Kurtz Ballet Music A Life for the Tsar, Faust [LP] Original ASD 513 WHITE & GOLD
  $   275

 


$ 275   (best offer accepted)   Sold For
Sep 26, 2021 Sold Date
Jul 6, 2020 Start Date
1 Number Of Bids
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Description

Gorgeous sounding gold/cream ASD recording from the company of Efrem Kurtz and the Philharmonia.  The performances are top notch, and the sound is some of the best I've heard from the golden age tube recording era.  

 Tonal fidelity and textures are excellent all around, with rich and resonant strings and full-bodied winds and brass.  Transparency is simply superb.  Beautiful midrange with taut, deep bass and a sparkling treble.  Combine all of this with holographic soundstaging, solid imaging, powerful dynamics without a trace of distortion, and plenty of fine level detail (you can even hear a musician's cough in the middle of Faust), and you have yourself another EMI winner.  Highly recommended. 

Non smoking home.

Shipped in new white durable LP mailer packaging.



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<My Grading Criteria>
My grading is basically VISUAL ONLY unless otherwise noted.  
Mint > Near Mint > Excellent > Very Good Plus > Very Good > Good > Poor
NM : Played once or twice, no flaws, may have slightest signs of wear, slight paper scuff, maybe one bumped corner, or a hint of edge wear. 
  Excellent : Record may have some marks (very, very light scratching or some light sleeve scuffing) that may sound briefly in a quieter passage.   The jacket may have the very lightest signs of ring wear, some light corner or edge wear, maybe an old price sticker or two, that should peel off with the proper guidance
VG+: Record will have some light marks (light scratches and light sleeve scuffs), and it might make an occasional pop or crackle in parts, but will not even come close to overwhelming the listening experience.  Still a very desirable grade.. As for the jacket, it will start to show more signs of wear, the ring wear may be slightly  more evident, the edge wear or corner wear may be more defined as well.
 
VG: Record may have several scratches and scuffs, though aside from some popping and crackling, will still be an enjoyable listen. No skips here. The jacket will have far more wear than the previous grades, such as:  edge wear to the point of some seam splitting(the kind that can be repaired with tape or other means), ring wear(not terrible, but still distracting from the image), edge and corner wear, minor writing or a few stickers, or other similar defects.
 
Good : Not terrible, usually represents 1 or 2 "ugly" marks or scratches, might be a little sketchy in a few spots, other than that would fair as a VG record.  The jacket will show significant wear - ring wear, seam splits(still should be able to be taped up for repair), some writing and/or stickers, edge and corner wear, or other similar defects.



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