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78 rpm: HISTORIC PRESSING: EDVARD GRIEG AND JOSEPH JOACHIM G&T MATRICES (1903)

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2.99 USD
18 Feb 2020
11 Feb 2020
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Mbi6X_z4JBel
1920
759
United States
Used
Edvard Grieg
78 rpm
HMV
United States
Classical
Opera
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HISTORIC PRESSING: EDVARD GRIEG AND JOSEPH JOACHIM G&T MATRICES (1903)
WHITE VICTOR SCROLL LABEL HISTORIC ISSUE: D-803 (1903)

G&T MATRICES.

SIDE A: AU PRINTEMPS (GRIEG)
ISSUED FROM A FRENCH G&T MATRIX (TEN INCH SIDE ON A TWELVE INCH PRESSING)
EDVARD H. GRIEG (PIANO)
SIDE B: HUNGARIAN DANCE No. 2 IN D MINOR (BRAHMS-JOACHIM)
REPRESSING OF BERLIN MASTER FROM 1903.

CONDITION '1'- IN EXCELLENT SHAPE.

CURIOUS USA ISSUE OF HMV 'HISTORIC CATALOGUE' D-803. IT SEEMS THAT A FEW OF THESE WERE ISSUED BY VICTOR IN THE 1930s FOR SALE TO COLLECTORS.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS DOMESTIC ISSUE BEFORE. MOST CURIOUS!

CONDITION GRADING:

1- MINT (ALMOST NEVER SEEN)
1-2 TOP QUALITY- AS NEW
2- A VERY FINE COPY, A FEW LIGHT RUBS, NO NEEDLE WEAR (UNLESS OTHERWISE DESCRIBED)
2-3 SOME RUBS, MARKS, NON-SOUNDING BLEMISHES.
3- HEAVIER RUBS, MARKS, NON SOUNDING BLEMISHES. AN 'AVERAGE COPY'
3-4 LIGHT SOUNDING WEAR (GREYING), SOME SOUND DEFECTS.
4- SOUNDING WEAR, RUBS, MARKS
4-5 WEAR, RUBS, MARKS
5- OBVIOUS SOUNDING WEAR, HEAVY RUBS, MARKS
5-6 HEAVY WEAR AND MARKS
6- A WRECK! ONLY USED FOR TOP RARITIES.