Item Description
BEGGAR S HILLSAME MOONSHINE MS60Matrix numbers MS 60 A2 STAMPED MS 60 B ETCHED Much sought after private press featuring covers of songs by Fairport Convention, Ewan McColl and Richard Thompson.
As you can see from the price sticker this is one of the 100 copies which were sold at the time.
In total 155 copies of this album are known to exist.
The Beggar s Hill website gives more information about this: The album was released in 1976 as a private pressing of 500 copies and was for sale for 2.60, which was just a little below the price in those days for albums bought in record shops.
By late 1977, with no members of the group in the local area to promote it at gigs, the venture had quietly faded away, so I closed the business, de-registered for VAT and claimed back an income tax rebate due to the business loss.
In 1976 there had been 500 copies of the album, of which about 100 were sold and another 15 or so given to newspapers, magazines, libraries etc.
for review purposes to assist with promotion, so that left me with about 385 copies, at first ...............
But by the end of 1977, I was getting married to Janice and we were buying our first house.
It s probably hard to imagine, but 385 copies takes up a huge amount of space.
Each box held 40 copies of the record and inner sleeve, and was about 12 inches x 12 inches x 4 inches or 300 x 300 x 100 mm in metric , and there must have been 10 boxes of records, and then 10 more boxes of the same size for the covers.
That takes up a lot of space which we did not have available in our first house.
So I kept a box of records and a box of covers and took the rest to the local rubbish dump.
After all, there was no chance of selling any more, was there? The group all had separate lives, careers and families, and I heard nothing more until .........
Vinyl is NM and label features an MPCS royalty stamp.
The sleeve is in NM- condition with one tiny crease on the spine.
Please note all bidders from the Russian Federation will need to to pay the extra to have items sent by registered mail.
This is due to a number of recent losses in the postal system.
Happy bidding Please note I use UK Record Collector grading system for all albums with the addition of the accepted Near Mint category: 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.
NEAR MINT: The record appears new but is known to have been played because the label has light spindle marks or because it has come from a previous owner and is assumed to have been played by them 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.
GOOD: The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches.
The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discolouration, etc.
FAIR: The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise it may even jump.
The cover and contents will be torn, stained and / or defaced.
POOR: The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc.
The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.
BAD: The record is unplayable or might even be broken, and is only of use as a collection filler.
I try to be as accurate as possible, however, we are all human so if there are any problems please let me know VERTIGO SWIRL HARVEST ACID FOLK PSYCH FAIRPORT COVENTION ISLAND NICK DRAKE SANDY DENNY VERTIGO SWIRL HARVEST ACID FOLK PSYCH FAIRPORT COVENTION ISLAND NICK DRAKE SANDY DENNY VERTIGO SWIRL HARVEST ACID FOLK PSYCH FAIRPORT COVENTION ISLAND NICK DRAKE SANDY DENNY
