La Fille mal Gardee - Lanchbery– 45– Speakers Corner– 180g
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This is a very nice copy of Speaker’s Corner 180g pressing of Herold/Lanchbery’s recording “La Fille mal Gardee - Excerpts” with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden under John Lanchbery on 4 180g 45 RPM records. The 45 RPM set is a complete recording Decca SXL-2313. When I first bought this new, the records were cleaned with a VPI record cleaner and treated with LAST record preservative. More recently it was recleaned with Audio Intelligent Fluids on a VPI cleaner and on an Audio Desk ultra sonic record cleaner. It has also been demagnetized with a Furutech DeMag. The recording is very open with a large soundstage, beautiful sound, and very clear separation of instruments. Side 1 plays mostly quietly with only some occasional low-level surface noise and 2 ticks. Sides 2 and 3 have some light ticks at the beginning of the side and some occasional low-level surface noise but are generally very quiet. Side 4 is much quieter than the other sides with only a few light ticks over the entire side.
There are no scratches or scuffs. I have only played the records a few times on various VPI tables I have owned (HW-19 MKIV, TNT 3.5, and Classic 4) using either Lyra or Benz Mico Ruby cartridges. The sound is naturally open and detailed. The records are house in inner sleeves within a cardboard wrapper. This all slides into an outer slipcase. The labels list the speed as 33 1/3 but they are actually 45 rpm as shown on the spine of the slipcase. There are no seam splits. Only side A of each LP is pressed. Side B is blank. As far as I am aware, Speaker’s Corner only ever issued this set and the one for Mendelssohn as 45 rpm sets. Like their 33 rpm pressings, these 45 rpm sets are very nicely done with excellent sound. Multiple records can be combined in an order to save shipping costs.price rating
