VINYL RECORD COLLECTION - CLASSICAL, POPULAR AND OPERATIC WORKS, CIRCA 1950S-1960S

A SUBSTANTIAL COLLECTION OF MID-CENTURY VINYL RECORDS SPANNING CLASSICAL, POPULAR, AND OPERATIC GENRES. THE LOT COMPRISES APPROXIMATELY 20-25 RECORDS IN ORIGINAL OR PERIOD-APPROPRIATE SLEEVES, REPRESENTING EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL PRESSING FROM THE 1950S AND 1960S.

NOTABLE TITLES AND ARTISTS IDENTIFIED:
- LUCIANO PAVAROTTI - OPERATIC RECORDINGS
- ERNESTO LECUONA - FIRE AND ROMANCE
- JEANETTE MACDONALD AND NELSON EDDY - DUET RECORDINGS
- HOWARD KEEL - AND I LOVE YOU SO
- GLENN MILLER STORY - HIS MASTER'S VOICE PRESSING
- DICKIE VALENTINE - THE SKYROCKETS
- THE KING HIGHLIGHTS - FRANK CHAPPELL AND HIS ORCHESTRA
- FLANAGAN AND ALLEN - MULTIPLE RECORDINGS
- DEAN MARTIN - SWINGIN' DOWN YONDER AND ADDITIONAL TITLES
- VARIOUS CLASSICAL AND LIGHT ORCHESTRAL WORKS

RECORD LABELS AND PRESSINGS:
THE COLLECTION INCLUDES PRESSINGS FROM HIS MASTER'S VOICE (HMV), DECCA, PHILIPS, COLUMBIA, EMI, AND OTHER PERIOD LABELS. SEVERAL RECORDS BEAR EUROPEAN CATALOGUE NUMBERS AND MARKINGS, INDICATING INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION. GERMAN LANGUAGE TITLES AND ITALIAN OPERATIC RECORDINGS ARE REPRESENTED.

SLEEVE CONDITION AND PRESENTATION:
ORIGINAL SLEEVES DISPLAY PERIOD-APPROPRIATE ARTWORK AND TYPOGRAPHY CHARACTERISTIC OF 1950S-1960S DESIGN. MANY FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERS OF ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS. SLEEVES SHOW NATURAL AGING WITH FADING TO COLOURS, CREASING TO CORNERS AND EDGES, AND MINOR WATER STAINING TO SOME EXAMPLES. SEVERAL RECORDS ARE HOUSED IN REPLACEMENT OR GENERIC SLEEVES. PRINTED TEXT AND ARTIST INFORMATION REMAIN LEGIBLE ON MOST COVERS.

VINYL CONDITION:
RECORDS EXHIBIT SURFACE WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND USE. VINYL SURFACES SHOW LIGHT TO MODERATE SCRATCHING AND DUST MARKS. NO MAJOR WARPING OR DEEP GOUGES OBSERVED, THOUGH SOME RECORDS SHOW SIGNS OF PREVIOUS PLAY. PLAYABILITY HAS NOT BEEN TESTED.

COLLECTION SCOPE:
THIS LOT REPRESENTS A CROSS-SECTION OF MID-CENTURY POPULAR AND CLASSICAL MUSIC TASTES, WITH PARTICULAR STRENGTH IN OPERATIC AND LIGHT ORCHESTRAL WORKS. THE PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE PRESSINGS OF POPULAR ARTISTS SUCH AS DEAN MARTIN AND GLENN MILLER SUGGESTS A COLLECTOR WITH REFINED TASTE IN ENTERTAINMENT MUSIC OF THE ERA. EUROPEAN PRESSINGS INDICATE EITHER EUROPEAN ORIGIN OR ACQUISITION DURING THE PERIOD.

PROVENANCE:
COLLECTION SOURCED FROM A PRIVATE ESTATE. NO DOCUMENTATION OF ORIGINAL OWNERSHIP OR ACQUISITION HISTORY AVAILABLE.

NOTE:
THIS COLLECTION IS OFFERED AS-IS. RECORDS HAVE NOT BEEN INDIVIDUALLY TESTED FOR PLAYABILITY. COLLECTORS SHOULD EXPECT SURFACE NOISE AND WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE. THE LOT IS SUITABLE FOR COLLECTORS OF MID-CENTURY POPULAR MUSIC, OPERATIC RECORDINGS, OR THOSE SEEKING PERIOD EXAMPLES OF VINYL PRESSING AND SLEEVE DESIGN FROM THE 1950S-1960S ERA.

Item Size: Height: 40cm, Width: 50cm, Depth: 40cm, Weight: 10Kg

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

997498+13

Location of item: 69 Manchester Road, Carrara, QLD, Australia

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