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This page: last update 7th November 2008

You most probably have discovered one or two albums lurking in a corner of a bookshop.
However, on this page you will find a frightfully thooper thelection - and in presentable condition !

added 7/11/08: Argo's complete series of 'Works Of Shakespeare' as box sets are listed !

LP RECORDS unless o/w stated.
UK Pressings unless o/w stated * Grade = Sleeve / Record

Straight to:
English Poets series * William Shakespeare * Historic * Winston Churchill
Noel Coward * John Betjeman * Royalty * Robert Kennedy etc. * Miscellaneous 7"

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Part 1
(all Sections; being USA CAEDMON label) + Part 2 (all Sections except 5a; being UK ARGO label) are from one collection.
The packaging and vinyl being as new. No 'shelf wear' (whatever that is?), not EX- or VG++++.
Time on your hands? ..scour the Internet.. condition and selection here surpasses any other source!
Discount available on quantity orders.

Click onto the images to view a selection of covers.

CAEDMON Label (USA pressings)

Section 1: Caedmon Albums (one disc)

All are early 1969 ~ 1973 pressings, with sleeves and vinyl as new!
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Section 2: Caedmon Albums (two disc set in gatefold sleeve)

All are 1969 ~ 1973 pressings, with sleeves and vinyl as new!
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Section 3a: Caedmon Box Sets with matching p/b books.

All are 1969 ~ 1973 pressings, with packaging and vinyl as new!
SRS = Stereo
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Title	info	Price
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE .	Hugh Griffith, Dorothy Tutin, Harry Andrews, etc * 3 LPs * Caedmon SRS 209 Includes a 82 page Paperback Book (SRS 209) : complete text of the performance	£24
AS YOU LIKE IT .	Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Michell, Max Adrian, Stanley Holloway, etc * 3 LPs * Caedmon SRS 210 Includes a 90 page Paperback Book (SRS 210) : complete text of the performance	£24
TWELFTH NIGHT .	Siobhan McKenna, Paul Scofield, John Neville * 3 LPs * Caedmon SRS 213 Includes a 82 page Paperback Book (SRS 213) : complete text of the performance	£24
KING RICHARD Part II .	John Gielgud, Keith Michell, Leo McKern, Jeremy Brett, John Church, etc * 3 LPs SRS S 216 *Includes a 94 page Paperback Book (SRS 216): complete text of the performance	£24
HENRY THE FOURTH Part One .	Harry Andrews, Pamela Brown, Richard Johnson, Ronald Lewis, Paul Rogers, etc * 4 LPs SRS S 217 * Includes a 100 page Paperback Book (SRS 217) : complete text of the performance	£26
HENRY THE FOURTH Part II .	Max Adrian, Harry Andrews, Felix Aylmer, Pamela Brown, Richard Johnson, etc * 4 LPs Caedmon SRS S 218 * Includes a 110 page Paperback Book : complete text of the performance	£26
ROMEO AND JULIET .	Claire Bloom, Dame Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Peter Bayliss, etc * 3 LPs * Caedmon SRS 228 Includes a 110 page Paperback Book (SRS 228) : complete text of the performance	£24
JULIUS CAESAR .	Ralph Richardson, Anthony Quale, John Mills, Alan Bates, Michael Gwynn, etc * 3 LPs * Caedmon SRS 230 * Includes a 90 page Paperback Book (SRS 230) : complete text of the performance	£24
MACBETH .	Anthony Quale, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Stanley Holloway, Alec McCowen, etc * 3 LPs * Caedmon SRS 231 * Includes a 84 page Paperback Book (SRS 213) "The Tragedy Of Macbeth":complete text of the performance	£24
HAMLET .	Paul Scofield (Hamlet), Diana Wynyard, Zena Walker, etc * 4 LPs * Caedmon SRS-S 232 Includes a 134 page Paperback Book (SRS 232) : complete text of the performance	£26
KING LEAR .	Paul Scofield, Rachel Roberts, Pamela Brown, John Stride, etc* 3 LPs * Caedmon SRS 233 Includes a 118 page Paperback Book (SRS 233) : complete text of the performance	£24
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA .	Anthony Quale, Pamela Brown, Paul Dameman, Jack Gwillin, etc * 3 LPs * Caedmon SRS 235 Includes a 122 page Paperback Book (SRS 213) : complete text of the performance	£24
William Shakespeare TROYLUS AND CRESSIDA	Jeremy Brett, Cyril Cusack, Max Adrian, etc * 3 LPs * SRS 234 Includes a 118 page Paperback Book (SRS 234) : complete text of the performance	£24

Section 3b: Caedmon Box Sets, many with an accompanying booklet.

All are 1969 ~ 1973 pressings, with packaging and vinyl as new!
TRS = Stereo
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Title	info	Price
THE GLASS MENAGERIE	by Tennessee Williams * Montgomery Clift, Julie Harris, etc * 2 LPs + 12 pge Booklet * TRS 301	£20
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL	Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Richard Easton, etc * 3 LPs + 24 pge Booklet * Caedmon TRS 305 S	£20
THE MASTER BUILDER	by Henrik Ibsen * Michael Redgrave, Maggie Smith, etc * 2 LPs + 24 pge Booklet * Caedmon TRS 307-8	£20
THE FAMILY REUNION	by T. S. Eliot * Flora Robson, Paul Scofield, etc * 3 LPs + 12 pge Booklet * Caedmon TRS 308 S	£20
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER	Alastair Sim, Claire Bloom, Alan Howard, etc * 3 LPs + 24 pge Booklet * Caedmon TRS 309 S	£20
SAINT JOAN	by Bernard Shaw * Siobhan McKenna, Donald Pleasence, etc * 4 LPs + 36 pge Booklet * TRS 311	£20
THE CHERRY ORCHARD	Jessica Tandy and the Minnesota Theatre Company * 3 LPs + 44 pge Booklet * Caedmon TRS 314	£20
ANTIGONE	Sophocles * Dorothy Tutin, Max Adrian, Jeremy Brett, etc * 2 LPs + 12 pge Booklet * TRS 320 S	£20
HEDDA GABLER	by Henrik Ibsen * Anthony Quale, Joan Plowright, etc * 3 LPs + Booklet * Caedmon TRS 322 S	£20
THREE SISTERS	Siobhan McKenna, Zena Walker, Caroline John, etc * 3 LPs + 18 pge Booklet * Caedmon 325	£20
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST	Gladys Cooper, Joan Greenwood, Lynn Redgrave, etc * 2 LPs + Booklet * Caedmon TRS 329	£20
MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL	by T. S. Eliot * Paul Scofield, Cyril Cusack, Julian Glover, James Hayter, etc * 2 LPs + Booklet * TRS 330	£20
TARTUFFE	William Hutt, Douglas Rain, Marthe Henry, etc * Stratford National Theatre Of Canada * 3 LPs + Booklet * 332	£20
A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN	by Eugene O'Neill * Salome Jens, Mitchell Ryan, etc * 126 mins * 3 LPs + Booklet * TRS 333	£20
THE MISANTHROPE	Richard Easton, Patricia Conolly, etc * English version by Richard Wilbur * 2 LPs + Booklet * TRS 337	£20
THE WAY OF THE WORLD	Robert Lang, John Moffatt, Gabrielle Laye, etc * 3 LPs + 16 pge Booklet * National Theatre Of GB * TRS 339	£20
A DOLL'S HOUSE	by Henrik Ibsen * Claire Bloom, Camila Ashland, Roy Shuman, etc * 117 mins * 3 LPs * Caedmon TRS 343	£18
MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA	by Eugene O'Neill * Jane Alexander, Lee Richardson, etc * 172 mins * 4 LPs * Caedmon TRS 345	£18
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT	by Eugene O'Neill * Robert Ryan, Stacy Keach, etc * 4 LPs * 170 mins * Caedmon TRS 350	£18
PYGMALION	Michael Redgrave, M. Hordern, Donald Pleasance, Lynn Redgrave * 3 LPs * Caedmon TRS 354	£18
THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES	Joan van Ark, Paul Ballantyne, Peggy pope, etc * 3 LPs + 24 pge Booklet * Caedmon TRS 544	£20

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Part 2: ARGO Label (UK pressings)

Section 4: Argo's 'THE ENGLISH POETS ~ From Chaucer to Yeats' series

All are 1969 ~ 1973 pressings, with sleeves and vinyl as new!
PLP = Mono
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Subject / Title	info	Price
PROLOGUE TO THE CANTERBURY TALES	Geoffrey Chaucer * Read by Nevill Coghill, Norman Davis, J. Burrow * 8 pge Libretto * PLP 1001	£14
THE NUN'S PRIESTS' TALE	Geoffrey Chaucer * Read by John Burrow, Lena Davis, etc * 8 pge Libretto * PLP 1002	£14
ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN LYRIC	Peggy Ashcroft, Ian Holm, Richard Johnson, John Stride * PLP 1009	£14
ELIZABETHAN SONNETEERS AND SPENSER	Ian Holm. Richard Johnson, George Rylands, John Stride * PLP 1010	£14
SPENSER ~ The Faerie Queen (excerpts)	Tony Church, William Squire, Gary Watson, Prunella Scales, Margaretta Scott * box logo PLP 1011	£14
DONNE John Donne	Richard Johnson, Peter Orr, William Squire * PLP 1012	£14
CAMPION * JONSON * HERRICK	Richard Johnson, Peggy Ashcroft, Ian Holm, Peter Orr, John Stride * PLP 1013	£14
METAPHYSICAL POETS .	Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, Richard Lovelace, Thomas Stanley, etc. read by Yvonne Bonnamy, Robin Holmes, Peter Orr, John Stride, Gary Watson * PLP 1015	£14
MILTON ~ SHORTER POEMS	William Devlin, William Squire, Gary Watson * box logo PLP 1016	£14
MILTON ~ PARADISE LOST	Book One * Tony Church, Denis McCarthy, Michael Redgrave * PLP 1017	£14
MILTON ~ PARADISE LOST	Books Four (abridged) * T. Church, M. Redgrave, Prunella Scales, R. Johnson * PLP 1019	£14
MILTON ~ PARADISE LOST	Books Five and Six (abridged) * Tony Church, Michael Redgrave, Gary Watson * PLP 1020	£14
MILTON ~ PARADISE LOST	Books Nine, Ten and Twelve (abridged) * Tony Church, Michael Redgrave * PLP 1022	£14
POPE ~ The Rape Of The Lock	An Heroi-Comical Poem in Five Cantos * Peggy Ashcroft, George Rylands, etc * PLP 1030	£14
BURNS Robert Burns	Isla Blair, Julian Glover, Duncan McIntyre * box logo PLP 1034	£14
BLAKE William Blake	Alan Bates, Yvonne Bonnamy, W. Devlin, R. Johnson, Richard Marquand, Peter Orr * PLP 1035	£14
WORDSWORTH Record One	Alan Bates, Tony Church, Derek Godfrey, Michael Hordern, Peter Orr * box logo PLP 1036 :see 1038	--
WORDSWORTH Record Two	Alan Bates, Tony Church, Derek Godfrey, Michael Hordern, Peter Orr * PLP 1037: see 1038	-
WORDSWORTH The Prelude	Excerpts read by Peter Orr, William Squire * PLP 1038 * 1036 + 1037 + 1038 for...	£36
COLERIDGE Samuel Taylor Coleridge	Yvonne Bonnamy, Richard Burton, William Devlin, J. Neville * bend top right * box logo PLP 1039	£14
LORD BYRON	Frank Duncan, Richard Johnson, Peter Orr * 8 pge Libretto * slight crease bot. corner * PLP 1040	£14
LORD BYRON ~ Don Juan (Cantos I + II)	Richard Johnson, Peggy Ashcroft * PLP 1041	£14
SHELLEY	Patrick Garland, Gary Watson * PLP 1042	£14
KEATS	Tony Church, Derek Godfrey, Richard Johnson, Margaretta Scott, Gary Watson * PLP 1043	£14
EARLY VICTORIAN POETRY	Poets: Meredith, Bronte, Clare, Browning * Read by Jill Balcon, Freda Browne, etc * PLP 1044	£14
TENNYSON	Tony Church, Frank Duncan, Dennis McCarthy, M. Scott, G. Watson * boxed logo PLP 1045...	-
TENNYSON Record Two	Frank Duncan, Michael Hordern, David King * PLP 1046 * 1045 1046 for...*	£25
BROWNING Robert Browning	Max Adrian, Alan Bates, Frank Duncan, Denis McCarthy * PLP 1047 * see 1048	-
BROWNING Record Two	Max Adrian, David King, Gary Watson * PLP 1048 * 1047 + 1048 for...	£36
ARNOLD CLOUGH FITZGERALD	Marius Goring, Ian Holm, Derek Jacobi * PLP 1049	£14
PRE-RAPHAELITES .	Christina Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Charles Swinburne, William Morris. Read by Peter Orr, Flora Robson, Gary Watson * PLP 1050	£18
LATE VICTORIAN POETRY	Poets: Housman, Stevenson, Thompson, Wilde, etc * Read by Ian Holm, etc * box logo PLP 1052	£14
HARDY Record One Thomas Hardy	Ian Holm, Barbara Jefford, Richard Pasco * PLP 1053 * see 1054	-
HARDY Record Two Thomas Hardy	Ian Holm, Barbara Jefford, David King, Richard Pasco * PLP 1054 * 1053 + 1054 for...	£26
YEATS William Butler Yeats	Chris Curran, Jim Norton, Arthur O'Sullivan, Sheila Manahan * box logo PLP 1056	£18
JOHN MILTON: COMUS A Masque + SAMSON AGONISTES (Excerpts)	Read by Barbara Jefford, Ian Holm, Tony Church, William Squire, Margaret Rawlings, Gary Watson * 2 LPs * PLP 1024-5 = this is a Box Set	£20

Section 5: Argo's 'Works Of Shakespeare' series (Box Sets)

All are 1969 ~ 1973 pressings, with packaging and vinyl as new! (click on image for sample view)
The recordings are uncut in the text of THE NEW SHAKESPEARE, edited for the Syndics Of The Cambridge Press by
John Dover Wilson. Recorded by The Marlowe Dramatic Society & Professional Players. Directed by George Rylands
.Wonderfully illustrated lids designed by Arthur Wragg * ZPR = Stereo edition

Anyone ordering 3 or more sets will receive a 30 page Booklet that details this series.
.

Title	info	Price
MERCHANT OF VENICE	Donald Reeves, John Barton, Toby Robertson, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * oval ZPR 138-41	£24
KING JOHN	Michael Hordern, Anthony Jacobs, David Jones, David Buck, etc * 4 LPs + 2 Inserts * oval ZPR 142-5	£24
RICHARD II	Richard Pasco, William Devlin, Timothy West, Peter Orr, etc * 3 LPs + 4 pge Insert * ZPR 146-8	£20
HENRY IV PART I	Anthony Jacobs, Gary Watson, Paul Scofield, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * ZPR 149-52	£24
HENRY IV Part II	Anthony Jacobs, Gary Watson, Derek Jacobi, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * ZPR 153-6	£24
HENRY V	William Squire, Gary Watson, Julian Curry, Ian McKellen, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * oval ZPR 157-60	£24
RICHARD III	Richard Wordsworth, David Dickinson, Patrick Wymark, Prunella Scales, etc * 4 LPs + Insert * ZPR 172-5	£24
AS YOU LIKE IT	David King, Clifford Rose, Peter Orr, etc * 3 LPs + Insert * ZPR 180-182	£20
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING	William Squire, Patrick Creean, Peter Pears, etc * 3 LPs + 4 pge Insert * ZPR 183-5	£20
TWELFTH NIGHT	Derek Godfrey, Patrick Garland, John Barton, etc * 3 LPs +- large Insert + 4 pge Insert * oval ZPR 186-8	£20
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR .	Patrick Wymark, Geraldine McEwan, Beatrix Lehmann, etc * 3 LPs + 2 Inserts * oval ZPR 189-91 Bonus item: small h/b book r/p 1964 pub. by Cambridge University Press	£20
HAMLET	Patrick Wymark, Anthony White, Ronald Allen, etc * 5 LPs + 4 pge Insert * ZPR 192-6	£28
KING LEAR	William Devlin, Ian Lang, Prunella Scales, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * oval ZPR 197-200	£24
MACBETH	Toby Robertson, Roger Prior, John Barton, etc * 3 LPs + 4 pge Insert * ZPR 201-3	£20
OTHELLO	Frank Duncan, David King, Peggy Ashcroft, etc * 4 LPs + 2 Inserts * ZPR 204-7	£24
ROMEO AND JULIET	Terrence Hardiman, Corin Redgrave, Tony Church, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * ZPR 208-11	£24
JULIUS CAESAR	Tony Church, David King, Roger Croucher, etc * 3 LPs + vg 4 pge Insert * ZPR 218-220	£20
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA	Richard Johnson, Robert Eddison, Peter Orr, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * ZPR 221-4	£24
MEASURE FOR MEASURE	George Rylands, John Bird, Roger Prior, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * ZPR 232-5	£24
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA	John Sheppard, Gary Watson, Tony White, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * ZPR 236-239	£24
CYMBELINE	Denis McCarthy, Ian Lang, Andrew Parkes, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * oval ZPR 240-3	£24
THE WINTER'S TALE	William Squire, Denis McCarthy, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * ZPR 244-7	£24
THE TEMPEST	Terence Hardiman, Ian Lang, Philip Strick, etc * 3 LPs + Foldout * ZPR 251-3	£20
THE SONNETS	George Rylands, John Barton, Tony Church, etc * 3 LPs + Insert * ZPR 254-6	£20

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Section 5a: Argo's 'Works Of Shakespeare' series (Box Sets)

--> Not from the same collection
All are 1969 ~ 1973 pressings. This one-owner collection have the records in Near Mint condition,
and probably have been played once, as virtually no evidence of spindle marks on the labels.
The boxes are generally Excellent condition, or better with some having just a hint of wear on some of
the corner/s. Being picky really, as 'spoilt' by having the immaculate collection as listed in Section 3 !
(click on the above mage for sample view)
To reiterate, these recordings are uncut in the text of THE NEW SHAKESPEARE, edited for the Syndics Of The Cambridge Press
by John Dover Wilson. Recorded by The Marlowe Dramatic Society & Professional Players. Directed by George Rylands..
...and wonderfully illustrated lids designed by Arthur Wragg

Anyone ordering 3 or more sets will receive a 30 page Booklet that details this series.
If you wish to purchase a few from this section, please email titles for a quote to include a discount.
All these records have been professionally cleaned.
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Title	info	Price
COMEDY OF ERRORS	Denis McCarrthy, Michael Horden, Rylands, Prunella Scales, etc * 2 LPs + 4 pge Insert * oval ZPR 124-5	£10
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA	J. Barton, D. Gibson, T. Hardiman, etc * 3 LPs + 4 pge Insert (VG) * damage rear of box edge * ZPR 126-8	£10
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST	Derek Godfrey, Gary Watson, Ian Lang, Diana Rigg, , etc * 3 LPs + 4 pge Insert * oval ZPR 129-31	£20
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM	Frank Duncan, Joan Hart, Julian Curry, John Wood, etc * 3 LPs + 4 pge Insert (VG+) * oval ZPR 132-4	£16
MERCHANT OF VENICE	Donald Reeves, John Barton, Toby Robertson, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge VG Insert * oval ZPR 138-41	£18
KING JOHN	Michael Hordern, Anthony Jacobs, David Jones, David Buck, etc * 4 LPs + 2 Inserts * oval ZPR 142-5	£18
RICHARD II	Richard Pasco, William Devlin, Timothy West, etc * 3 LPs + 4 pge Insert * base at back VG * ZPR 146-8	£15
HENRY IV PART I	Anthony Jacobs, Paul Scofield, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert (VG) * oval ZPR 149-52 * 3" base of box VG	£16
HENRY IV Part II	Anthony Jacobs, Gary Watson, Derek Jacobi, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert (VG) * ZPR 153-6	£17
HENRY V	William Squire, Gary Watson, Julian Curry, I. McKellen, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert (VG) * oval ZPR 157-60	£17
HENRY VI Part I	Richard Wordsworth, David Dickinson, Patrick Wymark, etc * 4 LPs + Insert * oval ZPR 161-3	£18
HENRY VI Part II	Richard Marquand, David king, Peter Orr, Patrick Wymark, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * oval ZPR 164-6	£18
HENRY VI Part III	Richard Marquand, Gordon Gardner, Bob Jones, P. Orr, etc * 4 LPs + 2 x 4 pge Inserts * oval ZPR 168-71	£18
RICHARD III	Richard Wordsworth, David Dickinson, Beatrix Lehmann, etc* 4 LPs + Insert * bot. edge rubbed ZPR 172-5	£16
HENRY VIII	Frank Duncan, Robert Speaight, Richard Dare, Michael Bates, etc * 4 LPs + Insert (VG) * oval ZPR 176-9	£18
AS YOU LIKE IT	David King, Clifford Rose, Peter Orr, etc * 3 LPs + Insert * ZPR 180-182	£16
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING	William Squire, Patrick Creean, Peter Pears, etc * 3 LPs + 4 pge Insert * ZPR 183-5	£16
TWELFTH NIGHT	Derek Godfrey, Patrick Garland, John Barton, etc * 3 LPs + 4 pge Insert (VG) * box VG+ oval ZPR 186-8	£12
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR	Patrick Wymark, Geraldine McEwan, Beatrix Lehmann, etc * 3 LPs + 4 page Insert * oval ZPR 189-91	£16
KING LEAR	William Devlin, Ian Lang, Prunella Scales, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * oval ZPR 197-200	£24
MACBETH	Toby Robertson, Roger Prior, John Barton, etc * 3 LPs + 4 pge Insert * ZPR 201-3	£16
OTHELLO	Frank Duncan, David King, Peggy Ashcroft, etc * 4 LPs + 2 Inserts * ZPR 204-7	£18
ROMEO AND JULIET	Terrence Hardiman, Corin Redgrave, Tony Church, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * ZPR 208-11	£20
TIMON OF ATHENS	William Squire, Corin Redgrave, Michael Burrell, John Sharp, etc * 3 LPs + 4 pge Insert * oval ZPR 212-4	£17
TITUS ANDRONICUS	Dennis Arundell, J.Tydeman, Jill Balcon, Roger Clissold, etc* 3 LPs + 4 pge Insert (VG+) * oval ZPR 215-7	£16
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA	Richard Johnson, Robert Eddison, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert (VG+) * rear of box is VG * ZPR 221-4	£16
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL	Michael Hordens, Max Adrian, Roy Dotrice, P. Scales, etc * 3 LPs + 4 pge Insert * oval ZPR 229-31	£17
MEASURE FOR MEASURE	George Rylands, John Bird, Roger Prior, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * oval ZPR 232-5	£20
CYMBELINE	Denis McCarthy, Ian Lang, Andrew Parkes, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * oval ZPR 240-3	£18
THE WINTER'S TALE	William Squire, Denis McCarthy, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * slight damage inside box * oval ZPR 244-7	£15
PERICLES PRINCE OF TYRE	William Squire, Prunella Scales, Frank Duncan, Tony Church, etc * 3 LPs + large Insert * oval ZPR 248-50	£20
THE TEMPEST	Terence Hardiman, Ian Lang, Philip Strick, etc * 3 LPs + Foldout * ZPR 251-3	£17
VENUS AND ADONIS	Irene Worth, George Rylands, Michael Hordern, etc * 2 LPs + large Insert * oval ZPR 257-8	£14
RAPE OF LUCRECE	Tony Church, Peggy Ashcroft, Peter Holmes * 2 LPs + large Insert * ZPR 259-260	£14
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA	John Sheppard, Gary Watson, Tony White, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * oval RG 128-31	£20
JULIUS CAESAR	John Barton, Anthony Jacobs, John Wilders, etc * 3 LPs + large Insert + 4 pge Insert * oval RG 132-4	£17
CORIOLANUS	Anthony White, John Arnott, Donald Beves, Irene Worth, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * oval RG 135-8	£18
THE SONNETS	George Rylands, John Barton, Anthony Jacobs, A. White, etc * 3 LPs + 4 page Insert * oval RG 142-4	£16
HAMLET	Tony White, P. Wymark, Margaretta Scott, Jeanette Sterke, etc * 5 LPs + 2 Inserts * oval ZRG 256-60	£22

A few more Shakespeare listed in the General Stock section
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Section 6 Other albums in Decca's Argo series; from the same collection as Part 1

All are 1969 ~ 1973 pressings, with sleeves/ packaging and vinyl as new!
(oval logo Argo label where stated) * PLP = Mono
.

Subject / Title	info	Year	Grade	Price
UNDER MILK WOOD ,	RICHARD BURTON, RICHARD BEBB, ETC * Early issue in cartoon g/f blue ARGO 21 & 22 ~ 1959?	1954	VG/EX+/EX+	£10
UNDER MILK WOOD	RICHARD BURTON, RICHARD BEBB, ETC * Box of 2 LPs + Insert ~ 1972	1954	VG+ to EX	£5
UNDER MILK WOOD	RICHARD BURTON, RICHARD BEBB, ETC * Box of 2 LPs + Insert ~ 1979	1954	all NM	£8
DYLAN THOMAS NARRATING UNDER MILK WOOD	With original NY cast: ROY POOLE, NANCY WICKWIRE, DION ALLEN, SADA THOMPSON, ALLEN F. COLLINS * 2 LPs g/f * TC 2005 * later USA	1956	NM/EX-/EX-	£10
DYLAN THOMAS READING	A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES * rec. 1952 * Caedmon TC 1002	1957	EX+/EX-	£7
DYLAN THOMAS READING Vol. 2	POEM ON HIS BIRTHDAY + 8 others * rec. 1953 * Caedmon TC 1018	1957	VG/EX	£9
RICHARD BURTON READS	15 POEMS BY DYLAN THOMAS * oval Argo SW 503 * 1970 pressing	1955	EX/NM	£8
T. S. ELIOT ~ FOUR QUARTETS	Read by th Author * 4 bands * HMV CLP 1115	195-	VG/EX	£8
SHAKESPEARE ~ HAMLET .	JOHN GIELGUD With The OLD VIC COMPANY Denise Bryer, Derek Francis, Yvonne Mitchell, Paul Rogers, etc. * Box set: 3 x LP's and small 12 page Booklet (VG) * 1st issue HMV ALP 1482 - 1484	1958	EX to NM	£14
James Joyce ULYSSES .	SOLILOQUY OF MOLLY BLOOM read by Siobhan McKenna SOLILOQUY OF LEOPOLD BLOOM read by E G Marshall 1960's reissue on WING WL 1184	1959	EX-/EX+	£14
Works Of Shakespeare: MACBETH	MARLOWE DRAMATIC SOCIETY & PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS under the auspices of THE BRITISH COUNCIL. Complete and uncut in the text of THE NEW SHAKESPEARE * Box set: 3 x LP's with Insert * Stereo; ARGO ZPR 210-3 (1972 pressing) * This set from The British Council, Tokyo	1959	Box VG+ Discs are VG to EX: (play EX+)	£18
VIRGINIA WOOLF: TO THE LIGHTHOUSE MRS. DALLOWAY	Read by Celia Johnson. Directed by Howard Sackler. Caedmon Literary Series TC 1105	1959	VG+/NM	£18
Works Of Shakespeare: HENRY IV PART 1 .	MARLOWE DRAMATIC SOCIETY & PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS Complete and uncut in the text of THE NEW SHAKESPEARE * Box set: 4 x LP's with Inserts * Stereo; blue label / oval ARGO * ZPR 149-152	1960	All is EX to NM	£18
Works Of Shakespeare: KING LEAR .	MARLOWE DRAMATIC SOCIETY & PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS William Delvin, Ian Lang, Peter Orr, Prunella Scales, etc * Box set: 4 LP's with Leaflet * Stereo blue label (1973 press) ARGO * ZPR 197-200	1960	All is VG+ to NM	£16
CHARLTON HESTON READS	FROM THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST Etc. * Fontana 6024	1960	VG+/VG	£7
ONE MAN IN HIS TIME	SIR JOHN GIELGUD READS SHAKESPEARE * CBS 1975 Stereo issue	1960	EX/M-	£8
THE WASTE LAND + 2 others	Anthology Of Spoken Word No. 1 * read by Robert Speaight * PLP 1108	196-	VG+/EX+	£8
SHAKESPEARE'S AGES OF MAN	SIR JOHN GIELGUD * Columbia Masterworks OL 5390 * USA	196-	VG/EX	£6
THE PARABLES	SIR MICHAEL REDGRAVE (photo cover) * World Records * disc new	1963?	VG/M-	£10
DONNE ,	Read by RICHARD JOHNSON, PETER ORR, WILLIAM SQUIRE 'THE ENGLISH POETS' Series * Argo RG 403	1964	VG+/NM	£12
HOMAGE TO SHAKESPEARE ,	Michael & Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, etc * includes an illustrated (photographs) Booklet * ARGO ZNF 4 Stereo * disc new	1964	EX/M-	£14
LIVING SHAKESPEARE .	OTHELLO + THE TEMPEST + MACBETH + HAMLET + KING LEAR + KING HENRY V * 6 x LP's * Stereo * Oldbourne Press	1964	all min. EX/EX	£22
MEMORIAL RECORD HOMAGE TO T. S. ELIOT .	Recorded at The Globe Theatre, London on 13th June 1965 * Speakers: Laurence Olivier, Paul Scofield, George Devine, Ian Richardson, Alec McCowen, Groucho Marx * Also 'SWEENEY AGNOSTICS' with Music by John Dankworth, and Melodrama by Cleo Laine, Anna Quale, Bernard Cribbins, Clive Revill, John Le Mesurier, etc * HMV Mono	1965	EX/NM	£14
THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DR. FAUSTUS	RICHARD BURTON, LIZ TAYLOR, Oxford Drama Scty. * HMV ASD 2270	1966	VG+/VG+	£8
EARLY VICTORIAN POETRY	English Poets series * G. Merideth, C&E Bronte, etc * later Argo PLP 10441	1966	VG-/VG+	£4
GEOFFREY CHAUCER ~ THE NUN'S PRIEST'S TALE	THE ENGLISH POETS series * Read in Middle English by John Burrow, Nevill Coghill, Lena & Norman Davis * 8 pge Booklet * Argo PLP 1002	66/ 70	NM/NM	£12
THE CHILDREN OF LIR	Seven Symphonic Preludes * Music Robert Lamb* Narr. Ferdy Mayne	1967	VG+/EX-	£15
CHILDREN OF LIR .	Seven Symphonic Preludes for Narrator and Orchestra Music by Robert Lamb * Narr. Ferdy Mayne * Saga Psyche ! PSY 30001	1967	VG/EX-	£12
EVELYN WILLIAMS AS DYLAN THOMAS	A BOY GROWING UP * Argo RG 546	1967	VG/VG+	£6
J. R .R. TOLKIEN POEMS AND SONGS OF MIDDLE EARTH	Side1 'The Adventures of Tom Bombadil' read by JRRT * S 2 'The Road Goes On Forever' vocal William Elvin, piano D. Swann * Caedmon 1231	1967	EX-/EX-	£12
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS	CHRISTIAN / CHRISTIANA * David Davis * orange BBC RESR 1 (1st LP)	1969	VG+/NM	£15
EMMA .	LADY HAMILTON AND ADMIRAL LORD NELSON * 2 LP's * illus g/f * Anne Rogers, etc * Told by James Robertson Justice * President label	1969	VG+/VG+/VG+	£12
A. A. MILNE ~ WINNIE THE POOH	Any Winnie The Pooh in stock is listed on the Juvenile page.	-	-	-
ON RECORD Poetry .	A second anthology of poets reading their own work: TONY CURTIS, PHILIP LARKIN, MURIEL BERRY, DOUGLAS DUNN, MARTIN BELL. Compiled by the Yorkshire Arts Association * YA3 * one jump o/w EX+	1974	VG-/EX	£18
BRITISH POETS OF OUR TIME T. .S. ELIOT	THE WASTE LAND (disc 1); FOUR QUARTERS (disc 2) * Alec Guinness narrates * In association with Arts Council / BBC * Argo PLP 1206/ 7	1975	VG-/EX+/EX+	£14
CAUSLEY BY CAUSLEY	From his 'Collected {poems 1951 - 1975' * Sentinel SENS 1028	1975	VG/EX	£7
THE GREEN SALAD VESSEL	ROBERT GRAVES Reads, Talks, and Sings * 45 tracks * Liner notes by John Montague * Ceirnini Cladarg CCT14	1975	NM/EX-	£18
J. R .R. TOLKIEN Reads and Sings his THE LORD OF THE RINGS	THE TWO TOWERS / THE RETURN OF THE KING * Caedmon TC 1478 Goes On Forever' vocal William Elvin, piano D. Swann * Caedmon 1231	1975	NM/EX-	£10
LITERATURE: POEMS AND PROSE	26 tracks * Open University A101	1978	VG/EX	£5
WORLD OF DYLAN THOMAS	POETRY AND PROSE * Excerpts from Under Milk Wood * PA/A 166	1971	VG+/EX	£4

There are a few spoken word albums listed on the Juvenile page

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Part 4: HISTORIC including RADIO + TELEVISION
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Subject / Title	info	Year	Grade	Price
DEAR FREDDY	Freddy Grisewood looks back over 80 years of BBC Radio * REB 20	1970	VG/EX+	£6
THE SOUNDS OF OUR TIME 1934 - 1949	Narrated by John Snagge * 1st issued 1949 on 78rpm * plum Oriole 20021	1959	VG+/VG+	£7
THE SOUNDS OF OUR TIME 1934 - 1949	Narrated by John Snagge * 1st issued 1949 on 78rpm * plum Oriole 20021	1959	EX/EX	£12
THE VOICE OF RICHARD DIMBLEBY .	27 original extracts from some of his famous Radio and TV broadcasts Intros by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas * MFP 1087	1966	EX/EX+	£8
I, ROGER CASEMENT .	50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRISH REBELLION 1916 - 1966 A dramatised Biography * nar. Frank O'Dwyer * Fontana TL 5320	1966	EX-/EX+	£12
I, ROGER CASEMENT .	50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRISH REBELLION 1916 - 1966 A dramatised Biography * nar. Frank O'Dwyer * Fontana TL 5320	1966	EX/EX+	£14
THE BRAINS TRUST	Prof. Joad, Sir J. Huxley, Sir Malcolm Sargent, etc * BBC rec. *ARGO DA 38	1967	VG-/EX-	£5
BBC SCRAPBOOK 1914 .	Voices of HORROCKS, GOODENOUGH, MONKMAN, ASQUITH, PRIESTLY, SEWARD, ETC. * 14 pgs within g/f * blue Fontana * ex-shop stock	1964	NM/M-	£18
HUMAN HEART TRANSPLANTATION	Pof. C.N. BERNARD, etc * rec. 3/12/67 * 2 LP's * g/f * Decca CB 1	1968	EX-/VG+/VG+	£24
BBC SCRAPBOOK 1940 .	Voices of CHURCHILL, CHAMBERLAIN, W. JOYCE, PRIESTLEY. MURROW, ETC * 10 pgs within g/f * green Fontana * ex-shop stock	1963	NM/M-	£18
BBC SCRAPBOOK 1940 .	Voices of CHURCHILL, CHAMBERLAIN, W. JOYCE, PRIESTLEY. MURROW, ETC * 10 pgs within g/f * green Fontana * ex-shop stock	1963	EX+/M-	£15
BBC 1922 ~1972	50 YEARS OF BROADCASTING * 2 x LP's in gold g/f * yellow BBC 50	1972	VG/VG+/VG+	£8

Title	Info	Year	Grade	Price
AUSCULTATION OF THE HEART	Composed by J.B. Barlow & W.A. Pocock. Commentator is Stephen O'Reilly (oh really.. no..O'..) Heart sounds, including Diastolic + Continuous Murmurs, Systolic Clicks, etc. Diagrams on the back cover * Decca LK 4421 * plays VG+ to EX+	1962	VG-/EX	£20
HEART RECORDINGS	A group of auscultatory findings with suggestions to help in self training, by George David Geckeler, M.D. * detailed thick board Insert * Sticker on label + cover states: "Presented as a service to the medical profession with the compliments of ABBOTT LABORATORIES" - USA Columbia masterworks ML 4976 * owner's name on back, o/w	196?	NM/VG+	£20
QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN MAO TSE-TUNG	Volume One ~ Let The World Tremble * Polydor 582 704 .	1967	VG+/EX	£10
CHILDREN TALKING	'Children Talking From The Famous BBC Series'. Recordings of interviews with the young and innocent on walks of life such as 'Where do Babies come from?'; The Royal Family'; 'Getting into trouble'.. various schools in GB, in conjunction with BBC Radio Enterprises. Narrator and interviewer is Harold Williamson. Humourus and endearing * MFP 1224	1968	EX/EX+	£7
WAR OF THE WORLDS	Original radio broadcast in America the panicked the nation, as narrated by ORSON WELLES. 2 x LP set on Charisma's 'Mad Hatter' label cat. no DCS 10 *	1969	all EX+	£14
SOME BRITISH ACCENTS & DIALECTS	Banded accents from Birmingham, Cornwall, Cotswolds, Cumberland, Devonshire, Newcastle, Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester, London, Norfolk, Somerset, Bristol, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, 33 in total.* unusual BBC label design. * illustrated Inner	1971	VG+/EX+	£20
YOU HAVE A MINUTE LORD	From the BBC TV Series 'KOSSOFF AND COMPANY', this is David Kossoff narrating. Includes 'Words F

Subject / Title	info	Price
BOOK OF JUDITH * BOOK OF RUTH	Judith read by Judith Anderson; Ruth read by Claire Bloom * Caedmon TC 1052	£14
ULYSSES	James Joyce * read by Siobhan McKenna + E>G> Marshall * Caedmon TC 1063	£14
SONG OF SONGS AND THE LETTERS OF HELOISE AND ABELARD	Read by Claire Bloom, Claude Rains * © 1957 * TC 1085	£14
TRISTAN AND ISEULT	Read by Claire Bloom * TC 1106	£14
THE HUMAN VOICE	A play by Jean Cocteau, read in English by Ingrid Bergman * Caedmon TC 1118	£14
A SHROPSHIRE LAD and other poetry	A. E. Housman * read by James Mason * TC 1203	£14
MILLER'S TALE * REEVE'S TALE .	Two Canterbury Tales read in Middle English by J.B. Bessinger Jr. * 66 mins. Includes a small 40 pge Booklet = text in Middle English (TC 1223) * Caedmon TC 1223	£17
LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI	Mark Twain selections * Read by Ed Begley * 55 mins. * Caedmon TC 1234	£14
RIP VAN WINKLE	Washington Irving * read by Ed Begley * 41 mins. * Caedmon TC 1241	£14

Subject / Title	info	Price
UNDER MILK WOOD	Original New York cast featuring Dylan Thomas * Caedmon TC 2005	£14
THE RIVALS	by Brinsley Sheridan * Dame Edith Evans, Vanessa Redgrave, etc * 116 mins TC 2020	£18
John Milton ~ SAMSON AGONISTES	Read by Michael Redgrave, Max Adrian, Faith Brook Directed by Peter Wood * 1 hr 44 mins * TC 2028	£18
MARK TWAIN ~ HUCKLEBERRY FINN	Episode selections read by Ed Begley * Selection of significant episodes * TC 2038	£18
PLATO ~ THE APOLOGY	Read by Ralph Richardson * 74 mins. * 24 pge Libretto * Caedmon TC 2050 S	£18
Excerpts from MOBY DICK	Read by Charlton Heston (as Ahab), Keir Dullea (as Ishmael), George Rose (by Father Mapple) * 92 mins * Caedmon TC 2077	£18

Subject / Title	info	Price
THE FORTUNE OF THE SEA + THE WANDERER'S IMAGE	Read by John Masefield O.M. * oval PLP 1068	£14
A FOX'S DAY	Adapted from 'Reynard The Fox' * read by John Masefield O.M. * oval PLP 1066	£14
NOW, WHAT IS LOVE?	Max Adrian, John Barton, Dorothy Tutin * cover VG+ * oval PLP 1073	£14
THE WASTE LAND + 2 others	Anthology Of Spoken Word No. 1 * read by Robert Speaight * PLP 1108	£14
FOUR QUARTETS	Anthology Of Spoken Word * T. S. Eliot read by Robert Speaight * PLP 1109	£14
PEOPLE PAST AND PRESENT THOMAS HARDY	Devised by John Carroll with Jill Balcon, C. Day Lewis, Gabriel Woolf. Recorded in association with The National Gallery, London * ZPL 1164 Stereo	£14
PEOPLE PAST AND PRESENT SAMUEL PEPYS	Devised by John Carroll with Carleton Hobbs and Robert Spencer Recorded in association with The National Gallery, London * ZPL 1165 Stereo	£14
FIFTEEN POEMS BY DYLAN THOMAS	Read by Richard Burton * SW 503	£14
EMLYN WILLIAMS as CHARLES DICKENS	Volume One * cover EX- * oval TA 507	£14
BRIEF LIVES	Rec. live at May Fair Theatre, London 1974 * Roy Dotrice * dble LP * oval ZSW 522-3 Stereo	£14