SXL 6426 WB ROSTROPOVICH BRITTEN SCHUBERT BRIDGE RARE ORIGINAL 1969 UK LP TOP NM
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Description
Outstanding copy of Rostropovich and Britten performing Schubert and Bridge on super-rare Decca first issue ED3 'Wide Band' Decca SXL 6426 from 1969. The record is a beautiful top NM, not a mark, immaculate. The inner is NM. The half laminated jacket is top NM. Fabulous... you will never find a better copy.
To explain ED1, ED2, ED3, etc. These codes are taken from Peter Fulop's Mikrokosmos Labelography. The prefix ED does not mean 'edition'. It stands for English Decca. So ED1, despite the term being unwittingly and perhaps lazily used by many sellers for some time now on eBay, does NOT mean 'First Edition'.
ED1 is the earliest of the Decca SXL stereo labels with 'Original Recording By' text at ten o'clock and was used between 1958 and 1965. ED2 has 'Made in England' at 10 o'clock in use between 1965 and 1968. ED3 is the same as ED2 but there is no impressed groove and was in use between '68 and 1970.
So, for example, there simply cannot be a Columbia SAX 'ED1' using this cataloguing resource because of course these were not manufactured by Decca. First issue Columbia blue/silver SAX is ES1, using Fulop's labelography, a fantastic resource and available here:
https://mikrokosmos.com/labelography.asp
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The purge of the collection continues..... a varied batch this week.
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Regular clients will know that I keep my descriptions brief and to the point. If you are looking, I figure you will know what you are looking at. I would not presume to condescend nor would I wish to bore you to death with unnecessary hype. Used records play-checked on SME 15, SME V with VDH cart (Lyra Dorian for mono) and cleaned when necessary on a Loricraft Pro II.
GRADINGS:
MINT (M): Brand new and unplayed. Perfect, no indications of being handled or played. I only use this grading if I know for sure the record has not been played.
NEAR MINT (NM): The record is virtually flawless, clean and shiny. Very minor, barely visible innerbag wear may be permitted, but no scratches. The disc should play with no audible noise. Jacket is as close to perfect.
EXCELLENT (EX): Record plays near perfectly, but may have minor paper scuffs that do not interfere with the sound quality. There can possibly be a non-sounding mark or two but nothing that affects play. Record is clean and shiny. Any issues with the jacket will be minor and described.
Because I have never collected records that are a lower grade than EX, you won?t be finding any for sale here.
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I ensure that my records arrive with you in the same lovely condition they leave me, carefully packed in secure professional wraps with sheet polystyrene and cardboard packing. Shipping costs reflect packaging. I do not use bits of old cardboard box or those cheap flimsy envelope style mailers.
Records are always packed out of their jackets.
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