Wild Billy Childish EXCLUSIVE 200th Anniversary WOODCUT EDITION LPs

Published on the occasion of the L-13 Albion Press reaching its 200 year anniversary*, we are pleased to release these two Wild Billy Childish LPs in exclusive hand pressed woodcut covers.

The Guy Hamper Trio (featuring James Taylor): The Goddess Tree
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The Chatham Singers: Step Out

Vinyl pressed by Spinout Nuggets for their releases of the same LPs in regular covers.

Our covers are printed with woodcuts drawn and cut by Billy and printed on our ancient 1825 Albion Press, then rubber stamped with titles and track listings.

Limited Editions of only 113 numbered copies of each

We’re also offering 31 sets of both LPs at a reduced rate. Click on the drop down menu for details.

At the time of writing the covers are still drying, but will hopefully be ready for dispatch on or soon after 21st March.

NB: All of these covers are pressed on a cranky 200 year-old Albion Press and hand rubber stamped by imperfect humans. The prints may vary in strength, tone and position from the ones shown here, adding variety and the beauty of the uncontrollable to our lives.

* The Albion Press is an early cast iron hand printing press, originally designed and manufactured in London by Richard Whittaker Cope in the 1820’s. It was made just down the road from the L-13 Light Industrial Workshop in Clerkenwell (formerly known as the Borough of Finsbury) which became the centre of printing in London. Our model is dated 1825 and is the 135th Albion Press to have been made by Cope. Both the date and machine number are engraved/stamped on the lever arm. The press would originally have been used for printing books but we bought ours in 2006 almost exclusively to press Billy Childish/Bill Hamper woodcuts.