I do not buy most albums, especially the typical household accumulations consisting of popular records that were played on the radio. In terms of specific categories, I do not buy any 70’s, 80’s and 90’s Rock, Pop and Soul artists-no John Denver, Elton John, Jackson Brown, Madonna, Alabama, Boston, Air Supply, Michael Jackson, Olivia Newton John, etc, etc. No Country, Gospel, Soundtrack, Show tunes, Comedy, Easy Listening, Big Band, Classical, Dixieland, Travel, Foreign Lanquage, Exercise, Reader’s Digest and Time-Life and similar Box Sets, Samplers with different artists and Greatest Hits albums.
I do buy 1950’s and early 60’s LP’s in these categories ONLY:
BLUES, MODERN (1950′s Bop & Hard Bop) JAZZ, ROCK AND VOCAL GROUP/DOOWOP.
Blues Artists Wanted: Frank Ballard, Dave Bartholomew, Big Bill Broonzy, Big Maybelle, Buster Brown, Roy Brown, Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, K.C. Douglas, Doctor Ross, Champion Jack Dupree, Frank Frost, Jesse Fuller, Lloyd Glenn, Peppermint Harris, Wynonie Harris, Smokey Hogg, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Howlin’ Wolf, Lil’ Son Jackson, Elmore James, Freddy King, Lazy Lester, Lightnin’ Slim, Little Walter, Amos Milburn, Piano Red(Groove label), Jimmy Reed, Lulu Reed, Slim Harpo, Smokey Smothers, Big Joe Turner, “T-Bone” Walker, Muddy Waters, Johnny Guitar Watson, Wee Willie Wayne, Sonny Boy Williamson.
Modern Jazz Artists Wanted: Most artists on these sought-after labels are wanted: Atlantic(black label), Bethlehem, Blue Note, Bluesville, Checker, Chess, Clef, Commodore, Contemporary, Dial, Discovery, EmArcy, Fantasy, King, Mercury, Moodsville, New Jazz, Norgran, Pacific Jazz, Prestige, Riverside, Roost, Savoy, Swingville, Verve.
I especially want these Jazz artists on the following labels:
| Jerri Adams | Herbie Hancock Blue Note | Joe Pass Pacific Jazz |
| Pepper Adams Mode, Riverside, Warwick, Workshop Jazz | Barry Harris | Cecil Payne Signal |
| Cannonball Adderly Pacific Jazz | Bill Harris | Duke Pearson Blue Note |
| Nat Adderley | Eddie Harris | Art Pepper Mosaic, Pacific Jazz |
| Monty Alexander Pacific Jazz | Johnny Hartman |
Bill Perkins |
| Mose Allison Prestige | Hampton Hawes | Flip Phillips |
| Gene Ammons Prestige | Tubby Hayes | Nat Pierce |
| Curtis Amy Pacific Jazz | Roy Haynes Impulse, New Jazz, Pacific Jazz | Dave Pike Pacific Jazz |
| Dave Bailey | Jimmy Heath Riverside | Pony Poindexter New Jazz, Epic |
| Chet Baker Mosaic, Pacific Jazz | Joe Henderson Blue Note | Herb Pomeroy |
| Sidney Bechet Blue Note | Ernie Henry | Bud Powell Blue Note, Mosaic, Norgran |
| Max Bennett Bethlehem | Donna Hightower (Capitol) | Mel Powell |
| Art Blakey Blue Note | Andrew Hill Mosaic, Blue Note | Seldon Powell |
| Ruby Braff | Jutta Hipp Blue Note | Prestige Jazz Quartet Prestige |
| Paul Bley | Art Hodes Mosaic | Joe Puma |
| Bob Brookmeyer Pacific Jazz | Johnny Hodges Mosaic | Bernard Purdie Date, Prestige |
| Tina Brooks Blue Note | Billie Holiday | Ike Quebec Blue Note, Mosaic |
| Pete Brown | Bill Holman | Paul Quinichette Prestige |
| Ray Brown | Richard "Groove" Holmes Pacific Jazz, Blue Note, Prestige | Jimmy Raney Prestige, New Jazz |
| Lord Buckley | Elmo Hope Blue Note, Pacific Jazz, Riverside | Sonny Red Blue Note |
| Kenny Burrell Blue Note , New Jazz, Moodsville, Prestige | Freddie Hubbard Blue Note, Impulse | Freddie Redd Blue Note, Mosaic, Prestige |
| Donald Byrd Blue Note | Helen Humes Contemporary | Dizzy Reece Blue Note, New Jazz |
| Conte Condoli Atlantic, Mode, Bethlehem | Milt Jackson Blue Note, Prestige | Django Reinhardt Dial |
| Paul Chambers Blue Note | Willis Jackson Prestige | Sam Rivers Blue Note, Impulse, Mosaic |
| Teddy Charles Prestige | Illinois Jacquet | Freddie Roach |
| Don Cherry Blue Note | Jazz Crusaders Pacific Jazz | Max Roach |
| Sonny Clark Blue Note | John Jenkins Blue Note | Red Rodney Signal |
| Kenny Clarke Blue Note, Savoy | J.J. Johnson Blue Note | Shorty Rogers Mosaic |
| Buck Clayton Riverside | Carmel Jones Pacific Jazz , Prestige | Sonny Rollins Prestige, Blue Note |
| Arnett Cobb Prestige | Elvin Jones Blue Note, Atlantic | Frank Rosolino |
| Al Cohn Prestige | Jo Jones | Annie Ross Prestige |
| Ornette Coleman | Philly Joe Jones | Charlie Rouse Blue Note |
| Buddy Collette | Thad Jones Blue Note, Mosaic | Jimmy Rowels |
| John Coltrane Atlantic, Blue Note , Prestige, Impulse | Clifford Jordan Blue Note, Mosaic, Solid State | Howard Rumsey |
| Curtis Counce | Sheila Jordan Blue Note | George Russell |
| Sonny Criss Imperial, Peacock, Prestige | Beverly Kenney | Fats Sadi Blue Note |
| Crusaders Pacific Jazz | Roland Kirk | Sal Salvador Blue Note, Bethlehem |
| Tadd Dameron Prestige | Lee Konitz Pacific Jazz, Atlantic, Verve | Pharoah Sanders |
| Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Prestige | Steve Lacy Prestige, New Jazz, Pacific Jazz | Bud Shank Pacific Jazz |
| Miles Davis Blue Note, Prestige | Harold Land | Wayne Shorter Blue Note |
| Walter Davis Jr. Blue Note | Pete La Roca Blue Note | Horace Silver Blue Note |
| Wild Bill Davis | Yusef Lateef Prestige, New Jazz | Zoot Sims Prestige, Pacific Jazz, New Jazz |
| Lou Donaldson Blue Note | Lou Levy | Buster Smith |
| Kenny Dorham Blue Note, Pacific Jazz, Riverside | Mel Lewis | Jimmy Smith Blue Note |
| Ray Draper | Abbey Lincoln Candid, Riverside | Johnny Smith |
| Kenny Drew Blue Note, Riverside | Booker Little | Louis Smith Blue Note |
| Harry “Sweets” Edison Pacific Jazz | Mundell Lowe | Willie Smith |
| Teddy Edwards Pacific Jazz, Contemporary | Nellie Lutcher | Hal Singer Prestige |
| Don Ellis Pacific Jazz | Johny Lytle | Hal Stein Progressive |
| Herb Ellis Norgran, Verve | Teo Macero |
Sonny Stitt Prestige, Pacific Jazz, Roost |
| Booker Ervin Prestige, Pacific Jazz | Junior Mance | Billy Strayhorn |
| Bill Evans | Herbie Mann Bethlehem, Prestige, New Jazz | Sun Ra |
| Art Farmer Prestige Riverside | Shelly Manne Contemporary | Art Tatum |
| Tal Farlow Blue Note, Norgran, Verve | Lawrence Marable | Art Taylor Blue Note, Prestige, New Jazz |
| Victor Feldman | Dodo Marmarosa | Billy Taylor Prestige |
| Clare Fischer Pacific Jazz | Warne Marsh | Toots Thielmanns |
| Tommy Flanagan Prestige | Pat Martino Prestige | Mel Tormé Bethlehem |
| Jimmy Forrest Prestige, New Jazz | Les McCann Pacific Jazz, Atlantic | Sir Charles Thompson |
| Frank Foster Blue Note, Prestige | Jack McDuff Prestige | Lucky Thompson Prestige |
| Russ Freeman | Howard McGhee | Lenny Tristano |
| Don Friedman | Ken McIntyre New Jazz, United Artists | Stanley Turrentine Blue Note |
| Tony Fruscella | Hal McKusick Bethlehem, Coral, Prestige | McCoy Tyner Blue Note |
| Curtis Fuller Blue Note, Prestige, Mosaic, New Jazz | Jackie McLean Blue Note, Prestige, Ad Lib, Mosaic, New Jazz | Al Vega Prestige |
| Red Garland Prestige | Lou Mecca Blue Note | Charlie Ventura |
| Erroll Garner Blue Note, Dial | Gil Melle Blue Note, Prestige | Leroy Vinnegar |
| Herb Geller | Charles Mingus Mosaic, Atlantic | Mal Waldron Prestige, Bethlehem, New Jazz |
| Stan Getz Mosaic, New Jazz, Verve, Prestige | Blue Mitchell Blue Note, Riverside | George Wallington Prestige, New Jazz, Progressive, East-West, Norgran |
| Astrud Gilberto | Hank Mobley Blue Note, Prestige | Walter Wanderley |
| Dizzie Gillespie | Thelonius Monk Blue Note, Mosaic, Prestige, Riverside | Earl Washington Emarcy, Mercury |
| Jimmy Giuffre | Wes Montgomery Pacific Jazz, Riverside | Julius Watkins Blue Note |
| Benny Golson New Jazz | J.R. Monterose Blue Note, Jaro, Studio 4 | Chuck Wayne Prestige |
| Paul Gonslaves | Jack Montrose Atlantic, Pacific Jazz, RCA, World Pacific | Ben Webster |
| Babs Gonzales | James Moody Blue Note, Prestige, Dial, Argo | Frank Wess Prestige |
| Bob Gordon | Lee Morgan Blue Note, Mosaic | Randy Weston |
| Dexter Gordon | Abe Most Liberty | Gerald Wiggins |
| Joe Gordon | Sam Most | Don Wilkerson Blue Note |
| Wardell Gray All 10" LPs, Prestige | Gerry Mulligan Prestige, Blue Note, MFSL, Mosaic, Pacific Jazz |
Mary Lou Williams |
| Bennie Green Blue Note, Prestige, Jazzland, Bethlehem | Mark Murphy | Anthony Williams Blue Note |
| Grant Green Blue Note | Oliver Nelson New Jazz, Impulse | Claude Williamson |
| Urbie Green Blue Note | Phineas Newborn Jr. | Gerald Wilson Pacific Jazz |
| Johnny Griffin Blue Note | David “Fathead” Newman | Jack Wilson Blue Note, Atlantic |
| Tiny Grimes Prestige, Swingville | Joe Newman | Teddy Wilson Prestige |
| Gigi Gryce Blue Note, New Jazz | Herbie Nichols Blue Note, Mosaic, Bethlehem | Lem Winchester New Jazz |
| Al Haig | Ken Nordine | Phil Woods Prestige, Mosaic |
| Jim Hall Pacific Jazz | Anthony Ortega | John Wright |
| Lenny Hambro | Marty Paich | Jimmy Yancey |
| Chico Hamilton Sesac, WB, Pacific Jazz | Charlie Parker Dial, Savoy, Mercury, Clef, Debut, Verve, Jazz Workshop | Larry Young Blue Note, Prestige |
| Jimmy Hamilton | Leo Parker Blue Note | Lester Young |
| Roland Hanna | Horace Parlan Blue Note | Webster Young Prestige |
| Herbie Harper | John Patton Blue Note | Denny Zeitlin |
I will buy JAZZ LP collections that contain mainstream artists such as Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, etc. as long as they are not all common artists.
Early Rock & Vocal Group Artists Wanted: Johnny Ace, Faye Adams(Warwick label), Aquatones, Avons, Lavern Baker, Hank Ballard, Chuck Berry, Big Bopper, Ruth Brown, Solomon Burke, Johnny Burnette Trio, Cadillacs, Chantels, Charms, Cleftones, Clovers, Eddie Cochran, Crests, Dante & The Evergreens, Del Vikings, Bo Diddley, Dominoes, Dubs, Eldorados, Esquerita, Falcons, Five Keys, Five Royales, Five Satins, Flamingos, Alan Freed, Bobby Fuller(Mustang label), Dale Hawkins, Ronnie Hawkins, Roy Head & Traits(TNT label), Clarence Henry, Little Anthony & The Imperials(End label), Little Willie John, Bobby Lester & Moonglows, Jerry Lee Lewis(Sun label), Smiley Lewis, Little Esther(King label), Little Richard, Carl Mann, Clyde McPhatter, Mello-Kings, Midnighters, Moonglows, Roy Orbison(Sun label), Penguins, Carl Perkins(Sun & Columbia labels), Platters(Federal label), Ravens, Charlie Rich(Phillips label), Jack Scott, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Shirley & Lee, Ray Smith, Spaniels, Spiders, Teenagers, Ritchie Valens, Gene Vincent, Billy Ward & His Dominoes, Larry Williams, Chuck Willis.
LP’s must be in excellent shape and original issues. No reissues or later pressings.