Condition

Vintage pre-owned collection. All nine boxed sets include their four original cassette tapes and accompanying books/materials, for a total of 36 cassettes.

IMPORTANT: Tape 3 in the Mozart set is damaged and should be considered non-playable/as-is. It is included with the collection for completeness. The remaining 35 cassettes have been visually inspected but have not been individually playback tested.

Presentation boxes, books, cassette cases and interior trays show varying light-to-moderate shelf, storage and handling wear consistent with age. Please review all photos carefully for exact condition.

Description

Large vintage collection of Time-Life Records Great Men of Music classical music cassette box sets.

This lot includes 9 composer sets containing 36 original cassette tapes total, along with the accompanying books/materials and their color-coded presentation boxes.

Included composers and catalog numbers:

Felix Mendelssohn — 4TLG-561

Claude Debussy — 4TLG-548

Ludwig van Beethoven — 4TLG-545

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — 4TL-541

Franz Schubert — 4TLG-549

Sergei Rachmaninoff — 4TLG-566

Johannes Brahms — 4TLG-543

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — 4TL-542

Frédéric Chopin — 4TLG-555

Each composer set contains four coordinated Time-Life cassette tapes housed in its original presentation box along with the accompanying illustrated book/materials.

The collection represents some of the major composers of the Classical and Romantic repertoire, including Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff.

Important Cassette Condition Note:

All 36 original cassettes are present.

Mozart Tape 3 is damaged and should be considered non-working/non-playable. It is included so that the original four-cassette Mozart set remains physically complete.

The remaining 35 cassettes have not been individually playback tested and are therefore being sold as vintage recorded media with playback performance not guaranteed.

A substantial group of the less commonly encountered cassette version of Time-Life’s Great Men of Music series. Excellent for a classical music collection, vintage cassette collection, Time-Life collection or period audio display.

Sale includes all 9 boxed sets, all 36 cassettes and accompanying books/materials shown.

Item Specifics

Series: Great Men of Music

Record Label: Time-Life Records

Format: Cassette

Number of Cassettes: 36

Number of Box Sets: 9

Genre: Classical

Style: Classical / Romantic / Orchestral / Piano

Composers: Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Tchaikovsky

Edition: Collector Box Set

Features: Original Books / Presentation Boxes / Multi-Cassette Sets

Case Type: Presentation Box

Release Title: Great Men of Music

Vintage: Yes

Cassette Condition: Untested — See Description

Case Condition: Pre-Owned Vintage

Inlay Condition: Pre-Owned Vintage

Mozart Tape 3: Damaged / Non-Playable / Included As-Is

Total Original Tapes Present: 36