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[Brooklyn]: People's Songs, 1948. Audio 45rpm. Two 6.5 inch recordings on laminated illustrated cardboard released by People's Songs, unknown if they are still playable, in plain white original sleeve. Four songs released in conjunction with Henry Wallace's campaign in 1948 (Great Day is illustrated with two photos of Wallace) sung by Michael Loring, Paul Robeson and the Yankee Doodle Chorus. Especially entertaining and still relevant is the song The Same Old Merry Go Round with lyrics (written around the edge of the record) "The Donkey is Tired and Thin, The Elephant Thinks He'll Move In, they all yell and fuss, but they ain't foolin' us, 'cause they're brothers right under the skin!

Los Angeles: Privately Printed at the Pueblo Press [for editor-authors], 1939. Hardcover. 18p., b&w illustrations and facsimiles, rear pocket with zoetrope wheel; text printed on calendared paperstock with edges left untrimmed, hardbound issue, 10.5x8 inches; has a lovely coarse-linen spine over matte-black boards with printed face label. Copy no.145 of 250 only. Cloth-backing is mildly toned from handling; preliminary leaves and terminal leaf bear a small faint damp-stain while leaves between are free of it; pastedown has a private bookplate (a very nice one), the ffep and next blank both are inscribed by Charles Clarke to art director Leland Fuller: a rather formal presentation on ffep, and a warm personal one on the blank. A very good copy. Inscribee Fuller (1899-1962) was Hollywood art director, worked on numerous films from 1943 til his death including Viva Zapata!, was oscar-nominated for that and five others.

Sylva, NC: Goodkind of Sound, [c199-?]. Pamphlet. [4]p., corner stapled, 8.5x11 inches; in very good condition. Cassette tapes on masculinity covering aimed at both heterosexual and homosexual men.

New York: Mercury Record Corporation, 1950. Handbill. Huge folio leaf printed in two colors and folded once to make a sleeve for a 12" phonograph record: we have this printed sleeve only. It lists sixty artists, from Dinah Washington to Cannon Ball Adderly; and on another side lists many many recordings. Item has been folded once again, vertically, and will be sent thus (i.e., shipped as an 11.5x6 inch folder). Good clean copy.

[Becket, MA-?]: Sweet Now Records, 2008. 41p., CD in plastic sleeve velcroed inside back cover. Photocopied zine format, 5.5x8.5 inches in staplebound wraps, with text about ecology, civilization, and explanations of the songs to be found on the CD. Third edition.

[San Francisco]: n.pub, 1993. Footage of the parade, recorded on a standard Maxell T-120 tape, in a case with a colorful cover by Schwing Design hailing 1993 as "Year of the Queer.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1972. Hardcover. xiv, 504p., illus., very good condition in like dust jacket. Music in American Life.

San Francisco: Self-published by the author, 2006. CD_rom w/ pamphlet. 40p., a tiny zine with a tiny CD tucked into a nice black envelope inside rear cover. Slight wrinkles here & there, a touch of dust-soil and smudge to covers, a very good copy. Author Scott identifies as a punk rock type but the music (unheard by us) to judge by titles listed is at least partly traditional. The photos are mostly pedestrian views local to the Bay Area. Furthermore (now we're quoting Scott): "INFO: STALOWA-WOLA (pronounced Sta-lova Vo-la) is: A.M. Scott & Stephen Barkley. These songs were recorded in the winter of 2005 in the living room of a San Francisco tenement. Stalowa Wola is a town in south eastern Poland. Andrew lives in San Francisco and Stephen lives in England. However, there was a time in which both lived in Krakow.

Washington, D. C.: GPO, 1975. v, 674, v, to 1379. Buff House wraps, fine clean volumes. 94th congress, first session. Serial no. 26.