CLASSIC RECORDS 4LPs LSC 2326 TEST PRESSING: Clair de Lune, AGOULT - 1994 USA SS

	C$		260
	$		188

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Background -

Test Pressing Manufacturing date: December 13, 1994 (all 4 Test Pressings have the same date)

As some audiophiles are keenly aware, Classic Record LP titles that were issued on 180 gram vinyl (or of less weight), sounded much better than the later 200 gram versions of the same title. Apparently this has to do with the vinyl presses that were used to make the LPs when they switched over to 200 gram vinyl. These machines were never set up to handle the extra thick, 200 gram slabs of vinyl. And to simply flip from 180 to 200 proved very problematic. The vinyl was noisy. There were pressing flaws. All in all, an inferior product when compared to the slightly less heavy, but much better sounding 180 gram vinyl.

Classic Records came out with all kinds of variants for their 200 gram pressings to try and remedy the obvious problems - remember all that? If you lived and collected these titles through that period, you likely were wondering why there were so many versions of the same music being made by the same company in slightly different vinyl concoctions! It was simply that the 200 gram versions were inferior to the earlier pressings made on 180 gram vinyl. This is the reason why the 180 gram versions not only cost much more to acquire now, but they did, in fact, sound much better. As a collector, you will probably want to try a few versions yourself to see if audiophiles were simply imagining what they were hearing - this is your chance to acquire one such title.

These LP TEST PRESSINGS are on 180 gram vinyl. They are one of the first test pressings made of this title and best of all, they are all factory sealed! Don't wait too long to get these LPs as supplies are disappearing. When they are gone, they are gone forever!

• Classic Records 4-LP Set - audiophile issue, TEST PRESSINGS
  

• Pressing is in STEREO

• This is a program of beautiful sounding and beautifully played sweets, a sampler box of foil-wrapped nougats that practically make your teeth ache listening to them. Violins are exquisite. As is usual with Wilkinson recordings, the orchestra has fine transparency and mid-range density of texture. This LP recording features the music of Massenet, Faure, Elgar, Debussy, J.S. Bach, Tchaikovsky and Gluck, with Raymond Agoult conducting the London Proms Symphony Orchestra! Recorded by engineer Kenneth Wilkinson and produced by Michael Williamson for RCA in the early 1960's. Rated at 10+ by the RCA Bible. 
  

• Highly sought after title by audiophiles and music lovers alike - the stereo, original shaded dog is very rare and expensive, especially in near mint shape - in our humble opinion, the Classic Records reissue bests the original in many ways - in many years of collecting we have had a good number of originals. All of them pale in comparison to the reissue, primarily due to condition, noise, dynamics, etc. This is your chance to hear what this LP is supposed to sound like!
  

• The Test Pressing stamped information indicates:

• December 13 1994, LSC 2326, A1, 45

  December 13 1994, LSC 2326, A2, 45

  December 13 1994, LSC 2326, B1, 45

  December 13 1994, LSC 2326, B2, 45

This listing is for a very rare, long out of print and factory sealed audiophile LP TEST PRESSING issue of a much sought after recording featuring the music of -

Massenet, Faure, Elgar, Debussy, J.S. Bach-G. Bantock, Tchaikovsky and Gluck

• LP catalog # LSC 2326

CONDITION Details:

So if our definition of the stamped information on the jacket is correct, these test pressings have ALL of the music from side 1 and ALL of the music from side 2 of this marvelous LP on it, cut at 45rpm. The test pressings are single sided LPs and come with NO artwork on the jacket.

The white, generic LP jackets are in MINT condition - as they are FACTORY SEALED!

A Short Note About LP GRADING -

• Mint = Only used for sealed items.
• Near Mint = Virtually flawless in every way.
• Near Mint Minus = Item has some minor imperfections, some audible.
• Excellent = Item obviously played and enjoyed with some noise.
• Very Good Plus = Many more imperfections which are noticeable and obtrusive.

For best results, always properly clean your LPs before playing them (even for new LPs).

The LP is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system).