VICTOR SET (VC-16): GILBERT AND SULLIVAN D'OYLY CARTE 'THE GONDOLIERS' (1933)
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RED VICTOR GOLDPRINT LABEL SET (CM-16): 11188-11199 (12 RECORD SET) (1933)
ENGLISH HMV MATRICES
THE GONDOLIERS (GILBERT & SULLIVAN)
SOLOISTS: HENRY LYTTON, ARTHUR HOSKING, LEO SHEFFIELD, DEREK OLDHAM, BERTHA LEWIS, MAVIS BENNETT.
D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY- RUPERT D'OYLY CARTE (C)
FIRST RECORD IS A CIRCULAR LABEL, THE REST ARE SCROLL COPIES (MANY OF WHICH ARE 'z' PRESSINGS). IN ORIGINAL BROWN ALBUM IN FINE SHAPE, WITH ORIGINAL BROCHURE.
CONDITION '2'- NICE SHAPE, PLAYS WELL.
VICTOR ISSUED A NUMBER OF THESE GILBERT & SULLIVAN OPERETTAS DUING THE 1920s AND 30s. THIS IS FROM THE MID-30s AND IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. MOST OF THE SETS ARE QUITE HARD TO LOCATE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS SHAPE.
WONDERFUL QUIET SURFACES.
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.
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