RARE Richard Dick Alaska Tlingit Indian, Alta Marie. VG+ Blue Bonnet Release

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This is a rare and highly sought-after LP by Richard Dick, entitled "Alaska Tlingit Indian, "Alta Marie" The album features beautiful folk and blues music with intricate guitar playing. It is an original first pressing with the catalog number BL701.The LP comes in a cardboard sleeve that is the original cover. The record size is 12" and it spins at 33 RPM. The vinyl material is in high-fidelity quality with a very good (VG) grading. Both sides have light scuff marks that do not effect the playback. 
The jacket has a (VG) grading with a small stain from decal removal, and light bending on the corners of the jacket.The plain white sleeve was replaced with a new anti-static sleeve, and a new outer sleeve. The album is a perfect addition to any music collector's collection.
A-Side Runout:  BL-701-SIDE-ONE B-Side Runout:  BL-701-SIDE-TWO

FROM THE BACK COVER:

"ALTA MARIE" was inspired by Richard Dick's newly wedded wife from Fort Worth, Texas. This song, written for her, together with seven other compositions from this album were all composed and sung by the famous Tlingit Indian singer.

Richard, who was born in Angoon, is an Alaskan Indian and a member of the Eagle Clan. For the past twenty-three years he has been in Skagway with the White Pass - Yukon Railway as a longshoreman.

The Eagles' Days of the '98 Show is a feature attraction for tourists in Skagway. Here Richard has sung his way into the hearts of many, playing before an estimated 300,000 people during the last ten years.

A stylist, his fine, deep voice lends itself well as he translates his compositions in Tlingit (pronounced Cling' it) - a language with a guttural sound, not unlike German.

Richard is the first of his people to compose, sing in English and Tlingit, and accompany himself on his electric guitar. Besides the '98 Shows, he has performed in night clubs, and for radio and television audiences in Juneau and Fairbanks, Alaska and Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.

The catastrophic flood in Fairbanks August 14, 1967, is the calamity which brought Alta and Richard together. As a tourist, who lost all her personal effects, she survived the harrowing experiences of the flooded city only to contract a respiratory illness that forced her to recuperate a week in Skagway. While attending the '98 Show, she was greatly impressed with the tall Tlingit Indian singer. Romance blossomed, and on January 19, 1968, they were married in Skagway.

Richard, also a painter, specializing in Tlingit arts and crafts, has had symbolic paintings at Heritage Hall in Fort Worth and at art shows in Wrangell and Juneau.

Tourists has been inquiring about recordings for several years, so here at last is a select collection of unusual songs by the talented Tlingit Indian singer - Richard Dick - a true memento of the Great Northland.

The album jacket, showing the Bear symbol, was designed by Richard and is typical of his handcraft.