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Five 78 RPM 10" Album Classics That Live Forever Wagner Brahms Chopin Beethoven

Sold Date: April 15, 2022
Start Date: March 12, 2022
Final Price: $15.00 (USD)
Seller Feedback: 1954
Buyer Feedback: 30

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78 RPM - Five 10" Records in an Album called "Classics That Live Forever" on the album spine and "An Album Of Great Composers" on the front - features compositions by Wagner, Brahms, Chopin, Beethoven, Monti, Paderewski, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov

The album that houses the 5 records is holding together well. There is some wear including a stain on the bottom of the front,  some corner and edge wear including a pretty roughed-up lower right corner on the front. There are short splits where the covers join the seam at the bottom. The composers and compositions are listed on the front. The attached sleeves inside are still firmly in place and in great shape. There is a sheet showing all albums in the series of which this album is a part. 

The records mostly look nice and shiny with minimal scuffs. A few sides do have some spotting. I played all of these records before offering them for sale. They all play with no skips. There is moderate record surface noise throughout but it does not hinder enjoyment of the music. The performers are simply listed as "Solon Orchestra" or "Symphony Orchestra".  The sound of the music is OK and the performances are adequate. The record labels look very nice.

Please see the photos for more info and a look at condition.

A word on safely shipping 78 RPM records: They can be fragile and easily breakable. If shipped in packaging that would be perfectly safe for a vinyl record, the chance of breakage is pretty good. I believe that shellac 78's need to be shipped in a box with cardboard padding reinforced with bubble wrap and more for shock absorbers. Proper packing materials for shipping an album of 78s cost me about $4.00 per package. Add upwards of $6.00 for USA media mail postage and you can see that my shipping cost alone is $10.00 or more for an album with multiple records. Please keep that cost in mind when considering the price of the album. 

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