RARE UK CLASSICAL LP'S DECCA COLUMBIA HMV PARLOPHONE PHILIPS SAX, SXL, ASD ETC

	£		171
	$		227

BATCH 1/2

A SMALL BUT RARE BATCH OF COLLECTIBLE CLASSICAL ALBUMS ON SOME FAMOUS LABELS 

AS I AM GOING TO BE ON HOLIDAY WHILST THIS AUCTION IS IN PLAY SO I HAVE NOT HAD THE TIME TO RECORD THE MUSIC, THUS I AM LISTING THESE ON VISUAL GRADE ONLY. HOWEVER THESE CLASSICAL VOLUMES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION AND ALL CAME FOR THE SAME COLLECTION

THE RECORDS

1.  BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO 9 (2 LP SET)  - OTTO KLEMPERER   COLUMBIA SAX 2276/2277. BOTH SLEEVES EASILY GRADE NEAR MINT WITH GLEAMING LAMINATE AND JUST A COUPLE OF TINY LINES BY THE SPINE. THE FLIPBACKS ARE ALL PERFECTLY ADHERED. THE TWO INNER SLEEVES ARE IMMACULATE. THE VINYLS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION, WITH NO OBVIOUS MARKS OR SCRATCHES, A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES AND A COUPLE OF SUPERFICIAL HANDLING LINES ON DISC ONE. DISC 2 HAS MORE. I WOULD GRADE DISC ONE NM AND DISC 2 EX

2. ELIZABETH SCWARTZKOPF SINGS OPERETTA. COLUMBIA SAX 2283. SLEEVE HAS GREAT UNDAMAGED LAMINATE. A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE LINES ON THE EDGES. PERFECTLY ADHERED FLIPBACKS, AND VERY LIGHT AGEING TO THE WHITE SURFACE. THE VINYL HAS JUST 10-2 SPIDER LINES ON THE LABEL, AND A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES AND A COUPLE OF EMBEDDED DULL PATCHES. WOULD VISUALLY GRADE THIS EX+

3. TILL EULENSPIEGEL'S MERRY PRANKS - HERBERT VON KARAJAN.  SKL 2261 DECCA WIDEBAND, GROOVED LABEL WITH ' ORIGINAL RECORDING' RIM WORDING. THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT, HAVING PERFECT LAMINATE WITH JUST A LIGHT SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE. THE CORRECT INNER SLEEVE HAS LIGHT AGEING TO THE EDGES. THE VINYL HAS JUST ON MINUSCULE SPIDER LINE BY THE SPINDLE HOLE, AND THE VINYL LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT WITH JUST A COUPLE OF WISPYHAIRLINES VISIBLE UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION. VISUALLY GRADES MINT MINUS.

4. SHOSTAKOVITCH SYMPHONY No 8 - ANDRE PREVIN. HMV ASD 2917. THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT, WITH A GLEAMING MARK FREE LAMINATE AND JUST A COUPLE OF TINY LAMINATE LINES ON THE SPINE. THE WHITE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION. INNER SLEEVE HAS LIGHT AGEING TO THE EDGES. THE VINYL HAS JUST ON MICROSCOPIC SPIDER LINE ON THE LABEL. THE DISC IS IMMACULATE . GLEAMING MARK FREE VINYL AND VISUALLY GRADES MINT MINUS

5. BRAHMS SERENADE No2 / DVORAK SERENADE FOR WIND - KERETSZ. DECCA SXL 6368 WIDEBAND WITH 'MADE IN ENGLAND' RIM WORDING. THE SLEEVE GRADES EX++ WITH A GLEAMING LAMINATE HAVING A SLIVER OF LIFT ON THE SPINE, AND A FEW TINY LAMINATE LINES ON THE EDGES. THE INNER SLEEVE IS  NEAR MINT. THE VINYL HAS ONE TINY SPIDER LINE BY THE SPINDLE HOLE. A GLEAMING MARK FREE DISC THAT HAS JUST A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES. VISUALLY GRADES MINT MINUS

6. RACHMANINOV SECOND PIANO CONCERTO - ASHKENAZY/KONDRASHIN. DECCA SXL 6099  WIDEBAND , GROOVED LABEL WITH ' ORIGINAL RECORDING' RIM WORDING. THE SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT HAVING JUST A FEW SMALL LAMINATE LINES BY THE SPINE, AND A CLEAN WHITE REAR SURFACE. THE ORIGINAL FFSS INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN THE SAME CONDITION. THE VINYL HAS JUST 1-2 TINY SPIDER LINES NEAR THE SPINDLE HOLE. THE DISC GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS ONE TINY SUPERFICIAL HANDLING LINE ON TRACK ONE, AND A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES. VISUAL GRADING IS NEAR MINT

7. VERDI - FOUR SACRED PIECES - GIULINI. HMV SAN 120. GLEAMING MINT MINUS SLEEVE , THAT HAS JUST A SLIVER OF LAMINATE LIFT BY THE SPINE A AND ON LAMINATE LINE ON THE REAR SURFACE. THE VINYL HAS ABSOLUTELY NO SPIDER LINES NEAR THE SPINDLE HOLE, AND THE DISC IS JUST IMMACULATE. I CANNOT SEE ANY WISPY HAIRLINES ANYWHERE. VISUAL GRADE IS MINT

8. DVORAK - NEW WORLD SYMPHONY - KUBELIK. DECCA SXL 2005 WIDEBAND, GROOVED WITH ' ORIGINAL RECORDING' RIM WORDING. THE SLEEVE GRADES EX+ HAVING A CLEAN GLEAMING LAMINATE. A TINY NICK TO THE OPENING EDGE, AND A SMALL CHUNK MISSING FROM THE TOP FLIPBACK. REAR SURFACE HAS A BLUE BORDER. THE PINK FFSS INNER SLEEVE IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE VINYL HAS JUST ONE MINUSCULE SPIDER LINE NEAR THE SPINDLE HOLE. THE VINYL HAS A TINY FEELABLE SCRATCH ON SIDE ONE, BUT OTHERWISE JUST A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES. GRADES EX+

9. GLINKA/NICOLAI/REZNICEK/ RIMSKY KORSAKOV/WOLF-FERRARI - ANATOLE FISTOULARI. PARLOPHONE PMC 1031 BLACK AND GOLD LABEL. THE SLEEVE HAS VERY VERY LIGHT AGEING TO THE EDGES, A LITTLE RUB TO THE SPINE. PERFECT FLIPBACKS, A PRISTINE INNER SLEEVE AND GRADES NEAR MINT. THE VINYL HAS ZERO SPIDER LINES BY THE SPINDLE HOLE. THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND SHOWS JUST A COUPLE OF SURFACE SUPERFICIAL HANDLING LINES AND THAT ALL GRADES NEAR MINT VISUALLY

10. TCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONY No 6 - MARKEVITCH - PHILIPS 835126 AY. THE SLEEVEGRADES EX+ HAVING A CREASE LINE JUST UNDER THE TOP EDGE IN THE LEFT QUARTER. A LITTLE LAMINATE LIFT BY THE SPINE. A CLEAN WHITE REAR SURFACE, THE INNER SLEEVE IS WRINKLED. THE VINYL HAS 2-3 SMALL SPIDER LINES BY THE SPINDLE HOLE. SIDE ONE IS IMMACULATE, NO WISPY LINES EVEN. SIDE TWO HAS SOME EMBEDDED DULL SPECKLES AND ONE SUPERFICIAL HANDLING LINE ACROSS MOST OF THE SIDE. DOES NOT FEEL. VISUAL OVERALL GRADE EX+

11. HAYDN/CHOPIN/DEBUSSY/PROKOFIEFF - SVJATOSLAV RICHTER. DGG 138766 RED STEREO, LARGE TULIPS GERMAN PRESSING. THE SLEEVE HAS A FEW LIGHT CREASE LINES  AND CHIPPING TO THE OPENING EDGE. CLEAN UNMARKED WHITE SURFACE. NEAR PRISTINE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE AND GRADES EX. THE VINYL HAS JUST TWO TINY SPIDER LINES NEAR THE SPINDLE HOLE. THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE NO WISPY HAIRLINES JUST THREE SUPERFICIAL HANDLING LINES ON SIDE TWO. VISUALLY GRADES EX+

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