DECCA SXL 1959WIDEBAND 3LPs:KARAJAN+TEBALDI:VERDI"AIDA"

	£		73
	$		97

A SET OF THREE ORIGINAL DECCA WIDEBAND AND GROOVED LABELS STEREO LPs IN NEAR MINT CONDITION:SXL 2167/8/9+ THE ORIGINAL FFSS STEREOPHONIC INNER SLEEVEs+THE DETAILED LARGE BOOKLET AND OUTER PLASTIC WALLET AS SUPPLIED WAY BACK IN 1959.

VERDI "AIDA"

THE VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Conducted by HERBERT VAN KARAJAN.

THE SOLOISTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

RENATA TEBALDI

FERNANDO CORENA

CARLO BERGONZI

ARNOLD VAN MILL

GIULIETTA SIMIONATO

CORNEL MACNEIL

EUGENIA RATTI.  

ONE OF THE EARLIEST STEREO RECORDINGS MADE OF THIS GRAND OPERA USING THE MIGHTY FULL FREQUENCY STEREO TECHNIQUES OF THE WORLD FAMOUS DECCA RECORD COMPANY.

A TRIUMPH OF OPERA RECORDING STILL FAR BETTER THAN MORE RECENT PERFORMANCES!

BEAUTIFULLY QUIET SURFACES!

TOP STEREO SOUND! THICK VINYL!

CLEAN LABELS! A COMPLETE SET! 

IN THE LATE 1950s,MANY CLASSICAL MUSIC FANS WERE  BUYING MONO LPs IGNORING THE STEREO LPs WHICH WERE MADE IN SMALLER QUANTITIES USUALLY WITH HIFI SHOPS IN MIND FOR  DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE NEWER STEREO EQUIPMENT!

THE FIRST UK STEREO LPs WERE ISSUED IN 1958.

DECCA WAS ONE OF THE BEST LABELS FOR STEREO CLASSICAL MUSIC IN THE LP FORMAT!

THE EARLIEST STEREO EQUIPMENT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE AND  IN THE EARLY DAYS OF STEREO,MANY WERE STILL STICKING WITH THE OLDER MONO FORMAT!!!! 

TO START WITH, STEREO EDITIONS WERE VERY EXPENSIVE(PRICED MUCH HIGHER THAN THE MONO EDITIONS),3xLP SETS EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE,WITH MANY SHOPS NOT STOCKING THEM,ONLY OBTAINING TO SPECIAL ORDER.

YOU COULD NOT CONVERT THE EXISTING MONO RECORD PLAYERS OF THE TIME! 

THE PRINT RUN FOR STEREO LPs,ESPECIALLY EXPENSIVE SETS WAS SMALLER.

A FEW THOUSAND AT THE MOST!

I WOULD ESTIMATE THAT LESS THAN A FEW HUNDRED SURVIVE IN STEREO AS GOOD AS THIS SET!!!!

THE LABELS ALL HAVE"ORIGINAL RECORDING"AT 10 0 CLOCK AND MADE IN ENGLAND AT 6 0 CLOCK,AND OF COURSE BOTH HAVE"GROOVED"LABELS UNLIKE LATER REPRESSES,SO THESE ARE THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE PRESSINGS!

AUTOMATIC COUPLING(SIDES 1 AND 6 ON ONE DISC FOR EXAMPLE) BUT HAVE NOT BEEN USED ON AN AUTOCHANGER AS SO MANY WERE USUALLY LEAVING NASTY SCUFF MARKS!

THE BOOK HAS THE DATE CODE-11/59=NOVEMBER 1959.IT HAS A SMALL TEAR AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT PAGE,SOME EDGE WEAR AND FEW TINY CREASES BUT NO WRITING OR REPAIRS!

THE OUTER PLASTIC WALLET IS CLEAN! 

THOSE THAT DID SELL WERE OFTEN PLAYED ON POOR EQUIPMENT, SO OFTEN MONO EQUIPMENT IN ERROR,RUINING THE DELICATE GROOVES FOREVER!!!!!

VERY FEW SURVIVE,OVER 50 YEARS LATER!!

EVEN MOST"NORMAL"MONO LPs TEND TO TURN UP WRECKED LET ALONE IN STEREO!

THE FIRST DECENT SET TO BE SEEN ON EBAY OR ANYWHERE IN MONTHS,PROBABLY YEARS FROM A RELIABLE SELLER AND COLLECTOR!  

LPs THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN RARE IN STEREO,ESPECIALLY IN NEAR MINT CONDITION BUT ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AS GOOD AS THESE ONES!

THE MAJORITY WERE PLAYED ON RADIOGRAMS,PORTABLE PLAYERS AND EVEN THE MOST CAREFUL FANS WOULD HAVE PLAYED THEM DOZENS OF TIMES,THESE COPIES HAVE  HARDLY BEEN USED.

NO MAJOR SURFACE MARKS,JUST A COUPLE OF ULTRA FAINT,WISPY TYPE IN VERY STRONG LIGHT.HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE-NO CLICKS, NO JUMPS,NO STICKS,NO HISS!    

 OUTSTANDINGLY QUIET VINYL!

BEAUTIFUL STEREO MIXES-SOUNDED FABULOUS ON HEADPHONES WHICH IS HOW I DETECT ANY OF EVEN THE SLIGHTEST FAULTS! 

NO HORRIBLE"DISTORTION FIZZ"!

I LISTEN WITH THE TREBLE ON TO HEAR SUCH POTENTIAL GROOVE DAMAGE!!!  

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN UPGRADER/ULTIMATE SET-THIS COULD BE THE DEAL FOR YOU!

IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER DELIGHT FROM ONE OF THE UKs LEADING RECORD  EXPERTS/DEALERS.

THE ALL ROUND STEREO WARMTH IS MAGICAL!

DETAILED SLEEVE NOTES AND PHOTOS IN THE BOOK!

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FROM A RECENTLY PURCHASED COLLECTION OF MAINLY TOP QUALITY LPs OWNED FROM NEW BY A VERY CAREFUL COLLECTOR!

NOT EVEN ANY CLEANING WAS NECESSARY! AMAZING!!! 

A CLASSICAL STEREO LPs COLLECTORS DREAM-PLEASE READ ON FOR IN DEPTH DETAILS!!

I HAVE NOT FOUND SUCH BREATHTAKING QUALITY FOR SUCH EARLY STEREO LPs OF THIS VINTAGE FOR QUITE SOMETIME.THEY ARE SIMPLY NOT TURNING UP AS FREQUENTLY AS THEY DID,EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO.MOST HAVE NOW LEFT THE UK FOR THE COLLECTIONS OF JAPAN,AMERICA AND THE FAR EAST NEVER TO RETURN TO THE SELLING MARKET.

THIS MAY BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET SUCH MUSICALLY BRILLIANT LPs LIKE THESE IN  NEAR MINT CONDITION!

NO CLEANING WAS NEEDED,THE SURFACES GLEAM,NO FINGERPRINTS,PATCHES OR BAD STORAGE ISSUES,NO WARPING,NO SCUFFS,NO SCRATCHES,NO FADING etc.

PLEASE LOOK AT THE PHOTO OF THE BRIGHTNESS AND SHARPNESS OF THE LABELS AND THE BOOK!

DON'T FORGET JUST HOW EXPENSIVE EARLY STEREO LPs WERE FOR THE AVERAGE FAN OF THE LATE 1950s.A 3 LP SET WAS USUALLY A CAREFULLY CONSIDERED PURCHASE OVER WEEKS AND EVEN MONTHS,WHICH EXPLAINS WHY SO FEW TURN UP.

THOSE THAT DID BUY THEM WERE OFTEN SCARED OF HAVING THEM STOLEN OR BORROWED WITHOUT RETURN AND WOULD WRITE NAMES ON THE COVER-JUST COMPARE WITH ANY OTHER SIMILAR LPs ON EBAY.THE MAJORITY HAVE WRITING,SELLOTAPE REPAIR OR WORSE STILL DRAWINGS AND DOODLES ADDED.

THIS IS ABOUT THE BEST SET I HAVE SEEN IN YEARS AND YEARS.

CHECK OUT YOUR COPIES-CAN YOU REALLY PUT UP WITH THE SET YOU HAVE GOT AND WILL YOU REGRET IT LATER?

IF NOTHING ELSE THIS IS A FANTASTIC INVESTMENT!

THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS A HI-FI BUFF! 

THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ME ON EBAY SINCE 2002 AND INDEED ELSEWHERE BEFORE SINCE 1986, WILL PROBABLY KNOW I HAVE BEEN A RESPECTED  MUSIC EXPERT AND COLLECTOR FOR MANY YEARS CALLED UPON BY RADIO,TV AND PRICE GUIDES FOR MY ADVICE AND KNOWLEDGE.

WHILST I AM IN THE BUSINESS TO SELL, I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE ITEMS I AM SELLING.

IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET SUCH AS EBAY, THIS IS GETTING RARE SO YOU CAN BID WITH COMPLETE CONFIDENCE!

VERY NICE PRESSINGS!  

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN POOR CONDITION-THESE ARE IN NEAR MINT  CONDITION WITH HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE WHATSOEVER ,EVEN AT HIGH VOLUME WITH THE TREBLE FULL ON TO"CATCH"ANY GROOVE WEAR AND THAT IS BEING STRICT! 

NO STICKS!/NO JUMPS!/NO CLICKS!/NO SWISHES!/NO DISTORTION!

LPs THAT HAVE BEEN PLAYED ONLY A HANDFUL OF TIMES,HAVING SPOKEN AT LENGTH TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER's DAUGHTER,SELLING DUE TO HER FATHER'S PASSING.

Just how many were preserved like this one FROM A CAREFUL COLLECTOR??!!!!!!  

The STEREO mixes are Superb and full of bass, with a natural warmth from those EARLY STEREO LP days OF THE LATE1950s!

In THOSE EARLY STEREO DAYS,many were using terrible old and heavy equipment and using worn styli or nasty autochangers that would scuff the discs forever in seconds at the time not aware that years later even the slightest damage would be evident on more sophisticated audio.

The early STEREO equipment was quite often a bit basic and it was suggested to play LPs at between 5 and 8 grammes, which of course after a few plays would produce on later plays that nasty"film of fizzy distortion"so often IGNORED by sellers and in MY LISTENING GRADING is ALWAYS LISTENED OUT FOR WITH THE TREBLE FULL ON AND PLAYED TO ENSURE THE BEST AND MOST ACURATE GRADING!!!! 

 To find immaculate copies all these years later is getting almost impossible!FACT!

THEY ARE SIMPLY DRYING UP! 

These mixes are far punchier but are rather flat on the CDs that have come out!

Vinyl is still the best way to hear this music and always will be!  

GREAT WIDE RANGE SOUND WITH GREAT BASS!

I TEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT FILTERING OR A MONO SWITCH.

There is NO spindle wear.

ALSO INCLUDED ARE THE ORIGINAL FFSS STEREO INNER SLEEVES!  

Look elsewhere on ebay and you MIGHT see other copies-Look closer and you will find they are often MONO versions, reissues,inferior USA issues or lower grade copies with all manner of faults.

MOST RECORDS ON EBAY ARE IN DIABOLICAL, BAD CONDITIONS ATTEMPTED TO BE  SOLD BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GRADE OR BOTHER TO ACTUALLY PLAY THEM FOR AN ACURATE DESCRIPTION!

This is A POSSIBLE UPGRADER SET-EXAMINE YOURS-THEY MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS YOU THINK!

THE LPs ITSELF AS USUAL WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE COVERS BEFORE SENDING!   

REMEMBER I AM GRADING STRICTLY! PLEASE STUDY THE PHOTO! 

As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!

Realistic  £50 STARTING PRICE-  BUY IT NOW-OFFERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!

HARDLY ANY STEREO  LPs OF THIS VINTAGE SELL FOR LESS AND I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW GOOD THEY ARE.DO NOT BE SURPRISED IF THERE IS FRANTIC BIDDING AT THE LAST MINUTE.

DON'T LEAVE IT AND REGRET IT LATER!!!!!!!!!!!THIS MAY NOT BE REPEATED FOR A LONG TIME! 

THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO OWN A SET OF THREE SUPER AND RARE LPS. A GREAT INVESTMENT! 

Postage is FREE INCLUDING RECORDED DELIVERY TO THE UK WITH SOLID PACKING FAR BETTER THAN THE MAJORITY OF SELLERS-LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK FOR PROOF! YOU WILL GET THEM IN FINE SHAPE!!

Outside UK extra depending on destination.£10 EUROPE. REST OF THE WORLD £15. PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO SEVERAL ITEMS OVERSEAS BEING"LOST", IF THE OPTION TO SEND INSURED IS REFUSED THEN I CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST ITEMS. I DO NOT DRAMATICALLY INCREASE POSTAGE ON SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT.Paypal or cheque within 7 days please.

CHEQUE WILL NEED TIME TO CLEAR BEFORE DELIVERY. 

SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES FOR SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT

DO NOT BID UNLESS YOU INTEND TO PAY.Feedback always left. BE AWARE!!!! NON PAYERS AND TIMEWASTERS WILL BE DEALT WITH AND REPORTED TO EBAY AS WELL AS CIRCULATED VERBALLY AND BY EMAIL TO MY MANY DEALER AND COLLECTOR FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!

Checkout my feedback of OVER 11,000 comments of my standards and service many from some of the world's most respected collectors and dealers. BID with confidence! Always adding quality Records, cd's and related items to ebay several times a week. Customers from all over the world regard my  ebay selections as the #1 for QUALITY,VARIETY AND SERVICE.

I HAVE BEEN A DEALER SINCE 1986 WITH OVER 8 YEARS ON EBAY.

I ACTUALLY LISTEN TO MY ITEMS ON GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT, USUALLY TWICE TO ENSURE THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE AND ACURATE GRADE-I WANT LONG TERM REGULAR CUSTOMERS WHO WANT TO RETURN TO BUY FROM ME WITH FAITH AND TRUST.

LOOK AT MY FEEDBACK AND SEE WELL KNOWN RESPECTED COLLECTORS AND DEALERS WHO BUY FROM ME OVER AND OVER-NOTE WHAT THEY SAY-PAGE AFTER PAGE OF GLOWING STATEMENTS! 

UK Customers are very welcome to collect ebay winnings  by prior email arrangement.OVER 8 YEARS ON EBAY and many more before as a keen collector! Thanks for looking and good luck.

OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC ON EBAY FROM ME-SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE-LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY,MAYBE FOR THE LAST TIME FOR THESE LPs IN THIS CONDITION!

I HAVE MENTIONED EVERYTHING BUT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK.

MANY MORE FANTASTIC LPs TO COME IN FUTURE WEEKS FROM THIS COLLECTION FROM THE SAME ERA! KEEP WATCHING!

 DON'T LEAVE YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN!

THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET SUCH RARE LPs LIKE THESE ONES IN STEREO!

GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.

MORE SUPER STEREO CLASSICAL LPs FROM ME ON EBAY ENDING AT AUCTION ON THE SAME EVENING AS THIS SET ENDS!