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This page: last update 8th July 2010

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"

RECITAL

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
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
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
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
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
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

These are individual albums.
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
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
MILTON ~ SHORTER POEMS	William Devlin, William Squire, Gary Watson * box logo PLP 1016	£14
BURNS Robert Burns	Isla Blair, Julian Glover, Duncan McIntyre * box logo PLP 1034	£14
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
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: (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

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.

Anyone ordering 3 or more sets will receive a 30 page Booklet that details this series.
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Section 5a: Argo's 'Works Of Shakespeare' series (Box Sets)

--> Not from the same collection
(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
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
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
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
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
TIMON OF ATHENS	William Squire, Corin Redgrave, Michael Burrell, John Sharp, etc * 3 LPs + 4 pge Insert * oval ZPR 212-4	£17
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA	Richard Johnson, Robert Eddison, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert (VG+) * rear of box is VG * ZPR 221-4	£16
THE WINTER'S TALE	William Squire, Denis McCarthy, etc * 4 LPs + 4 pge Insert * slight damage inside box * oval ZPR 244-7	£15
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
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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-	£8
DYLAN THOMAS READING	A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES * rec. 1952 * Caedmon TC 1002	1957	VG+/VG+	£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
SONG OF SONGS AND LETTERS	OF HELOISE AND ABELARD * Bloom & Claude Rains * Caedmon RC 1085	1957	VG+/VG	£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
THE SONNETS	early issue: deep groove, oval Argo logo, box lid has grey image * Insert	1958	VG/VG+/VG+	£10
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
ZOO STORY By EDWARD ALBEE	Mark Richman & William Daniels * Spoken Arts SAS 808 USA * plays EX	1960	EX-/VG+	£8
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
JUPITER ANTHOLOGY OF 20th ENGLISH POETRY PART II	W.J. Turner, Eliot, W. Owen, Louis MacNeice, Stephen Spender, D. Thomas Lawrence Durrell, etc * Ready by Balcon, P. Letts, etc * Jupiter JUR 00A2	1961	VG+/VG+	£14
WALDEN by HENRY DAVID THOREAU	Ready by Howard Mumford Jones * Spoken Arts SA 832 USA	1962	VG+/VG+	£8
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
RHYME & RHYTHM POEMS AND SONGS FOR CHILDREN	Spoken by Tony Church, Michael Hordern, Spike Milligan, Prunella Scales, etc * Music arranged by Joan Rimmer + Anne Mendoza * Argo PLP 1078	65/72	VG+/EX+	£7
RHYME & RHYTHM POEMS AND SONGS FOR CHILDREN	info as above * Sung by Pat Shuldham-Shaw, Esme Lewis, Hampstead Garden Suburb Junior School * s2 poly mark not affect play * Argo PLP 107	65/72	EX/EX	£7
ELIZABETH AND JACOBEAN LYRIC	Read by Peggy Ashcroft, Ian Holm, Richard Johnson, John Stride deep groove, oval logo * 8-page Insert has all the text	1966	VG/EX+	£10
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
LAURENCE OLIVIER IN OTHELLO	HIGHLIGHTS = 9 x Scenes * RCA Victor red Seal	1966	VG/EX-	£6
CLAUDE DEBUSSY - Chanson de Bilitis PAUL HINDEMITH - Herodiade	Spoken by Stephane Mallarme, accompanied by the Chamber Ensemble Cond. by Robert Craft * s1= 12 poems * Text Insert * blue CBS BRG 72412	1966	EX+/EX+	£20
ENGLISH POETS - GEOFFREY CHAUCER	THE CANTERBURY TALES + THE NUN'S PRIEST'S TALE * Middle English by Nevill Coghill, Norman Davis, etc * Text included * orig. ARGO RG 466	1966	VG/VG+	£6
ENGLISH POETS - CHAUCER TO YEATS	Side 1 ELIZABETH SONNETEERS * Side 2 EDMUND SPENSER * Read by Ian Holm, Richard Johnson, G. Rylands, J. Stride * with Text * Argo RG 485	1966	EX/VG	£7
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
POETRY AND SONG 3 (Book One) -	Issued DA 50 ~ 63 based on the four books published by Macmillan titled Poetry And Song, aimed at ages 12 to 16 range, yet entertaining for all. Tony Church, Critics Group, Peggy Seeger, et al * Argo DA 52 orig. yellow	1967	G+/VG+	£5
POETRY AND SONG 4 (Book Two) -	Issued DA 50 ~ 63 * edited by James Gibson * Directed by Harley Usill. Recording engineer Stan Goodall * Production ass. Josephine Beattie. Original issue as here = deep groove / oval logo * Argo DA 53 orig. yellow	1967	VG+/EX-	£12
POETRY AND SONG 5 (Book Two) -	Issued DA 50 ~ 63 * voices appearing in this series include Ted Culver, Frankie Armstrong, Dandra Kerr, Tony Church, Barbara Jefford, Laurie Lee, Richard Johnson, Prunella Scales, A.L Lloyd, etc * Argo DA 54 orig. yellow	1967	VG/EX	£12
POETRY AND SONG 6 (Book Two) -	Issued DA 50 ~ 63 * the predecessor series was Rhyme And Rhythm. Here, as well as spoken word, is folk music by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger * original issues= deep groove / oval logo * Argo DA 55 orig. yellow	1967	VG/EX	£12
POETRY 1900 TO 1965 .	W.B. YEATS, D.H. LAWRENCE, ANDREW YOUNG, EDWIN MUIR, ELIOT, AUDEN, LARKINN, Etc * Read by Hugh Dickson, Harvey Hall, Ted Hughes, Basil Jones, etc * Collage on front * Longman 34155 * 1 track marked, rest:	1967	EX-/EX	£8
THE WITNESS	by Clive Sansom * ready by Ruth and Clive Sansom * Argo PLP 1124	1968	VG-/EX	£6
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS	CHRISTIAN / CHRISTIANA * David Davis * orange BBC RESR 1 (1st LP)	1969	VG+/NM	£15
THE TIME THE LIFE THE WORKS OF WORDSWORTH And Selected Poems	eau Study Unit * to accompany a filmstrip se 8220 * presented in a box with 10-page Libretto (full text dialogue) * Lexington 7776 USA	1969	EX+/VG+	£14
POETRY INTERNATIONAL .	W H AUDEN, OGDEN NASH, MIROSLAV HOLUB, AUSTIN CLARKE, Etc Rec, at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London * 2LPs in box * Argo MPR 262/3	1969	EX-/EX+/EX+	£14
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
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
CONVERSATION PIECES .	POEMS BY AUDEN, CAVAFY, T. HARDY, C. MARLOWE, PLOMER, Erc. SPOKEN BY JILL BALCON, JOHN GLEN, OSIAN ELLIS, Etc. * Rec 1961	1978	EX+/EX	£8
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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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	VG/VG+	£6
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 For Paul'; 3 pieces written about his younger son Paul Kossoff, who was a guitarist with the band FREE. He died of a drug overdose in early 1976. These narration titles are LATE GREAT PAUL; ELEGANT LIGHT BROWN SUIT; ALL RIGHT NOW. Includes a promo BBC records & Tapes headed letter about this album.	1978	EX/EX	£22
YOU HAVE A MINUTE LORD	From the BBC TV Series 'KOSSOFF AND COMPANY', this is David Kossoff narrating. Includes 'Words For Paul'; 3 pieces written about his younger son Paul Kossoff, who was a guitarist with the band FREE. He died of a drug overdose in early 1976. These narration titles are LATE GREAT PAUL; ELEGANT LIGHT BROWN SUIT; ALL RIGHT NOW. * This LP came to me from 'guess where' graded as EX / M !	1978	VG/EX-	£10

Title	info	Year	Grade	Price
I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN	Mad Dogs, Poor Little Rich Girl * Philips BBL 8028 10" plays Min. VG+	1953	VG+/VG	£10
I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN	Mad Dogs, Poor Little Rich Girl, Uncle Harry, etc * Philips BBL 8028 10"	1953	VG/VG	£7
NOEL AND GERTIE	Private Lives, Shadow Play, Red peppers + 7 * HMV 1050 * 1960's	1957	EX-/EX-	£8
NOEL COWARD SINGS SONGS FROM SAIL AWAY	Capitol SW 1667 Stereo * as brand new	1962	M-/M-	£18
NOEL COWARD IN NEW YORK	I Like America, Louisa, Sail Away, Half-Caste Woman, etc * Philips	1958	VG/VG	£8
THE CRITIC .	NOEL COWARD, MEL FERRER, George Baker, Barbara Jefford, John Moffat * Cast Recording Ember CEL 906 illus. g/f * scarce	1965	VG+/EX+	£20
NOEL COWARD AT LAS VEGAS	Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn, LA * Mono * CBS * 1957 RI in dif. slve	1966	VG+/VG+	£5
NOEL COWARD AT LAS VEGAS	Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn, LA * Mono * CBS * 1957 RI in dif. slve	1966	EX/EX+	£5
BACK TO BACK: 'NOT YET THE DODO"	Selections * side 2 is JOHN BETJEMAN * Polydor	1966	EX/VG+	£5
THE APPLE CART + POEMS	with MARGRET LEIGHTON * Caedmon TC 1094 * USA	19--	EX/VG+	£5
NOEL COWARD - A TALENT TO AMUSE	16 songs * Parlophone Mono	1973	VG+/VG+	£4
NOEL COWARD - A TALENT TO AMUSE	16 songs * Parlophone Mono	1973	VG+/EX+	£7
NOEL COWARD THE REVUES	24 Tracks * 2 LPs' * g/f * World Records SHB 44	1977	EX/NM/NM	£10
THE COMPACT COWARD	Mad Dogs, Private Lives, London Pride + 17 * 1930 - 1951	1989	EX-/EX-	£5
Miscellaneous (Noel not on record)	.	.	.	.
BITTER SWEET	VANESSA LEE, R. CARDINALI, ETC * green/ gold HMV CSD 1260	1958	VG+/VG+	£5
SAIL AWAY - ORIGINAL LONDON CAST	Elaine Stritch, David Holliday, etc * no Noel * CLP 1572	1962	EX/VG+	£8
THE WORDS AND MUSIC OF NOEL COWARD .	JOYCE GRENFELL, JUNE BRONHILL, DICKIE HENDERSON, CLEO LAINE, KENNETH WILLIAMS * HMV CLP 1928	1965	VG+/VG	£6
COWARDLY CUSTARD ~ ORIG. CAST RECORDING .	MERMAID THEATRE'S LONDON FESTIVAL PRODUCTION Patricia Routledge, Una Stubbs, Derek Waring, Peter Gale, etc Box set of 2 LP's + 12 page Booklet + Programme	1972	VG+ to NM	£14
KING'S SINGERS SING	FLANDERS & SWANN and NOEL COWARD * EMI EMC 3196	1977	EX/EX+	£5
THE GREAT BRITISH DANCE BANDS	PLAY THE MUSIC OF NOEL COWARD * some Vocal * World R. 278	1978	VG+/EX+	£6
7" EP: NOEL COWARD IN NEW YORK	I Like America, I Wonder What..,. +2 * BBE 12389	1958	VG+/EX	£6
Noel Coward signed letter	Typed: Dear Mr. Waterman,... Your sincerely, (hand) Noel Coward	1969	EX	£

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
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

Comedy Singles + EP's	Comedy LP's ~ UK Artistes	LP's: Goons, etc	LP's: Music Hall (Formby, Swann, etc)	LP's: Non-UK Artistes
LP's: Comediennes	Comedy Cassettes, CD's etc	Comedy Ephemera	Personality Records: Radio TV Film	Cultural: Spoken Word

Title or..	Info	Year	Grade	Price
EP: SORRY, WRONG NUMBER	Agnes Moorehead with supporting cast * written by Lucille Fletcher	1957	EX/VG+	£10
EP: BERNARD MILES ditties -	1) SELF TITLED * 'At The Rose And Crown' +3 * DFE 6415 1956 2) THE RACE FOR THE RHINEGOLD STAKES * DFE 6559 1956 3) (OLD) ENGLISH FAIRY TALES * F. Bentley prod. * 7EG 8629 1959	1956 1956 1959	EX-/VG- EX-/VG VG+/VG	3 for £14
EP: BERNARD MILES	Over The Gate * HMV 7EG 8176	1957	EX-/VG+	£9
EP: SUCCESSES	Noel Coward: Mad Dogs, Poor Little Rich Girl, Mrs. Worthington, London Pride	195-	EX/VG+	£9
EP: DYLAN THOMAS	Reading Fern Hill +3 * Caedmon Literary Series TCE 105	1957	VG+/VG+	£6
EP: DYLAN THOMAS	Reading Fern Hill +3 * Caedmon Literary Series TCE 105	1957	VG+/VG+	£6
EP: DYLAN THOMAS	Reading Ceremony After A Fire Raid +3 * Caedmon Literary Series TCE 106	1957	G+/VG	£4
EP: DYLAN THOMAS	Reading Poem On His Birthday +3 * Caedmon Literary Series TCE 105 ..	1957	VG-/VG+	£5
EP: THE SPECIALIST	Written by Charles Sale; read by WILFRID LAWSON * info on slve * DFE 6662	1960	EX+/EX+	£15
EP: TEMPOS OF TIME	A Fiona Bentley Production * Extracts * HMV 7EG 8644 * ex-shop stock..	1960	M-/M-	£14
EP: SATURDAY POEMS -	Read by Dame Edith Evans, Sir Michael Redgrave, Max Adrian * photo cover introduced by Ned Sherrin * music Johnny Dankworth * Parlophone GEP 8910	1964	EX+/NM*	£14

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
FOUR DAYS THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD	NOV 22-25 1963 The Complete Story * illus. g/f * Colpix PXL 2500	1963	VG+/VG+	£20
A DOCUMENTARY ~ THE PRESIDENTIAL YEARS	1960 - 1963 * Narration David Teig * Stereo 20th Century 10064	1963	VG/EX+	£10
A DOCUMENTARY ~ THE PRESIDENTIAL YEARS	1960 - 1963 * dif: Excerpts From Great Speeches * PIC 4169 USA	1963	VG-/VG	free
THAT DAY WITH GOD November 24 1963	Inspirational expressions * Intros Henry Fonda * Insert * RS 50017	1963	G+/NM	£10
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY A MEMORIAL ALBUM	Highlights of Speeches * nar. by Ed Brown * Ace Of Clubs 1168	1963	VG/VG+	£5
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY A MEMORIAL ALBUM	Highlights of Speeches * narr. by Ed Brown * Ace Of Clubs 1168	1963	VG+/NM	£12
THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS .	BBC's live 23/ 11 Tribute to John Fitzgerald Kennedy * David Frost, Millie Martin, Roy Kinnear, Lance Percival, Willie Rushton ,etc	1963	VG+/EX-	£10
THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS .	BBC's live 23/ 11 Tribute to John Fitzgerald Kennedy * David Frost, Millie Martin, Roy Kinnear, Lance Percival, etc * Brunswick	1963	VG+/EX-	£10
THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS . TW3 RECORDS	BBC's live 23/ 11 Tribute to John Fitzgerald Kennedy * David Frost, Millie Martin, Roy Kinnear, etc * Decca DL 79116 Stereo * USA	1963	VG-/EX-	£6
TWTWTW Frost, Millie Martin , Lance, etc	see the Comedy Recordings Contents page	.	.	.
THE CONTROVERSY The Death The * Warren Report	Voices of JFK, LEE H Oswald, Jack Ruby * Capitol T 2677	1967	VG/EX	£12
BOBBY SEARLE ~ GAGGED AND CHAINED	Sentencing of Bobby Searle for contempt * Live Interview * USA	1970	EX-/NM/NM	£12
DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.	IN THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM.. * Hallmark * 2 in stock..	1969	VG/VG	£8