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27 Mar 20 - 08:10 AM (#4042382) Subject: Magic In Ballads booklet From: GUEST,Barney Sloane Hi all - I'm doing some research on early-70s folk-horror classic Hearken To The Witches Rune by Dave and Toni Arthur, and was recently told that certain copies of the album came with a booklet entitled 'Magic In Ballads' - does anybody have a copy of this they could possibly scan, please? Copies (and details) seem maddeningly elusive! |
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27 Mar 20 - 10:02 AM (#4042405) Subject: RE: Magic In Ballads booklet From: cnd Barney, if you don't mind straining your eyes there is a fairly low-quality picture set of the book here Your best bet would be searching for the album on sales-archiving websites (like roots vinyl guide, linked above, or worthpoint.com, or a similar site of your choice) and NOT the booklet and hope you find sales pictures that included the booklet. The one I shared was the "best" and most complete one I could find, but as you can see, not a great picture. But it's a start |
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27 Mar 20 - 10:17 AM (#4042410) Subject: RE: Magic In Ballads booklet From: GUEST,Starship Awesome find, cnd. |
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27 Mar 20 - 10:47 AM (#4042414) Subject: RE: Magic In Ballads booklet From: GUEST,Barney Sloane Got sorted, cheers! Derek Schofield (gentleman and scholar of this parish) sent some photos of his copy earlier. I've combined them into a pdf which I've uploaded here if anyone's interested. |
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27 Mar 20 - 10:52 AM (#4042417) Subject: RE: Magic In Ballads booklet From: cnd Thanks Starship, and glad you found it Barney! |
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27 Mar 20 - 10:54 AM (#4042418) Subject: RE: Magic In Ballads booklet From: cnd I should also mention that if you want a physical version, the tail end of the booklet mentions it was also published in Folk Unlimited, a magazine published in 1970, though it appears to be nearly equally as obscure. |
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27 Mar 20 - 05:02 PM (#4042488) Subject: RE: Magic In Ballads booklet From: Reinhard I've converted this into HTML (and corrected a very few typos): Dave & Toni Arthur: Magic in Ballads |
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28 Mar 20 - 08:44 AM (#4042582) Subject: RE: Magic In Ballads booklet From: GUEST,Barney Sloane Thank you Reinhard! |
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29 Mar 20 - 05:16 AM (#4042783) Subject: RE: Magic In Ballads booklet From: GUEST,SteveT Thanks for the transcription; an interesting read. If anyone wants other information magic in the Child ballads I can recommend Folklore in the English and Scottish Ballads by L C Wimberly. |
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29 Mar 20 - 11:01 AM (#4042879) Subject: RE: Magic In Ballads booklet From: cnd If you want to read a fictionalized version of folk songs and the supernatural, Manly Wade Wellman's Silver John series is an interesting read. Supposedly, Wellman didn't make up all of the songs but did make up some, so there is a bit of work sorting between what's real and what's not, but I enjoyed the series a great deal. (As a side note, Joe Bethancourt recorded an album of songs from the book, which I've been attempting to track down. I bumped the thread recently for unrelated reasons). |