In fact, most blues wailing...Obscure rarities

Or should that be rare obscurities? Either way, a glance at Ebay will tell you these little buggers are getting quite pricey, which takes a lot of the fun out of collecting records. What we have today are five great records [...]

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Sonny Burgess

Sonny Burgess around the time of Red Headed Woman. Sonny Burgess & the Pacers onstage, 1956.One of the greatest debuts in history, notice autograph. Toned down, [...]

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Nolan Strong & the Diablos

Nolan Strong today. Nolan Strong & the Diablos onstage, mid-50's Detail From Fortune Records Promo Poster. Autographs done with felt tipped pens often smear. [...]

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Gillian's Found Photo #28

I'm not sure what scares me most about the Fang's contribution this week, the look on the woman's face, her wig, or the bruise on her right thigh. It is certainly a haunting image, any way you look at it. Date and place [...]

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Tony Joe White

At the very first Ponderosa Stomp (I don't even think it was called the Ponderosa Stomp yet, it might have been called the Knights Of The Mau Mau Ball), held at the Circle Bar in New Orleans (size: 750 square feet) Dr. Ike brought in, among dozens of [...]

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Jiving Juniors

The Jiving Juniors- Jamaican R&B circa' '1958 Their only U.S. release. The Jiving Juniors were a Jamaican vocal group, heavily influenced by American rock'n'rolland rhythm and blues who cut at least a dozen [...]

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The Stooges- James Williamson's Return

Raw Power, Live at the Planeta Terra Festival, Nov. 7, 2009, San Paulo, BrazilSearch & DestroyCock In My PocketDeath Trip (this must be the first time they ever played this one live)...The Stooges are back, with James Williamson on guitar, a year [...]

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Kenneth Anger

Kenneth Anger at the Cinematheque,Paris, 1950Marianne Faithful as Lilith in Lucifer Rising, 1980 Donald Cammell as Osiris, Lucifer Rising, 1980Seal of Crowley's [...]

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Elvis

From Private Elvis, a collection of sleazy photos of G.I. era Elvis on leave in Paris having fun, long out of print.... From Pic mag, May, '56, a digest size sleaze mag...Nowadays, anytime some [...]

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Esquerita

S.Q. in '58, gettin' a reaction from the ladies.... Rare EP, same cover as his Capitol LPThe b-side of his first disc, it was the theme song for my radio [...]

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