ANSERMET: Music Of Rimsky-Korsakov (Decca SXL 2113 UK Stereo LP) ED1 WBg BBB

	£		205
	$		272

     

Ernest Ansermet/ L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande

Music of Rimsky-Korsakov

(Decca SXL 2113 UK Stereo LP 1959)

 

This is a 1959 UK Stereo 1st pressing LP in very nice overall condition! It has a fully laminated sleeve which has an extremely thin spine. The "spine text" is on the rear sleeve next to the spine edge. There is a flipback at the top & bottom of the rear sleeve. These have a rounded die-cut centre area. There is a "Blue Border" around the text on the rear sleeve. The rear of the sleeve also has a printing date on the bottom flipback (J.P. 59.2). This means that the sleeve was printed in February 1959. It comes with its original polythene-lined generic "FFSS" company paper inner sleeve.

The record is pressed on thick vinyl & has ED1 "wide band" Decca labels. These are deep grooved also. They have the "Original Recordings By.." text on them. The record has 1st press ZAL-3625-1K and ZAL-3626-2K matrix numbers. 

This is a genuine Stereo UK 1st pressing. It has a fully laminated sleeve which has a blue border around the text on the rear. It also has an early 1959 printing date on the rear sleeve. It has the earliest matrix numbers too. This is a rare UK Stereo Classical LP in very nice overall condition too. Hard to find like this!

I have some other rare & collectible 1950's & 1960's UK Stereo Classical LP's for sale too. This includes several other "Ernest Ansermet/ OSR" ED1 LP's. So please see my other listings. Don't miss out!

Sleeve: There is some more moderate rubbing wear to the bottom two corner tips. This has caused an extremely small 0.5 cm seam split at the bottom sleeve opening edge. There is light or mild rubbing wear to the top two corner tips. There is light, mild or very mild rubbing wear on the sleeve opening edges on some areas. This is not too noticeable. There is a 1 cm area of more moderate rubbing wear on the bottom flipback edge - at the spine area. This has also caused a tiny 0.5 cm tear at the bottom edge of the flipback. It is really not too noticeable overall. There are two tint pin-prick sized bits of mild rubbing wear on the spine edge. Otherwise, the spine edge is in very nice condition. There is an extremely small pin-head sized bit of rubbing wear on the bottom edge too. There is some light, very mild or very minor ringwear on some areas. Overall, Very Good++ condition. These early UK Decca "SXL" sleeves are very prone to wear. This is a very decent copy overall. Not too far from being in Near Excellent condition.

Vinyl: Firstly, there is an extremely minor warp. It barely notices and does not affect playback at all. There are two extremely light hairline surface rub marks on Side 2. These are extremely feint and barely even notice under a strong light. They measure 2.5 cm and 3.5 cm in length. As stated, they barely notice under a strong light. You really have to look carefully to see them. There is a mild 2 cm surface pressing mark on the play-out dead wax grooves on Side 2. There are a few light,very mild or very minor sleeve rubs which can barely be seen under a strong light. The original inner sleeve, over time, has left some light, very mild or very minor dull surface marks on some areas.They are mainly on the play-out dead wax areas. These, again, can hardly be seen under a strong light. Overall, NEAR EXCELLENT condition. The labels are in Very Good++ condition. There are two tiny stains, or marks, at the spindle hole area on Side 1. Otherwise, there is very mild spindle wear only. 

The original polythene-lined company paper inner sleeve is in Very Near Excellent condition. There is some light, very mild or very minor ringwear, fading & creasing. There are no seam splits.

I have play tested this LP in its entirety. Side 1 plays Very Good+ overall & Near Excellent to Excellent in some places. There is some light, mild, very mild or very minor crackle in the background to a varying degree. This never overpowers the music. It only really notices in the quieter places. However, the crackle, more or less, completely eases out about halfway through Side 1. After that, Side 1 plays Near Excellent to Excellent overall & Excellent+ in many places. There is just some light, very mild or very minor crackle in a very few quieter places. Side 2 plays Very Good+ to Near Excellent overall & Excellent in some places. There is some light, mild, very mild or very minor crackle in some places.

This is a very reasonable audio copy overall. However, this LP would definitely benefit from a deep down groove clean in a professional record cleaning machine. Visually the disc looks in Near Excellent to Excellent condition. Therefore, any crackle is just due to microscopic deep down dirt in the grooves. This has happened over years of storage. It would play, I believe, Excellent+ and better after a professional clean. It would remove any crackle.


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    >>  Grading Information All grading is very strict & adheres to 'Record Collector' specifications. However, I have fine tuned them & they are explained below. All vinyl is examined closely under a strong light & play tested on excellent quality audio equipment.

MINT Condition = This is as perfect a copy as you are likely to find. The cover will show no, or next to no, wear. The vinyl will be unplayed or very, very near unplayed.

NEAR MINT Condition = Nearly mint, just slightly under. There maybe some minor paper/ inner sleeve rubs that can barely be seen under strong light. This disc has been played only a few times & has been extremely well  cared for. The cover is nearly perfect - Very minimal wear only.

EXCELLENT Condition = An excellent copy will show only mild, or minor, signs of use. There will be light, or very mild, sleeve rubs that can hardly be seen under strong light. There may be a very small & minor hairline mark in some instances. Play, in most cases, will be excellent or better. There may be some light, or very light, crackle in a few quieter places. The sleeve will show mild, or minor, rubbing wear & ringwear only.

NEAR EXCELLENT Condition = This has been played a few more times but it has been well cared for. There will be mild sleeve rubs which can be seen under a strong light. There may be a couple of minor, or light, hairline marks. Playback will be generally excellent or better. There may be some light, mild or very mild crackle in some quieter places. The cover will show mild rubbing wear, ringwear or creasing

Very Good Condition = Most records that have been quite well played, but reasonably well cared for, tend to fit into this category. This is probably the most varied of the gradings so I have elaborated below.

There may be mild to more moderate sleeve rubs which can only be seen under a strong light. There may be a few light hairline marks but nothing too bad. A quite well played but serviceable copy. Playback will be very agreeable overall. There will be light, mild or very mild crackle in some places. There may also be a few light clicks. A more thorough description will always be on the listing. The record will certainly not be trashed!

The cover will show more noticeable signs of storage or use. There will be mild to more moderate rubbing wear on some edges There could be fading, ringwear or a minor seam split. There could be some mild creasing or mild sticker tears.

Please note that I also use "+" or "-" symbols for this grading. A plus symbol is obviously at the top end of "Very Good" & is really not too far from being in "Near Excellent" condition. The minus symbol obviously means it is at the lower end. This will mean that it is near to being in "Good+" condition. 
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I will also remove the vinyl from the sleeve & place them in a re-sealable polythene sleeve. In order to prevent seam splits. Depending on the inner sleeve; I often remove the vinyl from the inner sleeve & place it in a separate plain paper, or polythene-lined, plain inner sleeve. I am very conscientious and careful when packaging your LP(s).

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