Reference Recordings RR-48 ARNOLD OVERTURES Audiophile

$

147

"Arnold Overtures"

featuring The London Philharmonic Orchestra

Reference Recordings RR-48

This is a 2 Record Set.   Sides 2 and 3 contain the same tracks--The Smoke and The Fair Field.

HALF SPEED MASTERED

A Professor Keith Johnson Pure Analog Recording *

Record: Near Mint (See Goldmine Gradings Below)

Jacket: Near Mint

From the Reference Recordings web site:

ARNOLD OVERTURES
1993 Grammy® Nominee
"BEST ENGINEERED, CLASSICAL"
Authoritative first recordings of important works by England's greatest living composer. 1993 GRAMMY® Nominee for Best Engineered Classical Recording. A hi-fi favorite! "A stunning release, by any standard, and definitely Want List material." --Fanfare

Tracks:

• A Sussec Overture
• Beckus the Dandipratt
• The Smoke
• The Fair Field
• Commonwealth Christmas Overture

GOLDMINE GRADING

MINT ---- It should appear to be perfect. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains, labels or writing, tears or splits. Mint means perfect.

NEAR MINT ---- Otherwise mint but has one or two tiny inconsequential flaws that do not affect play. Covers should be close to perfect with minor signs of wear or age just becoming evident: slight ring-wear, minor denting to a corner, or writing on the cover should all be noted properly.

VERY GOOD PLUS ---- The record has been handled and played infrequently or very carefully. Not too far from perfect. On a disc, there may be light paper scuffs from sliding in and out of a sleeve or the vinyl or some of the original luster may be lost. A slight scratch that did not affect play would be acceptably VG+ for most collectors.

VERY GOOD ---- Record displays visible signs of handling and playing, such as loss of vinyl luster, light surface scratches, groove wear and spindle trails. Some audible surface noise, but should not overwhelm the musical experience. Usually a cover is VG when one or two of these problems are evident: ring wear, seam splits, bent corners, loss of gloss, stains, etc.

GOOD ---- Well played with little luster and significant surface noise. Despite defects, record should still play all the way through without skipping. Several cover flaws will be apparent, but should not obliterate the artwork.

 * A Professor (Keith) Johnson Pure Analog Recording:

(quoted from the album jacket)

"These recordings are made in solidly constructed, well seasoned and proven concert spaces. Microphones are classic generic types having omnidirectional, first and second order cardiod, and bi-directional pickup patterns. These are constructed from Schepps, AKG and RCA elements direct mounted to phase and frequency compensating fast slew class A line driving amplifiers. Microphone pairs used for these recordings are phase and frequency matched to a 1/4" B&K precision reference microphone. The recordings are made without transformers, peaking equalizers or phase-destructive microphone matrices almost always encountered in professional equipment. Microphone placement techniques range from simple onmi pairs to complex multi-space delay mixxes to achieve full roundness of instruments with front to back placement in a real space. Articulation and body felt transient impact of the real performances are preserved through the use of these techniques, and by avoiding production efficient multi-mono studio mix-downs. Microphone signals feed to a virtually one-a-kind focussed gap magnetic recorder. This machine features a 3.5 megaherz beamed RF bias record head capable of recording intense high frequency energy levels. The entire system has very low time delay modulation and signal induced noise, as well as elaborate low and high frequency phase equilizers. Coupled with a near-O loop transport mechanism, the recorder has tonal purity and transient power not available from conventional recorders. The master lacquers are cut directly from this machine playing its master tape, operating at half speed, to preserve the phase, transient and amplitude characteristics of the original microphone signals."

                                                                                                Shipping Instructions

All bids welcome. US funds only. Buyer pays for shipping. Shipping includes packing record in brand new stiff cardboard box custom cut for records. Additional cardboard used to protect top and bottom of record. This provides superior protection versus bubble packed envelop mailer. US shipping is $4.50 USPS Media Mail. Combined shipping welcome. Fifty cents for each additional album. International buyers welcome. Records can be shipped USPS International Priority Mail  (this  includes insurance) or First Class Airmail. Priority Mail is recommended as it provides tracking and insurance for your valuable records. Not responsible for uninsured records lost or damaged in the mail.   Thank you for your interest.

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