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POPULAR FOLK MUSIC TODAY, WINTER 1991

Classified          Market Basket     Want Ads

Classifieds

Please Note: Classified rates are $10 for the first (up to) 25 words and $5 for each additional (up to) 25 words thereafter. Name and address and/or telephone number are included for no additional charge. Classified ads must be prepaid.

Special Note regarding Used Record Classified Ads:
Since many classified ads are used to sell, buy or trade used records, we have established the following descriptions so that buyers may know what to expect. It is included here without charge to advertisers, and we ask all sellers to follow it.

M: Mint; never played. N: Practically new but has been played, in as good a condition as could be expected in a used record.
VG: Acceptable quality for most people, but obviously used.
G: Less quality than VG, but should do for most listening.
P: Only to fill a hole until a better copy comes along.

If, in an ad, a price is shown, the record is for sale at that price (plus shipping) to the first per-son responding. A designation of "Auction" and a date indicates that the record will be sold to the person submitting the highest "bid" or offer prior to the date shown.

FLATIRON, STELLING, MARTIN, GIB-SON, DEERING, REITER, KENTUCKY, much more, in stock now at the best prices. World's largest fretted in-struments store. Free discount catalogs. ELDERLY INSTRUMENTS, 1100 N. Washington, FOB 14210-B033, Lansing MI 48901 517-372-7890.

RECORDS AT AUCTION
(Closing Date: May 15, 1991)

Send bids to: Buck Buchanan; 546 Brookhollow Dr.; Port Lavaca, TX 77979. No minimum bids but unreasonable bids rejected. Postace & insurance extra. Most entries consist of multiple copies — you will probably wind most of your bids. If you bid on more than once grade per entry, indicate 1st choice, 2nd, etc. If you have a dollar limit, state it and an entry perference order. POPULAR FOLK MUSIC TODAY grading used. Satisfaction Guaranteed.

#16 (ST) N, VS, G
#16 (HO) VG,G,P
AT LARGE (ST) VQ.Q
AT LARGE (MO) N.VQ.G.P
AT LARGE (MO) N,VG (FRENCH)
BACK IN TOWN (ST) VG
BACK IN TOWN (MO) N.VG.P
BEST OF (ST) N.VG.G.P (INCLUDES RE-ISSUES)
BEST OF (MO) N.VG.G
BEST OF II (ST) VG (INCLUDES RE-ISSUES)
BEST OF II (MO) VG,G,P
BEST OF III (ST) VG (INCLUDES RE-ISSUES)
BEST OF III (MO) N,VG
BEST OF (ST) N (BY RCA-VICTOR)
CHILDREN OF THE MORNING (MO) VG (PROMO WHITE LABEL)
CLOSE-UP (ST) VG.G
CLOSE-UP (MO) VG.P
CLOSE-UP (MO) P (CANADA)
COLLEGE CONCERT (ST) VG,G
COLLEGE CONCERT (MO) VG.G.P
ENCORES (DT) VG FOLK ERA (ST) G
FOLK ERA (MO) VG.P
FROM THE HUNGRY I (MO) N.VG.G
GOIN' PLACES (ST) N.VG.G
GOIN' PLACES (MO) N.VG.G
GOLDEN YEARS (ST) N (CANADA)
HERE WE 60 AGAIN (ST) N.VG.G.P
HERE WE GO AGAIN (MO) N.VG.G.P
HISTORIC RECORDINGS (ST) G
KINGSTON TRIO (CAPITOL) (MO) G (AQUA LABEL)
KINGSTON TRIO (CAPITOL) (MO) VG,G,P
LAST MOUTH OF THE YEAR (ST) SS.VC.G
LAST MONTH Of THE YEAR (MO) N.VG.G.P
LOOKING FOB THE SUNSHINE (ST) SS (XEBES)
MAKE WAY (ST) N.VG.G.P
MAKE WAY (MO) N.VG.G.P
MAKE WAY (MO) VG (CANADA)
NEW FRONTlER (ST) VG.G
NEW FRONTIER (ST) G (SPANISH)
NEW FRONTIER (MO) VG.G
NICK-BOB-JOHN (MO) N.VG.G (DECCA)
NICK-BOB-JOHN (MO) G (PROMO)
NICK-BOB-JOHN (ST) VG.G (DECCA)
ONCE UPON A TIME (ST) N.VG.G.P (TETRAGRAMMATON)
ONCE UPON A TIME (ST) VG (CANADA)
PATRIOT GAME (ST) VG (PICKWICK)
SING A SONG WITH (MO) VG.G
SING A SONG WITH (ST) VG
SOLD OUT (ST) VG.G
SOLD OUT (ST) G (BRITISH)
SOLD OUT (MO) VG.G.P
SOMETHIN' ELSE (MO) VG (DECCA)
SOMETHIN' ELSE (MO) VG (DECCA PROMO)
SOMETHIN' ELSE (ST) VG (OECCA)
SOMETHING SPECIAL (ST)
SOMETHING SPECIAL (MO)
STAY AWHILE (MO) VG (DECCA PROMO)
STAY AWHILE (ST) VG.P (DECCA)
STEREO CONCERT (ST) VG.P
STRING ALONG (ST) N.VG.G
STRING ALONG (MO) VG.G.P
STRING ALONG (MO) G.P (CANADA)
SUNNY SIDE (ST) N.VC
SUNNY SIDE (MO) VG.G.P
SUNNY SIDE (MO) N (PROMO)
TIME TO THINK (ST) N.VG.G
TIME TO THINK (MO) P
TOM DOOLEY (MO) SS (RE-ISSUE)
TOM DOOLEY (ST) N.VG.P (PICKWICK)
TOM DOOLEY (ST) N (GERMAN)
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE (ST) N.G (PICKWICK)
CHARTBUSTERS VOL. 2 (MO) VG (COMPILATION)
GREAT FOLK-COUNTRY HITS (ST) VG (COMPILATION)
GREAT NEW RELEASES FEB. 62 (MO) VG (COMPILATION)
MILLION DOLLAR SELLERS VOL. II (ST) N (COMPILATION) (LONGINES)
SOUND OF CHRISTMAS (ST) VG.P (COMPILATION)
WHAT'S NEW VOL. 2 (ST) VG (COMPILATION)
WHO'S NEWS (MO) VG (COMPILATION)
MARCH OF DIMES (45) (MO) N (MOLLY DEE/HAUL AWAY)

KINGSTON TRIO STUDIO PORTRAIT

George, Bob & Roger

20" x 24" Studio Portrait
Canvas Finish, Wood Frame

High Sentimental Value
Must sell for son's medical expenses

Will send photo on request
$1,000 or best offer.

Kristen Derby
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MANDOLIN BROTHERS OFFERS KINGSTON TRIO'S
VEGA PETE SEEGER LONG NECK TO BENEFIT
DAVE GUARD

59-5761 Vega 1959 Pete Seeger - owned by Dave Guard,
co-founder of THE KINGSTON TRIO

There are arguably, three ultimately collectible five-string banjos in the world: Earl Scruggs' banjo would be one of them, Pete Seeger's would be another one. This is the third. How do you even value a banjo which has as much historical importance as these instruments? It is said that Bill Monroe has been offered a quarter million dollars for his Gibson F-5 mandolin, and we all know that Buddy Holly's '40s Gibson J-45 flattop guitar just recently sold for over two hundred thousand dollars.

As Allan Shaw has said, Dave Guard is seriously ill and needs help to cover extensive medical expenses. We have agreed to handle, on his behalf, the sale of his banjo, which was used to record every song that you and I and everybody else sang along with in the early '60s from "Tom Dooley" to "Charley on the MTA." (I can cheerfully tell you that if it weren't for the Kingston Trio there wouldn't be a Stan Jay, as we know him today, and there wouldn't be a Mandolin Brothers.)

This banjo is accompanied by a letter from Mr. Guard, which says: "I bought this Pete Seeger model Vega banjo 99836 brand new in 1959 and have owned it ever since. I used it exclusively in my work with the original Kingston Trio, including concerts and albums. It was featured on the cover of the "Goin' Places" album on Capitol Records. I took delivery at Eddie Bell's guitar shop in New York City and requested that he add Scruggs tuners, but this improvised version of the tuners were primitive and unsatisfactory so I removed them and what remains are the holes where they had been. The colored stickers on the fingerboard relate to a concept I developed to teach myself (and others) the location and harmonic relationship of musical tones and they date from 1967. The instrument has historical significance but more importantly has great sentimental value to me and I would never part with it except as a result of this life-threatening illness I'm experiencing — in any case I hope it finds an appreciative home. With Great Love and Respect, (signed) Dave Guard."

To own this banjo is to own one of the most astounding and meaningful pieces of American musical history there is. The price of the banjo is $15,000 (bank check, wire transfer) but if some benefactor wishes to pay more than that for it, we will be glad to send the extra funds to Dave Guard. Photos, as always, are available on request, as well as a copy of a Special Edition booklet which features articles by and about Dave Guard.

Contact:     Stanley M. Jay, President
           Mandolin Bros. Ltd.
          629 Forest Avenue
                             Staten Island, MY 10310-2576
               Phone: (718) 981-3226
or     Fax: (718)816-4416

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