Sold Date: June 18, 2014
Start Date: September 21, 2013
Final Price: $30.00 (USD)
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Buyer Feedback: 41

 12" red & gold "wing" Victor
88489

TOSCA: Tre sbirri, una carrozza "Te Deum" (Puccini)

Pasquale AMATO (baritone)

Conservative Grade: 1-2 Top Copy

Recorded in Camden, N.J. 16-April-1914 (mx C-14715-2)
With orchestra and chorus - from a technical standpoint, quite a sonic achievement for its day!
Never reissued or doubled by Victor.
Late 1940s private subscription-only reissue as AGSB 54 (pressed by HMV).
Amato, greatly admired by Toscanini, was one of the greatest baritones of the 20th Century.
His single-sided Victor issues, priced at $3 each (approximately $70 in 2013 dollars) did not sell in great numbers
and are avidly sought after by vocal connoisseurs.


All records are shipped in new boxes, via USPS Media Mail w. Delivery Confirmation. 

I have been a dealer in rare 78rpm discs since 1992, and offer only records in TOP Condition - no scratches, stressed grooves, or significant defects.  My grading standards are identical to those of Lawrence F. Holdridge, the late Milt Weiss, Norbeck Peters & Ford, and other well-known USA dealers. 

GRADING

1-2     TOP Condition - no visible wear or significant defects
2         VERY FINE COPY - only a few light non-sounding (NS) rubs or marks, or light-sounding thumps or light swish due to inherent pressing defects.
2-3     FINE COPY - a few more light ns rubs, marks, or blemishes.
3     VERY GOOD COPY - light gray traces (LGT), usually inaudible, and possibly other superficial, ns flaws
3-4  GOOD COPY - discs in this category have slightly more audible sonic wear from minor gray traces (MGT) usually on fortissimo passages, and possibly other sounding defects, such as ticks from small scratches (SS) or needle digs (ND).