1925 Antique OKEH RACE RECORDS Blue Book of BLUES Catalog BUTTERBEANS And SUSIE

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Rare Okeh Race Records
Catalog c. 1925 
1925 Okeh Race Records Catalog  aka "The Blue Book Of The Blues" 
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this is assumed to be an original 1925 catalog of "race" shellac 78rpm records released by Okeh Records and includes photographs of some of the artists as 
well as full listings of what "race records" Okeh was offering for sale, including blues, dance records, instrumentals, talking records, spirituals, quartettes 
and west Indian music. also includes what the label called a "complete alphabetical list of Okeh race records" and has separate listings of records by specific artists. 
please see our multiple photos and separate description

we believe this to be an original printing, but it's being sold "as found" as we have never come across one of these before and also could not find another copy online to compare it to. what we can say is that it came from the estate of a rather serious long-term collector of pre-war 78rpm records. the collector is recently deceased and this came with the collection of records we purchased that also contained several other original 1920s record catalogs, in addition to other record related ephemera from the same time period and even earlier (this is the only specific race records catalog we have come across in the collection. we'll be listing the others separately in the coming weeks). we found no reproductions in the collection, so we have no reason to believe this is a reprint - but please use your own judgement after viewing our multiple photos, and feel to ask questions. 

please see our multiple photos and detailed description below! this is what we believe to be an original printing of a c. 1925 catalog of Okeh Race Records (not a record itself, but a catalogue of 78rpm race records aka "The Blue Book Of The Blues" listing records from Okeh's 8000 series, etc. its front cover features a 'race' illustration, and the catalog includes 9 rare photographs of 1920s Okeh blues artists. it has 32 pages and measures approx. 5" x 7" and it's in Very Good condition and displays nicely, especially from the outside, but has been downgraded because some listings on some pages have check marks by them, likely from a previous owner marking 78s they had found and added to their collection of 78 rpm records. 13 pages have check marks, but the rest is fairly clean and has no serious issues - just very slight soiling in places and some light rust stains by the staples that bind it together. from the collection of an older recently deceased 78rpm collector / archivist. rare
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here is a list of rare artist photos included in catalog: 

Butterbeans And Susie 
Laura Smith 
The Clarence Williams Trio 
(Clarence Williams, Eva Taylor, Clarence Todd) 
Margaret Johnson 
Evan Taylor 
Sara Martin 
Virginia Liston 
Sippie Wallace 
Clarence Williams (of Clarence Williams' Blue Five) 


and here is are artists with their own sections in catalog: 

Butterbeans And Susie  Sara Martin 
Davenport And Carr 
Sippie Wallace 
Virginia Liston  Shelton Brooks & Co. 
Miller And Lyles 
Margaret Johnson 
Laura Smith 
Eva Taylor - Clarence Williams 

and on the back inside page is a form that could 
be filled out and sent in to receive catalog updates. it 
is NOT filled in here, though. the text reads: 

GENERAL PHONOGRAPH CORPORATION 
25 West 45th Street, New York City 

Gentlemen: 
Kindly send me your monthly supplement to the Blue Book of Blues. I want to get acquainted with all the Okeh Blues records listed to date. I want to know the names of the latest Blues by my favorite Okeh artist. The name of my favorite Okeh artist is ..........." 

and the back page says: 
Form  No. 2196, General Phonograph Corp., New York, N. Y.  Made in U.S.A. 

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