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TitleBirds and other sounds of the countryside
Artist(s):Various
Category:BBC - RE* (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - RE* Albums.)
Label and catalogue number:Picture of images/labels/BBC Records and Tapes2.jpg labelBBC Records and Tapes2 - REC 299
Format:Vinyl Albums
Country:UK UK flag
Released:1977
Genre:Sound effects - Other animals View all other tracks listed as Sound effects - Other animals.
Run-off codes:REC 299 A-1 N N 1A
REC 299 B-1 AG Q 1
Item deleted?Yes
Distributed / printed byPicture of images/labels/Pye Records (Sales) Ltd.jpg labelPye Records (Sales) Ltd
Page views:980 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 6395, rank in albums is 3039.
My rating:*****
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Cover conditionNear mint
Record conditionNear mint
BBC records label codeD
Number have1
What type of seller was usedOther online shop
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Duplicates

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Duplicate item 1Reason Original label, condition MMFY
Run-off codes REC 299 A-3U-1-1-
REC 299 B-2-1-1-1

Tracks

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Side & track noTrack and ArtistLength
TOWNS AND SUBURBS
A1 House sparrows (All seasons)1.58
A2Suburban birds (Thrush, Robin, Sparrow, Starling) (Oct.-Feb.)2.04
A3Black-headed Gulls at park lake (Sept.-Mar.)1.15
A4Blackbirds and Sparrows (Late Feb.-early July)1.14
A5Robin song (Aug.-Feb.)0.51
FARMS, FIELDS AND HEDGEROWS
A6 Mistletoe Thrush song (Late Dec.-early June)1.26
A7Slylark aerial song (Jan.-July; late Sept.-early Nov.)0.50
A8Rookery and bird song (Late Mar.-June)1.03
A9Sheep, lambs, birds and stream (Spring)1.15
A10Swallows in chorus (Late summer and autumn)0.48
A11Ploughing with Herring Gulls calling (Winter)1.13
RIVER, FRESHWATER MARSH, FEE AND LAKE
A12 Mallard Ducks and Drakes (Autumn-spring)1.12
A13Lake with waterbirds and wind in reeds (Winter)1.37
A14Frogs and Toads (Spring)1.22
A15Sedge Warbler and other birds (April-July)1.18
SEA COAST
A16 Estuary or mudflats with Gulls and Wading Birds (Autumn-Spring)2.41
A17Northern estuary with Eiders, Terns and Gulls (Summer)0.54
A18Sandy beaches and coast with Common Terns (Summer)1.15
A19Rocky islands and sea-cliffs with Herring Gulls, Kittiwakes and Rock Pipit (Mar.-July)1.09
LOWLAND BROAD
B1 Leaved Woods And Forest - Autumn bird song; Great Tits (Late Aug.-late Oct.)0.58
B2Spring bird songs; Resident birds only (Feb.-Late Mar.)2.31
B3Song Thrush and Blackbird (Feb.-early July)1.16
B4Southern woodland chorus (South of York and east of Severn Estuary) (Late April-mid June)1.58
B5Cuckoo and other birds (Mid April-June)0.38
B6Late summer chorus with Wren, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Moorhen (July-mid Aug.)1.25
HIGHLAND PINE FOREST AND LAKESIDE
B7 Sheep and birds (Chaffinch, Coat Tit, Willow Warbler) (Late April-July)2.14
B8Bird calls by forest lakeside (Mid April-July)2.17
B9Dusk with Tawny Owl, Blackbird, Robin and running stream (Mar.-early July)1.24
CONIFER PLANTATION
B10 Goldcrest song. Mature plantations (Feb.-July)1.30
B11Bird songs with Claffinch, Coal Tit, Woodpigeon, Wren. Mature plantations (Feb.-July)1.23
B12Solo song Thrush. Plantations 7-14 years old (Nov.-July)1.36
B13Willow warblers in song. Plantations 4-15 years old (April-July)1.03
MOUNTAINS AND MOORLAND
B14 Pink-Footed Geese (N.E. England and Scotland) (Sept.-April)1.24
B15Moorland with rain, wind, Crows and Distant Geese (Location as for previous cut) (Sept.-April)0.50
B16Red Grouse Duet (Moors in Western and Northern British Isles) (Nov. & March-June)1.40
B17Golden Plover - Chorus (High Moors in N. and W. Britain) (April-July)0.30
B18Golden Plover - Single male (April-July)0.33
Total length of media 50:35.

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Front cover of REC 299
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Back cover of REC 299
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Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts

Sound effects volume 17
 

Other versions

I have the title track on these releases:
ZCM 299Birds and other sounds of the countryside
51.0121Efectos De Sonido Vol. 17

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