From 1957, courtesy of Dover Publications. Yet another clever and optimistic vinyl packaging effort from the 1950s. This is one of fourteen language record/booklet combinations published by Dover. For a buck you get a 7-inch language lesson record and a phrasebook.
I love the die-cut sleeve, revealing the orange half-circle on the phrasebook cover.
The booklet contains 128 phrases, such as "Yes" (Da), "No" (Ne), and a favorite in any language, "Perhaps" (Mozda). Other useful phrases include "Ja sam gladan" (I am hungry), "Molim, govorite sporije" (Please speak more slowly), "Zasto?" (Why?), "Kako se kaze 'man' na srpskohrvatskom?" (How do you say 'man' in Serbo-Croatian?), "Ja necu te kolace" (I do not want this pastry), "Zadrzite ostaak" (Keep the change), and "Zalutao" (I am lost).
The record itself contains the instructions on its very austere label:
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