ENGLISH ACOUSTIC COLUMBIA SET: VAUGHN WILLIAMS ON WENLOCK EDGE (1916)
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ENGLISH PURPLE COLUMBIA SET: 7363-5 (3 RECORDS) (1916)
ON WENLOCK EDGE- SONG CYCLE (VAUGHN-WILLIAMS, A.E. HOUSMAN) (5 sides)/ THE ROADSIDE FIRE (VAUGHN-WILLIAMS)
GERVASE ELWES (T), LONDON STRING QUARTET
SET OF THE UTMOST ARTISTIC AND HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE. IT HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST VAUGHN-WILLIAMS WORK RECORDED COMPLETE. IT FEATURED THE CREATING TENOR (ELWES) WITH TWO MEMBERS OF THE ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE, ALBERT SAMMONS (vl), FREDRICK KIDDLE (piano). ELWES WAS KILLED IN A TRAIN ACCIDENT IN 1921.
I FIND IT STILL UNMATCHED IN ITS GRACE AND INTENSITY. DESPITE ITS IMPORTANCE, IT IS A SET SELDOM ENCOUNTERED. QUITE RARE.
CONDITION: OVERALL '2'. There is a 'c' hair-crack (repaired) on the first record that sounds for the first inch.
THIS IS PART OF A GROUP OF ALBUM SETS BEING SOLD FROM A RECENTLY ACQUIRTED COLLECTION. FUTURE OFFERINGS WILL FEATURE MANY ALBUM SETS FROM THE 1920s AND 30s ISSUED BY VICTOR, COLUMBIA, BRUNSWICK, POLYDOR AND ODEON. WATCH FOR ANY SETS YOU MAY BE MISSING.
Grading Scale:
1-2 TOP CONDITION 78 (AS NEW)
2 VERY FINE COPY, LIGHT RUBS AND MARKS
2-3 SOME RUBS, MARKS AND NON-SOUNDING BLEMISHES
3 HEAVIER RUBS, MARKS, NON-SOUNDING BLEMISHES. THIS IS AN 'AVERAGE COPY'
3-4 LIGHT SOUNDING WEAR, RUBS
4 SOUNDING WEAR, RUBS, MARKS
5 OBVIOUS SOUNDING WEAR, HEAVY RUBS, MARKS
5-6 HEAVY WEAR, RUBS, MARKS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC BUYERS:
PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICING BEFORE PAYMENT. SELLER WILL WORK TO SHIP AT THE LOWEST RATE POSSIBLE. PLEASE SPECIFY IF INSURANCE IS REQUIRED. WILL QUOTE FOR EXPRESS MAIL IF DESIRED.
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