1 33 RPM vinyl record: 2 sides, total time 39 minutes 35 seconds

1 33 RPM vinyl record, 'The Sound of Cricket' by John Arlott and The Yetties. The record consists of anecdotes by Arlott about cricket, together with songs by The Yetties. The sleeve contains photographs of Arlott and The Yetties, the Somerset team of 1951, and Billy Beldham. The record was produced by David Rayvern Allen, who also wrote the sleeve notes. Side A consists of the following speeches and songs: [0:00-0:57] Introduction by Arlott [0:57-2:50] Song: 'Cricket on the Village Green' by The Yetties [2:50-5:20] Speech by Arlott: 'Maker of bat and ball' (Arlott talks about Hambledon Cricket Club and John Small) [5:20-8:22] Song: 'John Small' by The Yetties [8:22-12:35] Speech by Arlott: 'The Cricketers of Hambledon on Windmill Down, 1789' [12:35-15:53] Song: 'Stonewall Jack' by The Yetties [15:53-17:18] Speech by Arlott: 'The Old Cricketer' [17:18-18:42] Song: 'I keeps it there or thereabout' by The Yetties [18:42-19:02] Speech by Arlott (introducing the next song) [19:02-20:30] Song: 'The Flower Bowler' by The Yetties. Side B consists of the following speeches and songs: [0:00-1:12] Speech by Arlott: 'Fred Grace' (Arlott talks about G F Grace's death) [1:12-3:23] Song: 'The High Catch' by The Yetties (the song recalls a famous catch by G F Grace, made for England against Australia at The Oval in 1880) [3:23-5:44] Speeches by Arlott: 'The Master' (Arlott talks about J B Hobbs) and 'Artful Dodgers' (Arlott talks about spin bowlers as an introduction to the next song) [5:44-6:55] Song: 'A tickle o' me spinnin' finger' by The Yetties [6:55-7:20] Speech by Arlott (introducing the next song) [7:20-9:23] Song: 'Four jolly bowlers' by The Yetties [9:23-10:24] Speech by Arlott: 'Pride of the county' (Arlott talks about Harold Gimblett's first-class debut for Somerset against Essex in 1935, when he made a century) [10:24-15:30] Song: 'Harold Gimblett's hundred' by The Yetties [15:30-16:15] Speech by Arlott: 'Ian Botham, Somerset C.C.C.' (Arlott talks about Ian Botham and a request by Somerset County Cricket Club for The Yetties to write a song about Somerset) [16:15-18:40] Songs by The Yetties: 'Somerset' and 'Beefy's Army' [18:40-19:05] Closing remarks by Arlott.

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