BREAD LOVE & DREAMS Strange Tale of Captain Shannon and The Hunchback from Gigha
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Description
Bread Love and Dreams "THE STRANGE TALE OF CAPTAIN SHANNON AND THE HUNCHBACK FROM GIGHA".
Mono recording released by Decca LK 5048 in 1970.
Bread, Love & Dreams were a Scottish folk trio from Edinburgh comprising of David McNiven, Angie Ray, and Carolyn Davis. They released 3 albums between 1969 and 1971 but sadly made little if any impact on the UK record buying public. Which is a shame because they were extremely talented and despite the bizarre long winded name of this album, it is very good indeed.
BL&D were very much in the 'Pentagle' / 'Steeleye Span' mode which was a very late 1960s early 1970s 'sound' - soft folky, slightly faye but pleasant on the ear (a bit dated now) . For some reason this particular album is very rare and extremely sought after by collectors particularly the mono version.
This first pressing is typical of Decca albums of the period in that it has a mono/stereo 'hole' at the top right hand side of the reverse side of the cover. At that time, Decca released stereo recordings in a BLUE surround inner sleeve with the word STEREO (all the way round) and with a blue record label with the wording 'Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound'. The MONO copies (which this one is) came in RED surround inner sleeve with the word MONO all the way round and the record label was in red.
As mentioned already, there is a small hole at the top right of the reverse side of the cover through which you can see the inner sleeve colour surround to indicate whether you have a mono or stereo copy. Adjacent to it, is the catalogue numbers for both stereo and mono. This way, Decca only had to produce one cover for both stereo and mono.
The record's condition.
This record has been played a few times although not for many years. The vinyl is in excellent condition with minimal wear and few visible markings.
The front of the laminated sleeve is in good condition but the back has some signs of wear and handling. Added to which the back cover is coming away from the front cover at the bottom. This is common with this type of sleeve of that period and easily fixed with a bit of gum. I decided to leave the sleeve exactly as it is. If it is the music that matters, then this is a very good copy of this rare record.
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