Sold Date:
August 19, 2017
Start Date:
August 14, 2017
Final Price:
$33.00
(USD)
Bid Count:
6
Seller Feedback:
2023
Buyer Feedback:
1044
SS: Still Sealed
Label: RCA Living Stereo
Catalog Number: LSC 2500 B4-78
This auction is for a STILL SEALED 12" 78rpm* single sided (for optimal
sound performance) Test Pressing of Side B4 of the Classic Records
180gram reissue of Strauss' "Thunder & Lightning Polka" (from
the album 'Waltzes') with Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra. Test pressings are highly collectible and are from the first
stamper. Approximately less than 20 exist. Test pressings reflect the
closest you can get to the lacquers and hence have a special collectible
value and store of value.
Side B4 Track: Thunder & Lightning Polka
In the early days of Classic Records (1994 - 95), Michael Hobson
started to experiment with 45 rpm cuts of some of the great Classic RCA
Living Stereo titles. Hobson recalls that one day while test cutting a
45rpm disc off of the audiophile classic "Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie"
by Ella Fitzgerald, there was still some sibilance (slurred "s"sound)
during playback which Grundman commented would go away at 78 rpm because
the stylus could "even better" track the complex groove modulation than
at 45rpm. A test cut was made with superb playback results and on
occasion thereafter, Hobson would decide to cut a few tunes that were
particularly difficult to track because of complexity of the material or
the power of the recording. Hobson reckoned that 78 rpm LP's would not
be commercially viable but were perfect for demonstration of tracking
distortion that results during playback of complex material at 33 and
45rpm. These discs are the rarest of the rare and were never released
outside of a few pressings that went to Harry Pearson who freaked out
when he heard a movement from Prokofiev's Lt Kije (LSC 2150) at 78 rpm
commenting "Hobson, you are completely mad" recalls Hobson who adds:
"with HP's mouth open and hanging on every nuance in the recording he
had never heard before."
Very Rare Item - Good Luck!
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