Peter Grimes 3LP: Peers Conducted Britten 1959 1st Decca LXT.5521-3 ffrr NrAsNew
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1959 (issued) Full Frequency Range Recording - the discs in excellent condition - very little played
Very Near Mint 3 LP set on DECCA Label (LXT.5521/3)
" Peter Grimes ~ conducted by Benjamin Britten "
Recorded December 1958, in Walthamstow Assembly Hall.
Cast: Peter Pears; Claire Watson; James Pease; David Kelly; Owen Brannigan; Lauris Elms; Jean Watson; Marion Studholme; Iris Kells; Raymond Nilsson; John Lanigan; Geraint Evans; Marcus Norman.
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.
Conducted by Benjamin Britten.
This the 1959 first issue on Decca, LXT 5521/5523 (on 3 LPs; 33 monaural; ffrr – full frequency range recording), total playing time approx 141’49”
See same recording as an SXL here: http://www.discogs.com/Benjamin-Britten-Peter-Grimes/release/2600293
LPs in a near perfect heavy plastic gatefold with 4 clear plastic internal pockets; each of the LPs in an original perfect poly-lined printed inner sleeve.
The discs are near mint with wet-look sheen to vinyl with no scratches or significant handling marks, no paper scuffs or grazes; the labels are perfect with no spindle marks; the discs play perfectly irrespective of a slight dishing where constrained by the sleeve over time.
The large B&W photograph and the 10 page illustrated information booklet are perfect.
The MATRIX NUMBERS of disc 1 are Side 1: "ARL-4385-1A (also "1" and "I.I")" & Side 6: "ARL-4390-1A (also "SM" & "21")". (Discs pressed for automatic changing).
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