VIVIAN STANSHALL "Sir Henry At Rawlinson End" MINT-

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  VIVIAN STANSHALL "Sir Henry At Rawlinson End" MINT- 1978 UK 1st PRESS, EMBOSSED SLEEVE w/INSERT, 1/2 PLAYS
VIVIAN STANSHALL
Sir Henry At Rawlinson End

ORIGINAL UK CHARISMA (CAS 1139) FIRST PRESSING (November 1978) OF VIVIAN STANSHALL'S FABULOUS, IRREPRESSIBLE "Sir Henry At Rawlinson End" LP - AS "ENGLISH AS TUPPENCE"

THE RECORD IS IN UNMARKED, ONCE/TWICE PLAYED MINT(-) CONDITION
FIRST ISSUE MATRIX NUMBERS: CAS 1139 A//1 T 11 1 / CAS1139 B//1 T 11 4 (etched "RAYS")
AND IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL EMBOSSED SLEEVE “Printed by Gothic Press Ltd. London SW9 2EQ” WHICH IS CLEAN AND UNMARKED WITH ONLY MINIMAL STORAGE WEAR AND IS GRADED NEAR MINT
THE GATEFOLD INSERT WITH FULL COLOUR VIVIAN STANSHALL SURREAL PAINTING ON THE INSIDE AND WORDS AND TRACK CREDITS ON THE OUTSIDE IS IN UNTOUCHED, UNMARKED AND UNWORN MINT CONDITION
AND THIS COPY COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE, DATE CODED '8/78' WHICH IS NEAR MINT - UNMARKED AND UNSPLIT

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (the first of Stanshall's Sir Henry spoken-word sagas) is deliriously bizarre. The former Bonzo Dog Band frontman lets his imagination run riot on what is, essentially, a parody of British radio serials mixed with his interpretation of P.G. Wodehouse, all tempered by the deflating sensibility of, say, Monty Python. Does it make sense? No. Is there a plot? No. Does it matter? Not a bit. Stanshall is superbly entertaining, a wordsmith who can trip from the sublime to the louche in the wink of an eye, from wicked puns to appalling jokes in a tale (of sorts) set in a country estate, and told in more accents than you can shake a stick at. The music (uncredited, but quite probably former bandmate Neil Innes) ranges from '20s perky to neo-village brass band, making an apt accompaniment for the words. Allow yourself to get lost in the world of Rawlinson End for a while. It might be disorienting, but it's also quite enchanting. With Stanshall as your guide you'll get thoroughly lost, but come the end, you really won't care. He's so verbally adept that his web of words will leave you happily caught. So maybe, ultimately, it really is completely mad. It doesn't matter. It's madness touched with genius in conception and performance, and that's always been a rare enough commodity. Stanshall's individual, eccentric talent shines like the dong with the luminous nose.

SIDE ONE: (Excursion One): Aunt Florries' Waltz / Interlewd / Wheelbarrow / Socks / The Rub / Nice 'N' Tidy / Pigs' Ere Purse
SIDE TWO: (Excursion Two): 6 / 8 Hoodoo / Smeeton / Fool & Bladder / Endroar / Junglebunny / The Beasht Inshide / Rawlinsons & Maynards / Papadumb

LABELS: Clean, bright and unmarked with one/two light spindle traces - MINT(-)
VINYL Visual: The vinyl surfaces retain their original deep, like-new glossy sheen and are completely unmarked - the record looks as-new - MINT
VINYL Audio: Plays beautifully throughout with just a (very) few light and completely non-intrusive little clicks - MINT(-)
SLEEVE: Only the lightest of storage rubbing to the bottom edge (spine clear and bold) - NEAR MINT
GATEFOLD INSERT: Untouched and unmarked - MINT

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