Craigslist score!

Every once in a while you come across something that seems like it's too good to be true and then it turns out to be as great as you hoped... It really doesn't happen to me very often, so when I saw an ad on Craigslist for some 78's like Jimmie Rodgers and Gene Autry, I assumed they would be the only good ones in the bunch and most likely beat to crap. The ad said something like "39 78 rpm records with artists like Jimmie Rodgers and Gene Autry". I called right away and set up a meeting with the lady who was selling them. We met and I looked through the first 10 records and decided to buy them. Everything for the most part looked to be in good shape and there were lots of original company sleeves, so that was cool. When I got them home and started looking through them, I got really excited! They were all pre-1940 records and they were mostly country/ hillbilly. Very exciting! The one posted here, Frank Blevins and his Tar Heel Rattlers is one of the gems. The other really great one was The South Street Trio doing "Mean Old Bed Bug Blues" on the Victor label. All in all, I ended up with about 20 records that are worth keeping, so not bad for $30!

Skeets McDonald on Fortune Records

Here are two records that I acquired fairly recently... They're both Skeets McDonald on the Fortune Label out of Detroit, Michigan. I found "Birthday Cake Boogie" a couple of weeks ago at an antique mall here in Kansas City. I know it's not super rare, but I was pretty excited when I saw it in the bin. I always worry that I do some kind of weird subconscious freak out dance whenever I find something good, but I have yet to be escorted out of any establishment... Anyway, there were some other early 50's country 78's there, but I either had a copy already, or the condition forced me to leave it. There was some good stuff on Federal and Capitol, but they were cracked all the way to the label. Those are always hard to leave behind. The other record, "The Tatooed Lady", came in the mail today! I have a copy already that is beat to crap, so when I saw this up for auction I bid on it. It came from Nauck's Vintage 78 Auction. Here's another place with auctions where I just can't compete. I think I bid on 20+ records and only ended up with this one. Not that I'm complaining, but it cost as much to ship this one record as it did to purchase it. Oh well... Here you go!

Early Sun Records

These records speak for themselves, which is good because with finals coming up this week I don't have time to write much....

The songs are:
Sun 211 - Malcolm Yelvington - "Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee"
Sun 218 - Sammy Lewis - "So Long Baby Goodbye"
Sun 219 - Billy "The Kid" Emerson - "Red Hot"

Anyway, these are classics, though they probably are the easiest of the early sun records to come up with. Regardless, the music is awesome, so enjoy!

Malcolm Yelvington