Audiophile Collectors' Items - Mark Levinson Recordings

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A Rare Treasure for Audiophile Collectors*

Mark Levinson Acoustic Recording Series

Volumes # 1(one disk set) & # 4 (2 disk set) to be sold as one lot.

* The verbatim quote below of notes on the jacket tells of its rarity and preciousness:

“This record was produced without compromise.  Mark Levinson Audio systems built special equipment for use with calibration microphones and high speed wide track tape format to create virtually noiseless, ultra low distortion master tapes, without noise reduction systems.

Robert Ludwig mastered the records by feeding the original tape through a custom mixer directly into the cutting amplifier rack, with no filtering, limiting or other added effects.

CIDIS, manufacturer of Phillips and DGG records in France developed special pressing techniques to produce the most quiet record surfaces possible with today’s material and technology, and the skill of their chiefs of staff.

Producing records in this manner may not be practical by conventional industry standards, as it requires a great deal of time and patience.  Achieving no compromise quality means sacrificing convenience and cost effectiveness, in favour of what we know to be the best possible way.”

“Note:

1)     This record must be reproduced through high quality play back equipment in order to give you satisfaction you expect.  In particular, be sure to use a phono-cartridge which is in good condition.  Otherwise the disc may be damaged after one play.

2)     This record reproduces clearly the sound of the concert hall, the “air” or “space” around the music itself.  Natural sound is brought out by playback at a volume level that corresponds to the spatial reality of the music.  Taking care to find this level adds to the realism of the sound you hear in you room.

For the acoustic Recording Series, musicians were asked to prepare programs which could be released without splicing passages.  In this way, the coherency and immediacy of the musical event, rather than the note-by-note perfection of the spliced tape, are preserved.”

Mark Levinson

Acoustic Recording Series

Volume # 1 (MAL 1)

Side A                                               Side B

The Six Schubler Chorales            Prelude in Eb major – Organo Pleno – J S. Bach

J. S. Bach                                Rejoices in the Lord – Anon

Magnifica – Tallis

Lord, Le Me Know Mine End – Greene

O Sacrum Convivium – Morales

Battle Chapel Choir

Charles Krigbaum – Director

Britt Wheeler - Organ

A single LP disk set in beautiful presentation in heavy quality hard paper.  The disk is triple protected first by a normal paper sleeve which is placed inside another heavy paper outer jacket before inserting in the outer cover.

Apart from minor folding mark and bumps at the corners, and slight age yellowing at the open edge of cover, no other visible damage could be seen on the cover. 

Volume # 4 (MAL 4/1-2)

Side A                                                               Side B

Sonatina – A. Homzy                                      Amor Vittorioso – G. Gastoldi

                                                                           Brittanica for Brass

Concerto – Vilvaldi & Bach                           Mirabile Misterium – J. Handl

                                                                           Ricercar Brevis – J. P. Sweelinck

Side C                                                               Side D

Four Madrigals – P. Hindemith                      Fours Song – C. Ives

                                                                           Magical Mystery Tour                            

Trois Chansons – C. Debussy                                 Penny Lane  &

                                                                           Ob-la-di Ob-la-da

Lennon/McCartney

New Haven Brass Quintet

David Baldwin, trumpet         Grant Keast, trumpet       Christine Snyder, horn         Theodore Toupin, trombone   Kenneth Singleton, tuba

Two LP disks set in beautiful fold-out compact album presentation in heavy quality hard paper.  Each disk is triple protected first by a normal paper sleeve which is placed inside another heavy paper outer jacket before inserting in the outer fold-out cover.

Apart from slight bumps at the corners, and slight age yellowing at the open edge of cover, no other visible damage could be seen on the cover.

A personal collection, and if my memory served me correctly, the disks/records have never been played or touched by any playback equipment.  They are in pristine condition.*

*From a private music lover and hi fi enthusiast, condition not professionally graded.

Record could not be returned.

Notes on shipping costs.

Vol. 1 weighs 235 g. and Vol. 2, 475 g.  The total weight of two sets with packing needs to be kept within the 1.0 kg. range to avoid a quantum jump in postage.    It would therefore be packed in a 14x14x1 inch bubble envelope reinforced by cardboard sheets without further protection on which the following shipping cost is based.

( If a box - 14x14x4 in. is the next available box size, the dimensions of the album are too large to allow these to be shipped in a standard LP shipping box - were used for shipping, the total weight would fall in the range of 1.0-2.0 kg., and the corresponding shipping cost would be increased to the following values:

To USA                    Air parcel, no tracking            US$ 26.00

To Canada               Regular parcel, no tracking     US$ 19.00

To Internationl        Air parcel, no tracking             US$ 52.00

Pl. contact the sell if you want to use this method )

All shipping (unless otherwise instructed by buyer) done by Canada Post, packed in a 14x14x1 inch bubble envelope/mailer reinforced by cardboard sheets.

Packing material cost and appropriate GST included.

I am a private individual, do not run music business, and therefore do not have facilities available to professionals. 

Air parcel cost quoted, except inside Canada, simple parcel, no tracking.  Pl. contact seller for cost of other shipment options (boxed, courier delivery, etc.).

No tracking               No tracking                   

USA                         Small Packet-Air                                          

1.0 kg                               $17.00                                                      

Canada (flat rate)                                          Regular Parcel        

0.5~1.0 kg                                                          $16.50                            

International          Small Packet Intl -Air