Such an interesting release on so many levels
Excellent reproductions of Pro Hart artwork front and rear
Inside the gatefold is a brief description of the poet or wordsmith along with photographs of the readers
Excellent Australian verse/poems
Excellent Australian readers
Out Of The Bluegums - 150 Years Of Australian Verse (Limited Edition)
J & B Records
Cat# JB 200
1984 (probably) not indicated on the cover but J & B released catalogue numbers on either side of JB 200 in 1983 & 1985 and none of the printed bio material refers to years later than the late 1970's
Australian release
Gatefold cover is in excellent condition, no seam splits, no tears, no writing, very light handling wear to the edges and inside of the gatefold is also excellent.
New inner plastic sleeves
Both vinyl are in very good condition, inspected under a white halogen light I can see no scratches at all on every side. I then played all four sides completely and there are no issues with surface noise or clicks/pops. This is particularly important with such material and this record set is truly very very good to sit back and listen to, not just for the verse but also to once again hear the readers (many of whom have now passed on)
New outer protective sleeve
Each reading has a spoken intro or outro to guide the listener, the narrator is Ron Haddrick except for the Norman Lindsay poetry reading, where Simon Townsend gives a lengthy introduction to his reading.
There is also some musical content, particularly the outro's (nice traditional Australian music such as didgeridoo playing or folk banjo picking) but this content is not credited
Bio information incorrectly refers to Dorethea (Dorothea) MacKellar
Credit incorrect for Sir Robert Helpman (Helpmann)
There is no photograph of Ronald McCuaig
There is a photograph of Peter Allen, credited under the photograph with "I Still Call Australia Home" but the spoken lyrics are NOT credited on the record label at all - this is actually track A13 on Record 1 Side 1.
POET - VERSE - READER
James McAuley - The Convict & The Lady - Ron Haddrick
Dorothea MacKellar - Trees - Dawn Lake
Mary Durack-Miller - Ben Hartigan - Rolf Harris
Rhyll McMaster - Profiles Of My Father - Diane Cilento
Henry Lawson - Waratah & Wattle - Sir Robert Helpmann
Nan McDonald - Candles - Judy Morris
Douglas Stewart - The Silkworms - John Meillon
David Campbell - Windy Gap - Eddie Charlton
Henry Lawson - My Wife's Second Husband - Peter Lawson
Mary Gilmore - Heritage - Bobby Limb
Kath Walker - No More Boomarang - Charles Perkins
Kenneth Mackenzie - Friendship And Love - Ita Buttrose
Peter Allen - I Still Call Australia Home - Peter Allen *** spoken lyrics, not sung ***
Mary Gilmore - Nationality - Joan Sutherland
Henry Lawson - Separation - Rev Roger Bush
A.B Paterson - Riders In The Stand - Andrew Peacock
Judith Wright - The Company Of Lovers - Rowena Wallace
Les Murray - An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbox - Thomas Keneally
Henry Kendall - Bellbirds - Judy Stone
A.B Paterson - The Man From Snowy River - John Newcombe
"Anonymous" - The Wild Colonial Boy - Smoky Dawson
Judith Wright - Our Love Is So Natural - Dawn Fraser
Norman Lindsay - Magic Pudding - Simon Townsend
Vivian Smith - Family Album - Judy Morris
R.F Brissenden - Letter From Garella Bay - John Meillon
Spike Milligan - Orchid In My Glass/A Poem For The Lonely/Wasp/A Woodworm - Spike Milligan
Henry Kendall - The Last Of His Tribe - John Waters
Rhyll McMaster - A Round Song - Diane Cilento
P.J Hartigan - Said Hanrahan - Terry Willesee
Mary Gilmore - Nurse No Long Grief - Joan Sutherland
Jack Moses - Nine Miles From Gundgai - Bobby Limb
John Blight - Death Of A Whale - Simon Townsend
Dorothea MacKellar - My Country - Bert Newton
Victor Daley - Dreams - Dawn Lake
Ray Mathew - Young Man's Fancy - Eddie Charlton
Kath Walker - The Dispossessed - Charles Perkins
A.D Hope - Imperial Adam - Thomas Keneally
Ronald McCuaig - Love Me And Never Leave Me - Ronald McCuaig
Kenneth Slessor - Country Towns - Smoky Dawson
Alwyn Lee - The Southern Cross - Barry Humphries
Dame Edna Everage - Edna's Ode To Silver - Dame Edna Everage
Kenneth Slessor - Beach Burial - John Waters
Mary Gilmore - An Aboriginal Smile - Dawn Fraser
Mary Durack-Miller - Johnny Walker - Rolf Harris
Kath Walker - We Are Going - Rowena Wallace
A.B Paterson - Clancy Of The Overflow - Michael Edgley
Judith Wright - Woman To Man - Judy Morris
R.D Fitzgerald - This Nights Orbit - Joan Sutherland
Peter Lawson - Until Your Home Again - Peter Lawson
Kenneth Slessor - Polarities - Ron Haddrick
Rev. Roger Bush - A Prayer For The Nuclear Age - Rev Roger Bush
Alisha Salverstrin - The Way I See The World - Alisha Salverstrin
