The cover is in great condition, with some minor rubbing where you insert the album and a couple of minor creases on the spine, which is beautifully legible. The labels are pristine and the vinyl is delicious, with occasional background crackle and odd click, which should in no way spoil your enjoyment of this fab album. All in all, great shape. Cleaned on a VPI Cyclone RCM. For photos and music review, see my .com site

VINYL: VG+

LABEL: Ex

COVER: VG+

Side 1

1. B.C. people
2. All around my grandmother’s floor
3. Red and green Christmas
4. Mr tambourine man
5. The message

Side 2

1. Bermondsey
2. Sorrow
3. Hurricane Hattie
4. Spring
5. Travel on
6. The message
7. All around my grandmother’s floor

Nadia Cattouse was born in Belize City, British Honduras (now Belize), but moved to London in the early 1950’s. She was an actress (Play for Today, Dixon of Dock Green etc) and a singer described in Melody maker as ‘one of the giants of the British folk-song revival’. She was also one of Al Stewart’s inspirations in the mid 60’s, as they were playing in the same folk clubs such as 49 Greek St and Les Cousins.

This is a beautiful album with some stunning tracks, starting with some stunning double bass on the fantastic ‘B.C. people’. Some of the standout tracks being the Andy Roberts penned ‘On my grandmother’s floor’ and ‘Red and green Christmas’, plus a fab version of Dylan’s ‘Mr Tambourine Man’. Side 2 is a live set at the 1969 Edinburgh Festival and has another great version of ‘On my grandmother’s floor’ and ‘Bermondsey’. There is also a very heartfelt rendition of ‘Hurricane Hattie’ recalling a devastating hurricane that hit her homeland, Belize.

This is a fabulous album and is highly recommended, especially with the vinyl in such good condition.