US COLUMBIA ALBUM SET (CM-154): COMPLETE TANNHAUSER- 3rd BAYREUTH SERIES (1930)
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US BLUE LABEL COLUMBIA 'VIVA-TONAL' SET (CM-154): 67897-D/67914-D (18 RECORDS)(1930)
IN TWO VOLUMES
GERMAN COLUMBIA MATRICES, BLUE SHELLAC PRESSINGS (VOLUME I), BLACK SHELLAC (VOLUME II)
TANNHAUSER (WAGNER)- SLIGHTLY ABRIDGED
CAST: TANNHAUSER- SIGISMUND PILINSKY (T), ELIZABETH- MARIA MULLER (S), LANDGRAVE- IVAR ANDRESEN (BS), WOLFRAM- HERBERT JANSSEN (B)
BAYREUTH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS- KARL ELMENDORFF (C)
IN ORIGINAL BLUE ALBUM (VOLUME I) IN FINE SHAPE (ORIGINAL SILVER ID STICKERS ON COVER AND SPINE), AND EARLIER LEATHER-BOUND, GOLD-LETTERING ALBUM (VOLUME II) IN FINE SHAPE, TOGETHER WITH THE ORIGINAL BROCHURE (ORIGINAL COVER MISSING). FIRST ALBUM HAS AN EMPTY SLEEVE, BUT ALL RECORDS ARE PRESENT FOR COMPLETE SET.
CONDITION '2'- NICE SHAPE, PLAYS WELL.
VERY SCARCE SET- SALES DURING THE 1930s DEPRESSION WERE VERY FEW DUE TO THE THEN HIGH PRICE OF $27.00. EXCELLENT CAST AND PERFORMANCE.
CONDITION GRADING:
1- MINT (ALMOST NEVER SEEN)
1-2 TOP QUALITY- AS NEW
2- A VERY FINE COPY, A FEW LIGHT RUBS, NO NEEDLE WEAR (UNLESS OTHERWISE DESCRIBED)
2-3 SOME RUBS, MARKS, NON-SOUNDING BLEMISHES.
3- HEAVIER RUBS, MARKS, NON SOUNDING BLEMISHES. AN 'AVERAGE COPY'
3-4 LIGHT SOUNDING WEAR (GREYING), SOME SOUND DEFECTS.
4- SOUNDING WEAR, RUBS, MARKS
4-5 WEAR, RUBS, MARKS
5- OBVIOUS SOUNDING WEAR, HEAVY RUBS, MARKS
5-6 HEAVY WEAR AND MARKS
6- A WRECK! ONLY USED FOR TOP RARITIES.
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