1964 318-page hardback book issued as #60 in the Jazz Book Club series & featuring the memoirs of one of the great piano players with an introduction by Duke Ellington, nice dust cover with intact enrolment form. Both book & cover are in fantastic condition!)

AWARDS WE WANT TO BUY

We always require Gold, Silver, Platinum and Multi-Platinum awards on most artists - official B.P.I., R.I.A.A., I.F.P.I., C.R.I.A., S.N.E.P. etc. certified or genuine in-house variants from around the world. We also need Ivor Novello, B.M.I., ASCAP etc. publishing awards, plaques, trophies, certificates and citations.

MEMORABILIA ALWAYS REQUIRED:

Programmes; concert tickets; original concert posters; invites; handbills & flyers; promotional posters, standees, mobiles, displays & other P.O.S. material; press kits, boxes & sales presenters; award discs; tour crew jackets & other clothing; tour itineraries; promotional jackets, t-shirts & other clothing; original artwork, proofs, colour separations, cromalins, bromides, etc; interesting paper items, promotional gimmicks & most other memorabilia needed. Also buying: original film posters; movie press books & press kits; cinema programmes; premiere invites & programmes; promotional clothing & other items.

SHOPS/WHOLESALERS/DEALERS/REVIEWERS/RADIO STATIONS

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