AUDIOPHILE LP: ESTHER OFARIM / ESTHER*GERMAN "HÖR ZU" ORIGINAL 1972*INSERT*TOP

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Title: Esther Ofarim - Esther

This is the ultrarare original German first pressing from 1972 on HÖR ZU, SHZE 367, stereo. It has been manufactured by EMI/COLUMBIA for the German “Hör Zu”-magazine, ”Special Manufacture by EMI/ELECTROLA” is printed inside the gatefold-cover. It is defenitely much rarer than the later ATR-edition and its sound is absolutely incredible ! The beautiful, matt and a little textured gatefold-sleeve is very sensitive and therefore most of the time in pretty bad used shape - this copy’s cover is the best I've ever seen. The rare insert is included, most of the time it is missing. The insert is LP-sized and it is also a gatefold with sensitive, textured paper, it includes the complete lyrics. Please look at all 8 photos !

Line-up: Esther Ofarim/vocals - Erich Ferstl/guitar,producer,arranger & artistic director - Chamber Orchestra of Munich Philharmonic.

Tracks: side 1: La Vezina Catin - Ziunionei Haderech - La Scillitana - Leil Galil – Pamparapam - Pavane

               side 2: Kinderspiele – Rataplan - El Rey Nimrod - Hayu Leiloth - Nique Nac No Muse - Una Matica De Ruda

E.Ofarim’s first album is one of the most beautiful female vocal recordings ever made. She sings in German, English, French, Italian, Hebrew and Ladino. Esther’s voice is heard in a variety of settings: from intimate duos with just an acoustic guitar accompanying her via small line-ups to full orchestra. Great dynamics, specially the percussions sound awesome on this one: the orchestral tympani, the turkish drums etc. Highly recommended ! I also offer a copy of the original 1979 ATR-edition in my current auctions .

Condition: the record looks mint- in daylight and under normal artificial light, only under a real strong light you will see a few superficial papersleeve-lines. The record plays in mint- all the time with 2 exceptions: the last track has ca.5 singular low tics behind the music and the other side has ca. 3 singular low tics. I've strictly playgraded the complete LP and I think an overall grading as mint--/ex+++ is justified.

The cover is real fine: intact seams/spine with just slightest rub in one small part of the bottom seams. Front, back & inner of the gatefold-cover are just beautiful. Overall I grade the cover mint--/ex++.

The sensitive gatefold-insert is clean with sharp edges & corners, it shows a few tiny creases and impressions, overall ex.

Grading & Cleaning:

• the record has been cleaned on my professional HANNL record cleaning machine

• after that I playgraded it (completely or at least in parts) on my Rega Planar 9, Moving Coil cartridge by EINSTEIN:TU-3 Super Fine Line ( please consider that the playback might differ a bit depending on your own equipment )

• I also visually graded the record under a strong light

• only an unplayed record is mint, the highest grading for a used record is mint- ! My basic gradings are: mint – ex – vg.

• cleaned records are stored in a new deluxe innersleeve and they are placed in a new PVC protection-sleeve !

Shipping, Packing & Payment International ( = to all countries except Germany) :

• your shipping costs for this heavy-weight LP are : 12.95 $ / 9.95 €

• all shippings include: 1. priority / airmail 2. registration / tracking-number 3. full insurance for free :

  I pay the complete expensive insurance from my own money - You pay only for the standard registered airmail shipping

• supersafe packing with prof. recordmailers, extracardboard & bubblepaper (for free: I pay the complete packing-material)

• speedy shipping within 2 days

• paypal is accepted from everywhere, Eurobanktransfer is possible from countries with Eurocurrency

• shipping-rate up to 500 Gram ( = 1 normal-weight LP ) is : 8.40 US $ / 6.50 €

• shipping-rate up to 1000 Gram ( = 1 heavy-weight LP up to ca. 3 or 4 LPs ) is : 12.95 $ / 9.95 €

• shipping-rate up to 2000 Gram ( = ca. 4 to 7 LPs ) is : 25.90 $ / 19.90 €

Versand,Verpackung & Bezahlung BRD :

• innnerhalb der BRD kostet versicherter Schallplatten-Versand : 3,80 Euro für 1 bis 2 LPs. Ab 3 LPs kostet es 4,50 Euro.

• die LPs werden sehr sicher mit Dämmpappen & Luftpolsterfolie verpackt und kommen in neuen & stabilen LP-Versandkartons ( keine „Warensendungs“-Kartons ). Den Materialwert von ca. 1,00 € pro Sendung trage ich, Sie zahlen nur den reinen Portopreis !

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