1979 Sealed ED1 Decca SXDL 7501 Mahler 4th Sym Mehta Israel PO New Old Stock
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Sealed ED1 Decca SXDL 7501 Mahler 4th Symphony from Mehta & the Israel PO. New Old Stock of the first album of the 7500 series that replaces the SXL 6000 series. They chose a fantastic work in a great performance to start the series, as you would. Barbara Hendricks is magnificent in the final movement. This is a 56 minute lp, so Mehta is drawing out the full sensuality of the writing to this much loved symphony. I note one of these similarly sealed went for $65 a couple of years ago. They appear on the market few and far between times. About 20 years ago I bought the complete backroom vinyl stock of a Hi Fi shop that was closing down. These were mainly well reviewed classical lps in their full priced versions, many first pressings from the 70s to the 1990s. I am now listing some of the sealed examples for the first time. These were quality control checked in the shop and then sealed in house for eventual sale, and those I have had for myself are all pristine and unmarked, flat and not off centre, playing perfectly, so were not the demonstration stock. They are mainly the late vinyl Decca's, plus some Phillips and EMI, so I have saved the best until last. All of these late 70s onwards Decca lps are made for high end cartridges, best suited to an Elliptical or better tip. There's no point in trying to play these with a cheap old conical, it might struggle. High end moving coils, hyper ellipticals and line contact and similar variants really sing with these superbly mastered full range beauties.
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