Sold Date: April 4, 2021
Start Date: March 25, 2021
Final Price: £88.00 (GBP)
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BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTO No 2 in B Flat Major, Op. 83. 

Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini. Philharmonia Orchestra. Piano: Claudio Arrau. 

Vinyl LP 1st UK pressing. Stereo 1963. Columbia SAX 2466

Advertised as a new release in ‘Six New Brilliant LPs’, Gramophone magazine, February 1963, supplement, page 3.

VINYL

Audio: EX+ / M-

Visual: M- / M

First UK pressing. 

Stamped matrix numbers: 

Side 1: YAX 911-3.  

Side 2: YAX 912-6

58 years old but retains sheen and looks brand new.

Test play revealed no skips or sticks. Perfectly flat.

Deep full clean sound, with no trace of distortion, so clearly it has not been played very much over the years.

Four very mild ticks heard at one place on Side 1 (none heard on Side 2), but you need to have the volume up significantly to hear this. Otherwise the audio quality of this truly fabulous record would have been graded as M-

LABELS:

M-

No marks, blemishes, tears, writing or stickers - very nice indeed!

SLEEVE:

EX / EX+

Typical of 1st pressing: front laminated. Printed by Garrod and Lofthouse Ltd. 

Sleeve structure and lamination are perfectly sound. Spine undamaged and perfectly legible. Very little sign of ageing - the back of the sleeve is still quite white and looks quite freshly-printed.

INNER SLEEVE EX+

Original printed poly-lined inner sleeve.

Perfectly sound with no splits, marks, writing, tears or blemishes, just a little creasing (see photos).

THIS ITEM WILL BE SENT TO YOU IN A STRONG CARD MAILER ENVELOPE WITH STIFF REINFORCED CARDBOARD INSERTS TO FULLY PROTECT IT

Please view my photos as they are part of the description.

Any questions, please ask!

Happy bidding!