Sold Date: December 2, 2024
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BOB WILLS AND HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS – Two near mint vinyl, double LPs (four records) for one low price:

“BOB WILLS AND HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS FOR THE LAST TIME” (United Artists UA-LA216-J2, 1974).   A double LP recorded in 1973 with special guest MERLE HAGGARD who sings lead on three cuts.  LEON RAUSCH and LEON McAULIFFE are also featured vocalists.  Bob Wills participated in the first recordings, but was incapacitated by a stroke before the project was finished.  Vinyl near mint; cover VG++ (repaired split on upper edge of cover).  Picture inner sleeves.  Includes a large-sized, 16-page illustrated booklet “Homecoming: Reflections on Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys 1915-1973” by Wills biographer Charles R. Townsend.  SONGS/TUNES:  Playboy Theme/Yearning/Faded Love/What Makes Bob Holler/Stay All night/Goin’ Away Party/Big Ball’s in Cowtown/Keeper of My Heart/Twin Guitar Boogie/Bubbles in My Beer/Blue Bonnet Lane/When You Leave Amarillo/San Antonio Rose/I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do/My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You/Miss Molly/I Can’t Go On This Way/That’s What I Like About the South/Silver Lake Blues/Milk Cow Blues/Comin’ Down From Denver/Baby, That Would Sure Go Good/She’s Really Gone/Crippled Turkey.

“BOB WILLS AND HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS IN CONCERT” (Capitol SKBB-11550, 1976).  Double LP from a concert hosted by DJ Bill Mack.  The site, date, and players are not given, but most likely from the 1960s.  Extensive liner notes by Wills’ biographer Charles R. Townsend.  Vinyl near mint; gatefold cover VG++. SONGS/TUNES:  South/Ida Red/Don’t Let the Deal Go Down/San Antonio Rose/Beaumont Rag/Sooner or Later/From a Jack to a King/La Golondrina/Summit Ridge Drive/Right or Wrong/Little Star in Heaven/Smith’s Reel/Just Friends/St. Louis Blues/Gone Indian.

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