SHIRLEY COLLINS SWEET ENGLAND ORIG UK 1959 ARGO FOLK LP VG+/VG++ALAN LOMAX
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SHIRLEY COLLINS ~ SWEET ENGLAND ~ ARGO RG 150. FROM 1950 IS THIS BEAUTIFUL AND SCARCE FOLK LP. THIS HAS THE THIN FLIPBACK LAMINATED CARDBOARD COVER AT A VERY NICE AND ACCEPTABLE VG+. THERE IS SOME WEAR AND DINGS TO THE CORNERS, SOME LIGHT CREASING, LIGHT RUBBING AND A SMALL PIECE OF THE ART MISSING IN A 2mm NICK NEAR THE CENTER OF THE FRONT IMAGE (VISIBLE AS WHITE SPOT IN TREE). LIGHT LAMINATION LIFT B/C RHS. TOP LHC IS A BIT MESSY. WEE BIT OF WEAR ALONG THE OPENING. STILL A VERY NICE COVER. THE VINYL IS VISUALLY GRADED VG++, A COUPLE LIGHT MARKS. ABOUT HALF THE SONGS PLAY NEAR MINT, THE OTHERS VG++ EXCEPT "PRETTY SARO" WHICH PLAYS WITH NOISE AT VG+. GRADED VG++. THERE IS SOME LIGHT STAINING FROM THE LINED INNER SLEEVE THIS DISC HAS BEEN STORED IN FOR MANY DECADES. THE LABELS ARE NEAR MINT. THIS WAS GENTLY WIPED WITH A VERY SOFT, CLEAN CLOTH AND 97% ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL BUT COULD USE A GOOD RCM SPIN TO IMPROVE PLAYBACK A BIT. IT WILL ALSO "SOUND" CLEANER PLAYED BACK IN MONO. STAMPERS SIDE 1 READ ARG-2071-1D. STAMPER SIDE 2 READ ARG-2072-3D. THIS IS A VERY SWEET COPY OF A VERY LOVELY GEM... AND A SCARCE LP!
LINER NOTES ARE BY MUSICOLOGIST ALAN LOMAX, MS. COLLINS BEAU AT THE TIME.
Side One: Sweet England / Hares on the Mountain / Hori-Horo / The Bonny Irish Boy / The Tailor and the Mouse / The Lady and the Swine / Turpin Hero / The Cuckoo / The Bonny Labouring Boy / The Cherry Tree Carol.
Side Two: Sweet William / Omie Wise / Blackbirds and Thrushes / A Keeper Went Hunting / Polly Vaughan / Pretty Saro / Barbara Allen / Charlie.
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