BIZET L'Arlesienne Suites BEECHAM '59 STEREO ODEON-HMV UK EXPORT PASD 252 N/MINT
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Nov 16, 2013
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Sir Thomas Beecham ...
Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites 1 & 2
on ORIGINAL BLACK/SILVER ODEON EXPORT stereo label with catalog number PASD 252
boiler-plate matrix data includes:
'G' code on side II and
'R' code as well as '1' & '3') on side I
CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF EARLY STEREO BEECHAM
SAID TO HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN 1956-57
RELEASED IN 1959 ON ODEON IN THE U.K. FOR EXPORT TO THE USA
wikipedia: '....Direct EMI-HMV exports to the United States, where the His Master's Voice label was owned by RCA Victor Records, bore pasted-over Odeon stickers...'
APPARANTLY VERY FEW WERE PRODUCED/PURCHASED BECAUSE
THIS TITLE WAS ALREADY AVAILABLE ON RCA LIVING STEREO IN 1959
PERHAPS MAKING THIS VERSION TRUELY RARE (INDEED)
THIS PARTICULAR COPY HAS -NOT- BEEN CLEANED BUT HAS BEEN SPOT CHECK PLAY-GRADED BY ME
AND IT IS QUIET AND AN EASY ON THE PICKY EARS: WINNER
IT IS IN FACT THE SAME PRESSING AS THE MORE FAMOUS GOLD/CREAM LABLED VERSION BUT
RE-LABLED WITH PASTED-ON 'ODEON' LABLES BY HMV
FOR EXPORT TO THE USA WHERE HMV WAS OWNED OUT-RIGHT BY RCA
Laminated flipback cover with gold "STEREOPHONIC" sticker is N/MINT and white comes with generic u.k. innersleeve
vinyl with great-playing (spot-checked/play-graded) quiet-surfaces NEAR/MINT condition
i decided against 'cleaning' this record and leave well-enough alone
Famous performances by Beecham conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra recorded with true audiophile soundquality... see photos.
5. L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: No. 1. Prelude 6. L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: No. 2. Minuet 7. L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: No. 3. Adagietto 8. L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: No. 4. Carillon 9. L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: No. 1. Pastorale 10. L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: No. 2. Intermezzo 11. L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: No. 3. Minuet 12. L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: No. 4. Farandole
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