MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE SR 90248 DORATI SYMPHONY RARE GREEN LABEL PROMO RFR-2/2

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Item Description 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.  This is a Mercury Living Presence Stereo record.  Mercury Living Presence Stereo (LPS) records are some of the best sounding records ever made with many of these often appearing on Harry Pearson's The Absolute Sound (TAS) list. These Mercury LPS records can rival and compete with anything ever made by any other classical record label.

This one is SR 90248 Dorati Symphony. This is a very elusive green-label promo copy of an exciting disc. Has early RFR-2/RFR-2 Mercury stampers. Early Colorback (CB) jacket. Has an original and correct Mercury inner sleeve.  Hard enough to find an early copy of Maestro Dorati's own symphony, but to find one which is a green-label promo copy is truly an event!  A very lovely copy of this stunning and atmospheric disc. Record is in excellent condition so please do not miss out!  Thanks for looking and best of luck to you in this auction. 
Condition This item has EXCELLENT quality. Not sure what this means?  Here is our grading scale:

Our Grading Scale:

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.

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. 

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.

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+.

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.

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

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
(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....

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....

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.

COVERS - -  We do not ordinarily 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. Shipping Costs and Restrictions Find your location below to learn how we'll ship to you. The shipping costs we provide here are estimations, and should not be taken as exact. Note that double/triple LPs and box sets cost extra to ship.  Ebay's shipping calculator is incorrect so please kindly disregard it.  Here are the correct shipping rates for your location:

• Continental US

  Media Mail or Priority Mail are recommended for buyers located in the United States and are provided as shipping options during checkout.

• Canada

  Shipping costs start around $11.00 US for the first single LP. For each additional LP this cost increases by about $2.00 US.

• 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 $18.00 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.