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LP's: Mercuries For the SR series (and some of the others) I am now replacing my previous pressing designation by means of label-type with designations by means of stamper numbers, since most of my customers seem to find that information more complete and useful. The FR's are the earliest stampers, followed by the RFR's, CFR's and M's. FR stampers no longer appeared in issues with numbers above about SR-90265 (some earlier numbers may also have been pressed first as RFR's), and there were no RFR's either above about SR-90500. Excellent (or mint) copies of Mercury's early stereo pressings (particularly those with the early FR stampers), like those of most companies in the late 50's and early 60's, sometimes grade A- but frequently have a degree of surface noise which falls a little below my audition grade of A-, yet is quieter than what I grade B+. These are graded "A- to B+." Items graded A- are very fine copies of very quiet pressings, and grades above that are exceptional. 535.*LPS-9000: BEETHOVEN - Wellington's Victory; Leonore #3 & Prometheus Overtures. Dorati/LSO. [With cannons & muskets of the period from West Point; Deems Taylor narrates tapes from artillery recording sessions; all the Wellington hoopla tends to obscure the great sound in the Leonore #3. (TAS 35:108) This copy - amazingly! - still has enclosed the little fold-up cardboard British and French flags that came with the record. I still remember when my dad came home with his copy, c.1961, and those flags appeared on the appropriate speakers, left and right!] [RFR-1/RFR-2] A- ................................................................ 35.00 536. MG-10079: HAYDN - Symphony #6 ("Le Matin") & #13 ("Jupiter"). Hans Weisbach/Bamberg Sym. B- to C+(varies) ........................................................................................................................ 9.00 537. MG-50111: SPIRIT OF 76 - Music for Fifes & Drums based on U.S. Army field music. Fennell/Eastman Wind Ens. [TAS re stereo 33:134] [MF-3/MF-3] A- .......................................... 8.00 538. MG-50122: BORODIN - Polovetsian Dances. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Le Coq d'Or Suite. Dorati/LSO. [TAS re stereo: 37:95] [FR-5/FR-5] A- ..................................................................... 13.00 539. MG-50136: CARPENTER - Adventures in a Perambulator. PHILLIPS: Selections from McGuffey's Readers. Hanson/ERSO. [TAS re stereo 39:125] [Fr-4/FR-1] B++(occ tks in Carpenter) ........................................................................................................................................... 8.00 540. MG-50161: ENCORE PLEASE, SIR JOHN! - Barbirolli/Halle play 8 encores, highlights being the spectacular Wood arrangement of the "Purcell Trumpet Voluntary" (really Jeremiah Clarke's Prince of Denmark's March) and Stars & Stripes with amazing bass drum; also Merry Wives Overture, Valse Triste, Under the Linden Trees, Joyeuse Marche, Dance of the Hours & Andante Cantabile. [Even more stunning punch than the stereo issue, as is common with these single-mike monos. TAS re stereo: 50:196-9; 54:159] [FR-1/FR-2] A-(lovely copy!).......... 30.00 541.*SR-90043: MUSIC OF LEROY ANDERSON, Vol. 2. The Typewriter (Fennell plays it; no gimmicks; it's terrific!); Fiddle-Faddle; Waltzing Cat; Blue Tango; Belle of the Ball; Syncopated Clock; five more. Fennell/ERSO Pops. [TAS 33:136; just a wonderful record if you like the repertoire] [FR-2/FR-2] A-(superficial marks cause little or no sound)....................... 32.00 542.*SR-90049: GROFE - Grand Canyon & Mississippi Suites. Hanson/ERSO. [TAS 34:177] [CS- 5/CS-7] A-(c/c)................................................................................................................................. 25.00 543.*SR-90125: ELGAR - Enigma Variations. PURCELL - Suite for Strings. Barbirolli/Halle. [TAS 38:143-4] [FR-3/FR-2] A-................................................................................................................ 20.00
LP's: Mercuries - continued 544.*SR-90153: RESPIGHI - The Birds; Brazilian Impressions. Dorati/LSO. [TAS 54:159+163; 73:148L] [FR-1/FR-1] A-................................................................................................................. 65.00 545.*SR-90163: VICTOR HERBERT - Cello Concerto (Miquelle). JOHANN FRIEDRICH PETER (1746-1813) - Sinfonia in G. Hanson/ERSO. [TAS 46:157-8; one of the more obscure issues in this series - the last time I had a copy was in 1990!!] [FR-1/FR-1] A-........................................ 50.00 546.*SR-90198: SCHUMANN - Symphony #1; Manfred Overture. Paray/Detroit. [RFR-2/RFR-1] A- ... 30.00 547.*SRI-75029: CHAUSSON - Symphony in B-flat. CHABRIER - Suite Pastorale. Paray/Detroit. [From SR-90017(TAS 36:96-7) and SR-90212(TAS 47:142; 53:117)] A- to A ............................. 12.00 548.*SRI-75044: TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony #4. Dorati/LSO. [From SR-90279, oddly one of the scarcest of the original Dorati/LSO Mercuries; TAS re original: 49:147; this SRI is no common either!] A- to A .................................................................................................................. 25.00 549.*SRI-75095: MOORE - Pageant of P.T.Barnum. NELSON - Savannah River Holiday. CARPENTER - Adventures in a Perambulator. Hanson/ERSO. [from SR-90134(33:135/6; 53:120; 65:154L); SR-90136(TAS 39:125); SR-90206(TAS 31:96; 32:148; 53:120] A- to A(c/c)................................................................................................................................................ 12.00 550.*SRI-75141: JOSEPH SCHWANTNER - Aftertones of Infinity. WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI - Livre pour Orchestre. Effron/Eastman Philharmonia. A- to A .................................................... 24.00 551.*WC-18068: CHABRIER - Espana; Suite Pastorale; Fete Polonaise; Gwendoline Overture; Danse Slave. Paray/Detroit Sym. [Reissue of the very scarce and sought-after SR-90212 (which was released November 1961; deleted July 1964). [TAS re original: 47:142-3; 53:117] [M- 2/M-2] A-.......................................................................................................................................... 14.00 Listings of RCA LP's begin on next page �
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