BEETHOVEN Sym No 5 CLASSIC RECORDS Clarity 200g 33 1/3 rpm test pressing (Mint)
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56
$ 56
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Oct 28, 2018
Sold Date
Oct 18, 2018
Start Date
$ 50
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Description
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67 CLASSIC RECORDS Clarity 200g 33 1/3 rpm test pressing
Tracklist
Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, OP. 67 A1 1st Movement - Allegro Con Brio 8:16 A2 2nd Movement - Andante Con Moto 10:46B1 3rd Movement - Scherzo: Allegro 5:45 B2 4th Movement - Finale: Allegro 9:01
*(all photos are of the actual item)
- Composed By – Beethoven*
- Conductor – Josef Krips
- Orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra
Notes
Only Symphony No. 5 is included in this box set as stated on the side label. The Everest Recordings of the entire Beethoven cycle with Krips conducting the LSO are considered by many music critics to be utterly superb. Using the now famous 35mm recording decks at Walthamstow Assembly Hall in 1959, Bert Whyte and team Everest captured in amazing detail all the nuances and complexity of the Beethoven symphonies. Using the original 35mm tapes to do the transfers reveals how truly wonderful both the performances and the recordings compare with each other efforts by major labels of the same era. The LPs were mastered and cut on an all-tube cutting system at the hands of Bernie "The Wizard" Grundman assisted by Len Horowitz running the 35mm tape machine. LPs are on Clarity 200-gram Super Vinyl Profile pressings to insure maximum playback fidelity. The disc comes in a beautiful box that includes the original art from the extremely rare boxed set from Everest along with a reproduction of the original deluxe edition booklet. This is an absolute must for serious Beethoven lovers.* (edited original themusic24 caption)
test played
Label: Everest
Catalog Number: SDBR 3065-5
Booklet Condition: nm
This auction is for a single Test Pressing of the Classic Records 200gram reissue of Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67" (from 'The Nine Symphonies Box Set' with Josef Krips conducting the London Symphony Orchestra; pressed on CLARITY Vinyl. Booklet is included as a bonus! 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.
Background on Clarity Vinyl Pressings
In 2008, Classic discovered that de-magnitizing black vinyl records leads to better sound in playback. The engineers at Furutech in Japan, makers of a commercial record demag machine, explained that the carbon black that was added to PVC record pellets contained trace metal that became randomly magnetized and while spinning below an electro-mechanical transducer (phono cartridge) caused electrical distortion inside a cartridge during LP playback. Hence, demagnetizing a black vinyl record dramatically reduces the electrical distortion and leads to more "Clarity" in playback. Michael Hobson, founder of Classic Records reasoned that if the carbon black were removed then the result should be more Clarity in playback. Working closely with the PVC manufacturer Kenan, Classic developed its own proprietary "Clarity Vinyl" devoid of the problems with trace magnetic particles contained in black vinyl formulas. A Clarity vinyl pressing on a flat profile die is the absolute ultimate pressing possible and even a step above the JVC UHQR black vinyl pressings. Not to be missed - you can hear the difference!
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