1959 UK RCA Red Seal Living Stereo 4 x LP test pressing set, issued as 8 x single sided discs, SER 4508 - 11.

Housed in the original white plastic sleeve with transparent window containing the mono issue libretto booklet insert.

Matrices: 2M / 1M, 1M/2M, 1M/1M, 1M/1M

Vinyl still has a good gloss throughout but there are some scattered scuffs and light scratches here and there throughout. These are especially noticed at the beginnings of sides.

Grade can only be graded as Fair/Poor. This is due to a small repaired chip at the beginning of side five. It appears that two small pieces have been chipped away and regummed back into place. This causes loud skipping jumps at the beginning and so the stylus has to be placed to bypass this. It is only a very short duration however, running no more than a couple of millimetres into the playing area.

Othewise play grades G, but this for the worst of it. Although the surfaces are underlyingly quiet without continual surface noise this is a ticky issue with both soft and mid-level ticks here and there. This is sporadic but sometimes a hindrance to listening pleasure. By and large there are no scratches deep enough to cause more than two or three consecutive ticks but there are two exceptions. There are 16 consecutive mid-level ticks to the middle of side five. There are a few mixed soft to mid-level ticks to the beginning of side six. There are also around 16 consecutive soft to mid-level ticks to the last side. The last side is very slightly more ticky than the rest of the set and would perhaps grade nearer G minus.

Labels are clean with some small original penned annotations to both sides of the first disc.

The original inner sleeves are all present and in good order with the usual opened seals and penned annotations. There is some disc impression creasing to the sleeves due to each housing two fairly hefty discs.

Booklet has some slight overall handling creasing. Some previous water splash damage has left a visible tide mark stain to the bottom centre of most of the pages. There is no leeching or sticking however and there is no visible mould damage. The mono designation to front has been scored out and replaced with a red penned "stereo". There is one tiny, presumed original, penned digit internally. There is a neat three quarter inch tear to bottom left corner joint to wraps and opening page.

The plastic sleeve has survived fairly well and without the often seen splits and tears. Some light discolouration to clear window and white areas, as expected, but fairly lightly so. A now faded penned catalogue number to top right rear corner.

Please bear in mind that this is a far from perfect playing copy, suitable as a shelf filler or reference copy. The inner sleeves, plastic sleeve and booklet are perfectly salvageable however, so perhaps suitable as a replacement for a better vinyl set. Starting bid is set accordingly low.