Blues from the 50s/60s/70s

What you are asking is that persons with decades of valuable information give that hard learned & impossible to find vinyl to you for the cost of a email.

I assure you that what you want has been purchased by english rock stars that understood what they wanted and were not afraid to PAY & pay dearly. For instance, Robert Plant probably owns more race & blues recordings than most ; he never questions cost when he aquires what he wants.

You want to be in a place where money has less value than friends. I wish you well. But, I do not accept clients.

I just ask : Locate pristine vinyl (generaly 78s) by Southern Region to fulfill what was requested.

Not CD's but REAL vinyl 1950s ( Very , Very Rare to Impossible) , 1960s (Rare to Difficult) & 1970s (available but hard to find). Stop barking and go to work locating vinyl, real race/blues vinyl. You will find that the Southern Huricanes since '03 have made locating first pressings of race/blues records almost impossible because most of the truly great Southern Collections have been destroyed by water.

Should you be asking what blues are available on CD ,THAN, that's a different quest. CD's centered on (1950-60s) can CERTIANLY be found and what may still be found on vinyl (late-1960-70s) then you have a chance.

I personally collect music from a 80sq. mile area in State of LA. Most of those towns were under water and music from the initial printings is rising in value 10 to 1,000 X .

For now, CD's are the way to go, unless you demand the 78s from the 1950-60s. And should you be that person you need don't need us but rather an advisor who can LOCATE and recommend what's available and at what cost.

Lastly, a Tip: For genuine early blues try Smithsonian Records that sell records (re-recorded) from the Libary of Congress Collection, one of the most significant collections of race/blues records in the world , next to Claptian & Plant to mention a few. In the USA on FIOS the Smithsonian Channel will be showing a history of race/blues music starting 11/18/08 that most probably will be sold on DVD & CD. All the best.

PS As a fellow who grew up in a Southern City , I recall we kids throwing tin cans in a alley at night ... oh how the junk yard dogs barked. Some of you got to lighten-up.

Jorsan : My effort has been to refocus your efforts to CD's rather than the attempt to locate the initial pressings , mostly 78s. Should I have been mistaken & you have the unlimited funds needed to support a quest for the initial pressings , I suggest reviewing "GoldMine" to locate a retailer with whom you may culitvate a relationship sourcing excellent vinyl. Several alledge such ties in "GoldMine", I believe you could locate someone to assist you . All the best. Junk Yard Alley Crem1.

I was the first to respond , I focused on your request for 1950s Blues vinyl(really hard rubber & commonly also includes records referred to as race recordings). I believe I subsequently outlined the difficulity score in locating and the reason(s). I believe what you now settle upon are recordings of a latter era , blues players but not always the inventors of the musical language we refer to as the "blues". And I provided a tip or two on locating "real" blues for a fraction of the cost. I took you to literally : If that happened , no harm intend. Another, Tip : Whenever, vacation in New Orleans . Go to the French Quarter , several great "blues-type" record stores, on high ground, unaffected by water. Now I gotta go back to cleaning some tin cans.