DECCA SXL 2069-72 ED1 VERDI LA FORZA DEL DESTINO TEBALDI OSCAR PRADELLI EXC
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Nov 29, 2014 Sold Date
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DECCA SXL 2069-72 ED1 VERDI LA FORZA DEL DESTINO TEBALDI OSCAR PRADELLI RARE EXC


NOTE: DECCA NAME IS OBLITERATED ON THE DISCS AS IS MADE IN ENGLAND ON THE LABELS. THIS WAS DUE TO COPYRIGHT CONFLICTS IN THE LATE 1950S.

Verdi - La Forza Del Destino - Complete Opera - Renata Tabaldi (Soprano) - Mario Del Monaco (Tenor) - Ettore Bastianini (Baritone) - Giulietta Simionato (Mezzo-Soprano) - Cesare Siepi (Bass) - Fernando Corena (Baritone) - Silvio Maionica (Bass) - Gabriella Carturan (Mezzo-Soprano) - Piero Di Palma (Tenor) - Ezio Giordano (Bass) - Eraldo Coda (Tenor) - The Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome - Francesco Molinari Pradelli - Includes Insert and Libretto - VERY RARE

ORIGINAL BOOKLET.  DECCA NAME CROSSED OUT ON THE LAST PAGE.

COVER: EXC-. THE DECCA NAME WAS COVERED OVER WITH PURPLE INK DUE TO COPYRIGHT ISSUES. THIS HAS BEEN CLEANED OFF. THE COVER SHOWS WEAR ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND ALL FOUR CORNERS ARE SPLIT. THERE IS SOME WEAR ALONG THE TOP EDGE. THE TOP OF THE BACK BOX IS SPLIT FOR ABOUT 4 INCHES.

LABELS: ALL ARE DEEP GROOVE, “ORIGINAL RECORDING BY” AND “MADE IN ENGLAND.” ON MANY LABELS, THE DECCA HAS BEEN DARKENED OUT WITH BLACK MARKER AND THE WORDS “MADE IN ENGLAND” HAVE BEEN COVERED WITH BLUE MARKER.

VINYL: DEAD WAX MARKINGS

SIDE 1: MATRIX 2E; MOTHER/LACQUER 2. STAMPER GM=14

SIDE 2: MATRIX 1K; MOTHER/LACQUER C2; STAMPER CG = 37

SIDE 3: MATRIX 1K; MOTHER/LACQUER 41; STAMPER CG = 37

SIDE 4: MATRIX 1K; MOTHER/LACQUER 1; STAMPER BI = 15

SIDE 5: MATRIX 2K; MOTHER/LACQUER 11; STAMPER BG = 17

SIDE 6: MATRIX 2K; MOTHER/LACQUER 1; STAMPER UB = 21

SIDE 7: MATRIX 1K; MOTHER/LACQUER 1; STAMPER C = 3

SIDE 8: MATRIX 2K; MOTHER/LACQUER 11; STAMPER GI = 75

These are all LPs that were mastered by Tony Hawkins, one of the best Decca sound engineers. The sound is really GREAT!



VINYL CONDITION:

SIDE 1:  EXC. VERY SLIGHT SCUFFS IN BAND 1. OTHERWISE VINYL IS ESPECIALLY CLEAN, BUT NOT MINT-.

SIDE 2:EXC-. ¾ INCH HAIRLINE SCRATCH AT THE END OF BAND4. OTHERWISE VERY CLEAN VINYL.

SIDE 3: EXC+.VERY FINE SCRATCH BETWEEN BANDS 2 AND 3 FOR ABOUT ¼ INCH. OTHERWISE EXTREMELY CLEAN.

SIDE 4: EXC. TWO HAIRLINE SCRATCHES AT THE BEGINNING OF BAND 3. OTHERWISE VERY CLEAN VINY.

SIDE 5: EXC. A FEW EXTREMELY LIGHT NAIL MARKS IN BANDS 2 AND 3. SOME DIRT MARKS IN BAND 1. BUT VERY CLEAN OVERALL.

SIDE 6: A FEW SCUFFS IN BAND 1, POSSIBLY NAIL MARKS FROM LIFTING THE DECK OF RECORDS OFF A PILE ON A SPINDLE. OTHERWISE, QUITE CLEAN.

SIDE 7: EXC-. SOME VERY FINE NAIL MARKS IN BANDS 3-4. NO SCRATCHES.  

SIDE 8: EXC+. BAND 1 HAS SOME WATER MARKS.


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