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Patsy BiscoeSings Your Fifty Favourite Nursery Rhymes

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Sings Your Fifty Favourite Nursery Rhymes

by Patsy Biscoe · 1973

10 pressings3 countriesNursery RhymesChildren's

Sings Your Fifty Favourite Nursery Rhymes was first pressed on vinyl in 1973. Every vinyl pressing is listed below with its label, catalog number and runout codes, so you can tell an original from a reissue.

How to spot a first pressing of Sings Your Fifty Favourite Nursery Rhymes

1 pressing came out in 1973, the album's first year. Compare the label and catalog number on your copy, then the codes etched or stamped in the runout groove (the dead wax around the label): they are the surest sign of an early pressing.

Australia

1973
Label and catalog number
EMS Records EMS 1001EMS Records E.M.S. 1001
Format
LP, Album
Runout / matrix

EMS 1001-1Hand Etched Side A

EMS 1001-2Hand Etched Side B

Full details of this pressing

Not sure how to read the runout? See matrix numbers, runout and dead wax and how to tell a first pressing.

All 10 vinyl pressings

By decade, oldest first. Open a pressing for its full label, barcode and runout details.

1970s5 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1973AustraliaEMS Records EMS 1001 / EMS Records E.M.S. 1001First yearLP, AlbumLP, Album
1973AustraliaEMS Records EMS 1001LP, Album, RepressLP, Album, Repress
1974New ZealandMusic World Ltd. EMS-1001 / Music World EMS 1001LP, AlbumLP, Album
1974New ZealandMusic World EMS-1001LP, AlbumLP, Album
1976New ZealandWorld Record Club 1870RLP, AlbumLP, Album
1980s3 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
1982AustraliaJ & B Records JB 109LPLP
1982New ZealandGolden Editions TVNZ-22LP, Album, RepressLP, Album, Repress
1983CanadaA&M Records SP 69503LP, Album, StereoLP, Album, Stereo
Year unknown2 pressings
YearCountryLabel and catalog numberFormat
?AustraliaOmega Records OM-1001LP, AlbumLP, Album
?AustraliaEMS Records 1001 / EMS Records E.M.S. 1001LP, Album · Colored vinylLP, Album · Colored vinyl

Tracklist

  1. A1Hey De Ho
  2. A2Mary Had A Little Lamb
  3. A3Goosey Goosey Gander
  4. A4It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
  5. A5Ride A Cock Horse
  6. A6Wee Willie Winkie
  7. A7Mary Mary Quite Contrary
  8. A8See Saw Margery Daw
  9. A9Simple Simon
  10. A10Humpty Dumpty
  11. A11Three Blind Mice
  12. A12Little Red Engine
  13. A13To Market, To Market
  14. A14Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
  15. A15I Had A Little Nut Tree
  16. A16Baa Baa Black Sheep
  17. A17Hey Diddle Diddle
  18. A18Piggy Wig And Piggy Wee
  19. A19Little Blue Boy
  20. A20Oh Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?
  21. A21Incy Wincy Spider
  22. A22Mr. Frog
  23. A23Rock A Bye Baby
  24. A24Gee-Up Neddy
  25. A25Jack In The Box
  26. B1Hop, Hop, Hoppity Hop
  27. B2On The Sand
  28. B3Kookaburra Laugh
  29. B4Michael Finnigan
  30. B5My Grandfather’s Clock
  31. B6Hickory Dickory Dock
  32. B7Milkman’s Horse – Baker’s Horse
  33. B8Lucy Grasshopper
  34. B9Mrs. Snail
  35. B10Higgledy Piggledy My Black Hen
  36. B11Naughty Little Hen
  37. B12Old Mother Hubbard
  38. B13Cock A Doddle Doo
  39. B14Freddy Frog
  40. B15Jimmy Monkey
  41. B16Jack And Jill
  42. B17Hide And Seek
  43. B18Little Miss Muffett
  44. B19Little Jack Horner
  45. B20Polly Put The Kettle On
  46. B21Georgie Porgie
  47. B22Tom, Tom The Piper’s Son
  48. B23There Was An Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe
  49. B24My Son John
  50. B25Golden Slumbers

Questions

How many vinyl pressings of Sings Your Fifty Favourite Nursery Rhymes are there?

10 vinyl pressings of Sings Your Fifty Favourite Nursery Rhymes are listed here, from 3 countries, released between 1973 and 1983.

When was Sings Your Fifty Favourite Nursery Rhymes first released on vinyl?

The earliest pressings are from 1973, in Australia. One of them is EMS Records EMS 1001.

How do I tell if my copy of Sings Your Fifty Favourite Nursery Rhymes is a first pressing?

Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use EMS 1001) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above; for example, EMS 1001-1 and EMS 1001-2. Later reissues often keep the catalog number but change the label design or the runout codes.

How much is Sings Your Fifty Favourite Nursery Rhymes on vinyl worth?

It depends on which pressing you have and on the condition of the record and its sleeve. Early pressings from the album's home country in near mint condition are usually worth the most; common later reissues are worth far less. Scan your copy with VinylLens to see its value for every grade.

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