GOULD/BACH: GOLDBERG VARIATIONS/COLUMBIA 6 EYE ORIGINAL

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£ 24 Sold For

Feb 15, 2010 Sold Date

Feb 5, 2010 Start Date

£ 5 Start price

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Description

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THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS

GLENN GOULD (piano)

COLUMBIA ML 5060

Original 6 Eye Label with Original Heavy Card Outer and Inner Sleeves.

This is the legendary recording that made pianist Glenn Gould famous.

Record & jacket with original inner cardboard sleeve are in excellent condition.

Highly praised and sought after performances and recording in this first pressing.

For its age this is a well preserved record and sleeve. The disc does show signs of being played but has a bright sheen and the light marks (which do not sound on playing) are undoubtedly due to the disc being inserted and removed from the stiff card inner sleeve. The single time I played it, it played remarkably well for its age with a little background crackle in places but there are no skips, jumps or repeated ticks or clicks. The picture gives a very good impression of the outer hard card sleeve - robust and fully intact with just a little discoloration at the edges and some shelf wear at the corners. The inner hard card sleeve is in the same condition. The disc and sleeves are visually graded EX/EX, 78/78 (see below).

Satisfaction guaranteed - a full refund of the purchase price (excluding postage & packing costs) will be given for any item which does not comply with my description and grading and is returned to me within 14 days of receipt.

Bid with confidence - Low starting Price and no Reserve

UK PURCHASERS PLEASE NOTE:

Postage is FREE but there will be a £2.50 handing fee which will be added to your invoice: if you are unhappy in any way with this then please do not bid.
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Please note I use bespoke LP packaging with card stiffeners to ensure no damage takes place in transit.

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Record Condition Grading System

I apply a visual grading system as follows:

90%             Mint, (90% is the highest figure I give as no records are perfect)

80-89%       Near Mint, NM almost flawless, at 85% only the lightest scuff marks to the record, slight wear to the cover; above 85% and up to 89%, there should be no marks on the playing surface of the record. Below 85%, down to 80%, there will be progressively more marking, but this will only be very light and superficial.

70-79%        Excellent, EX, a few more light surface marks than will be seen at 80-85%, light ring wear or creasing to cover, slight tears/laminate lift to the cover. Remains of price labels or sellotape may be evident to the cover.

60-69%        Very Good, VG, more obvious marks to the record, more obvious creasing, ring wear or laminate lift, worse tears to the cover. There may be ticks from the record but see below*.

The information is provided for the record first, and then for the cover or box, for example you will find NM/NM in the notes on each record followed by, for example, 85/85. This means 85% both for the record and for the cover.

Records are viewed under both daylight and under a halogen light where practical to clearly shows any marks.

*This is a visual grading system. If I am aware of any audio problems affecting a record, such as ticks, I will provide this information in detail.

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