HMV Beethoven 5 piano Concertos Arthur SCHNABEL 5 LPs
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Important note: this auction concerns 4 records which cannot be packed into the usual LP box. Shipping costs to Asia & America are estimated and may be less than thought. Exact shipping costs will be given once the records are packed as I combine shipping and may have to ship them with other records if you win several auctions (you will save a lot on the shipping costs this way).
Category: Classical LP set of 5 records
Label: HMV Gravures Illustres (mono, no stereo)
Reference: see description
Titles: BEETHOVEN: Les 5 concertos pour piano
Performers: Arthur SCHNABEL and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent.
Cover condition: almost M-
Record condition: see description
Description:
This is the complete set of five records featuring Arthur SCHNABEL playing the 5 Beethoven piano concertos.
All sleeves and inner sleeves are almost mint: no tears, no rim splits, no writes, etc. Two still have the rare plastic outer sleeves (almost never found, and very fragile).
Booklets are all there.
All records are in their original inner sleeves and have some residual surface dust coming from static electricity when pulled from the sleeve. I strongly recommend that you carefully clean them and put them in new inner sleeves.
Records are all shiny and most show one or a few very light surface marks, only visible under certain light angles. However, residual dust causes minor tics so please consider cleaning the records carefully for optimal sound quality.
Vol 1 (COLH 1):
Side 1 shows ONE light surface mark, only superficial, will not sound. Only visible under certain light angles. Otherwise, side looks rarely played.
Side 2 is in the same condition, with one surface mark, less visible, and which does not sound.
Overall, a great condition. Booklet is almos mint with very minor wear due to sleeve insertions. Inner sleeve is mint.
Vol 2 (COLH 2):
Side 1 looks EX to EX+. Shiny and a few almost invisible surface marks (you see them only with a CLOSE eye, they will not sound). Very desirable condition for these old mono LPs.
Side 2 is not recorded (blank).
Booklet shows one minor damage on 2cm, but nothing serious. A good marker will fix this quickly. Inner sleeve is mint.
Vol 3 (COLH3):
Side 1 has one surface mark which tics on 9 revolutions during the first 5 minutes (1st mvt of 3rd concerto) and finishes by one locked groove. Record requires good cleaning as there is residual dust in the grooves causing tics here and there.
Side 2 shows a long but superficial surface mark (sleeve insert), which will not sound.
Other than this, record looks EX to EX+ on both sides.
Inner sleeve and booklet are mint.
Vol 4 (COLH 4):
Record looks great, very shiny and almost no surface marks, so EX to EX+. Only a few ultra minor marks, not affecting play. Inner sleeve is mint, booklet close to mint. With rare outer plastic protection (very fragile).
Vol 5 (COLH 5):
Same as before, one surface mark only visible under certain light angles, otherwise shiny.
DO NOT MISS THIS RARE SET !
NO RESERVE !
SECURE SHIPPING: I will carefully ship the records in a special LP box. Records will be separated from sleeves to avoid rim splits.
Grading:
M: MINT. Never listened. Factory sealed, or never sealed.
M-: Near Mint. Highest grade for used records. Record has NO surface marks.
EX+: Very few light marks not affecting play.
EX: Some surface marks generally not affecting play.
EX- : Some light surface marks, few tics will sound.
VG: Tics from several or many surface marks and/or surface noise.
G: Record is listenable but lots of surface marks will sound.
B: Very bad condition, only sold as a collection filler due to extreme rarity. TERMS
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