Stravinsky - Petrouchka Chesky Records CR42 180g Audiophile Reissue LP - Mint

$

138

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This is Chesky Record's superb out of print 180g reissue of Stravinsky - Petrouchka (CR42).  It features the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with Oscar Danon conducting.

This is a truly great recording and is on Arthur Salvatore's Supreme Recordings list.  

Quoting Arthur about this disc, he says, "Of all the many thousands of orchestral records I have auditioned in the 30 plus years, on hundreds of different systems, this LP has the closest, overall sound to a 'live performance' that I have ever experienced.  It does have a number of close rivals, but none of them can equal its important, numerous and cumulative strengths, and/or has as few sonic weaknesses."

I purchased this disc new, and played it only once on a Well Tempered Classic with an Ortofon HMC 30 moving coil cartridge (see photo), while recording it to DSD.  Before play, the disc was cleaned and vacuumed with a VPI HW-17 record cleaning machine (see photo). 

Both the disc and the jacket are in mint condition and were always protected with an outer poly sleeve and an inner rice paper sleeve.  

The jacket has a minor upper left corner dent and a couple of other very, very minor dents (see photos).

I sell only from my personal collection.  99% of what I sell was purchased new, and played only a few times or less on high end equipment.  My discs are extremely well cared for, and unless noted otherwise, discs have no scratches or any user damage.  Discs and covers were always protected in plastic outer and rice paper inner sleeves, so you're getting a mint LP (no exaggeration) in terms of play and cosmetics.  Analog veterans know that even brand new LPs have tics and pops, so don't expect any LP to be perfectly silent.