LONDON BLUEBACK BB FFSS CS 6064 RACHMANINOFF KATCHEN SOLTI 5D/4D EX COND SUPERB

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Item Description

1. You are looking at an authentic and highly desirable vinyl Lp record album on quality vinyl at 33 1/3 rpm and is not to be missed! Here we have an outstanding and highly collectible record.
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   London Blue Back (BB) story: Starting in the 1950’s the Decca Record Company in London started releasing LP’s simultaneously in the US on the London Records label and in the UK on the Decca Record label due to trademark issues with the US Decca Record label.  In order to do simultaneous releases with UK pressings, Decca was forced to press the London BB LP’s first in order to be able to ship them by boat to NY for release at the same time in the UK.  As such, the London pressings are in fact the earliest pressings and often have the 1X stamper designation.  While the 1st stamper is not always the best sounding, it often is and has always been sought out by collector’s looking for the earliest pressings.  In cases where a BB pressing and the Decca SXL equivalent are pressed using the same stamper, the two pressings are indistinguishable from each other assuming both are in the same condition.  In cases where the stampers are different you can have one or the other (BB/SXL) of the pressings sounding better because of the variations in cutting another set of metal parts.  Bottom line is that London BB pressings are from the same plant that pressed SXL pressings and are often earlier pressings.  SXL pressings have always been more desirable because of their relative scarcity having only been issued in the UK.  London BB pressings often equal or better their SXL counterparts and are less expensive to own.

3. This is an incredible experience for your stereo rig:  This is Rachmaninoff Concertos Numbers 1 and 2 performed by Julius Katchen and conducted by Sir Georg Solti in this great and rightly heralded album.  Record is in excellent minus/very good plus condition.  Has early 5D/4D Decca stampers.  Nice copy and not to be missed! Cover has light wear on it.  Has original and correct London FFSS inner sleeve.  Please do not miss out. 
   
4. It gives us great pleasure to be able to present rare and elusive discs like this one for your record collection.  Rare and elusive discs like this one don't come around often and when they do they get snatched up quickly.  Not to be missed!  Highest recommendation from Analog Paradise. 
5. Please do not miss out on this great record. This is a no reserve auction so please bid now or miss out later.
   
6. Thanks for looking and best of luck to you in this auction.
7. Condition:
8. This item has E-/V+ quality. Not sure what this means?
   
9.  Here is our grading scale:
10. Our Grading Scale:
11. All LPs are graded visually, under careful inspection by collector/dealers, with many years' experience at LP evaluation.  Some of the most sought-after (and/or more questionable) will be play-graded on a fine 2-channel system; if the LP has been play-graded, that will be stated in the listing - - but, in any case, all LPs are scrutinized carefully, and described to the best of our abilities.  We do realize, of course, that a visual estimation can be mistaken - - we plead humanity, and offer apologies, in that hopefully-rare instance where this occurs.
12. E  (or Ex, or Exc) =  Excellent, our highest grade for a used LP; such an LP has been well cared-for by a collector, and contains no scratches expected to sound.  An LP which is play-graded by us, and listed in this condition, should contain no more than about half-a-dozen or so ticks per side, actually better than many brand-new discs play out.  Our E is the equivalent of some other dealers' NM, or NM-minus, or yet other dealers' A.
    
13. E- (or Exc-minus), signifies that the LP is till very well cared-for, but may contain one or two light scratches, which are not expected to produce much surface-noise.  This grade is roughly equivalent to some dealers' NM-minus-minus, or others' EX, and yet other dealers' A-minus.
14. V+ (or VG+, or Very Good-Plus):  an LP which is assigned this grade still is in very positive condition, with a few more light marks than would warrant an E-minus.  A disc in this condition is expected to have a bit of extraneous surface-noise, but it should not be expected to interfere much with the enjoyment of the music for most collectors.  Our V+ is roughly equivalent to some dealers' Exc-minus, or VG+, and yet other dealers'  B+.
15. V (or VG, or Very Good):  It is at this point which we expect the surface-noise in at least a part of the disc to interfere with enjoyment of the music for a majority of collectors.  May contain one or a few feel-able scratches.  It is possible, however (best-case scenario), that such an LP might tick loudly for, perhaps, half a minute, and yet, the rest of the side might play flawlessly.  We would generally encourage only those collectors who consider themselves pretty tolerant to pursue an LP in this condition.  V  is roughly equivalent to some other dealers' VG or VG-minus, and to others' B, or B-minus.  You will generally not see us list records below this condition, unless scarcity & demand compel us.
16. In decreasing desirability, the remainder of our grading scale is:  V- (or Very Good-minus),  G+ (or Good-Plus),  G (or Good) (which, really, isn't so great),  G- (or good-minus),  F (or Fair), and P (or Poor).  You will not normally see records in these condition descriptions in our listings, as they all describe what we consider to be only a stop-gap copy at best - - just so the collector can say he DOES have the LP
17. INDIVIDUAL SIDES  - -  Each side of every LP is graded individually; if only one grade is listed, this means both sides of that LP grade the same.  In a case where the sides differ in condition, 2 grades will be listed, with a slash-mark  (/)  between them
18. (for example,  E/-, meaning, of course, one side grades straight Excellent, and the other, Excellent-minus)  (or E-/V+, would mean, of course, Excellent-minus over Very Good Plus (still a pretty desirable LP) , and so on....
19. LP SETS - -  In the case of a multiple-record set, again, each side of each LP is assigned its own grade, and listed as such - -  so, for example,  6E would signify a 3-disc set, in which ALL six  sides are graded Excellent    or, say, 7E/2-/V+ would then signify a five-disc set, in which seven of the sides graded Excellent, two graded at Excellent-minus, and the other one, at Very-Good-Plus....
20. We do not automatically down-grade an LP for paper-rubs or light scuffs - -  only for scratches.  In our experience, often-times a scuff or paper-rub, or discoloration in the vinyl might not sound at all.  A further distinction is made between feel-able scratches, and those scratches which are visible, but cannot be felt by careful, gentle probing.  Any LP graded above VG should contain ONLY non-feel-able scratches (if any at all);  if there is a feel-able scratch on an LP side, that side should be graded VG or lower.
21. COVERS - -  We do not grade record covers, preferring, instead, to simply list any particular defects, OR merits of a particular cover:  defects would include sticker-pulls, seam-splits, cut-out holes, browning or discoloration of the cover, etc....If, on the other hand, a cover is like-new in appearance, that, too might be mentioned, as that is also out of the ordinary.

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• Continental US

  Media Mail or Priority Mail are recommended for buyers located in the United States and are provided as shipping options during checkout. We gladly combine shipping cost to make your purchase as economical as possible and charge close to actual USPS shipping rates to ship.
  

• Canada

  Shipping costs start around $12.00 US for the first single LP. For each additional LP this cost increases by about $3.00 US up to 4 pounds (~ 1.8 Kg). Anything over 1.8 Kg will have to be shipped via USPS Priority Mail.
  

• Italy

  We DO NOT ship to Italy due to an unusually high number of packages which disappeared before reaching their buyers. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.

• International

  USPS First Class International and USPS Priority Mail are the shipping methods we offer for reaching our international buyers. Costs for First Class start at about $16.00 for the first single LP and for each additional LP increases by roughly $4.00 up to a maximum of 4 lbs (1.8 kg). However, if the package weight exceeds 4 lbs USPS Priority Mail is the only option.

• Please note that although eBay has a shipping calculator, for international fees its values are often incorrect. Most of the time the actual shipping cost will be greatly reduced from eBay's estimate.

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