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We want to buy your Bessie Smith items
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We are the world's largest buyer of Bessie Smith rare & collectable vinyl records, albums, 7", 12" & CD singles, CDs albums & memorabilia, and it's easy to sell your Bessie Smith Records to us.
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Why pay money and spend time to advertise your The Beatles items at on-line auctions or eBay when you can sell them to us for absolutely no fee!

EIL.COM are the world's largest buyer of your rare and collectable vinyl records, albums, singles, CDs, CD singles and memorabilia and have been buying for 31 years!
We are always looking for items to buy from the UK (England), France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Norway, Sweden, (and the rest of Europe), the USA and Canada, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, Columbia (and the rest of the South America), Japan (and the rest of Asia) and Australia and New Zealand.

We cover all artists from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s and are also interested in items by The Beatles related artists Aashish Khan, Ananda Shankar, Arthur Wilkinson, Astrid Kirchherr, Attitudes, Backbeat, Billy Preston, Black Dyke Mills Band, Bobby Keys, Brian Epstein, Brute Force, Cafe Creme, Carl Groszmann, Cavern Sound, Chris Hodge, Colonel, Cynthia Lennon, Dark Horse Records, David Hentschel, DBM, Denny Laine, Derek Taylor, Elastic Oz Band, Elephant's Memory, Ferry Aid, George Harrison, George Martin, Goddess Of Fortune, Handmade Films, Henry McCullough, Hollyridge Strings, Jackie Lomax, James McCartney, Jimmy McCulloch & White Line, Jimmy Nicol, Jiva, Joey Molland, John Lennon, John Tavener, Johnny Warman, Julian Lennon, Keni Burke, Klaus Voormann, Linda McCartney, Lon & Derrek Van Eaton, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Mary Hopkin, Musketeer Gripweed, NEMS (Record Label), New World Electronic Chambre Ensemble, Oasis feat Mary Hopkin, Paul McCartney and Wings, Peace Choir, Percy Thrillington, Radha Krishna Temple, Ravi Shankar, Ray Cathode, Ringo Or Robin, Ringo Starr, Roger Webb, Ronnie Spector, Rory Storm And The Hurricanes, Ross, Russ Sainty, Rusty Anderson, Sean Lennon, Smokin' Mojo Filters, Splinter, Stairsteps, Stormer, Stuart Sutcliffe, Suzanne, Suzy and the Red Stripes, Sylvia Griffin, Tee-M, The Alpha Band, The Bedrocks, The Country Hams, The Fireman, The Fool, The London Jazz Four, The Marbles (60s), The Pete Best Band, The Quarrymen, The Remo Four, The Sundown Playboys, Thenewno2, Tommy Quickly, Tony Sheridan, Trash, Traveling Wilburys, Yoko Ono and in the following genres: 60s Beat, 60s Pop, 60s Rock, Apple label, POP.

We are the world's largest buyer of your rare and collectable vinyl records and CDs, and it's easy to sell to us : -

   1. Download our easy to complete form and send the list of records, CDs and memorabilia you wish to sell to us here (right-click & select 'Save link as...'),
   2. We will e-mail you back quoting how much we will pay for them,
   3. Post to us the records and CDs you agree to sell,
   4.  We send you payment by return and will even pay your postage costs.

You can also call us on +44 1474 815099 and email buyers@eil.com.

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A GUIDE TO THE U.K. ITEMS WE ALWAYS NEED ON ANY ARTIST...
1980s and 1990s 3" and 5" CD singles, limited edition 12"s, picture sleeve 7"s
Acetates, test pressings, promotional and demonstration copies
Gold/Silver/Platinum award discs - BPI certified or in-house - all countries
Promo videos, 5" CD Video Discs (PAL/NTSC/Secam), Music DVDs
Film & Movie press kits, programmes for premieres, film & TV related memorabilia
Original soundtrack LPs, TV related records, box sets etc
Official tour merchandise, T-shirts, Sweatshirts, Jackets, crew clothing etc
Original artwork/Bromides/Cromalins/Proofs/Colour separation for picture covers & adverts etc

AN AROUND-THE-WORLD GUIDE TO FOREIGN COLLECTABLES WE WANT TO BUY...

We will buy or trade most CDs and vinyl from most countries, especially the following...

JAPAN
vinyl singles and LPs, 3" snap-pack CDs and 5" CDs, special edition CD albums, Japanese promo sample CDs, Special DJ Copies, LPs, 12"s, 7"s, 45s, picture discs, tour programmes...
BRAZIL & ARGENTINA
Promo CD singles, 12" maxis, 45s, promo LPs...

MEXICO
Coloured vinyl's, promo 45s/12"s maxis and CD singles...

SOUTH AFRICA
CD singles, deleted vinyl LPs, 12" singles, 7" 45s...
HONG KONG, SINGAPORE & PHILIPPINES
Coloured vinyl's, CD singles & promos...
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Deleted CD singles, limited editions, coloured vinyl issues, promo samples/demonstration copies, 12"s, 7"s, original or deleted vinyl LPs, out-of-print CD albums...
NORWAY, SWEDEN, DENMARK & FINLAND
Deleted CD singles, promotional copies, deleted 7" and 12" singles, original or deleted vinyl LPs...
GERMANY, HOLLAND, BELGIUM & ITALY
Deleted CD singles, promotional copies, limited editions, coloured vinyl's, 7" and 12" maxi singles, original or deleted vinyl LPs, record club editions (Club Sonderauflage), box sets, picture discs...
FRANCE
Original 7" singles, EPs, original or deleted vinyl LPs, 12"s maxis, limited edition (tirage limite), promos (vente interdite/hors commerce), maxi CD singles, CD 2 Titres, press kits, box sets (coffret), coloured vinyl's (disque coleur), picture discs...
SPAIN
Promo 45s, 12"s, original LPs, CD maxis, CD promocionel, box sets...
U.S.A. & CANADA
45s, 12"s, CD maxis, original vinyl LPs, out-of-print CD albums, promos/demos/samplers, press kits, posters, coloured vinyl's, test pressings, acetates...

AWARDS WE WANT TO BUY

We always require Gold, Silver, Platinum and Multi-Platinum awards on most artists - official B.P.I., R.I.A.A., I.F.P.I., C.R.I.A., S.N.E.P. etc. certified or genuine in-house variants from around the world. We also need Ivor Novello, B.M.I., ASCAP etc. publishing awards, plaques, trophies, certificates and citations.

MEMORABILIA ALWAYS REQUIRED:

Programmes; concert tickets; original concert posters; invites; handbills & flyers; promotional posters, standees, mobiles, displays & other P.O.S. material; press kits, boxes & sales presenters; award discs; tour crew jackets & other clothing; tour itineraries; promotional jackets, t-shirts & other clothing; original artwork, proofs, colour separations, cromalins, bromides, etc; interesting paper items, promotional gimmicks & most other memorabilia needed. Also buying: original film posters; movie press books & press kits; cinema programmes; premiere invites & programmes; promotional clothing & other items.

SHOPS/WHOLESALERS/DEALERS/REVIEWERS/RADIO STATIONS

If you have a record collection or inventory for sale we will travel throughout the UK, Europe, USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, South America and beyond! If you would like more information or wish to arrange an appointment for us to visit, please contact the office most local to you.
More Details of what and how we buy can be found here.

A FEW OF THE ITEMS WE WANT

BESSIE SMITH The Empress (1972 US 32-track double compilation LP featuring tracks she recorded between 1924 & 1927, superb gatefold picture sleeve with extensive sleeve notes. The sleeve shows some light spine scuffing and edgewear, whilst the vinyl has a few minor surface scuffs, but appears barely played G30818)

Tracklisting: Record One: 1. Sing Sing Prison Blues 2. Follow The Deal On Down 3. Sinful Blues 4. Woman's Trouble Blues 5. Love Me Daddy Blues 6. Dying Gambler's Blues 7. St. Louis Blues 8. Reckless Blues 9. Sobbin' Hearted Blues 10. Cold In Hand Blues 11. You've Been A Good Ole Wagon 12. Cake Walkin' Blues 13. The Yellow Dog Blues 14. Soft Pedal Blues 15. Dixie Flyer Blues 16. Nashville Woman's Blues Record Two: 1. Muddy Water 2. There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight 3. Trombone Cholly 4. Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair 5. Them's Graveyard Words 6. Hot Springs Blues 7. Sweet Mistreater 8. Lock And Key 9. Mean Old Bedbug Blues 10. A Good Man Is Hard To Find 11. Homeless Blues 12. Looking For My Man Blues 13. Dyin' By The Hour 14. Foolish Man Blues 15. Thinking Blues 16. Pickpocket Blues
BESSIE SMITH Classic Jazz Masters - Bessie's Blues 1923-24 (1962 Dutch pressed 16-track mono LP compilation, on a 'rough' textured black & silver Philips label, housed in a front laminated gatefold picture sleeve with extensive English liner notes inside. Despite a little edge scuffing to the sleeve the vinyl looks barely played 13651A-JL / BBL.7513)

Tracklisting: T'ain't Nobody's Business If I Do Keeps On A Rainin' Aggravatin' Papa Beale Street Mama Mama's Got The Blues Bleeding Hearted Blues Midnight Blues Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine Graveyard Dream Blues Eavesdropper's Blues Cemetery Blues Haunted House Blues Rainy Weather Blues Moonshine Blues Boweavil Song Salt Water Blues
BESSIE SMITH The Bessie Smith Story - Vol.1 (1966 UK 12-track vinyl LP compilation, with Louis Armstrong, front laminated flipback picture sleeve and catalogue inner BPG62377)

Tracklisting: St. Louis Blues I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle You've Been A Good Ole Wagon Sobbin' Hearted Blues Reckless Blues J.C. Holmes Blues Careless Love Blues Cold In Hand Blues Nashville Woman's Blues Jailhouse Blues Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down (Blue Train Blues) Down Hearted Blues
BESSIE SMITH The Empress (Original 1972 UK 32-track double LP, complete with the limited 8-page booklet containing rare photographs & biography details. The gatefold picture sleeve shows some light ring wear scuffing & the vinyl is Near Mint with few signs of play)

Tracklisting: 01. Sing Sing Prison Blues 02. Follow The Deal On Down 03. Sinful Blues 04. Woman's Trouble Blues 05. Love Me Daddy Blues 06. Dying Gambler's Blues 07. St. Louis Blues 08. Reckless Blues 09. Sobbin' Hearted Blues 10. Cold In Hand Blues 11. You've Been A Good Ole Wagon 12. Cake Walkin' Blues 13. The Yellow Dog Blues 14. Soft Pedal Blues 15. Dixie Flyer Blues 16. Nashville Woman's Blues 17. Muddy Water 18. There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight 19. Trombone Cholly 20. Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair 21. Them's Graveyard Words 22. Hot Springs Blues 23. Sweet Mistreater 24. Lock And Key 25. Mean Old Bedbug Blues 26. A Good Man Is Hard To Find 27. Homeless Blues 28. Looking For My Man Blues 29. Dyin' By The Hour 30. Foolish Man Blues 31. Thinking Blues 32. Pickpocket Blues
BESSIE SMITH The World's Greatest Blues Singer/ Any Woman's Blues/ Empty Bed Blues/ The Empress/ Nobody's Blues But Mine (Fantastic & complete 1970-72 UK mono FIVE 2-LP compilation set on first issue plain orange labels, a total of TEN recordsaltogether & a mammoth 159 tracks by the Blues legend, with each part housed in its respective gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeves are in very good condition. There is a small price sticker tear in a corner or two & The World's Great has a 2

Tracklisting: " tear to a bottom edge, but otherwise each jacket holds up superbly, with all text clearly legible & just a little scuffing from storage. Most importantly, each vinyl disc remains near 'as new')̃̃The World's Greatest Blues Singer 1970 UK plain orange label 2LP M66258 Record One: 1. Down Hearted Blues 2. Gulf Coast Blues 3. Aggravatin' Papa 4. Beale Street Papa 5. Baby Won't You Please Come Home 6. Oh Daddy (You Won't Have No Mama At All) 7. Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do 8. Keeps On A-Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time) 9. Mama's Got The Blues 10. Outside Of That 11. Bleeding Hearted Blues 12. Lady Luck Blues 13. Yodling Blues 14. Midnight Blues 15. If You Don't, I Know Who Will 16. Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine Record Two: 1. See If I'll Care 2. Baby Have Pity On Me 3. On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual) 4. Moan, You Mourners 5. Hustlin' Dan 6. Black Mountain Blues 7. In The House Blues 8. Long Old Road 9. Blue Blue 10. Shipwreck Blues 11. Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl 12. Safety Mama 13. Do Your Duty 14. Gimme A Pigfoot 15. Take Me For A Buggy Ride 16. Down In The Dumps Any Woman's Blues 1970 UK plain orange label 2LP M66262 Record One: 1. Jail House Blues 2. St. Louis Gal 3. Sam Jones Blues 4. Graveyard Dream Blues 5. Cemetery Blues 6. Far Away Blues 7. I'm Going Back To My Used To Be 8. Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time 9. My Sweetie Went Away 10. Any Woman's Blues 11. Chicago Bound Blues 12. Mistreating Daddy 13. Frosty Morning Blues 14. Haunted House Blues 15. Eavesdropper's Blues 16. Easy Come, Easy Go Blues Record Two: 1. I'm Wild About That Thing 2. You've Got To Give Me Some 3. Kitchen Man 4. I've Got What It Takes 5. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 6. Take It Right Back 7. He's Got Me Goin' 8. It Makes My Love Come Down 9. Wasted Life Blues 10. Dirty No-Gooder's Blues 11. Blue Spirit Blues 12. Worn Out Papa Blues 13. You Don't Understand 14. Don't Cry Baby 15. Keep It To Yourself 16. New Orlean's Hop Scotch Blues Empty Bed Blues 1971 UK plain orange label 2LP M66273 Record One: 1. Sorrowful Blues 2. Pinchbacks - Take 'Em Away 3. Rocking Chair Blues 4. Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down 5. Boweavil, Blues 6. Hateful Blues 7. Frankie Blues 8. Moonshine Blues 9. Lou'siana Low Down Blues 10. Mountain Top Blues 11. Work House Blues 12. House Rent Blues 13. Salt Water Blues 14. Rainy Weather Blues 15. Weeping Willow Blues 16. The Bye Bye Blues Record Two: 1. I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama 2. I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave 3. Standin' In The Rain Blues 4. It Won't Be You 5. Spider Man Blues 6. Empty Bed Blues - Parts 1&2 7. Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There) 8. Yes Indeed He Do! 9. Devil's Gonna Get You 10. You Ought To Be Ashamed 11. Washwoman's Blues 12. Slow And Easy Man 13. Poor Man's Blues 14. Please Help Me Get Him Off My Mind 15. Me And My Gin The Empress 1972 UK plain orange label 2LP 66264 Record One: 1. Sing Sing Prison Blues 2. Follow The Deal On Down 3. Sinful Blues 4. Woman's Trouble Blues 5. Love Me Daddy Blues 6. Dying Gambler's Blues 7. St. Louis Blues 8. Reckless Blues 9. Sobbin' Hearted Blues 10. Cold In Hand Blues 11. You've Been A Good Ole Wagon 12. Cake Walkin' Blues 13. The Yellow Dog Blues 14. Soft Pedal Blues 15. Dixie Flyer Blues 16. Nashville Woman's Blues Record Two: 17. Muddy Water 18. There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight 19. Trombone Cholly 20. Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair 21. Them's Graveyard Words 22. Hot Springs Blues 23. Sweet Mistreater 24. Lock And Key 25. Mean Old Bedbug Blues 26. A Good Man Is Hard To Find 27. Homeless Blues 28. Looking For My Man Blues 29. Dyin' By The Hour 30. Foolish Man Blues 31. Thinking Blues 32. Pickpocket Blues Nobody's Blues But Mine 1972 UK plain orange label 2LP 67232 Record One: 1. Careless Love Blues 2. J.C. Holmes Blues 3. I Ain't Goin' To Play No Second Fiddle 4. He's Gone Blues 5. Nobody's Blues But Mine 6. I Ain't Got Nobody 7. My Man Blues 8. New Gulf Coast Blues 9. Florida Bound Blues 10. At The Christmas Ball 11. I've Been Mistreated And I Don't Like It 12. Red Mountain Blues 13. Golden Rule Blues 14. Lonesome Desert Blues 15. Them 'Has Been' Blues 16. Squeeze Me Record Two: 1. What's The Matter Now 2. I Want Ev'ry Bit Of It 3. Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town 4. The Gin House Blues 5. Money Blues 6. Baby Doll 7. Hard Driving Papa 8. Lost Your Head Blues 9. Hard Time Blues 10. Honey Man Blues 11. One And Two Blues 12. Young Woman's Blues 13. Preachin' The Blues 14. Back Water Blues 15. After You've Gone 16. Alexander's Ragtime Band
BESSIE SMITH The Empress (Mid 1970s UK issue of the 1972 32-track double vinyl LP on the graduated orange CBS label, gatefold picture sleeve with artwork by Philip Hays. The sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl appears barely played)

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