TS Eliot

AEast Coker
Bpart 2

Label: His Master's Voice
Catalogue number: C3599
Genre: Personalities (Prs)
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #14844

T. S. Eliot, the poet and literary figure, reciting his own poem 'East Coker' (from Four Quartets) on His Master's Voice. Eliot's own recordings of his work are rare and historically significant documents.

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