Baker Vern (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not books but a pair of 12-inch, 33-1/3 rpm Stereo vinyl discs. Atlantic SD 8162 is the main item here (we estimate its actual value at $45) with a blue-and-green label, the vinyl near-mint in a very-good-plus cardboard jacket, "Electronically Enhanced for Stereo." Jacket notes by Jonny Meadow of "Atlantic Records Vault Research," who recalls Jesse Stone's "Money Honey" (Atlantic 1006) was their first release after Clyde McPhatter left Billy Ward & The Dominoes to form The Drifters. Album features Ruth Brown's "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean," The Drifters' "Money Honey," The Chords' "Sh-Boom," Joe Turner's 1954 version of Charles Calhoun's "Shake, Rattle & Roll," La Vern Baker's "Tweedle Dee," Ray Charles' "I've Got a Woman," etc. That disc alone now reduced from $45. OUR SECOND OFFERING, "History of Rhythm & Blues volume 4 / The Big Beat 1958-1960," also bearing a green-and-blue Atlantic label, stereo SD 8164, very-good-plus vinyl (one light scratch to Side One which cannot be felt) in a very-good-plus jacket, a $5 value, includes The Coasters' "Yakety Yak," "Charlie Brown" and "Poison Ivy" (all Leiber-Stoller); The Drifters' "There Goes My Baby," "Dance With Me," "This Magic Moment," and "Save The Last Dance for Me" (the last two by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman) as well as Ben E. King's "Spanish Harlem" (Spector-Leiber) etc. Price is for the pair of LPs, second and fourth in the series, the pair now reduced from $50. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Handsome volume with deckled edges in nearly fine condition, showing minimal staining at lower corner of front board. Binding is sturdy; text block is clean throughout. Jacket is in very good, attractive condition, with all graphics extant. Minor edge and corner wear shows at faces, spine, and joints of jacket, as well as an inch and a half by inch and a half tear, at lower corner of rear face. Minor staining shows at front flap. Jacket is now protected in an archival cover. Overall a sharp copy for gifting or collecting. PIctures available upon request. Campbell, Stan (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First printing. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear at the spine ends) dust jacket. ; 220 pages B000OO8FSQ.