RARE Corroboree Antil Sydney Symphony 1977 Australian Press TAS Super Disk List

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• Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
• Symphonic Ballet By John Antil.
• Donald Hazelwood: Concertmaster.
• John Lanchbery: Conductor.
• Corroboree - First Complete Recording.
• EMI OASD 7603.
• Rare, was never re-pressed.
• Awarded "SPECIAL MERIT: Classical" By The Absolute Sound audiophile magazine (TAS).

Item Details
Manufactured in: Australia by EMI Limited
Recorded: 1977 at Sydney Music Studios, Australian Broadcasting Commission,
Original Issue: 1977
This Issue: Unknown (can't recall year bought, but matrix and jacket match first edition)
Label: EMI Records Australia OASD 7603
Runout Deadwax Matrix Numbers:
Side 1: (etch:) 7603-A-2 IB
Side 2: (stamp:) 7603B

Was bought new by this seller many years ago and now offered from his private collection (you have absolutely known provenance). Has had just 2 partial plays only on an expertly setup high-end audiophile turntable, arm, and cartridge. Has never been exposed to heat or tobacco smoke and always stored vertically in a specially designed record cabinet (Rackit) to prevent warpage.
Was cleaned on a VPI HW 16 with Audio Intelligent solutions and ultra-pure water rinse (50X purer than distilled water) before my pre-sale sound check. I wear nitrile surgical gloves while cleaning and play testing to avoid any chance of transferring finger oils to the vinyl.

Very sensitive play testing was performed straight off my Ayre P-5xe fully balanced phono preamp over Sennheiser HD 600 headphones using a Schiit Audio Valhalla 2 tube headphone amp fitted with Voskhod Soviet matched tubes (see last photo).

Track list
1: Welcome Ceremony (No. 1), Dance to the Evening Star (No 2), A Rain Dance (No 3), The Spirit of the Wind (No, 4).

2: Homage to the Rising Sun (No 5), The Morning Star Dance (No 6), Procession of Totems & Closing Ceremony.

I never take "distant" photos nor the so-prevalent type with the LP sticking halfway out of the jacket. I take close-ups under photo lamps so you can see nearly everything I describe in the jacket grading. It is virtually impossible to know the true vinyl condition from any photograph. That takes very bright and close visual inspection PLUS play testing with thorough coverage on high resolution equipment.
Grading Details
Note: Grading LPs by text characters is subjective and at best are only a guide as no two used records are of exactly the same quality. Please, refer to both my photo evidence and detailed descriptions to judge by YOUR OWN grading standards. Questions are always welcome. eBay no longer allows me to enter separate grades for each side of the sleeve or record so you may not see any in the box above but are listed below. Play quality is personally most important to me so vinyl visual qualities are graded and described in detail separately for your complete assessment.

Outer Jacket Inspection/grading:
VG++/NM-
The jacket front is in excellent shape. There is a very light hint of ring wear at the front top. Some light creasing can be seen at the top left corner, the bottom right corner, and the along the bottom left spine. The jacket rear is exceptionally clean with only just very short and very faint ring smudging to the left of the "C" in the top left corner. The spine bottom corner has a small amount of blunting. There is some rub wear along the bottom edge, and small amounts of rub wear at all corners. Surfaces are otherwise very smooth, lustrous, with bright color and no yellowing or staining.

Vinyl visual inspection/grading:
NM/NM
Both sides looked visually perfect as expected since I'm pretty sure I only just sampled this LP once when gotten and stored it away until the pre-sale play test. LAST stickers are on both labels because it was my regular practice to apply the LAST vinyl wear prevention treatment to each new LP before its first play.

Play Testing:
NM/NM
Extensive play testing was performed after visual inspection. I listened to the beginning, middle, and end of each track for a few minutes on each needle drop. I also listened to all lead-in, lead-out and transition grooves between each track. Some tracks were played all the way thru when digitizing my favorites to 192k/24-bit WAV files. Continuous written notes were taken. Here is rundown of each side from my notes.

Side 1 Play
My first impression on the very first track was of a recording with very wide and deep stereo image with high dynamic range sound levels. The bass instruments go very deep. The large orchestral drums are explosive and the tympani have great power and projection. T1 built up to an awesome finish. I always listen to the transition grooves between tracks because they are a good measure of the pressing quality and vinyl noise characteristics. The 1st transition groove out of T1 was near dead quiet. I could hear the background hall ambience but not much of the vinyl. I found T3 to be the most impressive. It had an absolutely thunderous finish.

Side 2 Play
I caught a little bit of mild crackle as the lead-in groove transitioned into the start of T1. It both faded away and was masked by the rising music levels as the track played on. I did hear a single tick during T1. T2 had much lower levels on average than the other tracks. Except for some barely heard "clunking" down in the noise floor, it soon became very noise free. My notes say" "really dead quiet vinyl over all." T2 and T3 makeup one 19 minute track for most of the side. I did needle drops about 1/4" at a time with a few minutes of listening on each. This performance and recording was noted for its pristine clarity, deep sound stage, and very high dynamic range. Its quite a wild ride and it could get very very loud. Every symphonic and aboriginal instrument/percussion participates and has their special moments. The last inch of grooves gets really wild and loud. It could push your sound system to its limits of resolving power during high power output.

An entirely unique form of symphonic ballet that is served well by its recording, mastering, and pressing quality. Demonstration material all the way. Play testing showed me how exceptionally well preserved the vinyl is.

Packaging

• Record will be placed outside the jacket to protect against seam splitting.
• Original inner sleeve is included separately.
• Record has been placed into a new MFSL-style "rice paper" plastic sleeve, as the original, even though plastic lined, may be holding onto some dust. This will keep vinyl surfaces clean during shipping and ultimate buyer usage.
• Outer jacket is contained in a new clear polyethylene protective sleeve.
• Sent in good quality record mailer with cardboard stiffeners.

Shipping

• Shipping will be via USPS Media Mail for a flat charge of $3.98 per single album sale.
• A combined shipping discount is available on multiple sales completed on the same day($3.98 plus $0.50 for each additional LP).
• If you do buy more than one LP  on the same daydo not pay immediately but wait for my all-combined invoice. A discount for the combined items will show on that invoice. Then, once payment is received, the items will ship.