CLASSIC RECORDS 4LPs LSC 6094 TEST PRESSINGS: ALBENIZ Iberia, RAVEL - MOREL 1996

$

400

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Background -

Test Pressing Manufacturing date: February 29, 1996 (A2 & B2) & March 4, 1996 (B1 & D2)

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 PRESSING
  

• Pressings are in STEREO

• A great disc with superb low end. It is rich, robust and vibrant, with great mid-range life and transparency and very powerful, well defined low end. The bass drum on this recording has some of the same implosive, subterranean sound that it has on Ballet Music from the Opera. Double basses are extremely well pitched and dynamic, which seems to be a characteristic of the RCA Paris recordings. Violins are a little "hot" but that heat also adds life and sparkle to the sound. The Rapsodie Espagnole which fills out side four is a real humdinger! This LP recording features the music of Albeniz and Ravel with Jean Morel conducting the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra. Recorded by engineer Kenneth Wilkinson (we believe) 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 on each LP is as follows:

• February 29 1996, LSC 6094, A2, 45

• March 4 1996, LSC 6094, B1, 45

• February 29 1996, LSC 6094, B2, 45

• March 4 1996, LSC 6094, D2, 45

• We can't be sure as the Test Pressings are sealed, but we believe this stamped information to indicate the date of manufacturing of the test pressing, the record catalog number, the side of the record and stamper number, and that the LP is cut at 45rpm for greatest dynamics.

• LP catalog # LSC 6094
  

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 -

Isaac Albeniz // Maurice Ravel

• LP catalog # LSC 6094

CONDITION Details:

So if our definition of the stamped information on the outer jackets is correct, these test pressings should have SOME of the music from side 1 and side 4 and ALL of the music from side 2 of this marvelous RCA Shaded Dog title, cut at 45rpm.

The white, generic LP jackets are in MINT condition - it is 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).