831 – 5577 E – Mail - 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.
646.*ARP1-4440: SAINT-SAENS - Symphony #3. Zamkochian, organ; Munch/BSO. [Mohr;
Layton; "Point 5" Series half-speed re-mastering from LSC-2341] A-(c/c) .................................... 16.00
647.*ATL1-4156: FRANCK - Symphony in d. Monteux/CSO. [Mohr; Layton] [Half-speed
remastering ("Point 5" Series) of LSC-2514: TAS 29:122; 30:128; 90:136-7; German Teldec
pressing] A- to A(demo copy).......................................................................................................... 20.00
648.*ATL1-4286: STRAUSS - Also Sprach Zarathustra. Reiner/CSO. [Pfeiffer; Chase] [Half-speed
re-mastering ("Point 5 Series") of the first Reiner/CSO Zarathustra, recorded March 8, 1954.
See TAS 75/76:78 re original issue on LSC-1806.] A-(Teldec pressing)........................................ 25.00
649.*CAMDEN LIVING STEREO CAS-469: POP CONCERT FAVORITES - Finlandia; William
Tell & Fledermaus Overtures; Carmen Suite #1. Gruner-Hegge/Oslo Phil. [Living Stereo;
1S/1S; recorded June, 1958; only in print January 1959 - May 1961] A-........................................ 13.00
650.*CAMDEN LIVING STEREO CAS-475: RACHMANINOFF - Piano Concerto #2. Baekkelund;
Fjeldstad/Oslo Phil. [Living Stereo; 1S/1S; recorded June, 1958; only in print April 1959 -
May 1961; scarce item] A- ............................................................................................................... 16.00
651.*GL-25006 (BRITISH): ELIZABETHAN SERENADE - Popular English Favorites. Britten -
Young Person's Guide. Arnold - Four Scottish Dances. Short works by Elgar(2), Binge,
Walton & Tove. Charles Gerhardt/NPO. A-................................................................................. 16.00
652. LBC-1076: BRAHMS - Variations on a Theme of Paganini; Variations on an Original Theme,
Op.21; Capriccio in b, Op.76, #2. Jan Smeterlin, piano. [Very rare: only in print from late
1954 or early 1955 until August 1956; this is Polyphony's first copy] A-(brief lgt tks sd 2;
otherwise superb!) ............................................................................................................................ 45.00