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Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover looks good, a few creases near edges; light scuffing and some surface impression (front/back); back has slight discoloration with darker spots and front has some tiny spots of surface abrasion. Inner-sleeve is original (RCA ad); one seam partially split. Spine is somewhat readable with wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge with splits and developing splits. Wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of use and divots. Stereo pressing. (Not a cut-out.)

Beauty and the Beard, by Al Hirt, is a duet with singer Ann Margret. The album reached No. 84 on the Billboard Top LPs chart in 1964 and No. 47 on the Cashbox Top 100 Albums. Billboard Magazine awarded the album 'Special Merit' in their review column, stating that the record was "a wild and woolly combination. Ann-Margret and Al Hirt dish out a togetherness-type swingers. Ann-Margret does the huffin' while Al Hirt does the puffin'...duo provides much listenable entertainment." In their review of the album, Cashbox praised the album as "delightfully entertaining... the trumpeter also turns singer here as he and the lark give good humored readings of My Baby Just Cares for Me, Everybody Loves My Baby and The Best Man and nine other lively tunes. Some brisk trumpet rides by Hirt add color to the session."
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