Classic Records/RCA LSC 1806 STRAUSS Also Sprach Zarathustra REINER 180g SEALED
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STRAUSS Also Sprach Zarathustra
Fritz Reiner Conducts The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
New & Sealed Audiophile Vinyl Record
Record Label: Classic Records/RCA Victor LSC-1806
Limited Edition Audiophile. All-Analogue Half Speed Mastering from the original Master Tapes. Proprietary High Quality, Virgin Vinyl, 180 gram Pressing. A TAS Superdisc Title.
Limited Edition # 1-2063
One of the most the most collectable titles from from the legendary RCA "Shaded Dog" line. RCA revolutionized stereo with these groundbreaking recordings and this is one of the best of the lot. This is a 180g 1S RTI Pressing.
Condition: New and still sealed in it's original plastic sleeve. Perforation is completely intact. Corners are sharp and unbent. Spine, top and bottom are solid and free of chipping or splits. Mint.
Side One
1. "Also Sprach Zarathustra (Part 1)" - 16:06
Side Two
2. "Also Sprach Zarathustra (Part 2)" - 15:43
Review: This recording was THE hi-fi demo disc of the 1950s. It still sounds pretty incredible; an achievement as remarkable technically as it is musically. And what playing! Fritz Reiner sadistically enjoyed driving his players to despair. There's a famous story about principal trumpeter Adolph (Bud) Herseth, who played his tricky little fanfare at the beginning of the second half of Zarathustra so perfectly so many times that even Reiner finally gave up. Most critics and Strauss lovers consider Reiner's performance of A Hero's Life to be the best ever committed to disc, and I'd be the last one to disagree. This is one of those recordings where everything just went right. ~ David Hurwitz
LSC 1806 is the Living Stereo LP with the earliest recording date (1954). It was not, however the first Living Stereo issued. That would be LSC 2201, Pictures at an Exhibition. LSC 1806 was issued in 1960, but when Reiner and Chicago recorded Zarathustra again in 1962 (LSC 2609), the 1954 recording was deleted from the LSC catalogue, and issued on Victrola as VICS 1265. LSC 1806 was only in print for about 18 months, and wasn't a huge seller, as it had already been available for 6 years on mono LP and in stereo on 2 track tape. A lot of the people who wanted it already had it. This is why it is so rare.
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