B-C PHILIPS DOLBY 2 TAPE BOX SLEEP'G BEAUTY TCHAI d
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THIS AUCTION:
AN AUDIOPHILE BARCLAY-CROCKER: LIMITED EDITION!!! ADDITIONAL SAD NOTE: These Barclay-Crocker Reels from ramblin-jack are from the personal collection of the co-founder of Barclay-Crocker, the late Anthony (Tony) Barclay! WITH DOLBY "B" NOISE REDUCTION @ 7 1/2 Inches Per Second TWO TAPE BOX SET!!! TCHAIKOVSKY'S The Sleeping Beauty!!! (complete) Complete w/ extensive liner notes!!! See below for the story of the famous Barclay-Crocker Co!!! B-C REELS WERE MADE IN VERY LIMITED QUANTITIES FOR DISCRIMINATING AUDIOPHILES!!! Grading of This Tape, MINT-. Grading of This Box, MINT-.(see below for grading definitions)
All ramblin-jack Reel to Reel Tapes, except factory sealed in original shrinkwrap are previewed in their entirely by R-J and only original Flawless Recordings are sold (guaranteed) and graded (MINT-) & properly wound back onto the factory reel in the 'play' mode for protection.
PAYMENT, SHIPPING INFO:
FORMS OF PAYMENT ACCEPTED:
U.S. Winners-U.S. Personal Checks, Money Orders, Western Union or U.S. Currency ONLY.
NO PAY PAL PAYMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED
International Winners- Western Union, or U.S. Currency ONLY.
NO PAY PAL PAYMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED
NO INTERNATIONAL BANK CHEQUES, DRAFTS OR TRANSFERS. ALL PAYMENTS IN USD ($).
LAND OF THE FREE SHIPPING RATES:
Priority Mail w/ Delivery Confirmation: $10.00
Media Mail w/ Delivery Confirmation: $6.50
Insurance is always optional for U.S. Buyers.
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING RATES:
Surface rate: $9.50
Air Mail to Canada/Mexico $8.50
Good Luck!!!
NOTES ON THE UNIQUE BARCLAY-CROCKER COMPANY:
The fastidious BARCLAY-CROCKER Reel to Reel Tape Company of New York City was internationally famous for manufacturing Reel to Reel tapes with a "no-holds-barred" attitude to quality. BARCLAY-CROCKER, (BC), carefully chose recordings for manufacturing only after critical evaluation of the MASTER TAPE supplied by the original licensing (record) company. After passing stringent BC standards, the record company master was painstakingly recorded 1-to-1 to a running master at 15 inches per second on 1/2 inch mastering tape and not subjected to any external limiting, compression or equalization. These new BC running masters were used to produce the LIMITED EDITION ISSUES (some less than ONE HUNDRED!) at tape recording speeds unheard of for the REEL TO REEL TAPE INDUSTRY.
Most commercially available Reel to Reel tapes in their day, were duplicated at very high speeds (60 -240 IPS) ranging from 8 to 32 times the tape's normal playing speed at 7 1/2 IPS or up to 64 times the speed of a 3 3/4 IPS tape! The BROAD-BANDWIDTH required at these high speeds severly taxes' the amplifiers and heads of the duplicating equipment and adversely affects both the FREQUENCY RESPONSE and NOISE LEVEL of the duplicated tapes. BC's custom modified AMPEX DUPLICATING EQUIPMENT was set to operate at a ratio of only 4-to-1 (running master at 60 ips; recorded copies at 30 ips, or only 4 TIMES the normal playing speed of 7 1/2 ips). Because of this SLOW DUPLICATION speed, combined with the carefully made B-C running master and the use of the most expensive premium polyester-based, Audiotape Q-15, low noise tape they were able to produce a commercially available tape that captures the FULL RANGE, BRILLIANCE, and TONAL SUBTELTIES of the original master, far surpassing the ORIGINAL REEL TO REEL RELEASE by the record company (if one was even released)!!!
BARCLAY-CROCKER CO, until their doors closed, continually produced a product uniquely qualified to become bonafied exceptions to the limiting conditions which were then offered to the music listening public. To say that BC was the state-of-the-art source of it's day for reels is a cliched understatement. BC's very limited releases are simply extremely RARE EXAMPLES OF RECORDED MUSIC PERFECTION. And in time, the value, appreciation & desirability of these recordings will prove the axiom;
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions; perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away". Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
RAMBLIN' JACK'S REEL TO REEL (RTR) GRADING:
As you know, the grading systems of any given subject is always relative to the discretion of the seller/owner. For those of you who never have received an item from ramblin-jack, to judge, at least, one item with our grading and be able to discriminate our 'eye' relative to the product, the following grading guide may be beneficial:ORIGINAL MAGNETIC TAPE:
After inspection and review, ALL ACCEPTED 'opened box' magnetic tapes are rated MINT - (mint minus). We 'listen to' all tapes and do not sell any RTR's with sound problems. The sound on all our tapes are guaranteed faultless. All tapes sold are complete without any missing tracks, etc. No substitute recording has been added to replace prior owner accidental erased sections. After-market leader tape material will be left as is, as will be auto-reversed sensing tape if evident. 'Blank' factory tape before or after the music may have been shortened from the original length.
ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAPPED BOXES:
Factory Sealed boxes are graded MINT (both tape and box) and are left unopened with all it's original shrinkwrap intact. Factory Sealed with original (not redo) shrink-wrap, whether or not the shrink is torn, busted etc., but a shrink-wrap 'flaw', if appropriate, would be mentioned on auction. The box in the shrink is assumed perfect, and any damages to the box, if seen through the shrink-wrap would be noted. Incidentally, the MINT category is not returnable under the normal ramblin-jack guarantee. As we do not know what the item is like within the wrapped article. Any non shrink-wrapped boxes with original closure tape tabs on edge of box will be automatically graded MINT- , regardless of whether it appears unopened or not.
ORIGINAL OPENED BOXES:
MINT- (mint minus)
INVESTMENT QUALITY. This is a box that is "practically perfect". Ultra, ultra minor edge wear is accepted in this category. Appears 'just opened'! No smudges, stains, writing, tears, weakness in box integrity, label breaks, edge splits, etc. No box corner breaks/splits***. Only original factory flaws such as minor box distortion, minor label air bubbles and box labels that are a little 'out of square' are acceptable to be rated in this category if all the other criteria are met.
VG+++
INVESTMENT QUALITY. Extremely nice condition. The only difference between this category and MINT- is that there are some of the above mentioned 'issues' within this category, but certainly nothing objectionable. No box corner breaks/splits***, edge splits, structural damage or label breaks. Allowed; 'very discrete' pen markings, ala 'owner initials', ultra minor smudging, ultra tiny staining (hardly noticed), ultra tiny label breaks along edges of box, but nothing overly apparent.
VG++
Very nice condition. No box corner breaks/splits***. Edge splits may be very minor only. Writing may be evident. Smudges, staining, and all the issues of above may be evident but not "a lot" of these problems together. Noting that is regrettable. Still a fine tape to own and one that can only be faulted next to one that is rated as above, (MINT, MINT-, or VG+++).
VG+
Very good condition. Here is the category that could be defined as one in which; the box has problems but nothing that could make an owner extremely disappointed, in that, the condition of this box is better than 90% of any other tape sold on ebay. No box corner breaks/splits***. May have small label breaks on edges of box, may have ultra small seam splits, bookshelf edge fading (minor) may be present. Very small stains etc. Never many 'combinations of these problems' in this category will be tolerated. VG
Good condition. The lowest quality box grade that we sell. An original box that contains a MINT - magnetic tape inside!!! May have large owner lettering/marking, minor box aging, minor box fading, label flaws, small seams splits, minor staining, minor smudges, water damage may be evident but listed etc. Certainly not considered a 'trashed box'. No box corner breaks/splits***. *** No RTR boxes will be sold with broken corners. All other RTR's with 'less than' the above gradings will not be sold. We have been asked in the past if we have any RTR's available that fall short of our standards and we have to say no. Occasionally we sell just a Box or just a Reel/Tape separately because it's 'mate' fails to meet our standards.
FINAL NOTE:
On occasion there may be a box with a particular problem that would normally put it into a lower particular grading above but the rest of the box is so exemplary as to relegate the rating in a higher grading. An example: a box has large pen title writing on the inside cover, and would be graded VG but the rest of the box is so superior as to grade it in VG+++. This grading system is a guide only and the true proof of satisfaction remains with the buyer of a ramblin-jack RTR (or talking to someone who is)!!! Please ask any questions for verification of your expectations or lessening of your possible worries!price rating
