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Blues

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1 Alcoholic...sheet music THE ALCOHOLIC BLUES (SOME BLUES). Words by Edward Laska. Music by Albert Von Tilzer.
NY Broadway Music 1919 First Edition Pictorial Cover Good 
4pp, words and music, in part: "I love my country, 'deed I do, But oh, that war has made me blue....Mister Hoover said to cut my dinner down...." Archival repair to short tear. 11.75" x 8.75" 
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2 Alpine...sheet music ALPINE BLUES: Song Words and music by "Oklahoma" Bob Albright and Cliff Adams.
NY Fisher Thompson Music 1920 First Edition Pictorial Cover Very Good 
4pp, words and music, in part: "Up in the Alpine Mountains many miles away, There lives a Tyrol lad he's feeling sad today...." 12" x 9" "This is a typical coon shout and Jazz song. The verse is really intended to be used in coon shout style than sung legitimately." 
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3 Blues...sheet music A BLUES SERENADE. Words by Mitchell Parish. Music by Frank Signorelli. Piano score by Lou Leaman.
NY Mills Music 1935 First Edition Pictorial Cover Very Good 
4pp, words and music, in part: "When you're blue and solitary, love is all that's necessary, then life is complete, Got the time and inclination, all I need is inspiration from somebody sweet...." 12" x 9" On the cover is a photo-portrait of Henry King who recorded this song with his orchestra. 
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4 Blues...sheet music BLUES MY NAUGHTY SWEETIE GIVES TO ME. Words and music by Arthur N. Swanstone, Chas. R. McCarron & Carey Morgan.
NY Edward B. Marks 1932 Copyright 1919 Pictorial Cover Near Fine 
6pp, words and music, in part: "What is that song about kisses, What is that song about smiles? If I could have my way, I'd sing a song today, That would beat them all by miles...." 12" x 9" This song was featured by Woody Herman and his Orchestra. A picture of him playing clarinet is inset on the illustrated cover. 
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5 Bye...sheet music BYE BYE BLACKBIRD Lyric by Mort Dixon. Music by Ray Henderson.
NY Jerome H. Remick 1926 First Edition Pictorial cover Very Good 
6pp, in part: "Blackbird Blackbird singing the blues all day Right outside of my door ... Pack up all my care and woe here I go singing low...." 12" x 9" Inset on the illustrated cover is a photo-portrait of Frank Richardson. 
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6 Bye...sheet music BYE BYE BLUES. Words and music by Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown & Chauncey Gray.
NY Bourne Music 1930 Later printing Printed self-wraps Very Good 
4pp, words and music, in part: "I got a big surprise, when I saw you smile I never dreamed that it could be ... Bye bye blues Bye bye blues...." 12" x 9" 
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7 Bye...sheet music BYE BYE BLUES. Words and music by Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown & Chauncey Gray.
NY Irving Berlin 1930 First Edition Pictorial Cover Very Good 
6pp, words and music, in part: "I got a big surprise, when I saw you smile I never dreamed that it could be ... Bye bye blues Bye bye blues...." 12" x 9" This was the signature song of Bert Lown (shown on the cover) and his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra. 
Price: 12.50 USD
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8 Cadence magazine "CADENCE": The American Review of Jazz & Blues, Vol. 10, No. 11, November 1984
Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1984. 1984 1st Edition Soft cover 
Pictorial paper covers and contents near fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 80pp Has interviews with Zoot Sims and Jimmy Stewart, book and record reviews, etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
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9 Cadence magazine "CADENCE": The American Review of Jazz & Blues, Vol. 10, No. 8, August 1984
Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1984. 1984 1st Edition Soft cover 
Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 80pp Has interviews with Frank Rehak and Horace Tapscott, book and record reviews, a list of Cadence Record Sale offerings, etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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10 Cadence magazine "CADENCE": The American Review of Jazz & Blues, Vol. 10, No. 9, September 1984
Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1984. 1984 1st Edition Soft cover 
Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 80pp Has Part II of the Frank Rehak interview, an interview with Booty Wood, book and record reviews, record sale price list, &c. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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11 Cadence magazine "CADENCE": The American Review of Jazz & Blues, Vol. 11, No. 6, June 1985
Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1985. 1985 1st Edition Soft cover 
Pictorial paper covers and contents near fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 80pp Has interviews with Art Blakey and Peanuts Hucko, book and record reviews, etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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12 Cadence magazine "CADENCE": The American Review of Jazz & Blues, Vol. 13, No. 1, January 1987
Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1987. 1987 1st Edition Soft cover 
Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 96pp Has interviews with Ran Blake and George Lewis, book and record reviews, new cds, etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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13 Cadence magazine "CADENCE": The American Review of Jazz & Blues, Vol. 13, No. 2, February 1987
Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1987. 1987 1st Edition Soft cover 
Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 80pp Has interviews with Singleton Palmer, Daddy Stovepipe, and Roy Brown, book and record reviews, new cds, etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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14 Cadence magazine "CADENCE": The American Review of Jazz & Blues, Vol. 14, No. 4, April 1988
Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1988. 1988 1st Edition Soft cover 
Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 96pp Has interviews with Craig Harris and Art Rollini, book and record reviews, new cds, etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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15 Cadence magazine "CADENCE": The American Review of Jazz & Blues, Vol. 9, No. 1, January 1983
Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1983. 1983 1st Edition Soft cover 
Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 96pp Has article on Django Reinhardt's music, interviews with Cliff Jackson, Jon Hendricks, & Russian musicians, record reviews, &c. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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16 Cadence magazine "CADENCE": The American Review of Jazz & Blues, Vol. 9, No. 4, April 1983
Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1983. 1983 1st Edition Soft cover 
Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 80pp Has interviews with Bennie Wallace, Duke Groner and Beaver Harris, book and record reviews, etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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17 Cadence magazine "CADENCE": The American Review of Jazz & Blues: Creative Improvised Music, Vol. 19, No. 4, April 1993
Redwood, NY Bob Rusch 1993. 1993 1st Edition Soft cover 
Pictorial paper covers and contents near fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 112pp Has interviews with Roberto Miguel Miranda, Elios & Boulou Ferre and Bill Holman, book and record reviews, new cds, etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
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18 Cadence magazine "CADENCE": The American Review of Jazz & Blues: Creative Improvised Music, Vol. 29, No. 12, December 2003
Redwood, NY Cadnor Ltd 2003. 2003 1st Edition Soft cover 
Pictorial paper covers and contents near fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 144pp Has interviews with Kidd Jordan and Jim Hartog, book and record reviews, new cds, and a large catalog of the Cadence music sale. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
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19 Cadence magazine "CADENCE": The American Review of Jazz & Blues: Creative Improvised Music, Vol. 30, No. 1, January 2004
Redwood, NY Cadnor Ltd 2004. 2004 1st Edition Soft cover 
Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 8.5" x 5.5" 144pp Has interviews with Ahmed Abdullah and Oliver Johnson, book and record reviews, new cds, results of the 2003 record poll, etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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20 Charters, Samuel THE LEGACY OF THE BLUES: Art and Lives of Twelve Great Bluesmen
NY Da Capo 1977 0306800543 / 9780306800542 First paperback edition Pictorial wraps Very Good 
192pp; text illus from photographs. First published in 1975. Discusses the blues idiom as well as the lives and music of 12 players: Big Joe Williams, J.D. Short, Bukka White, Robert Pete Williams, Juke Boy Bonner, Snooks Eaglin, Jack Dupree, Sunnyland Slim, Mighty Joe Young, Eddie Boyd, Memphis Slim, and Lightnin' Hopkins. 8.5" x 5.25". 
Price: 15.00 USD
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21 Charters, Samuel THE LEGACY OF THE BLUES: The Art and Lives of Twelve Great Bluesmen
NY Da Capo 1977 0306800543 / 9780306800542 First paperback edition Pictorial wraps Very Good 
192pp, discography; text illus from photographs. Begins with Big Joe Williams and J.D. Short and ends with Lightnin' Hopkins. 8.5" x 5.5". 
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22 Charters, Samuel THE POETRY OF THE BLUES With Photographs by Ann Charters.
NY Avon Books 1970 First paperback edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
pp: iv, 174; 8pp illus from photographs. 7" x 4" 
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23 Charters, Samuel THE ROOTS OF THE BLUES: An African Search
NY Da Capo Press 1991 030680445X / 9780306804458 First Edition Pictorial wraps Fine 
pp: (vi), 151; portrait, map, 8pp illus from photographs. Charters blends music and folklore with travel in West Africa. 8.25" x 5.25". 
Price: 15.00 USD
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24 Coleman, Ray CLAPTON! An Authorized Biography
NY Warner Books 1985 0446386308 / 9780446386302 4th printing Pictorial wraps Very Good Illus from Photographs 
pp: xv, 368, index; 50+ illus from photographs. "In-depth biography of rock's greatest blues guitarist." 8" x 5.25". 
Price: 15.00 USD
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25 Cry...sheet music CRY BABY BLUES Words by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis, Writers of "My Mammy." Music by Geo W. Meyer.
NY Irving Berlin 1921 First Edition Decorative Wraps Very Good 
6pp, words and music, in part: "You're the baby I've been callin' my own Oh! me, Oh! my, you're about the meanest baby I've known...." 12.25" x 9.25" 
Price: 12.50 USD
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26 Cry...sheet music CRY BABY BLUES. Words by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis, Writers of "My Mammy." Music by Geo W. Meyer.
NY Irving Berlin 1921 First Edition Decorative Wraps Very Good 
6pp, words and music, in part: "You're the baby I've been callin' my own Oh! me, Oh! my, you're about the meanest baby I've known...." 12.25" x 9.25" 
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27 Davis, Angela Y. BLUES LEGACIES AND BLACK FEMINISM: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday.
NY Pantheon Books 1998 067945005X / 9780679450054 First Edition Original Boards Fine Very Good Jacket 
pp: xx, 427; 8pp illus from photographs. Price clipped from corner of dust jacket. 9.5" x 6.25" 
Price: 30.00 USD
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28 Davis, Jimmie SONGS OF JIMMIE DAVIS
NY Southern Music 1937 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
64pp. Contains words and music to 50 songs written and performed by Jimmie Davis, including: Nobody's Darling But Mine; Lonely Hobo; Organ Grinder Blues; Yo Yo Mama; High-behind Blues; Midnight Blues; Graveyard Blues; Alimony Blues; Jellyroll Blues; Tom Cat And Pussy Blues; and 40 more. Spine preserved with cloth by prior owner. 12" x 9" Jimmie Davis, born in Louisiana in 1899, was a big influence in popularizing country music in the 1930s. This book precedes his "You Are My Sunshine" and his governorship of the state of Louisiana. 
Price: 45.00 USD
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29 Deep...sheet music DEEP HENDERSON: Blues Song & Piano Solo--Indigo Series. Words and music by Fred Rose.
Chicago Ted Browne Music 1926 First Edition Pictorial Cover Very Good 
8pp. Contains a piano-solo arrangement as well as one for piano-vocal, in part: "Yesterday I happened by a wonderful sign Advertising something bout that hometown of mine Right away I started in a picturin' those sunny southern views of Henderson .... Deeper than the river in the early spring That's the kind of weary blues I sing...." Small archival repair at foot of cover. 12" x 9" Inset on the cover is a photo of Merritt Brunies and his Orchestra. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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30 Dickerson, James GOIN' BACK TO MEMPHIS: A Century of Blues, Rock 'n' Roll, and Glorious Soul.
NY Schirmer Books 1996 0028645065 / 9780028645063 First Edition Hardcover Fine Fine Jacket 
pp: viii, 279, index, bibliography, and an appendix listing Memphis hits; illus from photographs. 9.5" x 6.25" Said to be the first comprehensive history of music-making in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning in 1905 when the city was "murder capital" of the US. Covers Sam Phillips and Sun Records, Stax Records, Carl Perkins, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Fiddling Abe Fortas, and others. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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