Continuing another run of Great, Original, Mercury Living Presence Stereo albums with their superlative early Stereo sonics, on offer here is a Coveted issue: the Original Mercury Living Presence Stereo album of 1961 with the vibrant piano soloist Eugene List in Gershwin's inimitable Concerto in F for keyboard and orchestra and in a punchy, suave, exuberant reading of the famed Rhapsody in Blue. Orchestral accompaniment here by the eminent American Composer/Conductor Howard Hanson leading the Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra--an ensemble that Hanson himself pushed to world-class fame over years of deft conducting and innovative programming. Mercury Sonics were then and always an order of magnitude better than any other early stereo vinyl recordings of the era. Original Mercury Living Presence Stereo disk, Serial No. SR 90002. Thus First Edition and Early Pressings for Sure. Disk Deadwax machine stamped FR 5 A1 (Side 1) and FR 5 B1 (Side 2). Guaranteed Highest Mercury Living Presence Stereo audio standards of disk production. Close visual inspection under bright light shows Side 1 with very faint hairline (inaudible on careful playback) and Side 2 with faint lateral hairline also inaudible on play-back. Retention of high gloss vinyl sheen on both sides. Repeated Careful Play grading shows bright, brilliant, full-spectrum sound typical of superior and superb Mercury recording and processing techniques of the era. List's great, radiant, almost improvisational piano lines splendid and engaging throughout. Disk easily rates to Near-Mint. Interior, paper sleeve is not original but in Near-Mint condition. Jacket also Near-Mint, presenting glossy front and fully intact rear and seams. Original color-back jacket looks as if printed yesterday. Not a Cut-Out. Thus a highly collectible exemplar of one Hanson's greatest conducting exploits in service to American modern classical compositions of the most delightful invention and affecting beauty.

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