MENTO 78 "TALKING PARROTT" COUNT LASHER Vg+
  £   22
  $   29

 


£ 22 Sold For
Jan 22, 2010 Sold Date
Jan 12, 2010 Start Date
£   11 Start price
2   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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Description

A VERY GOOD COPY OF THIS ULTRA RARE MENTO 78rpm RECORD from COUNT LASHER with CHARLIE BINGER & HIS CALYPSONIANS 

TALKING PARROTT   b/w   CINEMASCOPE

Count Lasher

Real Name: Terence Parkins   Profile: Count Lasher was most likely mento's greatest single talent. He was one of mento's very best vocalists (along with Harold Richardson) and one of its very best writers (along with Everard Williams). Lasher was equally at home recording in the rural and urban mento styles, just as he was recording original compositions as well as old Jamaican mento/folk songs.

He was Jamaica's biggest golden age mento star, full of talent and charisma. His popularity was only rivaled by the cross-over fame of Lord Flea.

Lasher was also one of mento's most prolific artists, recording at least 50 tracks right through the first part of the 1970s, by which time he had moved from various mento sounds to a brief dalliance with ska and then into reggae.

For all the many singles he recorded, Lasher has never released a CD or LP. And although a handful of his tracks are available today considering his stature, Count Lasher may be the single most neglected artist in the history of Jamaican recorded music.

Count Lasher died in 1977 at the age of 51.

 

DISC DETAILS

JAMAICA KALYPSO RL15   10" 78rpm Shellac

A SIDE:  TALKING PARROTT  

B SIDE:- CINEMASCOPE

  Condition - Vg+   (Some scuffs and marks but the record PLAYS GREAT - There is a signature on the label of the A side - see scan)        HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO BID ON THIS MEGA-RARE MENTO 78

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10" 78 RPM RECORDS NEED CAREFULLY PACKING, AND I CLAIM TO HAVE THE BEST PACKAGING IN THE WORLD FOR DISPATCHING THEM!!

 

THE GREG'S GREAT'S SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A SPECIALLY DESIGNED INNER BOX MADE OUT OF 1" THICK POLYSTYRENE, WHICH THEN GOES INSIDE A DOUBLE CORREGATED STIFF OUTER CARDBOARD CARTON. THE BOXES CAN TAKE UP TO 21 RECORDS,

 

USUALLY FOR MAILING OVERSEAS, I RECOMMEND NO MORE THAN 7 IN A BOX, OTHERWISE IT GOES OVER THE AIRMAIL SMALL PACKET MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF 2Kgs WHICH CAUSES A LARGE HIKE IN POSTAL RATES.

 

I SEND OUT ON AVERAGE ABOUT 30 PARCELS A WEEK AND DISPATCH IS NORMALLY DONE ONCE A WEEK - SO IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR RECORD WITHIN A WEEK IN THE UK, PLEASE DON'T BE TOO SURPRISED - YOU MAY HAVE JUST PAID FOR IT THE DAY AFTER I'VE DONE THE PARCEL RUN!! - ON THE OTHER HAND YOU MAY HAVE HIT IT LUCKY, AND GET THE PARCEL WITHIN A DAY OR TWO!! 

 

IF YOU REALLY HAVE AN URGENT REQUIREMENT FOR THE RECORD - BIRTHDAY PRESENT, WEDDING, FUNERAL etc PLEASE TELL ME - (BECAUSE I CAN'T READ MINDS!) I WILL DO MY BEST TO GET IT OUT FOR YOU URGENTLY.

 

IF A RECORD ARRIVES CRACKED OR BROKEN DESPITE MY BEST EFFORTS WITH THIS FANTASTIC PACKAGING I WILL REFUND THE MONEY IN FULL. - JUST SEND ME A QUICK SCAN - IF IT IS A VERY RARE RECORD I MAY ASK YOU TO SEND IT BACK OTHERWISE IT WILL BE YOURS TO KEEP OR DISPOSE OF.

 

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