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!
.

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
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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

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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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

Section 3a: Caedmon Box Sets with matching p/b books.

All are 1969 ~ 1973 pressings, with packaging and vinyl as new!
SRS = Stereo
.

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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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
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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
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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
.

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
.

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

 

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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 
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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.
.

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

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

 

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Part 3: General Stock
.

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
.

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 HeartTransplantLP1968.jpg (23313 bytes) 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

Kossoff

Part 5: Miscellaneous LP's
.       

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