Spanish sing-a-long

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vintage Spanish sing-a-long boxed set of records and song book

In our most recent e-mailout, we featured this somewhat eclectic mix if items seen below.

collection of recent antique and vintage finds including Spanish music boxed set

Amongst them was this fabulous record set… Escuchar y cantar or “Listen & sing”.

detail of cover of vintage 1950s Spanish song book & record box set contents of vintage 1950s Spanish song book & record box set

It’s a sing-a-long teaching aid for learning traditional Spanish songs, helping with pronunciation etc.

illustraion of Mexican bean wearing a sombrero

It comprises a set of records and an accompanying booklet written by Raymond N Jacovetti.

vintage illustration of identical red birds looking through telescopes

It was printed in New York by Holt, Rinehart & Winston and published in 1965.

vintahe illustration of little girl and old woman holding crooks looking for their sheep

The most striking feature is the gorgeous illustrations that the booklet is packed with.

vintage illustration of the heads of a man and several women with him holding a red heart above his favourite

They’re by someone called Mac Shepard.

vintage illustration of a little girl with a rocking horse

We’ve never come across his work before, but we were immediate converts.

He’s got his own distinctive style, but if we were going to compare him to anyone it would be Bill Charmatz who we’re big fans of… click here to check out the Flickr group we started.

vintage illustration of four mules

We’re now on the hunt for more examples of Mr Shepard’s artwork!