Mark Berresford Rare Records
The Premier Location for Rare and Unusual 78s
SPRING SET PRICE SALE
of Blues, Classic Jazz, Eurojazz, Ragtime and Hot Dance Band 78s
NOTE: SHIPMENTS TO THE USA BEING MADE AS USUAL!
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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 21st MAY 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.
002 BIG BILL (BROONZY) & HIS CHICAGO FIVE. Hard Headed Woman/ I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town. OKeh 6651 E+ £22
004 BARBECUE BOB. Brown Skin Gal/ Easy Rider Don’t Deny My Name. Columbia 14257-D E+ Gorgeous copy! £275
007 EVELYN BRICKEY. Down In The Valley Blues/ My Man Is Somebody Elses Too. OKeh 8256. E Great St. Louis 1925 sides with Barrelhouse piano by Ruben Walker, sounding for all the world like Hersal Thomas! £55
008 REV. J.C. BURNETT. It’s Your Time Now…/ Christians’ Home. Columbia 14191-D E Terrific ‘Mosby Music Co.’ sticker s1! £30
010 TROY FERGUSON & JESSE THOMAS. Good Night/ TROY FERGUSON. College Blues. Columbia 14483-D E+ sm lbl tr s1. Fine 1929 Atlanta Piano/Guitar Blues! £125
012 REV. J.M. GATES. Pay Your Furniture Man/ Women Spend Too Much Money. (Big Red) OKeh 8606 E+ £50
014 HENRY HILL. Sunday Morning Blues/ Wandering Blues. Federal 12030 E Fine R&B sides £20
015 HATTIE HUDSON. Black Hand Blues/ Doggone My Good Luck Soul. Columbia 14279-D E Dallas 1927, only record! £75
017 JACKSON COLLEGE JUBILEE SINGERS. Steal Away/ Swing Low Sweet Chariot. Rainbow 1128 E tiny lbl trs s2. Black Gospel sides, 1926, shown as Unissued in B&GR! £25
025 ALURA MACK. Monkey Blues/ Everybody’s Man Is Mine. Varsity 6047 E+ Correctly labelled as Alura Mack, despite the comment in B&GR! £25
026 REV. F.W. McGEE. Shine Drinking (actually ‘Do You Call That Religion’)/ Jesus In The Fire. Victor V38574 E Fine stomping Sanctified sides! £75
027 MEMPHIS MINNIE. Me And My Chauffeur Blues/ Can’t Afford To Lose My Man. OK 06288 E- plays better £20
028 AMOS MILBURN. Please Mr. Johnson/ Long Long Day. Aladdin 3168 E+ £20
029 JOSIE MILES (Acc. Joe Smith cnt & Fletcher Henderson). War Horse Mamma/ You Don’t Know My Mind Blues. Gennett 5359 EE- sm ec nap. £22
030 REV. A.W. NIX. Your Bed Is Too Short../ Three Boys In A Strange Land. (Cream) Vocalion 2259 E- £25
032 THE PILGRIM TRAVELERS. It Is No Secret/ Look Down That Lonesome Road. Specialty SP-872 E+/EE+ 2 lt rub marks s2 nap £18
044 REV. SUNDOWN JESSE & CONGREGATION. The Great Day Of His Wrath/ She Touched The Hem… (Big Red) OKeh 8441 EE+ £45
048 JOE TURNER (Vcl) & PETE JOHNSON. Goin’ Away Blues. 1/s Oversize ‘Mr. Avakian’ Shellac Columbia Master Test Pressing of mx 23891-1 E+ £45
049 GEORGIA WHITE. Go Get ‘Em From The Peanut Man/ Tell Me Baby. (SB) Decca 7152 EE- scfs, plays E £20
SECTION TWO: A SELECTION OF COUNTRY, OLD TIME, WESTERN SWING, STRING BAND AND SANCTIFIED 78s - BEAUTIFUL COPIES!
051 BUCHANAN BROTHERS. Long White Robe/ Shut That Gate. RCA Victor 20-1953 E+ £28
052 CHARLES BROTHERS. Looking This Way/ NORTH GEORGIA QUARTETTE. How Beautiful Heaven Must Be. Paramount 3114 E £30
056 SHAMROCK STRING BAND. Kuhala March/ High-Low March. Columbia 15339-D E++ Great uptempo String Band sides! £45
057 BOB SKYLES & HIS SKYROCKETS. She’s Built Like A Great Big Fiddle/ I Got A Crow To Pick With You. (Buff) Bluebird B-6978 EE- Western Swing stompers! £20
059 GID TANNER & FAITH NORRIS. Goodbye Booze/ DOCK WALSH. Travelling Man. EE+ A Stampers. Great uptempo Fiddlin’/banjo sides! £50
060 THE WISDOM SISTERS. Saviour More Than Life To Me/ Hide Thou Me. Columbia 15153-D E+ £25
SECTION THREE: SECTION THREE: AN ABSOLUTELY RIPPING SELECTION OF BRITISH, EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN RAGTIME!
062 VICTOR ARDEN - PHIL OHMAN. Maple Leaf Rag/ Canadian Capers. Victor 22608 E+ Ragtime trap drumming by Sid ‘Happy’ Reiss! £18
069 HOWARD KOPP & FRANK BANTA (Piano + drums). Night Time In Little Italy/ BLUE & WHITE MARIMBA BAND. Hezekiah. Columbia A2282 VV+ £10
070 OLLY OAKLEY (Banjo solos). A Darkie Chuckle/ The Kilties. Phoenix 021 EE+ Fine copy of 1913 solos! E £18
BRITISH & EUROPEAN JAZZ AND HOT DANCE BANDS
082 GEORGE ELLIOTT & PHIL GREEN (Guitar/ Accordion duets). It’s The Talk Of The Town/ Time On My Hands. Parlophone R2315 E+ £15
083 KAI EWANS & HIS ORCH WITH BENNY CARTER. Bugle Call Rag/ Memphis Blues. (Sand) HMV X4698 E+ Copenhagen 1936 £25
085 BERT FIRMAN’S QUINTUPLETS OF SWING. Swingitis/ Swing As It Comes. Parlophone R2436 E+ (OS) Fine and uncommon 1937 sides £30
087 THE COLEMAN HAWKINS TRIO. Blues Evermore/ Way Down Yonder In New Orleans. Vocalion S218 E Holland 1938 £15
091 DANNY POLO & HIS SWING STARS. Jazz Mr Blues/ If You Were The Only Girl In The World. (Belg) Decca F6615 E £12
101 EDDIE SOUTH, STEPHANE GRAPPELLY, DJANGO REINHARDT. Improvisation sur le Premier Mouvement du Concerto en Re Mineur de J.S. Bach Pts 1 & 2. (Fr) Swing SW 18 E+ £30
SECTION FOUR: AMERICAN JAZZ AND HOT DANCE BANDS - SOME RARE & UNUSUAL DISCS!
111 LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS ORCHESTRA. Exactly Like You/ Indian Cradle Song. OKeh 41423 E+ A/B stampers £55
112 FRED ASTAIRE Acc. by TED LEWIS & HIS BAND. Night And Day. 1/s Vinyl Master Test Pressing of Columbia mx 265121-4 EE+ Fine hot Muggsy Spanier solo on this 1933 unissued in USA! £30
117 BENNY CARTER & HIS ORCHESTRA. Swing It/ Six Bells Stampede. Columbia CB628 E+ Orig Sleeve. NYC, 1933, Unissued in USA! £28
118 AL COOPER’S SAVOY SULTANS. Rhythm Doctor Man/ Jump Steady. Decca 7499 E+ £20
119 Draggin’ My Heart Around/ Stitches. Decca 2608 E+ £20
120 CLIFF EDWARDS & HIS HOT COMBINATION. I Know That You Know/ (no Hot Combo) - I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me. Perfect 11638 EE- Gorgeous side 1 with great solos. £25
122 DUKE ELLINGTON ORCH (as JOE TURNER & HIS MEMPHIS MEN). I Must Have That Man/ BEN SELVIN ORCH. Honey. Columbia 5486 E+ nice Tunbridge Wells shop sticker s2. Side 1 Unissued in USA! £40
124 JEAN GOLDKETTE & HIS ORCH. That’s What Puts The Home In Home Sweet Home/ Sweethearts On Parade. Victor 21800 E+ Fine hot with solos, despite the titles! £18
127 THE GOOFUS FIVE. Is She My Girlfriend?/ SAM LANIN’S ORCH. (hot). Get Out And Get Under The Moon. (Aust) Parlophone A2549 E+/E £35
130 JOE HAYMES & HIS ORCHESTRA. The Music Goes Round And Round/ Rhythm In My Nursery Rhymes. Perfect 6-02-07 E+ £12
131 FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCH. Variety Stomp/ St. Louis Shuffle. Bluebird B-10246 E+ Alternate takes to Victor issue! £25
134 CONNIE’S INN ORCHESTRA). Singin’ The Blues. 1/s Vinyl Master Test Pressing of Brunswick matrix 36454-A E+ Great sound, and bonus reverse - 3 mins of A-440 Continuous tone, perfect for sound restorers! £38
138 ISHAM JONES’ JUNIORS. Tormented/ Take It Easy. Columbia DB5008 E+ Woody Herman - Virginia Verrell vocals £12
145 RAY MILLER & HIS ORCH. That’s A Plenty/ Angry. (Fr) Brunswick A81257 E+ Beautiful smooth pressing of red hot 1929 sides! £35
148 BENNY MORTON & HIS ORCH. Get Goin’/ Fare Thee Well To Harlem. Columbia CB746 E+ £20
149 BENNIE MOTEN’S KANSAS CITY ORCH. Kansas City Breakdown/ Get Low Down Blues. Victor 21693 EE+ £40
153 FRANKIE NEWTON’S UPTOWN SERENADERS (Slim Gaillard vcls). Cause My Baby Says It’s So/ There’s No Two Ways About It. Variety VA550 E+ £20
157 KING OLIVER & HIS DIXIE SYNCOPATORS. Willie The Weeper/ Dead Man Blues. (Race) Vocalion 1059 E lt scrs s2, nap £50
158 Every Tub/ Showboat Shuffle. Brunswick 3998 E- £30
159 Got Everything/ Four Or Five Times. Brunswick 4023 EE- £30
163 GENE RODEMICH’S ORCHESTRA. Shanghai Shuffle/ Honolulu. Brunswick 2760 E+ Composers version of Jazz standard s1 £18
169 BOYD SENTER & HIS SENTERPEDES. I’m In The Jailhouse Now/ Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief. Victor 22010 E+ £30
170 FRANK SIGNORELLI & HIS ORCH. She’s Still My Baby/ McLAUGHLIN’S MELODISTS. Someone Is Losin’ Susan. Perfect 14699 V++, scfs, plays E- £15
171 EDDIE SOUTH (Violin solos). Ain’t Misbehavin’/ Deep Purple. Pilotone 122 E- £10
172 JOE SULLIVAN (Piano solos). Little Rock Getaway/ Onyx Breakdown. UHCA 33 E+ 1st US issue side 1 £15
177 THREE JOLLY MINERS. House Party Stomp/ Grand Opera Blues. Vocalion 15164 E+ £50
179 FRANKIE TRUMBAUER & HIS ORCH. Trumbology/ TRAM, BIX AND EDDIE. For No Reason At All In C. (Purple) Parlophone R3419 E £25
181 JOE VENUTI’S BLUE FOUR. A Mug Of Ale/ Cheese and Crackers. (Black) OKeh 40897 E+ A stampers £50
183 TED WALLACE & HIS ORCHESTRA. Cornfed!/ Zulu Wail. (Lge Black) OKeh 40915 E+ £60
188 STEVE WASHINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA. Blue River/ Love Me. (Gold) Vocalion 2609 E- Rare and great sides, Benny Goodman etc! £35
191 CLARENCE WILLIAMS & HIS WASHBOARD BAND. Lazy Mama/ In Our Cottage Of Love. Victor V-38063 E+ Terrific sides! £85
194 COOTIE WILLIAMS & HIS RUG CUTTERS. The Boys From Harlem/Delta Mood. Voc 4574E+ sol £15
198 THE WOLVERINES. Crazy Quilt/ You’re Burnin’ Me Up. (Aust) Br 3332 E+ Fine sides £35
ADDITIONAL ITEMS
SP1 HENRY ALLEN JR. & HIS ORCH. I Fell In Love With You/ BENNIE MOTEN’S KANSAS CITY ORCH. Toby. HMV B6426 E+/EE+ £35
SP2 BENSON ORCHESTRA OF CHICAGO. Think Of Me/ GREAT WHITE WAY ORCH. Yes, We Have No Bananas. (Fr) HMV K2142 EE+ Trumbauer’s 1st solo on record! £15
SP3 CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS. I Love The College Girls/ PAUL ASH AND HIS ORCH. There Ain’t No Maybe. Columbia 4369 E £10 two hot sides!
SP4 BLANCHE CALLOWAY & HER JOY BOYS. Casey Jones/ WASHBOARD SERENADERS. Washboards Get Together. HMV B6114 E+ £28
SP5 CAB CALLOWAY & HIS ORCH. You Gotta Ho-De-Ho/Avalon. Rex 8897 E £15
SP6 CHOCOLATE DANDIES. I Never Knew/ CLAUDE HOPKINS & HIS ORCH. Marie. Parlophone R1815 E+ £9
SP7 EMIL COLEMAN’S MONTMARTRE ORCH. Teddy Bear Blues/ Bees Knees. Vocalion 14458 E £15
SP8 FIVE SPIRITS OF RHYTHM. I Got Rhythm/ Rhythm. BrE 01715 E £18
SP9 GOLDEN GATE ORCHESTRA. Bees Knees/ DON PARKER’S WESTERN MELODY BOYS. Dumbell. Pathe Actuelle 020886 E £12
SP10 FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCH. Hard Hearted Hannah/ SIX BLACK DIAMONDS. Josephine. Imperial 1329 E+ £20
SP11 Hop Off/ Snag It. Columbia 35670 E- rubs. 1st Issue s1. £10
SP12 ART LANDRY & HIS ORCH. Lazy Blues/ It’ll Get You. Victor 19488 E- 2 hot West Coast 1924 sides £12
SP13 EDDIE LANG (Guitar Solos). Pickin’ My Way/ Feeling My Way. BrE 1282 E+ Lovely copy £25
SP14 & HIS ORCHESTRA. Bugle Call Rag/ EARL HINES. Fifty Seven Varieties. Parlophone R510 £22 Lovely laminated pressing!
SP15 WINGY MANNONE & HIS ORCH. Never Had No Lovin’/ I’m Alone Without You. Spec Ed 5011-S E+ sol s1. Jelly Roll Morton piano, 1st issue! £25
SP16 Tar Paper Stomp/ Tin Roof Blues. Decca F7807 E+ Orig Sleeve. £18
SP17 JOE MARSALA & HIS CHICAGOANS. Hot String Beans/ Mighty Like The Blues. Vocalion 4168 E+ £15
SP18 RED McKENZIE & HIS RHYTHM KINGS. I Can’t Get Started/ I Can Pull A Rabbit Out Of Hat. Decca 790 E+ Berigan tpt £15
SP19 & ERNIE CACERES ORCH. It’s The Talk Of The Town/ Where There’s Love. Commodore 562 E Uncommon! £15
SP20 IRVING MILLS & HIS ORCH (The Sunshine Boys vcl). So Sweet. 1/s Vinyl Victor Master Test Pressing of mx 67490-2 E+ £28
SP21 & HIS MODERNISTS. At The Prom/ McKINNEY’S COTTON PICKERS. The Way I Feel Today. HMV B6204 EE+ £20
SP22 FRANKIE NEWTON & HIS ORCH. Minor Jive/ Rosetta. Swing SW53 E £15
SP23 ORIGINAL WOLVERINES. Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble/ The New Twister. BrE 3856 E+ £18
SP24 JACK PETTIS & HIS BAND. Ain’t She Sweet/ Looking At The World Thru Rose Coloured Glasses. Imperial 1742 E Fine copy of Venuti-Lang features! £20
SP25 PIRON’S NEW ORLEANS ORCH. New Orleans Wiggle/ Mamma’s Gone, Goodbye. Victor 19233 E- 1923 Creole Jazz £18
SP26 HARRY RESER’S SYNCOPATORS. Swanee Shore/ Meet Me Me In The Moonlight. Columbia 1087-D EE- hot sax s1, cavernous sound! £12
SP27 DORIS RHODES w. JOE SULLIVAN’S ORCH. My Melancholy Baby/ Lorelei. Columbia 35548 E+ Hot sides with the Condon Mob £12
SP28 DICK ROBERTSON & HIS ORCH (Dorseys). Aw, You Dog/ Kickin’ The Gong Around. Panachord 25196 E £12
SP29 JOSEPH SAMUELS’ JAZZ BAND. Boo Hoo Hoo/ The Village Clown. Apex 4525 EE+ Fine copy! £20
SP30 CECIL SCOTT AND HIS BRIGHT BOYS. Lawd Lawd/ In A Corner. Bluebird B8276 E+ What a record! £25
SP31 SIX BLACK DIAMONDS. Any Way The Wind Blows/ GOTHAM DANCE ORCH. Sweet Little You. Domino 392 E Fine hot s1 £18
SP32 SIX JUMPING JACKS. Hey! Hey! Hazel/ I DonNot Choose To Run. Brunswick 3876 EE+ £20
SP33 JABBO SMITH & HIS ORCH. Absolutely/ How Could Cupid Be So Stupid. Decca 1712 E but gritty pressing £12
SP34 JESS STACY & HIS ORCH (Irving Fazola clt). Breeze/ Breeze. Varsity 81231 E+ £9
SP35 FRANKIE TRUMBAUER & HIS ORCH. Nobody But You / Gotta Feelin’ For You. Parlophone R434 E+ Lovely laminated pressing £25
SP36 JOE VENUTI-EDDIE LANG. Doin’ Things/ Wild Cat. Bluebird B10280 E+ Alternate takes to Victor £20
SP37 JOE VENUTI & HIS BLUE SIX. In De Ruff/ Jazz Me Blues. Columbia CB686 E+ £18
SP38 & HIS ORCH. Gettin’ Hot/ My Man From Caroline. HMV B4890 EE- lt scfs nap £18
SP39 I Want To Ring Bells/ Everything I Have Is Yours. Decca F3803 EE+ £15
SP40 JIMMY WADE’S DIXIELANDERS. Mississippi Wobble/ JUNE COBB’S GRAINS OF CORN. Endurance Stomp. Vinyl Master Pressings of Vocalion mxs C2428-A/C2252-A E+ Alt take s1 to Vocalion issue £30
SP41 CLARENCE WILLIAMS’ WASHBOARD BAND (as Louis Armstrong’s Washboard Beaters!!). Candy Lips/ Nobody But My Baby. (Purple) Parlophone R3445 E £25
SP42 (as Original Washboard Beaters). Take That Black Bottom Outside (as Yale Rhythm!)/ GOOFUS FIVE. Lazy Weather. (Purple) Parlophone R3381 EE+ £25
SP43 High Society/ Left All Alone With The Blues. Columbia DB2513 E+ £25
SP44 You Don’t Understand/ Whoop It Up. (Race) Parlophone R2243 E+ Rare £35
SP45 I’ve Got What It Takes/ What Makes Me Love You So. (Race) Parlophone R2147 E+ Rare £35
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!