Madama Butterfly - Barbiirolli, Scotto - 3LP box set, Angel SAN 184 / SLS 927

	£		15
	$		20

Puccini: Madama Butterfly, opera in three acts

Carlo  Bergonzi Renata Scotto Anna di Stasio Rolando Penerai Paolo Montarsolo & Rome Opera House Orchestra & Chorus with SirJohn Barbirolli conducting.
EMI SAN 184-6 / SLS 927 3 33rpm Stereo 3LP box set with the gold angel labels.

Discs appear NM overall and not played, and if so it is possible the discs may have only been played once or twice very carefully as they look very fresh and glossy with absolutely no spindle marks or other types of marks that suggest any play, mis-handling, or damage - although the only marks that I can see is a small amount of those very-very-fine surface hairline marks to both sides of each disc, which were probably caused by disc insertion/retreival from inner sleeves. Please note that the discs have not been test-played, so am unable to vouch for playback quality, but I am very confident that they will all play extremely well with all the undistorted richness and clarity of sound to be expected from discs that have not seen either any or very little play. And please also bear in mind that these discs have probably not been exposed from their sleeves for decades and could still have accumulated ultra-fine particles or other debris - so a deep clean with the appropriate means is recommended.
 
Box VG+  Sturdy with clean, undamaged cloth and clear glossy front, although there is some light surface scuffs to upper right corner [see photo].  Spine lettering is clear, but has age-dulled a little.

Libretto/insert Neat and crisp and no creases anywhere.

Inner sleeves original poly-lined sleeves are in neat, near-crisp condition with minimal creasing.

Weight 1.2Kg approx. with sturdy packaging
*****


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If an inspection reveals no such flaws as above, and provided that the side is very clear, glossy, and showing either very few or no signs of play, then I will grade that side as either EX or NM (along with any + variants), depending on the level of the most minuscule of surface marks and unobtrusive background noise (if any).  However with such grades, please bear in mind that there may still be a few noticeable isolated 'ticks' or 'pops' here and there, and/or occasional mild surface noise - records in such condition yet not been played for decades can still accumulate noise, although a deep-groove clean with the appropriate means should make things silent once again.  Please note that I will never list a record that would attract a visual grade with or without any of the fine-tune variants of G (good), F (Fair), or P (Poor).

While any record I list will appear clean, I would advise the purchaser to give their purchases a deep and thorough clean with the appropriate means [although records I list usually do have a careful and basic clean before any test-play].  And for test-playing, a Pioneer PL-L1000 tangential turntable fitted with a Denon DL-160 cartridge is used.
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I will also remove the disc from the outer sleeve before packing in order to prevent ring impression and splits to the outer sleeve.

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Delivery cost (for a single LP - a boxset will be slightly higher)

If final sale price is less than £20.00 the shipping cost will be:

UK

Europe

Royal Mail World Zone 1

Royal Mail World Zone 2

£4.05

£8.45

£12.15

£12.90

If final sale price is more than £20.00, then shipping with tracking & insurance cover up to £50.00 will cost:

UK

Europe

Royal Mail World Zone 1

Royal Mail World Zone 2

£5.05

£12.55

£16.30

£17.00

If final sale price is greater than £50.00, then the cost of enhanced insurance cover will be added to invoice, which will be approximately £2.50 - £8.00, depending on final sale price above £50.