Mark Berresford Rare Records
The Premier Location for Rare and Unusual 78s
SUMMER SET PRICE SALE
of Blues, Classic Jazz, Eurojazz, Ragtime and Hot Dance Band 78s
Items are sold strictly on a 'First Come First Served' basis – early birds will definitely get the worm, so don't delay – EMAIL, Text, Facebook Message, or phone (+44 7811 358711) NOW to reserve your items!
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HOW TO BUY…
It’s really simple - the item numbers correspond with the lot numbers found on my previous Auction page – please note that no other items from the last auction list, other than those numbers listed below, are available!
Step 1. EMAIL me, text Facebook Message or phone (see above) with the item numbers you are interested in. I will let you know what is available and what the total cost would be including postage (see chart below for prices).
Step 2. Pay via Credit/Debit Cards by secure email link (preferred), Electronic Bank Transfer (best for UK customers), www.wise.com, UK cheque or Bank Draft in Pounds Sterling drawn on a UK bank. Paypal is accepted, but we have to charge a fee unless you can make a 'Friends/Family' payment - so if you want to use Paypal and can't use 'Friends' service, please request the total amount including fee before paying.
Step 3. Your items will be mailed, or held if you want to wait for a more economical parcel (UK buyers note - I can ship six or seven 10” discs for the same price as one). I am happy to combine items from this list with eBay winnings.
Remember - these are the only items available - all the others from the Auction list have been sold!
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING SHIPPING. In view of the cost of shipping and packaging, we will not ship parcels outside the UK of less than £20 value. We will, however, hold records providing they are paid for.
Postage (including tracking) for 10" 78s is charged as follows:-
1 Record - £6.50 UK / £13.95 EU/ £15.20 Europe / £20.50 USA / £23.10 Canada / £23.30 R.O.W.
2 Records - £6.50 UK / £14.00 EU/ £15.50 Europe / £23.50 USA / £27.10 Canada / £27.40 R.O.W.
3 Records - £6.50 UK / £14.30 EU/ £16 Europe / £23.50 USA / £27.10 Canada, / £27.40 R.O.W.
4 Records - £6.50 UK / £14.30 EU/ £16.30 Europe / £23 .50USA / £27.10 Canada / £27.40 R.O.W.
5 Records - £6.50 UK / £15 EU/ £16.55 Europe / £23.50 USA / £27.10 Canada / £27.40 R.O.W.
Note - I can ship 10-12 records to most USA/Canada destinations for approx £42/$55 by FedEx Express or UPS Delivery, and am happy to hold for a more economical parcel - ask for details.
NB: £1 = APPROX $1.34
AVAILABILITY AS OF 7th SEPTEMBER 2026. Here's what's available...
Standard Brian Rust/VJM abbreviations and grading used.
SECTION ONE: BLUES, GOSPEL AND R&B INCLUDING ITEMS WITH JAZZ ACCOMPANIMENT.
013 REV. J.M. GATES & CONGREGATION. After A While/ Baptize Me. Paramount 12416 E Fine 1926 sides. £50
019 LEADBELLY John Henry/ On A Monday. Melodisc 1187 E+ £25
028 REV. A.W. NIX & CONGREGATION. That Little Thing Will Kill You Yet/ Love Is A Thing Of The Past. Vocalion 1431 EE- £28
031 SILVER LEAF QUARTETTE OF NORFOLK. Our Father/ Sleep On Mother. OKeh 8644 E £30
SECTION TWO: AN ABSOLUTELY TOPPING SELECTION OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN RAGTIME!
046 MELVILLE GIDEON (Piano solos). Burnt Sugar (A Triple Rag)/ If Winter Comes. Zonophone 2231 E Fine 1922 own compositions - only recording of s1! £25
047 GENE GREENE. King Of The Bungaloos/ 1/s Victor 5854 E Fine copy of first ‘scat vocal’ by ‘The Ragtime King’, 1908! £30
050 LYCEUM MILITARY BAND. The Gaby Glide/ There’s A Girl In Havana. Lyceum 0178 VV+ Ragtime on rare label! £15
053 PRINCE’S BAND. That Mysterious Rag. 1/s Silvertone unnumbered. E- Rare c. 1912 USA label using Columbia master. £15
057 THE TRIX SISTERS. I Just Want To Give Myself Away/ I Never Worry About The Morning. HMB B1228 E- Fine Eubie Blake-styled Rag Piano from American pianist George Fishberg, London 1922! £20
SECTION THREE: BRITISH & EUROPEAN JAZZ AND HOT DANCE.
058 AMBROSE & HIS ORCHESTRA. Me/ For You. HMV B6068 E Fine stompIng 1931 s1, hot solos! £20
071 DJANGO REINHARDT & THE QHCF. Tiger Rag/ Dinah. (Ger) Telefunken A1959 E Paris 1935 £70
072 Ultraphon-Rhythm/ Confession. (Czech) Ultraphon E+ Paris 1935 £75
SECTION FOUR: AMERICAN JAZZ AND HOT DANCE BANDS.
086 THE BUCKTOWN FIVE. Hot Mittens/ THE HAPPY HARMONISTS (Hitch). Steady Steppin’ Papa. Gennett 5518 EE- Fine copy of fine coupling! £75
088 CASA LOMA ORCHESTRA. Dance Of The Lame Duck. 1/s Shellac Brunswick Test Pressing of mx 12755-A E+ £25
107 FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCHESTRA. Clarinet Marmalade/ Hot Mustard. Brunswick (E) 3406 E+ £25
108 Keep A Song In Your Soul/ What Good Am I Without You? Columbia 2352-D E- £20
109 Somebody Stole My Gal/ Low Down On The Bayou. Varsity 8053 E+ £20
110 Knock Knock, Who’s There/ Until Today. Victor 25373 E+ £25
113 JIMMY LYTELL (Clarinet solos). Yellow Dog Blues/ Sweet Emmalina. Perfect 15005 V++ £25
120 BENNIE MOTEN’S KANSAS CITY ORCH. Kansas City Shuffle/ Yazoo Blues. Victor 20485 E+ £45
121 FRANKIE NEWTON’S UPTOWN SERENADERS. You Showed Me The Way/ Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone. Vocalion 3811 E+ £15
123 ORIGINAL MEMPHIS FIVE. Africa/ Superstitious Blues. Perfect 14298 EE+ Fine copy £25
126 TONY PARENTI’S NEW ORLEANIANS. Gumbo/ You Made Me Like It Baby. Brunswick 4184 E+ 1928 N.O. Jazz Classics! £50
135 JOE SULLIVAN & HIS CAFE SOCIETY ORCH (Joe Turner vcl s1). Low Down Dirty Shame/ Solitude. Vocalion 5531 E+ £15
149 COOTIE WILLIAMS & HIS RUG CUTTERS. Downtown Uproar/ Blue Reverie. Vocalion 3814 E+ £12
ADDITIONAL ITEMS - BLUES, JAZZ, HOT DANCE…
SP1 LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS HOT 5. Sugar Foot Strut/ A Monday Date. (Lge Black) OKeh 8609 V+ plays better £20
SP3 ATLANTA SYNCOPATORS. That Wicked Stomp/ STARLIGHT TRIO. Jazzopation. Radiex 5008 VV+ Hot solos s1 £10
SP4 BIX BEIDERBECKE (Piano solo). In A Mist/ TRAM, BIX AND LANG. Wringin’ An’ Twistin’. Vocalion 3150 E+ Masters £35
SP5 & HIS ORCH. I’ll Be A Friend With Pleasure (-3)/ Deep Down South. HMV B8419 E+ £25
SP6 ESTHER BIGEOU. Beale Street Blues/ SARA MARTIN. Joe Turner Blues. OKeh 8058 V+ £18
SP7 LILLYN BROWN (as FANNIE BAKER AND HER JAZZ!). If That’s What You Want/ n.i. Oriole 109 V++ £20 Rare issue!
SP8 BUTTERBEANS & SUSIE. I Can’t Use You/ BUTTERBEANS. A Married Man’s A Fool. OKeh 8180 V++ £18
SP9 CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS. My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms/ Who. Vocalion 14329 E £15
SP10 BLANCHE CALLOWAY & HER JOY BOYS. Just A Crazy Song/ Sugar Blues. Victor 22661 V++ £22
SP11 BENNY CARTER & HIS CLUB HARLEM ORCH. Devil’s Holiday/ Symphony In Riffs. Columbia CB698 E+ 1st issue! £20
SP12 CLIQUOT CLUB ESKIMOS. My Sunday Girl/ At Sundown. Columbia 921-D E- Hot solos both sides! £12
SP13 Sold
SP14 THE DORSEY BROTHERS ORCH. I’ll Never Say Never Again/ Every Little Moment. (Red) Brunswick RL256 E+ £15 These RLs are surprisingly uncommon!
SP15 THE EMBASSY RHYTHM EIGHT. He’s A Rag Picker/ Hitchy-Koo. Decca F5435 EE+ 1930s British small group jazz £12
SP16 LEONARD FEATHER & HIS ALL STAR JAM BAND. Ocean Motion/ Men Of Harlem. Decca F7753 EE+ 1st issue of star-studded NYC 1939 sides £10
SP17 LUCILLE HEGAMIN & HER BLUE FLAME SYNCOPATORS. Mamma Whip! Mamma Spank!/ He’s My Man. Arto 9058 E-, rep dig s2 tix 8 turns. £17
SP18 Beale Street Mama/ Aggravatin’ Papa/ Cameo 275 EE- £15
SP19 FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCH. Clarinet Marmalade/ Hot Mustard. Brunswick (E) 3406 EE- £12
SP20 Stockholm Stomp/ Have It Ready. Brunswick (E) 3460 E £20
SP21 Memphis Blues/ Tidal Wave. (Fr) Brunswick A9901 E £22
SP22 JENKINS & JENKINS. Hen Pecked Man/ Mouth Organ Blues. Velvet Tone 7052-V V+ Black harmonica/guitar £18
SP23 HAPPY JOHNSON & HIS SEXTETTE (Jesse Perry vcl s1). Jelly, Jelly/ Brooklyn Stomp. Modern Music 122 E+ £15
SP24 JAMES P. JOHNSON (Piano solos). I’ve Got A Feeling I’m Falling/ Honeysuckle Rose. (Fr) Decca 60045 E+ £20
SP25 THE JUNGLE BAND (Chick Webb O.). Dog Bottom/ DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCH. The Mooche. Brunswick 1235 EE+ £25
SP26 ROGER WOLFE KAHN & HIS ORCH. She’s A Great Great Girl/ NAT SHILKRET & HIS ORCH. Fascinatin’ Vamp. HMV B5514 EE+ £22 Groundbreaking Teagarden solo s1!
SP27 LADD’S BLACK ACES. Sweet Lovin’ Mamma/ Aggravatin’ Papa. Gennett 5023 E- £18
SP28 TED LEWIS & HIS BAND. The Gold Diggers’ Song/ BEN SELVIN’ & HIS ORCH. Sweetheart Darlin’. Columbia CB639 E £25 Blistering Muggsy!
SP29
SP30 SARA MARTIN & EVA TAYLOR. Hesitation Blues/ That Free & Easy Papa of Mine. OKeh 8082 V++ Fine Thomas Morris trumpet! £22
SP31 Yodeling Blues/ SARA MARTIN & CLARENCE WILLIAMS. Monkey Man Blues. OKeh 8067 V+ More Thomas Morris trumpet s1! £20
SP32 HAZEL MEYERS. Chicago Bound Blues/ Mason-Dixon Blues. Vocalion 14725 E- Fine Joe Smith Cornet! £25
SP33 MEZZROW-BECHET QUINTET. Jelly Roll/ Gone Away Blues. King Jazz KJ10 E , v tight1/2” hc s1, inaud. Side 1 Unissued in USA! £15
SP34 LIZZIE MILES. Please Don’t Tickle Me Babe/ Lonesome Monday Morning Blues. OKeh 8039 V++ £20
SP35 IRVING MILLS & HIS HOTSY TOTSY GANG. High and Dry/ Barbaric. Brunswick 4920 E- Great Hoagy Carmichael pno/vcl feature. £20
SP37 JELLY ROLL MORTON’S RED HOT PEPPERS. Black Bottom Stomp/ The Chant. HMV B5164 E+ £30 Fine copy of 1927 UK issue!
SP38 THE NIGHT CLUB ORCH (Irving Mills group). Oh! You Have No Idea/ KENN SISSON O. I Can’t Give You ABL. Duophone D4018 E- Fine hot s1, Jimmy Dorsey etc solos and Tom Stacks vcl! Unissued in USA. £22
SP40 JACK PURVIS & HIS ORCH. Poor Richard/ LOUIS ARMSTRONG ORCH. You Rascal You. Parlophone R992 E+ £15
SP41 ETHEL RIDLEY & BRADFORD’S JAZZ PHOOLS. Memphis Tennessee, If Anybody Here Wants Real Kind Papa. Victor 19111 EE- £25 Two very fine sides!
SP42 LUIS RUSSELL & HIS ORCH. Savoy Shout/ HARLEM FOOTWARMERS (Duke). Lazy Duke. OKeh 8760 V+ plays well. £25
SP43 Muggin’ Lightly/ CASA LOMA ORCH. San Sue Strut. (Laminated) Parlophone R934 E+ £26 Gorgeous copy - was mine!
SP44 BOYD SENTER & HIS SENTERPEDES. Original Chinese Blues/ Mobile Blues. (Purple) Parlophone R143 E- Great sides - Mickey Bloom tpt! £22
SP45 Doin’ You Good/ Shine. (Export) HMV X4493 E+ My favourite Senters - Lang/ Jimmy Dorsey etc! £20
SP46 SEVEN GALLON JUG BAND. Wipe ‘Em Off/ BESSIE SMITH. In The House Blues. (Race) Parlophone R2339 E+ £20
SP47 SEVEN MISSING LINKS. Milenburg Joys/ Angry. Perfect 14480 E/E- 1” nr s2 lt tix £15
SP48 ZUTTY SINGLETON & HIS BAND. Bugle Call Rag/ RAY McKINLEY’S HAZZ BAND. New Orleans Parade. Decca 3685 E+ sol s2. £10
SP49 BESSIE SMITH (w/ Louis Armstrong cornet). St. Louis Blues/ Cold In Hand Blues. (Race) Parlophone R2344 E+ Masters. £15
SP50 Baby Doll/ Young Woman’s Blues. UHCA 5/6 E+ Classic Joe Smith cornet side 1! £15
SP52 MAMIE SMITH & HER JAZZ HOUNDS. Jazzbo Ball/ U Need Some Loving Blues. OKeh 4295 V++ lt scrs s2. ‘Tune Up Boys!’ £22
SP54 HENRY THIES & HIS HOTEL SINTON ORCH. That’s My Mammy/ When You’re Smiling. Victor 21462 EE+ Hot sides by Territory Band £22
SP55 TINSLEY’S WASHBOARD BAND. Shoutin’ In The Amen Corner/ WASHBOARD RHYTHM KINGS. My Pretty Girl. HMV B8655 EE- £12
SP56 CHARLIE TROUTT’S MELODY ARTISTS. Transportation Blues Pts 1 & 2. EE+ Fine Atlanta Band! £28
SP58 JOE VENUTI’S BLUE FOUR. A Mug Of Ale/ Cheese and Crackers. Parlophone R3442 E+ £23
SP59 Goin’ Home/ Ragging The Scale. Vocalion 3043 E- £15
SP60 & HIS BLUE SIX. Sweet Lorraine/ Doin’ The Uptown Lowdown. Columbia CB708 E £20 1st Issue!
SP61 THOMAS (FATS) WALLER. Ain’t Misbehavin’/ I’ve Got A Feeling I’m Falling. HMV B3243 EE+ £20 Composer’s 1st Versions!
SP62 WASHBOARD RHYTHM BOYS. Holding My Honey’s Hand/ DUKE ELLINGTON ORCH. Brown Berries. (Scand) HMV X4085 E+ £22
SP63 Fire/ I’m Gonna Play Down By The Ohio. HMV B6362 E+ £20
SP64 Sloppy Drunk Blues/ Pepper Steak. HMV B4954 E+ £20
SP67 CLARENCE WILLIAMS (Piano solos). Wildflower Rag/ Organ Grinder Blues. OKeh 8604 E- £30
SP68 & HIS BOTTOMLAND ORCH. Zulu Wail/ Slow River. Brunswick 3667 E £25
SP69 & HIS ORCH. Organ Grinder Blues/ I’m Busy and You Can’t Come In. OKeh 8617 V+ £23
SP70 & HIS WASHBOARD BAND. Whoop It Up/ You Don’t Understand. (Race) Parlophone R2243 E £23
SP71 Chizzlin’ Sam/ Shim Sham Shimmy Dance. Parlophone R1680 E+ £25
Remember - these are the only items available - all the others from the Auction list have been sold!
DON’T FORGET, THOSE WHO CALL OR EMAIL FIRST GET THE CREAM OF THE CROP!