Ten ROD MCKUEN LP's -- Sea, Sky, PASTORALE, The Beginning, ABOUT ME, In the Warm

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This lot contains ten 12-inch 33 rpm albums by or featuring Rod McKuen, two of them double albums and one of them a reissue of another. All are by Rod McKuen except as noted otherwise below. I threw them all together for a group shot in the first picture, then paired them up for the remaining pictures. 
I haven't played any of them, so I can only offer my rough visual gradings, along with any other observations about dating, cover condition or anything else. The records could all use a good cleaning, but otherwise, except as noted individually below, they appear to be in about VG+ condition, still nice and shiny and not enough visible surface wear to suspect anything other than just light and tolerable background noise. Likewise, except as noted individually below, the album covers can be assumed to be in solid and functional condition, with the seams intact but some typical light surface and edge wear. Please consult the pictures for stains, stickers or inscriptions on the covers.
So let's go through them one by one.
Pictures 2 & 3:
Stanyan # SR-5020 -- "Try Rod McKuen in the Privacy of Your Own Home", stereo and dated 1970.
Warner Bros. # W-1670 -- "The Sea", by the San Sebastian Strings, composed by Anita Kerr, written by Rod McKuen, mono, undated. The cover has splits started at the open ends of the top and bottom seams.
Pictures 4, 5 & 6:
Warner Bros. # WS-1720 -- "The Sky", by the San Sebastian Strings, composed by Anita Kerr, written by Rod McKuen, stereo, dated 1968. The record is more heavily played, probably about VG. The cover has partial splits at all three seams.
Warner Bros. double LP # 2WS-1894 -- "Pastorale", stereo, dated 1971, comes with the 12-page booklet shown in the sixth picture. The gatefold cover has some stains on the back.
Pictures 7 & 8:
Sunset # SUS-5273 -- "In the Beginning", electronically simulated stereo and undated.
Vocalion # VL-73884 -- "Written in the Stars (The Zodiac Suite)", stereo, undated. The record has a few more scratches, probably closer to VG.
Pictures 9 & 10:
RCA Victor # LSP-3863 -- "Listen to the Warm", stereo and undated. VG grade due to heavy play.
Pickwick double LP # PTP-2046. Record # 1 is "The Sounds of Day, The Sounds of Night" and Record # 2 is "About Me." It is stereo and undated. The gatefold cover has seam splits started at the open ends and some possible rodent damage at the upper right corner.
Pictures 11 & 12:
RCA Victor # LSP-3786 -- "Through European Windows", stereo and dated 1976. This is the most heavily played album in the whole group, certainly no better than VG. The cover has some heavy wear at the corners, and has been cropped at the lower right corner.
Pickwick # SPC-3189. "About Me", stereo and undated. This is the original release of Record # 2 of the double LP in pictures 9 and 10. 



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