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LP's: RCA's I am now listing RCA's all together in one group when they are either early pressings in which customers have indicated an interest, or when they are later pressings of issues which have had a particular following. Records are listed alphanumerically by prefix and number. Codes for pressings refer to label types, and are given in brackets just before the grade at the end of the listing (e.g. [SD]). RCA pressing codes are as follows: PD = Plum Dog (Nipper, the RCA/HMV dog, shown against a shaded plum background; used for the last RCA classical mono issues, c.1954-1958). SD = Shaded Dog (as above, but with fire-engine red background; used during the early stereo era, c.1958-1963, for both mono and stereo classical issues except some Sorias). WD = White Dog (also called "Plain Dog"; Nipper here is against an unshaded background of Christmas red; used for all classical issues except Sorias c.1964-1969). ND = No Dog (large "RCA" in open white letters on left of label; c.1969-1977). LD = Late Dog (small dog on upper right of label against dark red; c.1977 forward). BL = Black label (for popular records almost exclusively) CP = Canadian Pressing. PL = Plum Label (for Victrola [VIC or VICS] issues, the earliest pressings, c. 1964-1968). SS = Soria Series (special label of Christmas red with no dog used only for the Sorias; the first Sorias had SD labels, but switched to SS about 1961 - before WD era). I am now also including the stamper numbers of each stereo disc (and some monos too) next to the pressing code. If the information is available I also show the names of the producer and engineer in another pair of brackets. Please note that for these issues - as for most records from the early stereo era - copies in apparently mint condition frequently grade "A- to B+" in my audition. Copies graded A- are very fine, and higher grades are quite extraordinary from this period. 552.*AGL1-3879: STRAUSS - Elektra (Three Scenes). Borkh; Schoeffler; Yeend; Reiner/CSO. [TAS 35:177; issued on mono-only LP in the 50's, but never in stereo until this release (and a concurrent German issue) of March 1981; deleted September 1983. To my knowledge, the only stereo issue of this legendary recording until it was digitally remastered for CD. Amazing brass sound!!!] A- ............................................................................................................. 19.00 553.*ARP1-4576: MOUSSORGSKY - Pictures at an Exhibition. Reiner/CSO. [Mohr; Layton; "Point 5" Series; half-speed re-mastered; TAS regarding original: 98:126-8; TAS regarding this reissue: 27:108] A- to A ...................................................................................................................... 20.00 554.*ATL1-4200: BRAHMS - Violin Concerto. Heifetz; Reiner/CSO. [Pfeiffer; Layton or Chase; 1/2-speed remastering ("Point 5" series); German Teldec pressing; from LSC-1903 (TAS 77:138-40)] A- to A.......................................................................................................................... 15.00 555.*CSC-302: LISZT - Rigoletto (Concert-Paraphrase); Trovatore - Miserere; Don Giovanni (Fantasy); Reminiscences of "Lucia di Lammermoor" and "Norma." Earl Wild, piano. [Living Stereo RCA Victor Record Club issue with club labels; rather obscure 1962 issue; Dellheim; Keville] [8S/7S] A-.......................................................................................................... 24.00
LP's: RCA's - continued 556. LD-7021(2): THE HOROWITZ COLLECTION - Works of Czerny, Mozart, Clementi, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Scriabin, Barber, Prokofiev, Moszkowski, Saint-Saens, Liszt, Horowitz. Vladimir Horowitz. [With lovely 19-page Skira book illustrated with paintings from Horowitz' personal collection (Manet, Rouault, Picasso, Degas); mono issue only: recordings made between 1942 and 1955] [SS; 3S/4/4/1] A-................................................. 32.00 557.*LDS-2351: BRAHMS - Symphony #1. Karajan/VPO. [w/insert] [SD; 1S/3S] A-/A--(brief, lgt tks start side 2).................................................................................................................................. 35.00 558.*LDS-2513: BRAHMS - Double Concerto. Heifetz; Piatigorsky; Wallenstein/Orch. [Pfeiffer; Crawford; Soria Series; in heavy slipcase with 10-page Lionni book; TAS 81:124] [SS; 4S/5S] A- .......................................................................................................................................... 40.00 559.*LDS-6091(2): VERDI - Requiem. Price; Elias; Bjoerling; Tozzi; Reiner/VPO; Cho. [Soria Series; in deluxe, oversize, heavy slipcase with rounded spine and lavish 19-page Skira book; Smith; Brown; TAS 88:160-2; 130:73] A-(SS labels; 17S/9S/7S/10S)........................................... 65.00 560. LM-1028: TCHAIKOVSKY - Piano Concerto #1. Rubinstein; Mitropoulos/Mpls. [early labels] B++/A-- ............................................................................................................................................ 16.00 561. LM-1180: STRAUSS - Till Eulenspiegel; Death & Transfiguration. Reiner/RCA Sym. [very strong performances - especially Death & Transfiguration; recorded 1950] [early labels] B+ ....... 25.00 562. LM-1900: BERLIOZ - Symphonie Fantastique. Munch/BSO. [their first recording; Nov 1954; in the original jacket with four-breasted, three-starry-eyed female] [PD; 7S/18S] A-(little or no snd from superficial blem, sd 2) ....................................................................................................... 18.00 563. LM-1900: BERLIOZ - Symphonie Fantastique. Munch/BSO. [their first (1954) recording; this copy has the later cover with Dali-like witches' sabbath (same illustration used in Living Stereo CD reissue] [SD; 22S/20S] A--............................................................................................. 18.00 564. LM-1902: CLEMENTI - Piano Sonatas Op.34, #2; Op.14, #3; Op.26, #2. Horowitz. [PD; 2S/1E] A-...................................................................................................................................................... 12.00 565. LM-1903: BRAHMS - Violin Concerto. Heifetz; Reiner/CSO. [Pfeiffer; Layton; TAS re stereo: 77:138-40; recorded February 1955] [PD; 6S/14S] A-/A-- ............................................................. 12.00 566. LM-1905: LISZT - Funerailles; Mephisto Waltz; Valse Impromptu; Liebestraum #3; Hungarian Rhapsodies #10 & 12; Consolation #3. Rubinstein. [SD; 12S/14S] A-.......................................... 12.00 567. LM-1906: OPERA WITHOUT SINGING - Excerpts from Aida, Barber, Tales, Carmen(2), Lucia, Boheme(2), Rigoletto(2), Trovatore(2), Thais, Tannhauser & Faust. Fiedler/BPS. [PD; 9S/8S] B.............................................................................................................................................. 8.00 568. LM-1907: DEBUSSY - La Damoiselle Elue. Berlioz - Nuits d'Ete. Munch/BSO. [recorded April 1955 - never available in stereo] [SD; 15S/16S] A-(brief lgt bbl thumps sd 1)............................... 12.00 569. LM-1908: BEETHOVEN - Sonatas #8 & #23. Rubinstein. [stormy cover!] [PD; 1S/1S] A-(brief tks mvt 2, #8).................................................................................................................................... 12.00 570. LM-1909: TEN SOPRANOS - TEN ARIAS: de los Angeles (Faust); Albanese (Manon Lescaut); Milanov (Forza); Flagstad (Tristan); Traubel (Walkure); Rethberg (Figaro); Ponselle (Norma); Bori (Boheme); Galli-Curci (Traviata); Lehmann (Walkure). [PD; 1S/1S] A-- .............. 12.00 571. LM-1910: MUSIC FOR A SUMMER NIGHT - Short works of Kreisler(3), Mason, Gounod, Waldteufel(2), Liszt, Beethoven (first movement of Sonata #14, arranged by Walter Piston!) & Anton Rubinstein. Fiedler/BPS. [PD; 13S/15S] A-(scarce in such good condition) .................. 16.00
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Page 31 and 32: LP's: Vocalists - continued 395.*KU
Page 33 and 34: LP's: Vocalists - continued 430.+ME
Page 35 and 36: LP's: Vocalists - continued 463.*SC
Page 37 and 38: AUDIOPHILE AND SPECIAL LABEL RECORD
Page 39 and 40: LP's: Londons The very early [c.195
Page 41: LP's: Mercuries - continued 544.*SR
Page 45 and 46: LP's: RCA's - continued 586. LM-192
Page 47 and 48: LP's: RCA's - continued 621. LM-198
Page 49 and 50: LP's: RCA's - continued 645.*LSC-20
Page 55 and 56: LP's: RCA's - continued 746.*VICS-1
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Page 69 and 70: LP's: Collections - continued 988.
Page 71 and 72: LP's: Oboe 1015.*GOOSSENS: Handel C
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Page 83 and 84: LP's: Pianists - continued 1250.*KR
Page 85 and 86: LP's: Pianists - continued 1295.*RA
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