Terraplane Blues part 15

 Some rain today, but that was predicted to end by afternoon, and the temperatures were expected to be about 10 degrees above freezing, so it seemed like the day to go to the Studio.  (tomorrow may be icy, if the tv weathermen can be trusted) I brought the rock/pop book of discs with me, with no particular plans as to what I would play.  However, I knew I would be printing something for the potential print fair show coming up.  

I got to the Studio, and with Molly not around, put on some music.  What I ended up playing was a home burned copy of two Beatles albums, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour, two psychedelic albums from 1967 that fit well together.  Actually, the latter was just the six songs from the film in England on a pair of EP's, but in America it was turned into an LP by adding to the six songs some uncollected singles from that year, and the American version became the standard, so when compact discs of Beatles albums were finally done in the late 80's, that America only LP was used as the standard.  (the compact disc version lacks the booklet with photos and cartoon story telling of the film that appeared on the old LP, and I know because I have both) At some point I put the combination on disc to keep at the Studio, and so I have it now, and wrote about it in detail back in November of 2021 if you want to know more.

A few days ago I came in and trimmed away a few bits around the lettering of the lyrics (still didn't have a good copy of this one with the lyrics) and within the image, so all I had to do today was ink the block and tape a few minor problem areas.  A few areas needed further inking and rubbing, but no more than any other woodcut does, and the paper didn't slip this time. Results can be seen below:

It turned out as well as could be hoped.  The lettering of the lyrics is all clear, and the image is as good a copy as any I have ever printed.  I will sign and trim it later, but this one looks good.  One down, and 3 to 5 more to go, depending on what Tom wants.  I put this one in the rack to dry, and next time I pull a proof of another from the set of Robert Johnson prints.