PAPER: Books - Polyphony Recordings

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.
1189.*ARL1-0136: NOW, VOYAGER - CLASSIC FILM SCORES OF MAX STEINER. Music
from King Kong, Big Sleep, Charge of Light Brigade, Four Wives, Fountainhead, Since
You Went Away, Johnny Belinda, Informer, Saratoga Trunk. Gerhardt/National
Philharmonic. [Korngold; Wilkinson][TAS 30:143] A-(but missing notes insert) [064493] ....... 12.00
1190.*ARL1-3004: FALLA - Nights in the Gardens of Spain; Harpsichord Concerto (Piano Version).
Achucarro; Mata/LSO. [Gerhardt, producer] A- [057927] ............................................................ 9.00
1191.*CAMDEN LIVING STEREO CAS-481: HAYDN - Symphony #94. Fjeldstad/Oslo Phil.
[Living Stereo; 1S/1S; rec June, 1958; in print 5/1959 - 10/1960] A- [069592] ............................ 23.00
1192.*CAMDEN LIVING STEREO CAS-495: BRAHMS - Symphony #1. Gruner-Hegge/Oslo
Phil. [Living Stereo; 1S/1S; recorded June, 1958; only in print June 1959 - Oct 1960;
Dellheim producer; one of the scarcest of this series] A- [069595] ............................................... 32.00
1193.*CAMDEN LIVING STEREO CAS-534: LORIN HOLLANDER - Piano music of Brahms
(Intermezzo & Rhapsody); Liszt (Hungarian Rhapsody #6 & Mephisto Waltz);
Rachmaninoff (Prelude in c#); Chopin (Scherzo #2; Polonaise). [Scarce early Hollander -
only in print Jan 1960 - Sept 1961] [2S/2S] A- [075439] ............................................................... 19.00