DECCA SXL 2054 -5 - 6. MADAMA BUTTERFLY TEBALDI - 3 LP SET WIDE BAND ED1 LABLE.
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AUCTION FOR MADAM BUTTERFLY, A RARE, SOUGHT AFTER DECCA 3 LP SET - ALL 1st LABLE. RECORD Nos. ARE SXL 2054-5-6. THEY ARE WIDE BAND GROOVED LABLES WITH 'ORIGINAL RECORDING BY' PRINTED AT THE 10' OCLOCK POSITION.
RECORDING ARTISTS ARE RENATA TEBALDI & CARLO BERGONZI, WITH THE ACADEMY OF ST CECILIA'S IN ROME, CONDUCTED BY TULLIO SERAFIN. FIRST PUBLISHED 1958.
I HAVE PLAYED ALL 6 SIDES ON MY HIGH END STEREO SYSTEM. THE SOUND IS LUSH AND FULL. NO WEAR WAS DETECTED BUT THERE IS A SLIGHT BACKGROUND CRACKLE THROUGHOUT (THOUGH I DID NOT FIND THIS INTRUSIVE). THERE ARE LIGHT SCUFFS AND A FEW SCRATCHES OVER ALL THE RECORDS. BE AWARE THAT A FEW SCRATCHES DO SOUND SLIGHTLY.
THE LP'S ARE ARRANGED IN AUTOPLAYER ORDER, I.E. THE REVERSE OF 2054 IS SIDE 6, REVERSE OF 2055 IS SIDE 5, AND SO ON. SO YOU GET 1-2-3 - TURN SET - 4-5-6 ON AN AUTOPLAYER.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW SPINDLE MARKS SO WITH THE LIGHT SCRATCHES AND SCUFFS ABOVE I WOULD SAY THIS SET HAS CERTAINLY BEEN PLAYED OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS OR SO BUT ALSO THE RECORDS HAVE BEEN VERY WELL CARED FOR.
I WOULD GRADE THE VINYL AS VG, MAYBE VG-.
THERE IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIBRETTO - A LITTLE CREASED WITH 1 LONG CREASE NEAR THE SPINE.
THE SLEEVE IS BEIGE PVC, 1960'S TYPE OF THING, RATHER THAN A BOX. IT IS STILL SOUND BUT HAS A FEW WRINKLES AND SMALL TEARS. (SEE ONE OF THE PHOTO's ABOVE WITH THE ITEMS IN THE PVC SLEEVE). I THOUGHT THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER MIGHT HAVE DISCARDED THE BOX IN FAVOUR OF THIS SLEEVE BUT I READ THAT THERE WERE APPARENTLY PVC SLEEVE OPTIONS INSTEAD OF THE BOX. I DON'T CARE FOR IT BUT THERE WE ARE.
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