Josh White Blues (WIR-000010)
$29.95
Mercury MG20203 (1970). Vinyl is VG+; jacket is G+.
Track list:
How Long How Long Blues;
Careless Love;
St. Louis Blues;
Kansas City Blues;
I Had to Stoop to Conquer You, Baby;
I Know How to Do It;
Dink's Blues;
Mint Julep; and
Good Morning Blues
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Pete Seeger: Sing Out with Pete!
(WJB-0013)
$59.50
Folkways FA2455 (1958) . Record is NM, jacket VG+. This is a collection of live recordings made between 1956 and 1958 at various venues, including Yale University, Carnegie Hall and the Village Gate. It represents both Seeger and his producer, Mo Asch, at their very best and brightest. And on the vinyl you can actually feel the audience being carried up and away as Seeger works his spell.
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Flat & Scruggs: Hard Travelin' (WIR-000062)
$19.95
Columbia CL1951 (1968). Featuring The Ballad of Jed Clampett. Record is VG+, jacket is VG.
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Oscar Brand: Bawdy Songs and Back Room Ballads, Vol. 1 (WJB-0005)
$12.98
Audio Fidelity 1906 (1956). Record is VG, jacket has a little fraying at the sides, but cover is NM. Call jacket G to G+. This is where a lot of Folkies learned their first bawdy songs.
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Bill Monroe: The Original Blue Grass Sound (WIR-000285)
$14.98
Harmony HL 7738 (1966) Record and jacket NM-.
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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (WJB-0006)
$174.50
Fantasy 3254 (1967). This is the red vinyl version. What a treasure! Record is NM; jacket is VG.
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Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys: Bluegrass Ramble (WIR-000260)
$19.95
Decca DL74266 (1969). Includes Little Maggie, Bugle Call Rag, Old Joe Clark and I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky. Record is VG, jacket G
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Stanley Brothers: Sweeter Than the Flowers (WIR-000215)
$11.98
Nashville NLP 2078 (1970) . Record is NM, jacket VG+
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Harry & Jeanie West: Smoky Mountain Ballads (WJB-0012)
$39.98
Esoteric ES-545 (1956?). Record is NM-, jacket VG+ ... but oh, the history! Jerry Newman, who pretty much ran Esoteric Records single-handed, is credited with recording the album. He was a central figure in the Greenwich Village scene of the late '50s. Among his friends were Jack Kerouac, "Mezz" Mezrow, Arnie Ginsberg and Art Tatum.
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Weavers: The Weavers' Almanac
(WJB-0010)
$11.98
Vanguard VRS 9100 (1965) . Record is NM, jacket VG+
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Weavers: The Weavers at Home
(WJB-0011)
$11.98
Vanguard VRS 9024 (1965) . Record is NM-, jacket VG+
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Snooks Eaglin: New Orleans Washboard Blues (WJB-0004)
$79.50
Folk-Lyric 107 (1960). Wow! This is a rare classic, indeed. Dr. Harry Oster did a bunch of collecting and recording in the 50s and early 60s on his Folk-:Lyric label, as well as for Elektra and Prestige. His usual run for a pressing was 300-500. The record is VG+, the jacket G- (worn through top layer of spine cover in one spot ... about 2 inches).
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