[78-L] records in Houston

Mon Mar 14 12:06:06 PDT 2011

I don't remember the address or even the fellow's name, paid him cash so 
no check to look for. It seems unlikely that there were 2 large 
collections of 78s in Stafford...these were all 10". If the fellow you 
visited with had only 10" then it must be the same man.

joe salerno

On 3/14/2011 7:05 AM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> I think the 78's I got were in Stafford too. The records were on 2 big
> tables under a covered porch&  there were lots more records in the garage that I
> asked about but was told they weren't for sale yet. Wish they were as I would
> have bought them!! He must have had something like 4 to 5 thousand 78's there if
> we all bought from the same fellow. I took about 2000, Bill takes around that
> many&  Joe gets some too?
>
>
>
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> ________________________________
> From: Bill McClung<bmcclung78 at gmail.com>
> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Sun, March 13, 2011 10:30:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] records in Houston
>
> Robert,
>
> A year ago there wasn't really a deal to be had.  Joe got a few things but
> the owner wasn't ready to part with them then.  It wasn't until they sat
> there with no one else looking at them that he was ready.  In fact, the same
> stack of 78s was sitting on top of the boxes this time that were there the
> year before.
>
> One of my most enjoyable finds happened back in December from an older
> gentleman in Clyde, Texas which is near Abilene.  He had been given about
> 1,000 78s by his friend, Blackie Crawford, who was a dj in New Mexico and
> who also had recorded for Starday.  He and Crawford had played together in
> pick-up bands off and on for years.  Crawford passed on several years ago
> and now this gentleman was ready to part with his friend's 78s.  He had seen
> the tv edisode and called me.  We had a great time talking and he played his
> steel guitar and there were many dj copies and some great small labels and
> many very good country and rockabilly 78s in great shape.  Part of what I
> enjoy most in hunting 78s is the contacts made and the stories heard.
> And both quickness and patience are important.
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 5:09 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com<
> neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> I remember him, yes. I cherry picked what I wanted, some nice things to
>> have, A few are on the wall.
>>
>> I'm Glad the records found a good home, you found a treasure trove and
>> glad he got something for them. Everybody wins!
>>
>> joe salerno
>>
>> On 3/13/2011 1:41 PM, Bill McClung wrote:
>>> Joe and Robert,
>>>
>>> Joe, it was the guy you visited near Stafford about a year/18 months
>>> ago.  I'm not sure how I heard about him in the first place.  Craig's
>> List
>>> maybe.  I went there a while after you did and loooked though about half
>> of
>>> them without finding much.  But there was a lot of pre-war 78s and some
>> pop
>>> artists I was unfamilair with.  It sort of nagged at me and I called to
>> see
>>> what he wanted for the whole lot.  The 78s belonged to his aunt in
>> Chicago
>>> and when she died he took them and eventually wound up in Texas.  They
>> were
>>> all in sleeves and well cared for.
>>>
>>> I'm glad I bought them.  The ones I didn't look at actually had the
>> better
>>> stuff.  Some Chess and Checker in good shape.  About 20 post -war labels
>> I
>>> didn't know.  A couple of Victor Personal Labels.  Dean Martin on
>> Diamond.
>>> Some post-war jazz and blues.  A lot more pre-war artists for me to learn
>>> about.  I fillled up those 24 milk crates and he gave me those three
>> large
>>> crates he had.
>>>
>>> I keep getting calls from that TV show I was on a couple of years ago.
>>> Apparently it was on RFD this weekend because I've gotten three calls
>> today,
>>> but none of which I need to follow up on.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 3:55 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com<
>>> neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>>
>>>> Eating my heart out maybe.
>>>>
>>>> May I ask where you found 3000 78s for $200 in the Houston area?
>>>>
>>>> joe salerno, who also lives in the Houston area
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/9/2011 9:55 AM, Bill McClung wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 2. Last week in Houston I bought 3,000 78s for $200 and I'm very happy
>>>> about
>>>>> it.
>>
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