3 LP BOX SET DECCA SXL 2150/2 WIDE BAND PETER GRIMES SIGNED BY PEARS & BRITTEN
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I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER FOR SLE THIS GEM FROM MY LATE FATHER'S COLLECTION. 'PETER GRIMES' - DECCA SXL 2150/2 - EXQUISITE CONDITION. WITH BOOKLET AND PRINT. SIGNED BY BRITTEN AND PEARS. 1959 RECORDING AT ROYAL COVENT GARDEN - CHORUS & ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY BRITTEN. GRIMES - PETER PEARS. WITH:CLAIRE WATSON, JAMES PEASE, DAVID KELLY, OWEN BRANNIGAN, JEAN WATSON, MARION STUDHOLME, IRIS KELLY, RAYMOND NILSSON, JOHN LANIGAN, GERAINT EVANS AND MARCUS NORMAN AS THE APPRENTICE. PROVENANCE: MY FATHER FRED SINDEN, WAS A TENOR WITH THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY 1949 - 1961. AFTER THAT HE WORKED FOR DECCA RECORDS, FIRST AS A REP., THEN SHORTLY AFTERWARDS WENT INTO MANAGEMENT, WHERE HE GOT TO MEET AND GREET MANY OF HIS CLASSICAL MUSIC AND OPERA HEROS AND HEROINES. AS HE JOINED DECCA AFTER THIS WAS RECORDED, IT IS UNLIKELY IT WAS SIGNED AT THE TIME OF RELEASE, BUT HE MET BRITTEN AND PEARS SEVERAL TIMES (I HAVE PERSONALLY DEDICATED ITEMS TO BOTH MY FATHER AND MYSELF, WHICH OF COURSE, I'M KEEPING!!) OVER HIS TIME WITH DECCA. DAD WAS OBSESSED WITH THE CARE OF HIS DISCS AND THIS COPY LOOKS AS IF IT HASN'T BEEN PLAYED; IT IS POSSIBLE - HE OFTEN HAD 'PLAYING' COPIES AND 'COLLECTION' COPIES OF HIS FAVOURITE RELEASES. THERE IS SOME SORT OF A SLIGHT YELLOWISH MARK ON THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE BOX - SEE LAST PIC.- WHETHER THIS IS SONME SORT OF SCUFFING OR A FAULT IN THE DYE OF THE FABRIC EDGING, I CAN'T TELL. OTHERWISE IT IS PERFECT. AS REGARDS POSTAGE - IT WILL BE WRAPPED VERY, VERY SECURELY AND INSURED AND SENT BY RECORDED/SIGNED FOR DELIVERY - HENCE THE COST. I'D RATHER MAKE IT BOMB-PROOF AND THE POSTAGE COST MORE THAN RISK ANY DAMAGE OR IT'S LOSS, SO NO NEGOTIATING ON THE POST, I'M AFRAID. IF IT TURNS OUT I'VE BEEN OVER-ENTHUSIASTIC IN MY ASESSMENT AND I DO OVERCHARGE YOU ON POST, PLEASE, PLEASE BE ASSURED I WILL REFUND YOU THE DIFFERENCE, LESS PACKING COSTS! MANY THANKS FOR LOOKING! ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK!
