B33467 – Disc Weekly/Disc and Music Echo Music Paper 1966 Collection (UK)

A collection of Disc Weekly and Disc and Music Echo papers from 1966 (Disc Weekly changed its name to Disc and Music Echo in 1966). There are 46 issues in total. The first issue is from the 1st January and the last is from the 31^st December. 6 of the issues have black and white covers with the remaining 35 having colour covers. Issues Jan 15th, Feb 12th, Feb 19th, Feb 26th, March 5th, March 19th, March 26th, April 2nd and April 16th are missing.

Disc was one of the top selling music papers of the early 60s. It was more lightweight in style than some of its competitors such as Melody Maker but nevertheless it provided extensive details of all the current news and record releases. It also contains some fabulous photographs which were not seen elsewhere.

It normally contained around 20 pages. Disc measured 30.5cm x 40.5cm (12 inches x 16 inches). All of the issues are laid flat. The conditions are as follows: several are very good minus, of the remainder half are very good and half are very good plus.