FOLK-HOLY GRAIL-SHIRA SMALL-THE LINE OF TIME AND THE PLANE OF NOW PRI
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PRIVATE PRESS,LABEL-NO NAME-NUMBER LC7475 ONLY 500 COPIES PRESSED. THE RECORD IS IN BEAUTIFUL MINT- CONDITION.THE COVER IS VG++.THIS IS A PLAIN WHITE COVER,BOTTOM SEAM IS 2 THIRDS OPEN,TOP SEAM IS HALF OPEN
BEAR IN MIND A HOME MADE SHEET WITH ARTWORK WAS PRINTED AND PASTED ON AS THE FRONT COVER.THERE IS A GLUE MARK ON BACK WHICH I AM GUESSING IS FROM A PASTED ON TRACK LISTING WHICH CAME LOOSE AND FELL OFF
THIS RECORD ONLY TURNS UP ONCE IN MANY YEARS,SO I SUGGEST YOU GRAB IT WHILE YOU CAN!!!! THIS REALLY IS ONE OF THOSE RECORDS YOU MAY NEVER SEE AGAIN!! HERE IS A BRIEF HISTORY OF THIS RECORDING
RECORDED IN 1974 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF A SENIOR PROJECT AT A SMALL QUAKER BOARDING SCHOOL IN NEWTOWN PENNSYLVANIA,[ETERNAL LIFE] IS THE PRODUCT OF SHIRA SMALL'S FOUR YEARS AWAY FROM THE WAGNER PROJECTS IN EAST HARLEM. THE SONG CAME TOGETHER FRO A SCRIBBLING ON A BASEMENT WALL['CHANGE OF LIFE'S ONLY CONSTANT FACTOR']AND A TROUBLING REMEDIAL MATH CLASS [THE LINE OF TIME AND THE PLANE OF NOW']. RECOGNIZING TALENT,HER MUSIC TEACHER LARS CLUTTERHAM CONVINCED SHIRA TO RECORD AN ALBUM OF ORIGINAL MATERIAL AS HER SENIOR PROJECT. THE MONEY TO PRESS THE ALBUM WAS DRUMMED UP BY PRE-SALES AND A FEW GENEROUS PARENTS,WITH ALL 500 COPIES BEING DISTRIBUTED TO STUDENTS AND FACULTY OF THE GEORGE SCHOOL. THE ALBUM'S OTHER HIGHLIGHT,'GIMME MAGIC' WAS ALSO RELEASED ON JOURNEY OF PERSEPHONE,A BIZARRE STUDENT MUSICAL PERFORMED BY THE SCHOOL'S THEATER DEPARTMENT. IT WAS SMALL'S FINAL PERFORMANCE.
