CLASSIC RECORDS 10xLPs Box: RCA LIVING STEREO DELUXE 1S EDITION No. 389

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CLASSIC RECORDS 10xLPs Box: RCA LIVING STEREO DELUXE 1S EDITION No. 389. Condition is "Used". 
This box was purchased new by me when it was issued. As I recall, we had to win a lottery to have the honor of purchasing it! The Lalo with Szyreng is SEALED. This copy of the Lalo is the replacement copy provided by Classic Records when they discovered that the original one in the box had its labels reversed.
CONDITION: These records were played only on an Acoustic Research ES-1 Turnable with a Shure V-15 type V MR cartridge (one of the lowest tracking weight cartridges ever designed). Each record in it was played only by me. In all these years they were only played a handful of times at the most. They still play as quietly as when they were new and have been cared for and stored lovingly. Each disc is still in its original Mylar bag.
Much has been said and written about this box over the years! There are other copies for sale at very high prices. This one goes to the highest bidder. Someone should enjoy this set! It will be boxed up and shipped at the local fedex store and sent the least expensive way they offer. I expect it to cost at least $40 so that's the shipping charge.
This is a wonderful souvenir of the very beginning of the vinyl revival. Bernie Grundman mastered each of these, and the boxes issued were the first run off of the 1S stampers. 
Here is the list of contents:
Albums in the box:



1. LSC 1806 - STRAUSS Also Sprach Zarathustra, Fritz Reiner Conducts The Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The legendary 1954 Reiner/CSO performance recorded directly to two track analog by Jack Pfeiffer, who oversaw the Classic transfer of one of his favorite recordings and hailed the Classic reissue as "definitive and spectacular." 



2. LSC 1900 - BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique. The legendary 1954 performance that was never issued as a Living Stereo. By the time that RCA started issuing stereo LPs in 1960, Munch re-recorded the piece, though many argue that the 1954 performance is favored. This is one of the early Jack Pfeiffer two-track recordings which capture that sense of "being there"that is often elusive. 



3. LSC 1934 - BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra. Fritz Reiner Conducts The Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Reiner, being as close to Bartok as he was, knew this work "inside and out" and committed a performance for the ages in this session. Recorded October 22, 1955 in Orchestra Hall, Chicago. 



4. LSC 2234 - SAINT-SAENS Piano Concerto #2 & FRANCK Symphonic Variations. Alfred Wallenstein Conducting The Symphony Of The Air. Arthur Rubinstein had performed Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 many times throughout his concert career; in fact, this was one of the pieces on the program of his first public concert given in 1900. The style in which he plays it is simply captivating. It's not a serious concerto in the German-school, but rather a light-hearted and somewhat amusing concerto. This is probably the most famous recording of the composition, and it's no wonder why.  



5. LSC 2398 - KABALEVSKY Comedians Suite & KHACHATURIAN Masquerade Suite. The violin is so sweet and full of rosiny texture here. The whole string section is full of Living Stereo magic. The soundstage is wide and deep, the overall sound rich and warm. The midrange is nothing short of magical. This is the kind of Golden Age recording that makes audiophiles lose it. It's one of the few legitimate reasons to take the TAS Super Disc List seriously in the first place. 



6. LSC 2423 FESTIVAL. Fritz Reiner Conducting The Chicago Symphony Orchestra 



7. LSC 2456 LALO Symphonie Espagnole. Henryk Szeryng is at least the equal of the best of the other virtuosi who have recorded this piece, both in style and in effortless technique, and gives an enchanting, as well as breathtaking, performance. But what makes me so sure of this record's superiority is its superb sound. 



8. LSC 2471 RHAPSODIES. Leopold Stokowski conducts Liszt, Enesco & Smetana selections. Stokowski imbues such diverse coloration and rhythmic insistance as to mesmerise on each listening. More than an historical document, these recordings could well become your favorite performances of these works. 



9. LSC 2500 STRAUSS WALTZES. Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony perform Strauss Waltzes. 



10. LSC 2541 LISZT, TOTENTANZ & RACHMANINOFF. Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony. Byron Janis, Pianist. 
Questions happily taken. If you want to hear a short sample from any of the records (except the Lalo), I can run off a short segment at 24 bit from my current VPI turntable.