Sold Date: June 25, 2022
Start Date: June 18, 2022
Final Price: $15.99 (USD)
Bid Count: 1
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From the greatest era of Mercury Living Presence Stereo recording, production, and pressing (1962), here on offer the masterly Antal Dorati's celebrated Complete Version of Tchaikovsky's wondrous "Nut Cracker Ballet" in its sugar-coated and candied Noel entirety. Provided here via a rare first edition disk of exceptional quality. Original Mercury Living Presence Stereo Disk, 35mm Magnetic Film Recording, U.S. Pressings, Serial No. Stereo SR 2 9013. Deadwax hand-engraved CTFR-10 (Side 1) CTFR-9 (Side 2), CTFR-9 (Side 3), and CTFR-5 (Side 4). Early Pressings. Disks are in remarkably fine condition. Close visual inspection under bright light shows no imperfections at all and retention of the highest gloss sheen on all sides. Appears very little played. (Play grading of all tracks happily provided upon request.) Interior, plastic, half-moon sleeves of the era. Gate-Fold Jacket also Near-Mint presenting still high-gloss faces and fully intact rear and seams. A highly collectable exemplar of one of Dorati's greatest recordings with early Mercury Stereo showcasing the inimitable, dancing musical corps of the majestic London Symphony streaming through the clarity of early Mercury Stereo!  With this super-fine set, every day is Christmas Eve! Be Charmed and Wonder!
 All Used and Open rare classical albums sold here at V.S.O.V. are examined under brightest light to detect any visible imperfections. I will sell no album below a grade of Near-Mint and that I would not add to my own meticulously kept classical record collection developed over the last 40 years. All of your used and open purchases here will be cleaned before shipment to you using a Music Hall, wcs-2 vacuum cleaning machine for disks treated prior and gently with a very low-alcohol cleaning fluid. Play grading happily provided upon request. Kindly Contact me via Ebay before bidding to request this service. Buy your used and open classical disks here with total confidence that they will be very safely packed in Proper, heavy-cardboard record mailers for shipment to any location and arrive to you in near-flawless playing condition. Guaranteed or your money back! Combined shipping always on offer here. Please Just await my prompt invoice with combined shipping costs at the conclusion of your purchases and before paying. Thank You!