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LP's: Miscellaneous Audiophile & Special Labels - continued
775.*EMI SLS--987(2): ELGAR - The Dream of Gerontius. Gedda; Watts; Lloyd; Boult/NPO; LPO
Cho; Alldis Cho. [Bishop; Parker; Kingsway Hall, 1975] [quad] A- to A ..................................... 15.00
776.*EPIC BC-1002: TCHAIKOVSKY - Capriccio Italien. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Capriccio
Espagnole. MOUSSORGSKY - Khovantchina Prelude. BORODIN - Polovtsian Dances.
Szell/CO. [blue labels] A-(c/c)........................................................................................................... 9.00
777.*FRANKLIN MINT 39/40(2): TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony #4 (Szell/LSO; from London CS-
6987); Symphony #5 (Stokowski/NPO; from London SPC-21017; TAS 37:142). [One of
FM's series of "The 100 Greatest Recordings of All Time." Pressed on red vinyl; in deluxe
oversized album.] A- ........................................................................................................................ 32.00
778.*HNH 4010: BAX - Symphony #7. Leppard/LPO. [from Lyrita SCRS-83: TAS 11:381; 37:171]
A-...................................................................................................................................................... 10.00
779.*LYRITA SRCS--40: ELGAR - Symphony #2. Boult/LPO. A- ........................................................... 20.00
MGM LP's
While I am not listing them in this section (they are special, but surely not audiophile!), this catalog includes a
substantial number of early-pressing MGM LP's. Since they are primarily of interest for the off-the-beaten-path
works they included, most are listed in the Orchestral & Instrumental Repertiore section. But I shall provide
references to the listing numbers below for those who might be interested since most of these are indeed an
unusual group and most are in the original pressings with original cover art. In later years, many were reissued
with plain blue text covers - and rather better pressings, to be candid! - but the originals have a cachet of their
own for the jackets & history. Even late in the series, records were sometimes issued factory-sealed but without
inner sleeves, so most of the best copies one finds grade no better than B+ from a little added surface sound (a
grade of A- means a very fine copy). Here's where you will find them in this catalog: #802, 807, 812, 819-20,
825, 835, 838, 844, 848, 876, 888, 903, 910-12, 922-23, 926, 954, 998, 1121, 1130, 1162, 1271-72, 1481 &
1647.
780.*MHS 1229: BAX - November Woods. HOLST - A Fugal Overture. MOERAN - Sinfonietta.
Boult/LPO. [from Lyrita SRCS-37; TAS 39:146] A- ..................................................................... 10.00
781.*MHS 1769: BAX - North Ballad #1; Tintagel; Garden of Fand; Mediterranean. Boult/LPO.
[from Lyrita SRCS-62; TAS 39:146-8] A- ........................................................................................ 8.00
782.*OISEAU-LYRE SOL-60037: BRITTEN - Cantata Academica; Hymn to St. Cecilia; Hymn to the
Virgin; Choral Dances from Gloriana. Vyvyan; Watts; Pears; Branningan; Malcolm/LSO
& Cho. A- .......................................................................................................................................... 9.00
783.*TELARC DG-10048: BIZET - Carmen Suite #1. GRIEG - Peer Gynt Suite. Slatkin/St. Louis
Sym. [Woods; Renner; dig] A- .......................................................................................................... 9.00
784. WESTMINSTER W-LAB 7016: STRAUSS - Till Eulenspiegel; Don Juan. Rodzinski/PSOL.
[Does not have original plastic zip-open sleeve, but does include the 30-page booklet by
Audio Magazine editor C.G.McProud, detailing the musical and audiophile delights, minute
by minute!] B++(Don)/A--(Till)....................................................................................................... 16.00
785.*WESTMINSTER WST-14030: WEINBERGER - Polka & Fugue from "Schwanda." SMETANA
- The Moldau; Three Excerpts from "The Bartered Bride." ENESCO - Roumanian Rhapsody
#1. Scherchen/VSOO. [fine copy; very early Westminster stereo] [early labels] A-(promo
copy) ................................................................................................................................................. 35.00