Mercury Living Presence Series (50400-50499)

“Living Presence” series was one of Mercury labels, for Classical music. Like its series name, it gives us "a living presence" sound. Among all Mercury releases, this “Living Presence” series may be the most famous among audiophiles, and thus much of this release includes so expensive, hard-to-find records in the second-hand market.

Among them, the most famous ones are the legendary Stereo releases, a high-fidelity “FR press” Stereo platters, most of which were released between 1958-1960. Another famous ones may be “35mm Magnetic Film Recording” in the 1960s.

It is surprising and interesting that monaural issues are less expensive than stereo issues of the same recordings. It's unbelievable in the area of Jazz, Popular etc.

The List (50000/90000 Series: 50400-50499)

Titles with bold numbers (NON-grayed lines) indicates I own the copy. You can see detailed information and scanned images by clicking catalogue no. or cover picture. If you happen to know the titles/artists of the albums unlisted here, or if you found any incorrect information, please let me know. Thank you.

No. (Mono)	No. (Stereo)	Title / Artist(s)	Jacket	(Note)
MG-50400	SR-90400	The Music Of Leroy Anderson, Vol.3 London Symphony, Fennell	-	-
MG-50401	SR-90401	Great Music Of The Baroque-Concertos by Antonio VIVALDI Duhamel Ensemble	-	-
MG-50402	SR-90402	Great Music Of The Baroque Stuttgart Orchestra, M. Couraud	-	-
MG-50403	SR-90403	Great Music Of The Baroque Vienna Symphony, Paumgartner; Van Tricht	-	-
MG-50404	SR-90404	Baroque Dances and Diversions Arnold Birbaum Ensemble	-	maroon Mercury RFR-1/RFR-1
MG-50405	SR-90405	Janos Starker Plays Works by DEBUSSY, BARTÓK and others Janos Starker; Gorgy Sebök		maroon Mercury RFR-1/RFR-7
MG-50406	SR-90406	MENDELSSOHN: Concerto in E minor for Violin; SCHUMANN: Concerto in D minor for Violin London Symphony, Dorati; Henryk Szeryng	-	-
MG-50407	SR-90407	MOZART: Concerti for Horn K.412, K417, K447, K495 Vienna Symphony, Paumgartner; Eric Penzel	-	-
MG-50408	SR-90408	A Musical Soiree At The Court Of Sans-Souci Orchestra Antiqua Musica, Roussel; Jean-Pierre Rampal	-	-
MG-50409	SR-90409	SAINT-SAËNS: Celo Concerto in A minor for Cello & Orchestra; TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello London Symphony, Dorati; Janos Starker	-	-
MG-50410	SR-90410	J.S. BACH: Concerto No.1 in D minor for Harpsichord; Concerto No.4 in A major for Harpsichord; Concerto No.5 in F minor for Harpsichord Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Victor Barshai; Devetzi	-	-
MG-50440	SR-90440	Carousel Waltz and other Orchestral Dance Favorites London Pops, Fennel		(thanks barbcity-san for the photo)
MG-50441	SR-90441	(NOT USED)
MG-50442	SR-90442	DEBUSSY: Sonata No.3 in G minor for Violin & Piano; HONEGGER: Sonata No.1 for Violin; IVES: Sonata No.4 WEBERN: 4 Pieces Joseph Szigeti; Roy Bogas		maroon Mercury RFR-7/RFR-1 w/ sleeve
MG-50443	SR-90443	Concertos for Recorders, Strings and Harpsichord London String Orchestra, Marriner; Bernard Krainis		maroon Mercury RFR-2/RFR-3 w/ sleeve
MG-50444	SR-90444	Champagne, Roses and Bonbons Minneapolis Symphony, Dorati; Philharmonia Hungarica, Dorati	-	-
MG-50445	SR-90445	(Disc 1 of OL3-116 / SR3-9016)
MG-50446	SR-90446	(Disc 2 of OL3-116 / SR3-9016)
MG-50447	SR-90447	(Disc 3 of OL3-116 / SR3-9016)
MG-50451	SR-90451	(Disc 1 of OL3-117 / SR3-9017)
MG-50452	SR-90452	(Disc 2 of OL3-117 / SR3-9017)
MG-50453	SR-90453	(Disc 3 of OL3-117 / SR3-9017)
MG-50460	SR-90460	Janos Starker Plays Italian Cello Sonatas Janos Starker	-	-
MG-50464	SR-90464	(Disc 1 of OL2-120 / SR2-9120)
MG-50465	SR-90465	(Disc 2 of OL2-120 / SR2-9120)
MG-50466	SR-90466	J.S. BACH: Violin Concertos Winterthur Collegium Musicum; Henryk Szerying; Peter Rybar	-	-
MG-50467	SR-90467	BRAHMS: Tragic Overture; Alto Rhapsody; KODALY: Psalmus Hungaricus Russian State Symphony, Igor Markevitch	-	-
MG-50468	SR-90468	(Disc 1 of OL6-121 / SR6-9121)		-
MG-50469	SR-90469	(Disc 2 of OL6-121 / SR6-9121)		-
MG-50470	SR-90470	(Disc 3 of OL6-121 / SR6-9121)		-
MG-50471	SR-90471	(Disc 4 of OL6-121 / SR6-9121)		-
MG-50472	SR-90472	(Disc 5 of OL6-121 / SR6-9121)		-
MG-50473	SR-90473	(Disc 6 of OL6-121 / SR6-9121)		-
-	SR-90474	(Disc 1 of SR4-9122)
-	SR-90475	(Disc 2 of SR4-9122)
-	SR-90476	(Disc 3 of SR4-9122)
-	SR-90477	(Disc 4 of SR4-9122)
-	SR-90487	VIVALDI: Guitar Concertos The Romeros	-	-