MERCURY SR-90235 - Color Back - Dark Maroon - Liszt/Enescu, Dorati/LSO
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LISZT - HUNGARIAN RHAPSODIES 2&3
ENESCU - ROUMANIAN RHAPSODIES 1&2
Antal Dorati and the London Symphony Orchestra
Original US pressing n the Dark Maroon Mercury Label
Stamper Matrixes: RFR 6 and RFR 2
(please note: there are no FR-pressings of this title existing)
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One of the very best recordings from the Mercury Living Presence catalogue, musically and sonically.
I compare my pressings on top notch equipment, using the expensive BENZ MICRO SLR Gullwing MC-cartridge with the Micro Ridge cut diamond and the top-notch Lyra Kleos cartridge. These pick-ups reveal everything from any Vinyl which sometimes can be a curse, especially with 40+ year old records. When I grade a record as Excellent, I am pretty sure many other sellers would not hestitate to call it Near Mint. When I give a record the "Near Mint" grading it is practically flawless. I am collecting Vinyl since 35+ years and own hundreds of records from the day they came into the shops.
The Vinyl: EXCELLENT+
Held up into a very strong light I can see a few surface hairlines but no scratches. The Vinyl is pretty clean and shiny. The playback is fantastic throughout. A very few low level static tics only in places. The Vinyl sits flat on the turntable. Sonics 2die4.
The Labels: EXCELLENT
It has a few spindle traces on both sides, rest is very clean, bright and deep maroon color. No dirt or stain, no unwanted writing.
The Original Colorback Sleeve: EXCELLENT+/NEAR MINT
Nearly flawless! Made of heavy cardboard it looks like coming freshly from the shop. The slightest of corner bumps upper and lower right (if you look very, very closely). Bright colors, extremely clean back, the tiniest rub-off on the red Mercury banner on lower left onback. Fantastic. The black colored spine is flawless (usually it is torn or rubbed off). There is no better one out there.
Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT
Plain white Inner sleeve. This is not the original, if you are keen for an original Mercury advertising Inner Sleeve I can add one to the item (I have quite a few of those in my collection) although I am not sure which one came with this pressing.
In case of any further questions please don't hesitate to mail me. I will answer promptly.
Due to the somehow weird eBay policies regarding postage please ignore the postage fee mentioned above. I decided to fix shipping at 7 GBP to anywhere in Europe and 9 GBP to the rest of the world. This includes the fees for "signed for/registered" and also Insurance to make sure the record arrives safely. It also allows to track it during its transit. The record ships from Germany.
I pack my records professionally in stiff record mailers leaving the Vinyl (housed in Nagaoka anti-static bags) outside the Sleeve.
Good luck.
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