John Betjeman Reads Selected Poetry 1959 LP

Following the success of his Collected Poetry, which was at one time selling a thousand copies a day, Betjeman recorded a selection for an LP release in America. The British rights were swiftly acquired by the British label, Argo, a label initially specialising in "British music played by British artists" that became a label primarily specialising in spoken word recordings. The cover photograph is by Cecil Beaton, the renowned British fashion, portrait and war photographer and sleeve notes by Arthur Luce Klein, the founder and president of Spoken Arts, a pioneering company in the USA in the field of recorded literature.

Side One
1 - False Security
2 - Hunter Trials
3 - North Coast Recollections
4 - Seaside Golf
5 - Norfolk
6 - Sunday In Ireland
7 - Remorse
8 - Youth And Age On Beaulieu River

Side 2
9 - A Subaltern's Love Song
10 - Reproof Deserved
11 - Beside The Seaside
12 - Business Women
13 - House Of Rest
14 - Song Of A Night-Club Proprietress
15 - The Licorice Field At Pontefract

LP is in mint condition, don't think its ever been played

See my other ads for more spoken word LPs including Dylan Thomas, Ogden Nash, T.S. Eliot, Robert Graves, Stephen Spender, John Betjamin, W.H. Auden.