85cl. Il Trovatore - various artists - Victor 61153 - 61166 (13 records)

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Title:   Il Trovatore

Artist:   various

Label & Number:   Victor 61153 - 61166

Defects:    Mostly surface rubs and some light scratches - some records are better than others

NOTE:  The fine white horizontal lines in the image are the result of scratches on my scanner glass.  They are NOT a defect on the record.
Overall Condition - Visual Grading Only (1 to 10 scale):   6

Comments:   This is one of the earliest attempts to record an entire opera.  Actually, the Victor company raided it's foreign catalog and cobbled together 20 records that contained most of the major arias and music.  The end result is that we have different singers covering the arias for a single role, and gaps between arias where some recitative is missing.  Primitive by today's standards, but it was a landmark issue during the early 1900s.
This set is not complete.  There are 13 of the original 20 records:  1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10,11, 14, 15, 18 & 19.  Some of the missing numbers are 12" records, but the box we found these in had no 12" records. Condition ranges from excellent to fairly worn.  The buyer of this set may be able to complete it from his own collection, or go on a treasure hunt to find the missing discs.  Either way, he will enjoy an adventure with these historic discs.  Please contact me if you need more information

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