THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF RECORDS FOR YOU...GREAT STUFF HERE!    SERVING RECORD COLLECTORS AND DEALERS SINCE 1975!   

09 Oct. 2026:  LIST #100 IS UPLOADED AND READY!

 FRANK MERRILL///SATURDAY NIGHT RECORDS
848 Dodge Avenue #PMB-112
Evanston IL  60202 U.S.A.  

Email Address:  fmerrill44jr@gma44il.com  (REMOVE ALL THE 44's)  Please do not use my old Yahoo Mail address.

For both U.S.A. and Overseas customers, "IN-SEASON" ordering methods are now back in place.  

LIST #100:  Somehow, despite an unusual queue of commitments and appointments in 2026, I'm managing to get this list out only about 53 weeks after last year's list.

I plan to do a Record List #101 in JANUARY 2028.  I won't rule out a big "surprise" #102 that could happen at some future date, and/or there may be a massive punk list in my future.  With the records that I currently have, I don't specifically plan to go past #101.  I can "skip" 2027, which will concentrate harder on getting rid of "TONNAGE" of records in Chicago and Macomb IL, so that I can abandon my Macomb storage unit AND so I can move into a much smaller condo (or apartment!) that should cost considerably less than the oversized place I currently live in.  The INTRODUCTION AND INSTRUCTIONS is lengthy, but everybody should read it, as there are instructions on how to order in a way that makes me capable of handling the ENORMOUS quantity/volume spawned by this list.  I am not aware of anybody else anywhere in the world who offers as many "NEW" listings on a newly-released list, as I do, ALL AT ONCE.  Nearly all people who sell records through the mail, now, incrementally add new things to their lists and websites as they come in, not all at once over an entire year.   Great example:  Craig Moerer's Records By Mail.

PLEASE REFER TO THESE THREE "INTRODUCTORY" SUB-SECTIONS, which will explain a lot about what I do here, how to order, etc.

ADVICE ON HOW TO ORDER, TABLE OF CONTENTS, VARIOUS ADVICE AND TIPS, AND WHAT'S UNUSUAL ABOUT MY LISTS:  This document is *ESSENTIAL* for everybody to read, because I do some things rather differently than anybody else who has ever done this. An important aspect is that all USA BUYERS MUST SEND PARTIAL OR FULL FUNDS WITH AN ORDER, BY *POSTAL MAIL*.  This saves me from some extra layers of administration which would make it physically impossible to handle a list of this size and volume.  Overseas SHOULD NOT SEND A POSTAL ORDER FOR ANY REASON, because of unreliably slow mail in recent years, **PLEASE USE EMAIL** because you will almost certainly miss the strict deadlines with Postal.
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Hoping to sell more than 100,000 records! - it's about time to start shutting down my business.  I'lll be 80 years old before my next list.  I would like to find good homes for records DURING 2027, as I hope to do just one more list (and perhaps a second list, all PUNK).  I would like to stop paying for storage in Macomb IL, and I would like to downsize from an expensive Condo to something much more appropriate.  There may be some circumstances under which I can deliver big loads, but in some cases a buyer will need to come to Chicago.  Note these records aren't "loaded with beaters" or boxes and boxes and boxes of POP AND EASY LISTENING.  I got rid of all that stuff over the past twelve years (about 250,000 to 300,000 records).
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RAMBLINGS, BLOG, AND VARIOUS HAPPENINGS AND THOUGHTS - Some talk about what I've been "up to" in the year since List #99.  It's been a busy year, with less emphasis on traveling than last time, but it now takes me much more effort to put together good material for a list.  I can no longer "just go over to the corner" and pull out a box and hope I'll find $200 items - THAT'S DONE.  I now need to go through 20,000 to 30,000 to put together a "decent" list which is no longer as epic as those lists before or during the List 96-97 era of several years ago.  So, despite less traveling, this list is STILL late.  I have NOT "slouched" in 2026.
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PART ONE: all items, except 4i at 40% discount, are priced as listed.

[1a--nonchart.rtf] [1a--nonchart.txt]  HUGE NONCHART SECTION/FULLY UPDATED, LP, 78s, 45s!  Around 3,500 titles are listed this year!  HIGHLIGHTS:  There was a nice influx of **ROCKABILLY** and some rare 1950s

doowop, thanks to my trip Out West at the end of 2025.  ALSO, ABOUT 1,400 TITLES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO MY 6z DOCUMENT.
NEW!!!  [1aa--RadioStationMusicCharts.rtf]  [1aa--RadioStationMusicCharts.txt]  YES!!  THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NEW!  After collecdting radio station music charts (SURVEYS) since 26 August 1963, I decided to quit collecting.  This is a list of about 1,000 CHARTS, many being the very best stuff that remains in my collection.  NOTE THAT ANY ORDER FROM THIS DOCUMENT, REGARDLESS OF QUANTITY, WILL BE DISCOUNTED AT LEAST 20% - some may be more, depending on what is ordered.  In the past I've half-heartedly listed 56 pr 60 charts, perhaps 12 or 13 years ago.  There are some INSANE items listed, some of which no other examples are known to exist.  I have a CAR-FUL of miscellaneous and duplicate charts, weekly "runs" of charts, etc. - probably about 120,000 sheets of paper in total.  I may entertain offers for everything that remains.  No other known collection in the world has ever been remotely close to what I gathered.  THE PAPER LIST HAS A SMALL EXCERPT OF THIS LIST; the link here takes you to everything I've offered.

[1b--miscellaneous.rtf] [1b--miscellaneous.txt]    MISCELLANEOUS SECTION   45s, LPs!!  The first section is ADVERTISING.   Second section is local/regional PRIDE records, SPOKEN WORD, TRANSPORTATION, INTERVIEWS, DOCUMENTARY - some were formerly intended for novelty but they really deserve and NEED their own section.

[1c--country.rtf] [1c--country.txt]  COUNTRY AND WESTERN —45s, LPs!—You will see a smaller section than usual.  Except for some truckin'  records, almost everything is older than 
1970.   

[1d--horror.rtf] [1d--horror.txt]  HORROR, MONSTERS, HALLOWEEN –This section is larter in 2026, as my "goalposts keep moving" on what I decide to keep from my former collection.  There are still some things I keep and don’t list, but not as many.

[1e--war.rtf]  [1e--war.txt]  WAR, MILITARY, TROOPS (VIETNAM, COLD WAR, VARIOUS CIVIL WARS, WATERGATE, OIL...) –Many of these haven't been listed before.  I'm also maintaining a MASSIVE section close-at-hand in PART TWO, below. (with those at 40% discount from listed prices).   

[1f--punk.rtf] [1f--punk.txt]    PUNK, NEW WAVE, ALTERNATIVE, AVANT-GARDE - THIS document has added MANY items in 2026!  NOTICE THAT THERE ARE TWO 
PUNK DOCUMENTS.  The one below this consists of records listed on my punk lists in the past (and never assigned to an issued Catalog), AND records now less than $8 which have migrated from 
prior "1f--punk" documents after price revisions, removals, and reassignments.  Both documents SHOULD BE LOOKED AT!  1f--punk is now the perpetual home for punk from 1987 & later.

[1g--entertainment.rtf] [1g--entertainment.txt]  ENTERTAINMENT —This is a small section in 2026, but it's still worthy of a look.

[1h--pop] [1h--pop]  POP, EASY LISTENING AND NON-ROCK —45s!  This is another section that's slowly vanishing, but there's enough to look at here.  Except for three or four items, everything here was newly-listed.

[1i--novelty,rtf] [1i--novelty.txt]  NOVELTY AND TOPICAL (ALL TYPES)—LARGEST SECTION EVER!  - 45s, LPs!  THERE ARE SOME two-dollar items HERE. ANSWER RECORDS has about 400 titles, including a lot of COLLECTIBLE NONCHART, so all who look at Nonchart should also look here.  

[1j--christmas.rtf]  [1j--christmas.txt]  CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAYS - This is a large selection (as I almost always do)!  45s, LPs!  Other holidays:  such as Easter may be included, but Christmas has many many times more records than all other holidays.  THE PERCENTAGE OF TITLES I'VE LISTED ON PRIOR LISTS IS LOW.  There are plenty of "oddball" Canadian and other pressings this year.  Christmas collectors will have fun.   I had to curtail the section far earlier than hoped, because I ran out of time to type this list!

[1m--chart,rtf] [1m--chart.txt]  BILLBOARD CHARTED HITS *ALL CHARTS* except "c&w-only" items - LOTS OF SOUL! - 1949 to 1988...THERE’S A LOT OF GREAT STUFF HERE!  EVERYBODY SHOULD LOOK..  This section includes  Bubbling Under and A LOT OF SOULl/R&B, for those collecting those charts, too.  200 NEW TITLES have been added, some former prices have been lowered, and many other former titles have been shuffled-off to 4i, the DISCOUNT document.   

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING SECTION IS ENTIRELY ACTIVE, BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR ON MY PAPER CATALOGS.  Usually there is an "introductory" section of a few hundred of these on the paper list, but not this year.  They are ONLY listed here.  There are GREAT bargains in the 7,000 titles!
[4i--chart.rtf] [4i--chart.txt]  "BILLBOARD-CHARTED" RECORDS/ARTISTS *40% DISCOUNT*  ALL CHARTS EXCEPT COUNTRY...TONS OF SOUL - THIS IS A MASSIVE LIST**THIS IS THE CHART DOCUMENT WITH PERMANENT 40% DISCOUNT - ANY ORDERS FROM THIS DOCUMENT, PLEASE ADD UP ALL THE PRICES ON THIS DOCUMENT ONLY, AND APPLY A 40% DISCOUNT.   That way I have to add only "whole numbers" and apply the discount.  This document will never appear IN ITS ENTIRETY on a paper list, though I customarily list a portion of this alphabet on paper,  only to complete a full incremental sheet.   THIS DOCUMENT IS DUPLICATED BY THE LINK IN PART TWO, BELOW, because of its importance.  It is included twice because it contains over 10,000 titles!  At least 200 titles were added this year.  Nowadays many new Charted additions are posted DIRECTLY to this "instant 40% discount" document.
 
**IN 2026, THE BELOW ITEMS ARE NOT ON THE PAPER LIST - ONLY HERE** 
[punkforsale.rtf] [punkforsale.txt] "HERITAGE" PUNK/NEW WAVE/POWERPOP/ALTERNATIVE - Around 900 listings.  This document will never appear on any paper list.   This is the "classic" list which I've had on my site since 2011, while 1f--punk has nearly entirely different listings.  This is the only place you'll be able to see this document.  As with 4i--chart, this is a "living document" which will be updated after I finish a record-list cycle. 

[1ff--picturesleeves.rtf] [1ff--picturesleeves.txt]    PICTURE SLEEVES (empty, no records) -- A good selection, with the potential of MANY, MANY MORE in the future - I have thousands of possible future titles!

[1k--ChartNineties.rtf]  [1k--ChartNineties.txt] BILLBOARD CHARTED HITS - 1989 and later!  - This is entirely Billboard Chart records (Hot 100) from VERY LATE, after vinyl became difficult to find.  There may be a few from 1988 mixed in.  Collectors of this era should enjoy this!   NOTE:  This section is NOT on my PAPER list.

[99a--religious.rtf]  GOSPEL AND RELIGIOUS 45's  - You will find about 400 records in this section.  THIS DOCUMENT WILL NEVER APPEAR ON A PAPER LIST.  I've moved this document HERE, because I now maintain it "FULLY UP-TO-DATE".  Contrary to my usual approach, THESE are listed by LABEL instead of by artist.

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NOTHING BELOW WILL EVER BE ON A PAPER LIST, other than some occasional random title duplications (and usually some PART of 4i will appear on paper lists).

PART TWO - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 (AND SOON 2025) remainders DISCOUNTED 40%.  There are items that won't appear on future paper lists.  

THESE are becoming an additional Vinyl Vault, but maintained far better.  As with the Vinyl Vault, add the dollar amount of wanted items from this entire section and subtract 40%. 

[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] HUGE NONCHART SECTION [records 2019 to 2025] - [designated 6a--nonchart]
       Note thatMANY documents are combined into one; this includes 6b, and it now has THOUSANDS of items.  There are more around 5,000 titles listed on this document.

 [.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION]    MISCELLANEOUS SECTION [records from 2022 to 2024]-- [designated 6b--miscellaneous] Local/regional "PRIDE" records, ADVERTISING, SPOKEN WORD, TRANSPORTATION, INTERVIEWS, DOCUMENTARY - these were formerly mixed into novelty but they really deserve and NEEDED their own section.

[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION]   FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE COVERS -[designated 6y--foreign]  This was a one-time-only section.  It is unlikely I'll add to this in the future.  You will see some unusual countries represented here.

[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION]  COUNTRY AND WESTERN (pre-1965)...AND TRUCKIN' (all eras) [records 2019 to 2024] - [designated 6c--country] This is mostly Fifties, and definitely you'll enjoy this if you collect this genre.   Except for the very few TRUCKIN' records, almost everything is older than 1963.   Similar to above descriptions, but discounted.

[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] HORROR, MONSTERS, HALLOWEEN [records 2020 to 2024]  - [designated 6d--horror] There's still some fun stuff in here!  Similar to above descriptions, but discounted.

[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] WAR, VIETNAM, OIL CRISIS, HOSTAGES, SOLDIERS/PEACETIME, COLD WAR, ETC. [records 2020 to 2024] - [designated 6e--war] There's enough interest shown in these, that I am continuing with this section.  This section will continue to be large, because I always have stuff to add.   Similar to Part One descriptions, but these are discounted.

[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] MOVIE/TV MUSIC, PERSONALITY [records 2020 to 2024] -  [designated 6g--entertainment] Similar to above descriptions, but discounted.  

[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] POP, EASY LISTENING, JAZZ [records 2020 to 2024 - [designated 6h--pop] Similar to above descriptions, but discounted.  

[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] NOVELTY OF ALL TYPES, TRIBUTES, POLITICS, BREAK-INS, BEATLES, ETC. [records 2020 to 2024] - [designated 6i--novelty] This section retains the usual categorical headings. which I've been using for many years. 

[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] CHRISTMAS AND OTHER HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS [records 2020 to 2024] - [designated 6j--christmas] Similar to adescription in Part One...now includes all discounted items from prior lists as shown.

[.rtf VERSION] [.txt VERSION] "BILLBOARD-CHARTED" RECORDS/ARTISTS **ALL CHARTS EXCEPT COUNTRY...TONS OF SOUL - THIS IS A MASSIVE LIST**THIS IS THE CHART DOCUMENT WITH PERMANENT 40% DISCOUNT - [designated 4i] ANY ORDERS FROM THIS DOCUMENT, PLEASE ADD UP ALL THE PRICES AND APPLY A 40% DISCOUNT.   This document will never appear IN ITS ENTIRETY on a paper list, though I customarily list a portion of this alphabet on paper,  only to complete a full incremental sheet.  SOMETIMES, this entire Part One will have a small discount.  THIS DOCUMENT IS DUPLICATED BY THE LINK IN PART ONE, ABOVE, because of its importance.  It is included twice because it contains over 10,000 titles!  At least 500 titles were added this year.  Nowadays many new Charted additions are posted DIRECTLY to this "instant 40% discount" document.


NOTHING BELOW WILL EVER BE ON A PAPER LIST, other than random duplication.
 "ARCHIVES DISCOUNT SECTIONS"///"around" 10,000 RECORDS FOR SALE///DISCOUNT is 40%.  NOTE:  These documents are TERRIBLY out of date.  Also see note at the very bottom of this page.
[CLICK HERE] [THESE ARE ALL .doc WORD DOCUMENT FORMAT]    THE VINYL VAULT: 45RPM ARCHIVES, ALL TYPES!! - This link will take you to the second page, which has LINKS to AROUND 10000 MORE RECORDS of all types!
Buyers should NOT expect good results for soul, garage, or popcorn, in the VINYL VAULT! The VINYL VAULT has become rather depleted over the years, though a handful of rarities may remain in the novelty and Christmas sections.  As with the PART TWO links above, these are also all 40% discount.