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Artist	Title (Label) Cover / Record /Co.	Released	Price CHF
The Acme Bluegrass Company,Inc.	Stranded Again (Vandermak Enterprises) M- / M-	U.S.'1983	SOLD
	(80's release of fine Bluegrass sounds by local Arizona, U.S. 5-piece feat. Mike Vandermark on banjo and he also produced; cover-version of "save the whales", "fox on the run", "dark hollow"...;)
Arnold Chinn Group	Take It On The Chin (Twin Spin) EX / EX	U.S.'1976	SOLD
	(local Kentucky Country-Rock-sweeper w/Bluegrassy sprouts, folksy hipster moods...very versatile bag! strong voc-harmonies, electric/ acoustic guitars, mandolin, banjo, fiddle (Buddy Spicher) lap-steel, drums 'n bass; covers of Dan Hicks' "how can I miss you (when you won't go away) Gram Parson's "ooh Las Vegas" and a superb lap-steel/slide fronted version of J. D. Souther's "safe at home" (!) ...it's all here from the prairie-camp gallivanter-loco to the well-furnished city-slickin' poco; card-board-jacket w/photos on back, well produced album;)
Mike Auldridge	Dobro (Sonet) M- / EX	U.K.'1974	SOLD
	(tasty U.K. print of Classic mid-70's piece by Dobro-master w/David Bromberg on lead-guitar,Vasser Clements play the fiddle...; incl. "house of the rising sun", "greensleeves";)
	Eight String Swing (Metronome) M- / EX	D'1982	SOLD
	(early 80's effort by dobro-wizard playin' 8-string dobro here w/The Seldom Scene and friends helping out; german print;)
	Eight String Swing (Sugar Hill) M- / M-	U.S.'1982	SOLD
	(early 80's effort by dobro-wizard playin' 8-string dobro here w/The Seldom Scene and friends helping out;)
	Old Dog (Flying Fish) M- / EX	U.S.'1977	SOLD
	(great late 70's effort feat. Phil Rosenthal on guitar 'n mandolin and he sings as well; Beth plays bass; cover of Gordon Lightfoot's "that same old obsession"; nice card-board jacket!)
Gene Autrey	Sings Jimmy Rogers (No Label) / EX	U.S.'196	SOLD
	(test-pressing w/plain white factory sleeve; incl. "pistol packin' mama", "Texas Blues";)
Hoyt Axton	Southbound (A&M) VG++ / VG++	U.S.'1975	SOLD
	(mid-70's release by this legendary Country-Folk/Western Songwriter; feat. Linda Ronstadt Arlo Guthrie, a bunch of back-up singers, brass... and 13 songs; his 13th album and a joyous spree into southern backporch swayer fields; w/lyrics-insert sheet;)
	Southbound (A&M) EX / EX	U.S.'1975	SOLD
	(mid-70's release by this legendary Country-Folk/Western Songwriter; feat. Linda Ronstadt, Arlo Guthrie, a bunch of back-up singers, brass... and 13 songs; his 13th album and a joyous spree into southern backporch swayer fields; w/lyrics-insert sheet;)
Jim Ballard	Album (Tinkertoo) EX / EX	U.S.'1976	75.00
	(melodic Country-Folk-Rock artist out of Ohio in the mid 70's; full-band accompaniments on most songs feat. John Bassette co-handlin' 'em vocals on the khool-swingin' "south side days", dulcimer on the Mountain Music wailin' "unexpected company" w/magic femme vocs, there's bluesy sways, simple guitar-strummin' songs, boppin' piano lines, fiddle, autoharp and wind-driven flute on "riddle" ...a topic,  social-concern (w/ strong violin) reigns the GREAT "Craig Allen" -track! b&w card-board cover w/ simple drawing on front, back-side has the songs incl. line-ups;...Vinyl looks barely played; Cover with storage-/ring-wear on front and back; spots of tear in top-seam due to removed tape it appears; fray in top seam; clean labels; pics here are from this copy : www.discogs.com/release/11301391-Jim-Ballard-Album
Bear Creek	Same (Le Fevre Sound) VG++ / EX	U.S.'1976	75.00
	(privat-press out of Georgia; racing Bluegrass piece w/ swift banjo, mandolin runs, strong bass-lines, catchy voc-harmonies, quality lead-vocs; boss version of "fire on the mountain" for opening track and another rendition most notable sure is "a simple twist of fate" from Dylan's "blood on the tracks"lp; simple b&w card-board jacket w/ black lettering on front 'n trax listed on the back;...Vinyl plays EX to NM (Near Mint); Cover with general wear: fray in top seam; 4 cm seam-fray/split in bottom-seam (middle) traces of ring-wear on front and back (incl. discoloration in white ground; storage wear) bumps in corners; clean labels;)
Delia Bell & Bill Grant	A Few Dollars More (Rounder) M / M	U.S.'1985	SOLD
	(orig. U.S. print;)
Norman Blake	Same (HDS) M- / M-	U.S.'1974	SOLD
	(top-level mid-70's Blues-Grass piece w/Vassar Clements' untamed violin and David Holland on bass (yes! that Dave Holland known from various Jazz aggregations!) and his Bass-art adds a very special cut to this smokin' blend; Sam Bush on mandolin, Butch Robins plays banjo, Tut Taylor on dobro and mandolin, Jethro Burns on guitar; covers of "Sweet Georgia Brown", "'A' Train" and on "Vassar & Dave" the violin's up for the chase for that bass hide... surpassing the terms of Jazz & Bluegrass by a good deal! ...another song is called "Sauerkraut 'n solar energy" and spins for 7 minutes plus... a great album!)
The Blue Ridge Rangers	Same (Bellaphon) EX / VG++	D'1973	SOLD
	(early 70's german print of great solo-spree by CCR-leader; top-level americana Counry-Folk-Rock w/white-boy gospel magic on the great "workin' on a building" w/an almost native-indian tribal stomp for groove! ...goes to show whatta great voice this guy has... and by listening to his version of Jimmie Rodgers' "California blues (blue yodel #4)" you'll find that John Fogerty's americana's native son #1!!...incl. "jambalaya", "hearts of stone", brown label print;)
The Blue Velvet Band	Sweet Moments With (Warner Brothers) / EX	U.S.'1969	SOLD
	(sublime Country-Folk-Rock gem feat. Richard Greene, Bill Keith, Eric Weissberg, Andy Kulberg, John Hammond; utterly relaxed playing w/a laid-back khool (could this album be the reason why the DEAD switched onto semi-acoustic trails upon visiting the dark star? ...hmm??!) ...top version of "sitting on top of the world", Merle Haggard's "somebody else you've known", Hank William's "ramblin man" and of course "hitch-hiker" (!) ...this one's easy to file next to the amazing CHARLATANS for there's a similar magic at work here!sorry ,no cover on this, the disc plays a clean EX;)
Bottle Hill	A Rumor In Their Own Time (Biograph) EX / EX	U.S.'1972	SOLD
	(early 70's U.S. Hipster Bluegrass quintet w/versatile bag of bluegrassy Country-Folk grits; banjo, dobro, guitars, mandolin, hammered dulcimer ("the great swamp"-track is a fine hammered dulcimer medley!!) bass and strong voc-treats; great cover of Paul Siebel's "any day woman", the Stones' "no expectations" also finds a fine wrapping here! another rendition that grabs well sure is "devil in disguise" (Parsons/Hillman); ...a winner in this field!)
Cabbage Crik	Whole Hearted...Half Headed (Kneedeep) EX / EX	U.S.'1978	SOLD
	(excellent late 70's Bluegrass/Country-Folk breezin' fro' w/catchy melodic sails à la Seldom Scene; electric/acoustic gear w/dobro, banjo, e-bass, pedal-steel, banjo, fiddle, piano, accordion, guitars 'n hammered dulcimer played by Jay Round; boss production 'n cool cover-design;)
Glen Campbell	Limited Collector's Edition (Capitol) M- / EX	U.S.'1970	SOLD
	(green label orig. print w/large souvenir picture book for insert; FOC;)
Henson Cargill	Coming On Strong (Monument) EX / EX	U.S.'1968	SOLD
	(Nashville recorded melodic Country-Folk Album; nice version of "gentle on my mind")
Phil & Tom Ceglia	Live At "The Cowboy" (No Label) EX / EX(*)	U.S.'1981	SOLD
	(early 80's U.S. release of hot live album recorded at The Cowboy in Durango, Colorado; no proper bandname given here so I guess it runs by the names of the owner of the club; full-band performance (NOT a various artists thing!) feat. electric/acoustic guitars, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, bass-guitar, drums and quality vocal lines; covers of "fox on the run", "rye whiskey", "ghost riders in the sky", "foggy mountain breakdown"; (*) disc has a warp that causes some hissing sounds at the beginning of ea. sides but tracks  well on my turn-table; cover is a card-board sleeve (reekin' w/that privat-press charm) w/ink-drawing of a longhorn steer and western-styled lettering; ...supposed to be their third album... never seen another one though!)
The Charles River Valley Boys	Beatle Country (Elektra) EX / EX / Co.	U.S.'1966	SOLD
	(HOT Bluegrass renditions of all-Beatles-songs... "what goes on", "norwegian wood" (!) "paperback writer", "help" plus 8; ...Buddy Spicher on fiddle, Jim Field and Eric Thompson on guitars, Craig Wingfield on dobro...; housed in really khool-comix-styled sleeve;)
Ray Charles	Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (CBS) M / M	NL'1984	SOLD
	(mid-80's dutch print of Country-album by legendary black singer; Nashville recorded w/Buddy Emmons on steel guitar, Buddy Spicher on fiddle, many a guitar picker and quality voc-back-ups by The Raelettes! incl. the great "I was on Georgia time"!)
Randall Collins & Curtis Blackwell & The Dixie Bluegrass Boys	Shadows Of Time (County) EX / EX	U.S.'1970	SOLD
	(smokin' authentic Bluegrass release on this small U.S. label! ...some racin' picker-galore w/banjo, mandolin, fiddle, guitar 'n bass; versions of "dark hollow", "when we get to heaven";)
Country Gazette	American And Clean (Flying Fish) EX / EX	U.S.'1981	SOLD
	(early 80's release by this renowned U.S. Bluegrass/Country-swingin' combo; 2 traditonals, rest is songs by known 'n lesser known Texas/Oklahoma area songwriters!)
	Don't Give Up Your Day Job (United Artists) EX / EX	D'1974	SOLD
	(german print of their 3rd album feat. Byron Berline on fiddle, Clarence White (of BYRDS-fame) plays guitar, Al Perkins helps out on pedal-steel; cover of Flatt & Scruggs' "down the road", Don McLean's "winterwood";)
	Out To Lunch (Flying Fish) EX / EX	U.S.'1976	SOLD
	(mid-70's release by this renowned U.S. Bluegrass/Country-swingin' combo feat. Al Perkins on steel-pedal; Gram Parsons' "still feeling blue" serves for opener; cover of Tom Paxton's "last thing on my mind")
Country Opera	The Legend Of Johnny Brown (Tower) M- / M- / Co.	U.S.'1966	SOLD
	(orig. U.S. print (in top shape) of rare Opera (using the COUNTRY form) written, composed and produced by Eddie Miller; male/femme performance w/narrations in between the musical pieces; great sound quality!)
Country Ramblers	America(Where We'd Never Been Before) (Gold) EX / EX	CH'1978	SOLD
	(late 70's release by swiss Bluegrass quartet; small-label press in FOC & autographed by the group;)
	Blue Grass Festival In The Sky (Gold) EX / EX	CH'1981	SOLD
	(early 80's release by swiss Bluegrass quartet; small-label press; incl. "milk cow blues";)
	Heartbreakers (Music Club) EX / EX	CH'1976	SOLD
	(mid-70's release by swiss Bluegrass quartet; small-label press ; "blue moon of Kentucky",)
Dan Crary	Guitar (Sugar Hill) M / M	U.S.'1983	SOLD
	(U.S. print of fine, all-instrumental acoustic guitar-fronted Country-Folk/Bluegrass pickin' 'n stringin', grazin' mostly on trad-americana acres w/mandolin by Sam Bush, Bela Fleck on banjo, T. Michael Coleman (b) and Mark O' Connor on fiddle; has a cover of Mozart's "piano sonata #11 in A major" & a Bill Monroe medley;)
J.D. Crowe	The Bluegrass Album Vol.2 (Rounder) M / M-	U.S.'1981	SOLD
	(early 80's U.S. print; feat. Tony Rice, Doyle Lawson, Bobby Hicks 'n Todd Phillips;)
	The Bluegrass Album Vol.4 (Rounder) M / M-	U.S.'1985	SOLD
	(mid- 80's U.S. print; feat. Tony Rice, Doyle Lawson, Bobby Hicks 'n Todd Phillips and Jerry Douglas;)
Dakota	The Captain & The Outlaw (Front Range) M- / M-	U.S.'1982	125.00
	(local Colorado-privat-press of excellent Country-Folk-Rock piece w/steel, fiddle, electric/acoustic guitars...; killer version of Hoyt Axton's "greenback dollar", Ian Tyson's "someday soon", 3 John Stewart covers; full-bodied production; w/insert-sheet; ...Vinyl looks barely played; Cover with 2 small spots of stain (discoloration) in top-right corner due to removed vintage price-tags; light bumps in 2 corners; NO storage-/Ring-wear; printed insert sheet is Near Mint; clean labels; pics here : >>> https://www.discogs.com/release/11288677-Dakota-The-Captain-The-Outlaw)
Doug Dillard	Duelin' Banjo (20th Century) EX / EX / Cc.	U.S.'1973	SOLD
	(top rated Bluegrass Classic by master banjo-picker w/help from Dick Rosmini on dobro & guitar, Rodney Dillard, Rick Cunha (of Hearts & Flowers-fame) Buddy Emmons plays steel-guitar...; promo-print, disc has a warp... plays fine on my stereo though...)
The Dillards	Copperfields (Elektra) EX / EX	U.S.'1970	SOLD
	(butterfly-label 2nd print of great late 60's piece by premier Country-Folk-Rockin' U.S. band feat. Rodney Dillard, Herb Pederson, Paul York...; Byron Berline plays fiddle; cover of "yesterday", Eric Andersen's "close the door lightly";)
	Roots And Branches (Anthem) EX / EX / Cc.	U.S.'1972	SOLD
	(orig. print of excellent early 70's piece by premier Country-Folk-Rockin' U.S. band feat. Rodney Dillard, Herb Pederson, Paul York...; cover of Gib Guilbeau's "big bayou", Shel Silverstein's "last morning"; nice, thick FOC;)
	Roots And Branches (Anthem) EX / EX	U.S.'1972	SOLD
	(orig. print of excellent early 70's piece by premier Country-Folk-Rockin' U.S. band feat. Rodney Dillard, Herb Pederson, Paul York...; cover of Gib Guilbeau's "big bayou", Shel Silverstein's "last morning"; nice, thick, uncut (!) FOC;)
	Tribute To The American Duck (Poppy) EX / EX	U.S.'1973	SOLD
	(early 70's effort by premier Country-Folk-rockin' combo; among their rarest relases! feat. John Hartford on fiddle;)
	Tribute To The American Duck (Poppy) SS / SS	U.S.'1973	SOLD
	(early 70's effort by premier Country-Folk-rockin' combo; among their rarest releases! feat. John Hartford on fiddle;)
	Vs The Incredible L.A. Time Machine (Sonet) EX / VG++	U.K.'1977	SOLD
	(late 70's effort by premier Country-Folk-rockin' combo; orig. U.K.issue in non-FOC;)
	Vs The Incredible L.A. Time Machine (Flying Fish) EX / EX / Cc.	U.S.'1977	SOLD
	(late 70's effort by premier Country-Folk-rockin' combo; nice cover w/ game on inside of FOC;)
Jonathan Edwards & The Seldom Scene	Blue Ridge (Sugar Hill) M- / M-	U.S.'1985	SOLD
	(U.S. orig. print of  mid-80's album by top level Bluegrass band feat. Mike & Ben Auldridge, John Duffey, Phil Rosenthal & Tom Gray...; cover of Dylan's "only a hobo";)
Emerson & Waldron	Bluegrass Session (Rebel) M- / M-	U.S.'197	SOLD
	(late 70's (? ) U.S. release of great Bluegrass piece by true masters of the genre; feat. Mike Auldridge on lead- 'n dobro-guitar, John Duffey on mandolin...; cover of John Fogerty's "Lodi"!)
Emerson's Old Timey Custard-Suckin' Band	Same (Esp-Disk) SS / SS	U.S.'1970	65.00
	(back-porch hipster-Bluegrass pluckin' on this cult-60's label; all-acoustic strummin' w/freewheeler-vibes 'n leavy fingers swellin' in the pipes; guitars, mandolin, autoharp, e-bass, 5-string banjo, fiddle 'n ace vocals! cover of Jessee Winchester's "the brand new Tennessee Waltz", a great traditional entitled "payday at Coal Creek", Johnny Cash's "I still miss someone"; solid stuff!!...still sealed so vinyl supposed to be un-played; Cover with torn shrink on front & back (along top- & bottom-seams) SMALL spot of faint 'rubbing' on front (top where shrink is torn))
	Same (Esp-Disk) EX / EX / Co.	U.S.'1970	SOLD
	(back-porch hipster-Bluegrass pluckin' on this cult-60's label; all-acoustic strummin' w/freewheeler-vibes 'n leavy fingers swellin' in the pipes; guitars, mandolin, autoharp, e-bass, 5-string banjo, fiddle 'n ace vocals! cover of Jessee Winchester's "the brand new Tennessee Waltz", a great traditional entitled "payday at Coal Creek", Johnny Cash's "I still miss someone"; solid stuff!!)
Eustice Hocke	The Eustice Hocke Memorial Album (Dire Wolf) M- / EX	U.S.'1971	SOLD
	(the final live performance by Craig Rubble (fiddle, guitar & mandolin) & Rob Colby (banjo) at the New Riverside Café in Minneapolis; Bluegrass fever pure w/stoned hipster vibes plus plenty o' coughin' syrup in the audience; ...in memorium of Eustice Hocke who was killed in a freak accident as he was pouring a glass of milk(!!); nice brown/white card-board jacket; on Symposium sub-label!)
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs	At Carnegie Hall (CBS) VG++ / VG++	U.K.'1963	SOLD
	(orig. U.K. mono print;incl."footprints in the snow";)
	Breaking Out (Columbia) M- / EX	U.S.'196	SOLD
	(early 70's electronically re-recorded (to simulate stereo) print of 60's release feat. The Foggy Mountain Boys; incl. "foggy mountain rock", "rambling gambler"; grey/brown-label limited edition print;)
	Columbia Historic Edition (Columbia) M- / EX	U.S.'1982	SOLD
	(recordings from the 50's w/some prev. unreleased material; mono recordings;)
	Don't Get Above Your Raisin' (Rounder) M- / EX	U.S.'1979	SOLD
	(recordings from the early to mid-50's produced in association w/Columbia Special Products;)
	Pickin' Strummin' And Singin' (Columbia) M- / EX	U.S.'196	SOLD
	(grey/brown-label reprint as a limited edition; incl. "rock, salt & nails", "Wabash Cannonball";)
	The Golden Era (Rounder) M- / EX	U.S.'1977	SOLD
	(recordings from the early to mid-50's produced in association w/Columbia Special Products;)
	The Golden Hits (Gusto) M- / EX	U.S.'1977	SOLD
	(late 70's compilation labum feat. the Foggy Mountain Boys;)
Gold Rush	First Strike (Gold Rush) M- / EX	U.S.'1981	SOLD
	(earely 80's Bluegrass breezer out of Portland, Oregon; opening-track is Townes Van Zandt's "white freightliner blues", Peter Rowan's "Panama Red"...; hot turf of the genre... and musta have been one hell of a live-act judged by their version of "Mama don't allow"; great cover w/vintage "gold-digger" pic on front of card-board jacket;)
The Good Brothers	Same (RCA) M / M-	Can'1976	SOLD
	(mid-70's orig. canadian release by 'em guys who took shape as James & The Good Brothers w/ James Ackroyd & released a superb Country-Folk-Rock album on Columbia in the early 70's! this also is excellent Country-Folk-Rock delivery w/all the ingredients to make this a more than worthwhile ear-meal plus knee-tremblin' deal! ..."homemade wine" is funky, rural shack w/fiddle 'n earthy-boppin' bass for grounding; great version of "fox on the run"; comes w/insert;)
Good Old Boys	Pistol Packin' Mama (Round) EX / EX	U.S.'1976	SOLD
	(mid-70's U.S. release of Jerry Garcia produced wheelin' Bluegrass dashboard w/western swingin' angles 'n lost-vybe yearner wails outta ripples of joyous spree...; feat. David Nelson, Frank Wakefield, Don Reno, Chubby Wise 'n Pat Campbell; recorded at Rolling Thunder and hence special thanks go out to Mickey Hart! covers of "Glendale train", "deep elem blues"...;)
David Grisman	Here Today (Ada Production/Rounder) M- / M-	F'1982	SOLD
	(early 80's french release by mandolin-wizard teamin' up w/Earth Opera in the 60's & Old & In The Way in the mid-70's; later in the 70's Dawg (David Grisman's nickname) created some great stuff ...an explosive hybrid of Bluegrass 'n Jazz... called "Dawg-music"! on this album he cuts back to good ol' Bluegrass w/ full band feat. Herb Pedersen, Vince Gill, Jim Buchanan & Emory Gordy Jr.; incl. "green pastures" (famous from an Emmylou Harris rendition) w/ace vocal-treats!)
	The Rounder Album (Rounder) M- / M-	U.S.'1976	SOLD
	(mid-70's release by mandolin-wizard teamin' up w/Earth Opera in the 60's & Old & In The Way in the mid-70's; later in the 70's Dawg (David Grisman's nickname) created some great stuff ...an explosive hybrid of Bluegrass 'n Jazz... called "Dawg-music"! on this album he cuts back to good ol' Bluegrass w/ full band feat. Ricky Scaggs, Tony Rice, Vassar Clements, Buck White, Jerry Douglas (dobro) Bill Keith (banjo); great stuff of the genre!)
Gib Guilbeau	Sings (Alshire) EX / EX	U.S.'1973	SOLD
	(orig. U.S. gold-label print of strong solo-effort by this legendary fiddle-master/Songwriter working w/ Linda Ronstadt, Arlo Guthrie, Spencer Davis, Swampwater... etc ....songs written for The Byrds, The Dillards, The Gosdin Brothers, Larry Murray... etc ....and here on this platter he sings w/full-band accompaniment feat. a great pedal-steel, piano... acoustic/ electric blend... no info given as for the line-up... production is top!!)

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