Columbia SL-174 6 eye Budapest String Quartet, Beethoven, Late Quartets

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Columbia Records five disc set in slipcase, SL-174, original mono recordings.  Discs are in five cardboard inner jackets.  Grey six-eye label discs pressed in the US.  Beethoven, complete string quartets, volume III, The Late Quartets.  Includes quartets #12 to #16, plus the Grosse Fuge, played by the Budapest String Quartet.  See pics for details.

Discs all NM, slipcase and inner jackets VG+.  Some of the inner jackets have small seam splits in the middle of top or bottom.  Small, neatly written notes from original owner on the sleeves and on some of the labels identifying which record went in which jacket.  These were from an exceptionally well cared for collection.

This is probably the best sounding edition of this great set of recordings, since early blue label discs are invariably noisier and also were not made to the RIAA standard equalization.  Please see my other listings for the other two volumes.

Please contact me if you have any questions. Questions asked within 12 hours of auction close may not get answered, but I will try to do so. Returns accepted, return shipping not included.

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