DEE STRICKLAND JOHNSON The Unquiet Grave - SEALED - 1969 US Private Vinyl LP NEW
$
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Description
For sale is a sealed vinyl copy of The Unquiet Grave and other British Ballads by Dee Strickland Johnson (A&R Records, 69x52).
This rare, original 1969 private pressing features haunting ballads recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center.
A very rare copy, even more so sealed, the sound of the music on this album is like nothing else!
Songs include:
Fair Margaret And Sweet William
The Unquiet Grave
Sir Patrick Spence
Cockleshells (Waly, Waly)
Love Is Teasin'
Fine Flowers Of The Valley
The Greenwood Sidie O
The Three Ravens
The Twa Corbies
The Three Crows
Mary Hamilton
The liner notes include details for each track, and printed along the bottom left side on the back cover ,
Love and death, the most common themes of British ballads, provide powerful dramatic potential for the spinning of tales--especially when intertwined. The late Dr. John Quincy Wolf, Southwestern at Memphis folklorist, described a ballad as, among other things, 'a narrative story employing ellipsis.' He explained that through the pruning of unessential detail, these orally transmitted stories have become honed and polished to the fine gems we find them today. Any would-be balladeer should savor the pleasure of choosing from Francis James Child's assorted versions of a song (English and Scottish Popular Ballads, 1882-1898) a favorite to make his own.
Vinyl is Sealed and presumed Mint!
Jacket is Near Mint!
Shipping is $4 in the U.S.
Combined shipping available if requested.
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