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 be able to find jazz concert posters of Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and many more. 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. Rhythm and blues classics include the music of Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye and other Motown favorites. 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. Big bands are represented by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Chick Webb, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Artie Shaw and Quincy Jones. There is opera and classical music plus reggae from Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff, blues from B.B. King and Ray Charles etc. etc.
Rare African American sheet music from the early 20th century, others from the 1800s, photographs of rock and rollers from the 1950s on. Also sheet music, photographs, posters, magazines, books, etc.
New York City, NY; NYC