[78-L] records in Houston

[Bill McClung]

Robert,

I think it was a different guy.  This house is in a cul-de-sac and is
actually next door to Stafford in Missouri City.  Glad you found what you
found in Stafford.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 2:06 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com <
neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > 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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