MAHLER, Symphony No. 8 Georg Solti Chicago Symphony Decca SET534 UK 2LP Box set

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Mahler - Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra* – Symphony No. 8 Label: Decca – SET 534-5 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP Box Set Country: UK Released: 1972 Genre: Classical Style: Modern Tracklist Symphony No. 8 A Part I: Hymus, Veni, Creator Spiritus B Part II: Final Scene From Part 2 Of Goethe's Faust — Waldung, Sie Schwankt Heran C Part II (Continued): Faust 2 — Uns Bleibt Ein Erdenrest D Part II (Concluded): Faust 2 — Blicket Auf, Alle Reuig Zarten Companies, etc. Record Company – The Decca Record Company Limited Printed By – Moore & Matthes Ltd. Lacquer Cut at – Decca Studios Credits Baritone Vocals [Pater Ecstaticus] – John Shirley-Quirk Bass Vocals [Pater Profundus] – Martti Talvela Choir – Vienna Boys Choir*, Vienna Singverein Chorus*, Vienna State Opera Chorus* Chorus Master – Helmut Froschauer*, Norbert Balatsch Chorus Master [Rehearsal] – Wilhelm Pitz Composed By – Gustav Mahler Concertmaster – Sydney Weiss*, Victor Aitay Conductor – Sir Georg Solti* Contralto Vocals [Maria Aegyptiaca] – Helen Watts Contralto Vocals [Mulier Samaritana] – Yvonne Minton Engineer [Recording] – Gordon Parry, Kenneth Wilkinson Lacquer Cut By – W (12) Liner Notes – Geoffrey Crankshaw Liner Notes [Translation] – Friedel Becker, Georges Gourdet, Peggie Cochrane Orchestra – The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Photography By – Anthony Altaffer, Hans Wild (2) Producer – David Harvey Producer [Assistant] – James Mallinson Soprano Vocals [Magna Peccatrix] – Heather Harper Soprano Vocals [Mater Gloriosa] – Arleen Auger Soprano Vocals [Una Poenitentium] – Lucia Popp Tenor Vocals [Doctor Marianus] – René Kollo Notes 20 page 12" insert with notes, including lyrics in German, English and French   

UK DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM WITH BOOKLET AND ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVES IN BOX.

MATRIX: 1W/1W/3W/3W.

BOX: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   BOOKLET AND INNER SLEEVES VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISCS: VERY GOOD+, JUST SHORT OF EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are clearer, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant and you 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.  

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