ORIG RCA LIVING STEREO AUDIOPHILE LP ALEXANDER GIBSON WITCHES BREW 1S/1S TAS
  $   115

 


$ 115 Sold For
Dec 4, 2011 Sold Date
Nov 24, 2011 Start Date
$   25 Start price
12   Number Of Bids
  USA Country Of Seller
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·       THE WITCHES BREW – SELECTION OF CLASSICAL WORKS BY MUSSORGSKY, SAINT-SAENS, LISZT et al.,  WITH A COMMON THEME OF WITCHCRAFT, SORCERY AND BLACK MAGIC (IS THAT CHRISTINE O'DONNELL ON THE FRONT COVER?!?) -  ALEXANDER GIBSON CONDUCTING THE NEW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF LONDON

 

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

 

·       ULTRA RARE ORIGINAL 1958 "RCA VICTOR LIVING STEREO" AUDIOPHILE, EXTENDED DYNAMIC RANGE,  ANALOG VINYL LP LSC-2225

 

·       Arnold: Overture to Tam O'Shanter, Op. 52; Moussorgsky-Ravel: Gnomos from Pictures at an Exhibition; Moussorgsky-Rimsky-Korsakovv: A Night on Bare Mountain; Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre, Op. 40; Humperdinck: Witches' Brew from Hansel and Gretel; Liszt: Mephisto Waltz 

 

 

·       THIS IS A LEGENDARY 1S/1S PRESSING

 

 

·       EASILY ONE OF THREE RAREST AND MOST COVETED RCA LIVING STEREO PRESSINGS

 

·       DEEP GROOVE PRESSING

 

·       ORIGINAL RED "SHADED DOG" RCA VICTOR  LIVING STEREO LABEL WITH SILVER PRINT

 

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

 

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

 

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

 

·       This album is  NOT:

-        (a) later "dynagroove" living stereo (1963-64)

-        (b) later pressing on a "white top" doggie label (1964-66)

-        (c) any subsequent pressing made after 1966; 

 

THIS IS THE GENUINE, AUTHENTIC, LIVING STEREO ALBUM.

 

(PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

 

 

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I have long held that the Saint-Saens’ Danse Macabre on this album is the best ever. I probably still agree with that, but so much of the material on this record is amazingly good that that's actually kind of a left-handed compliment. The entire side 2 is outstanding from start to finish and the excerpt on side 1 from Pictures at an Exhibition and the complete A Night on Bare Mountain are both played with a kind of energy and requisite orchestral technical quality that makes these pieces come alive right in your living room.

 

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"RCA Living Stereo" recordings - mostly classical, but also a handful of pop and easy listening titles - were made under the supervision of the most knowledgeable technicians and engineers on earth. The sound is simply amazing. On  mint or near mint copies , quiet passages are so quiet - and the surface noise so conspicuously absent - that you will not even realize that your stylus has hit the surface of the record until the music starts. The highs are high, and the lows are very low. You are going to need a subwoofer and a hypersensitive tweeter to express some of these tonal ranges appropriately. This is the music for the ears, heart, soul, mind and guts alike.

 

THIS IS A RESERVE AUCTION!

 

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·       CONDITION:

 

·       RECORD

 

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

 

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VERY GOOD+ . CAUTION: The vinyl is NOT MINT or NEAR MINT, but is nevertheless in a very nice and clean condition. There are some surface marks and abrasions, mostly light and superficial, although some may be longer than 1.1/4 inches (1 inch = 2.5 centimeters)

 

(b)          The record has a "deep groove" (an indent in the label about 1/2-inch from the edge of the label, which on SOME labels is associated with very early or first pressings).

 

(c)           The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

 

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

 

 

·       COVER

 

THE COVER IS ABOUT VERY GOOD+ (VG+)

 

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

 

-        Cover has all three seams (top, bottom and spine) partially split,  as follows:

-        Top seam: between 1 and 2 inches  / 2.5 to 5 centimeters.

-        Bottom seam: between 2 and 4 inches  / 5 to 10 centimeters.

-        Spine: between 4 and 6 inches  / 10 to 15 centimeters.

-        (Top and bottom seams have been taped with a short bit of unseemly packaging tape - please see the images)

 

-         Cover has some visible fraying/tattering on the top seam and spine

 

-         Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 3 (front side) and 4 (back side)

 

-         Back cover has circular tarnish (grayish, dust-covered sections, which closely follow the contour of the record),  probably caused by friction or by rubbing against other covers during the storage. The tarnish is similar in appearance to a common ring wear, but, UNLIKE ring wear, these grayish areas may be possible to clean up with a minor effort and with a right cleansing solution.

 

-         Cover shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

 

-         Cover has one corner slightly worn / dinged (nothing significant)

 

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

 

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No wrinkles or creases

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

 

 

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