TAS LIST TOP 10 MERCURY SR 90310 Balalaika Favorites GNUTOV 35MM RFR2/1 NM,VG++

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27

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NEW IMPORTANT DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING:

DUE TO THE CONTINUING VIRUS PANDEMIC- THE USPS MAIL SYSTEM FOR BOTH DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL MAILINGS IS IN CRISIS, AS SOME DISTRIBUTION CENTERS HAVE CLOSED DOWN FORCING THE PACKAGES TO BE SENT TO ANOTHER CENTER NOT ON THE NORMAL DELIVERY ROUTE & FOR INTERNATIONAL PACKAGES THERE ARE LESS AIRLINE FLIGHTS CAUSING THESE PACKAGES TO SIT FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME BETWEEN DESTINATIONS, WE HAVE SEEN PACKAGES AT OUR LOCAL POST OFFICE SIT FOR A FEW DAYS ON THE LOADING DOCK BEFORE MOVING THRU THEIR SYSTEM, AND THEN THEY SIT FOR DAYS AT ANOTHER DISTRIBUTION CENTER, THEREFORE, PLEASE BE PATIENT IF YOU BUY OUR RECORDS, AS WE KNOW THAT THE PACKAGES WILL BE DELAYED.

IN JANUARY 2021, THE INTERNATIONAL USPS RATES HAS INCREASED FOR ALL COUNTRIES. THERE ARE 2 DIFFERENT RATES FOR EUROPE & THE FAR EAST.

EUROPE IS $25 FOR THE 1ST RECORD (OVER 1 POUND), THEN FOR OVER 2 POUNDS ITS $40 or 2-3 RECORDS, THEN FOR OVER 3 POUNDS ITS $50, THEN FOR OVER 4 POUNDS or 5-6 RECORDS ITS $68. FOR MORE RECORDS WE WILL SEND AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT & DO NOT PAY UNTIL WE GET THE CORRECT SHIPPING RATE

THE FAR EAST (INCLUDING CHINA,TAIWAN, HONG KONG, JAPAN ITS $28 FOR THE 1ST RECORD (OVER 1 POUND), THEN FOR OVER 2 POUNDS ITS $44 or 2-3 RECORDS, THEN FOR OVER 3 POUNDS ITS $60, THEN FOR OVER 4 POUNDS or 5-6 RECORDS ITS $75. FOR MORE RECORDS WE WILL SEND AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT & DO NOT PAY UNTIL WE GET THE CORRECT SHIPPING RATE

eBay INTERNATIONAL RATES ARE OFTEN LESS – HOWEVER IT WILL TAKE LONGER, AS THE PACKAGES ARE 1ST SENT TO A US EBAY DISTRIBUTION CENTER (WHICH MIGHT BE ADDITIONALLY DELAYED DUE TO THE POST OFFICE CRISIS) THEN, SENT TO YOUR COUNTRY- WE WILL DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO SEND & IF NECESSARY OFFER A SHIPPING REFUND-

IN ORDER TO DEFER THE SHIPPING COST - WE RECOMMEND FINDING A US SHIPPING SERVICE – THESE ARE LOCATED IN SUCH CITIES AS PORTLAND, OR, WILMINGTON, DE AND IN NEWARK, NJ, AS WE SHIP TO THEIR ADDRESS VIA MEDIA MAIL (THE LEAST EXPENSIVE POSTAL SERVICE - BUT THE MOST DELAYED) AND THEY THEN SHIP TO YOUR COUNTRY, USUALLY BY BOAT- THIS TAKES LONGER, IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO DEFER THE SHIPPING COST, I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU FIND THEM, BUT AS MENTIONED BEFORE THIS CAUSES MORE SHIPPING DELAYS

TAS LIST TOP 10 MERCURY SR 90310 Balalaika Favorites GNUTOV 35MM RFR2/1 NM,VG++  

COVER IS VG++

RECORD IS AS FOLLOWS

SIDE 2 IS NM –

SIDE 2 IS VG++ W/ A FEW LIGHT SURFACE / PAPER SCUFFS

STAMPERS RFR2 RFR1  35MM STEREO US PRESS 1962

THIS MERCURY SR 90310 IS ON THE TAS SUPER LIST IN THE POPULAR BEST OF THE BUNCH CATEGORY

BALALAIKA FAVORITES: OSIPOV STATE RUSSIAN FOLK ORCHESTRA / VITALY GNUTOV 

Mercury Living Presence engineers made history when in 1962 they went to Moscow to make the recording. It was the first time an American recording company was allowed to come & record in the Soviet Union.

Tracks:1. Fantasy on Two Folk Songs, Budashkin,  2. At Sunrise arr. Gorodovskaya,  3. The Linden Tree, Kulikov, 4. Kamarinskaya- Osipov, 5. Fantasy on Volga Melodies-Mikailov-Shalayev, 6. In the Moonlight-Andreyev, 7. Midnight in Moscow-Soloviev-Sedoy, 8. Under the Apple Tree-Andreyev, 9. Dance of the Comedians-Tchaikovsky, 10. The Living Room Shiskakov, 11. Evening Bells-arr. Mossolov, 12. My Dear Old Friend, Please Visit Me-arr Poponov, 13. Waltz of the Faun Andreyev, 14. Flight of the Bumblebee-Rimsky-Korsakov 

Mercury Living Presence Stereo 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 records can rival and compete with anything ever made by any other classical record label.

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