EWELL CASTLE SCHOOL "PILGRIM" (private pressing) rare 1st LP from 1974
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Description
EWELL CASTLE SCHOOL "PILGRIM" (private pressing) rare 1st LP from 1974
Title: "Pilgrim" Artist: EWELL CASTLE SCHOOL Year of Issue: 1974 Label: Private Pressing Cat no: none Stamper codes: RCJ A1/RCJ B1 Country of Issue: UK GradingsRecord: EX+ Sleeve:
EX Label: EX+
Further Information/Comments
Personnel Cast Richard Guymer:Pilgrim Mark Flint:Faithful Martyn Neale:Evangelist Richard Chaundy:Mr Worldly Wise
Instrumentalists Peter Back (organ, piano) Michael Howarth (rhythm guitar) Gregory Wheeler (drums) Alasdair McKerrell (bass)
Choir Howard Tucker, Roddy Togulga, Nigel Henderson, William Langley, Mark Stew, Ruper Flint, Peter Brodnicki, Graham Ballard, Trevor Cox, Ian Hamilton, Robert Sparrowe, Clive Winter, Nichloas Thomas, Gavin Kenchington, Colin Stanley, Martin Orpe, Geoffrey Loftus, Martin Lawrence, Anthony Horn, Neil Pratt, Robert Marsh, Andrew Thorp, Clive Bowden, Matthew Cripps, Michael Symes, Keith Barrett, Andrew Simpson.
In Epsom, Surrey, Ewell Castle School is a school for boys ages 3-18 and girls ages 3-11. Founded in 1926, it continues operation today. In the 1970s, LPs were made of 2 different musical/theatrical presentations, one in 1974 and one in 1979. These are what are commonly known as School Project LPs.
The hard to find first LP Pilgrim was based on John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress. The 2nd more common LP was called Omnibus and consisted of parts of 3 different presentations: "Gawain and the Green Knight", "Celestial Omnibus", and "The Gold Road". These performances featured student actors with musical accompaniment. This album was recorded at R.G. Jones Studios in Wimbledon (with the renowned Gerry Kitchingham as engineer) and On both LPs, the music was written by Peter Back and the lyrics by John Andrews.
Records are play graded on the following system;
Turntable:Linn Basik, with a Linn Akito Arm, fitted with a Shure M75EJ Type 2 cartridge Amplifier:Unison Research, Aria Unico 1 Speakers:TDL Studio 1
The record has been cleaned on a Loricraft Audio PRC 3 Professional Record Cleaning Machine using L'Art Du Son Record Cleaning Fluid. ______________________________________________________
I am a collector who has been collecting records for nearly 30 years, and these records are either part of my collection that I no longer require, or have acquired over the years as part of a job lot I purchased. My main motivation for selling records is to finance the purchase of further records for my collection.
I have been buying and selling on Ebay since July 2000, and have a 100% positive feedback rate. I pride myself on giving accurate gradings and doing everything I can to ensure that every sale goes smoothly.
I believe that collectable records are only worth what someone is willing to pay for them, so all my auctions have a realistic starting price in relation to their rarity and/or condition.
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My gradings are based on the system used by Record Collector magazine as described below
Mint: The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.??
Excellent: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and/or creasing.??
Very Good: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.
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Postage and PackagingAll records are sent securely packaged in purpose made mailers with at least 2 cardboard stiffeners, clearly marked fragile.I always remove the record from the outer sleeve (to avoid seam split whilst in transit) and then insert the record and sleeve into a brand new polythene sleeve.
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Postage & Packaging
rates
Each
LP
For each additional LP
or Double LP's add
United Kingdom (2nd class signed for)
£4.50
£1.00
Europe (Airsure – Tracked)
£9.82
£3.00
USA, Canada & Asia (Airsure – Tracked)
£13.45
£3.50
Australia & New Zealand (Airsure – Tracked)
£13.75
£3.70
___________________________________________Payment
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Sorry, but I do not send packages to Central and South America and Africa due to high fraud rates.
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Thanks for looking and good luck bidding!
521 (GS 6.6.1 (521))
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