Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover looks good, moderate scuffing, some surface impressions and discoloration with darker spots (front/back). Inner-sleeve is a replacement from Capitol Records; three seams partially split. Spine is easy-to-read with mild wear. Little shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use. Mono Dynagroove pressing. (Not a cut-out.)
Ballads of the Green Berets, by Barry Sadler, is a plaintive collection of Vietnam war songs created by Sadler, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. Sadler is a non-commissioned officer with the Green Berets of the U.S. Army Special Forces. Here are the songs of men in action, sung against impending death, loneliness, despair and hardship, performed by a survivor of those experiences. Fighting men have sung their songs from the dawn of civilization; songs written on shields, battlements, helmets. Sergent Sadler's compositions are part of a great tradition that binds brave men together through history. The Ballad of the Green Berets is a tribute to his buddies. There are songs of courage (Badge of Courage and Salute to the Nurses) and of irony (Garet Trooper).