More Kanesville Koolness... Record Score and Playlist Included!

Today I took a few moments out of my day to venture out across state borders to visit my favorite record shop in the States, Tim Behren's Kanesville Kollectibles in Council Bluffs, Iowa. A big part of me says, don't tell anybody else about this gem of a store because I'd like to go back there and buy everything in it. Yet another part of me says that I should tell everyone I know about this place so that they all go and support Tim's shop. I guess the latter argument wins out at the end of the day. Seriously, if you've never been, and you dig vinyl, it's well worth a road trip. There are three floors of records as well as some music books, comics, DVDs, record players, assorted audio gear, tapes, and CDs... all in all, more than a million kollectibles (though to be fair, can we really call a Dora Hall 45 a "kollectible?").

I love this store and I've posted about it before on this blog (see my Jan. 7, 2014 "Kanesville Record Heaven" entry for a picture of the main floor), but the rest of the shop is equally intriguing. Basically, the first floor is the main floor-- the 45s and LPs that are all graded, priced, and categorized. The basement floor, of which one small portion is photographed below, is dedicated to 78s...

And the second floor is the dollar floor... An entire room filled to the brim with dollar country LPs (man, I love this room!), a whole room full of dollar rock LPs, a massive room of dollar "other" LPs... and then there's this:

And no, I didn't go in that room... Today I didn't even make it out of the first floor, and I really didn't even cover more than one tiny corner of the first floor, but I did found some killer bargains. I've been excited to go to Kanesville for a little while now because I saw on Facebook last week that Tim had acquired approximately 1,000 early country and bluegrass LPs. The collection is indeed impressive and it seems like he's got just about every bluegrass LP that ever was made for sale... I pulled out a stack of about 20 that I wanted to buy... but then I found a few boxes of country 45s... Yikes! Once again I found so many great ones that I just couldn't pass up, that I had to put most of the LPs back on the shelf (lucky for all you bluegrass and early country collectors out there, particularly those who dig early King original LPs!).

In case anybody is curious about what I found today (or rather, what I could afford of the gems that I found), here's a photo of my latest haul (not including the LPs) and YouTube links so you can hear almost everything for yourself. There are some real exciting 45s in the bunch for those who dig rockabilly, honky-tonk, hillbilly bop, and western swing. I also pawed through a couple boxes of empty sleeves and managed to find about 20 Starday sleeves and about 80 others for which I've been looking. Stellar day indeed!

The Finds:
Johnny Carroll - Rock'n'Roll Ruby - Decca 29940 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JGadS6SGHo
Grady Martin - Country & Western Dance-O-Rama EP - Decca 2231 (with pic sleeve)
Bobby Roberts - I'm Gonna Comb You Outta My Hair - King 4837 (promo w/ sleeve) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdgQl7ot4Yg
Bob Wills - So Let's Rock - Decca 29909 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANv6SF_Yv1I
John D. Loudermilk - Susie's House - Columbia 41165 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaC3svY7eRg
Hank Penny - You're Bound To Look Like A Monkey - RCA 4633 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqH3lf6Y4zE
Bob Luman - Boston Rocker EP - WB 5506 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNCgM6QB0e4
Webb Pierce - Teenage Boogie - Decca 30045 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWMvxfTe7h4
T. Texas Tyler - He Done Her Wrong - Decca 28544
Merle Travis - Louisiana Boogie - Capitol 2902 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMiV-dd64bA
Bobby Lord - Sack - Columbia 41155 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmpw9rfYmuA
Johnny Horton - I Won't Forget - Mercury 70014
Wanda Jackson - Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad - Capitol 3575 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNjI1HwiXiE
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues - Liberty 55144 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZZD8ckwLJA
Del Reeves w/ Chester Smith - Love, Love, Love - Capitol 3819
Bob Newman - Haulin' Freight - King 5216 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgRsS5IFMfU
Werly Fairburn - Baby He's A Wolf - Capitol 2770 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n69J4_Oocfg
Sheb Wooley - Humdinger - MGM 12114 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx8f6V8VaXQ
Charline Arthur - Just Look, Don't Touch, He's Mine - RCA 6428 (2 copies)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQexFqgbyys
Johnny Horton - Honky Tonk Man - Columbia 42302 (picture sleeve) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pRJ9y5n5_g
Floyd Robinson - Makin' Love - RCA 7529 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfekMAea1GU
Elvis Presley - Mystery Train - RCA 6357 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_eE0NPArEY
Red Foley - Pinball Boogie - Decca 29100 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8kfzfEkxd0
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Rock City Boogie - Capitol 1911 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIPy2aESr1o
Ernest Tubb - Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) - Decca 29731 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EyUQQs5AoM
Merle Travis - Cannon Ball Rag - Capitol 2245 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES3ZbCO_FLs
Patsy Cline - Walking Dream - Decca 30542 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sre_ZEywlhg
Johnnie and Jack - Camel Walk Stroll - RCA 7137 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4YvfiT3kI8
Wynn Stewart - Uncle Tom Got Caught - Challenge 59061 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByZRGeY3lmQ
Faron Young - Honey Stop! (And Think Of Me) - Capitol 3805 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HT9d-EoLGo
Carl Belew - Cool Gator Shoes - Decca 30947 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lEAkVIqoKc
Elvis Presley - My Baby Left Me - RCA 6540 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR8sxX0GoFo
Hank Thompson - Rockin' In the Congo - Capitol 3623 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE8CCpeghEU
Red Foley - The Hoot Owl Boogie - Decca 29894 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xol-Dnx2OPQ
Lefty Frizzell - You're Humbuggin' Me - Columbia 41268 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN0Ij1S79_0
The Louvin Brothers - Cash on the Barrel Head - Capitol 3523 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tFrPWNU08Q

Also included in the haul were the 100+ sleeves (including 20 Starday sleeves!), the record case, and 4 LPs  including a clean copy of Porter Wagoner's The Cold Hard Facts of Life and a couple Starday LPs I didn't have. And just in case anybody is afraid that I bought up all the goodies, know that I didn't even have a chance to paw through 99% of the first floor... And as much as I'd like to keep this place a well-known secret for me and me alone, I'd also love to help Tim out and see my friends rake some similar hauls. I also believe in record karma, so if you know any good places like this that I should be checking out, please do let me know! So that said... if you dig records, go to Kanesville Kollectibles in Council Bluffs, IA. You will definitely be glad you did. And I'd be mighty appreciative if you let 'em know how you heard about it!

Dig!
-Nate