RARE HMV ASD 426 Gold &Cream 1st UK ED BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY No.3 EROICA KEMPE BPO

	£		190
	$		252

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Here we have the incredibly elusive CREAM & GOLD STEREO 1st PRESSING of ASD 426. An incredible, faultless performance of Beethoven's SYMPHONY No.3 in E flat major, Op. 55 (Eroica), with the legendary Rudolph Kempe conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, published in 1960. With early mother/lacquer stampers (1P/1M respectively) If you're looking at this listing, you're likely aware of how incredible this performance is, and how rare this record is! This record is in lovely condition and the audio is wonderfully strong, and if you know the dynamics of this piece you'll know how hard that is to find!

Record Condition Audably: EX- literally just a few very faint background static ticks on the first few revolutions of Allegro Con Brio as it introduces it's self, definitely not to detract from the music! After that just very occasional vinyl presence can be observed by extremely light static (again very quiet) in the most quiet of passages,and the silence between the 2nd Movement (Marcia Funebre) is wonderful! There are a couple of small marks during the first half of the 4th movement (Finale) that cause some slight ticks, very light, but made more noticable due to how great the rest of the disc is!

Record Condition Visually:

Side 1: EX- just a few extremely light harline/surface marks visible when angled into strong direct light, absolutely nothing deeper than that, and a general beautiful mirror gloss all over! (On both sides if these were rock albums I'd grade these higher, but knowing how the dynamics of show off even the slightest of imperfections, I'll be conservative here!)

Side 2: VG+ Has a few more marks than side 1, the most visible highlighted in the photos, but is still a strong VG+.

Labels Condition: EX Beautiful examples of these vulnerable cream and gold labels! No handling discolouration, absolutely no tears/rips/graffitti/stains/fading, lovely partially textured centres! It's extremely hard to see, even when anlged into strong direct light,but I can make out only a couple of very light spindle trails located around the central spindle holes. The Gold text and Cream backgrounds, vulnerable though they are, remain beautifully fresh!

Sleeve Condition: VG Whilst the least strong part of this package, this sleeve is still very nice! It is completely free from graffitti or personalisations of any kind, all of the rear flip-backs hold very strongly and have crisp edges, the spine is wonderfully clear, without wear, and is completely legible. To it's detriment, this sleeve has a few worn through areas along the top and bottom edges, a few inches from the opening mouth along both the top and bottom edges, and a 2" wear-through along the top edge, oddly nearest the spine corner. It still houses the record very nicely, and the usually vulnerable 12 /6 o'clock areas are perfect! There is also signs of a very localised water-tide mark along a few inches of the openening mouth edge (mainly visible on the non-laminated back-side). That's all of the nagative news covered! Other than that mentioned the colours are crisp and vivid, the laminated front is lovely, the liner-notes are wonderful to read. All-in-all... Very Good! 

Insert Condition: EX+ For the time I've had it, I wasn't even aware that this "HMV Suggest some more outstanding records..." insert was even in there, I have never withdrawn it from it's sleeve until now whilst I'm listing it,and it looks asif the previous owner didn't either, as this is perfectly crisp and in outstanding shape! 

DEADWAX INFORMATION:

SIDE 1:

1                 P

2YRA 1610-3

(ZT  tax code centrally embossed on Side 1)

SIDE 2:

1                 M

2YRA 1611-11