Black History Month Celebrated at Music Memorabilia Show February 2, 2008

Music Memorabilia Show - features African American Items to celebrate
Black History Month.
Records (LPs, 45rpm, 78rpm), sheet music, photos, posters, books, magazines, etc.

Saturday - February 2nd

Time: 10am to 2pm
Location: Tip Top Shoe Building, 155 West 72nd Street, 4th Floor,
New York, NY (near Broadway). Subway - Nos. 1, 2 or 3 to
72nd Street. Bus - Nos. 104, 7 or 11 to 72nd Street.
Admission: FREE
Information: (212) 579-0689, weekdays
Email: info@musiccollecting.com

Over 10,000 items. From 1800s to 1980s.

Records - LPs (33 1/3 rpm), 45rpm, 78rpm - jazz, rock and roll, R & B - soul, blues, gospel-spiritual, soundtracks, theatre music, disco, pop vocals, country, folk, opera, classical, Latin, world music, TV-radio, comedy, spoken word, big bands, swing, instrumentals, Christmas and religious, sweet bands, sports, etc.

Collectors and nostalgia lovers will find rare jazz records (LPs, 45rpm, 78rpm), Jazz Concert Posters of Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and many more. There are jazz photos, books and sheet music too - rare African American sheet music from 1800s. Rhythm and blues classics include the music of Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye and other Motown favorites. Big bands are represented by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Chick Webb, and Quincy Jones. There are photos of Count Basie, Fats Domino, Little Richard et al. Booklets produced by the New York Jazz Museum in the early 1970s include Billie Holiday, Count Basie and others. Miscellaneous items include Duke Ellington 1st Day stamp and envelope, plus reggae from Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff, blues from B.B. King and Ray Charles and so much more. Books feature Bob Marley, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong et al.

Rock and roll rarities feature LPs and 45rpm records of Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Jim Morrison, The Beach Boys, The Who, The Rolling Stones, et al. Folk finds are there from Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, The Weavers, Ed McCurdy et al. Country legends include Webb Pierce, Bob Wills, Johnny Cash, Sons of the Pioneers and many more. There is opera and classical music too.
***Also sheet music, photographs, posters, magazines, books, etc.

Web site: http://www.musiccollecting.com



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