Mercury Records Collection: OLD-1: Living Presence High Fidelity Demonstration - The Finest In High Fidelity Orchestral Recording

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OLD-1: Living Presence High Fidelity Demonstration - The Finest In High Fidelity Orchestral Recording

Label Type :	maroon Mercury Olympian Series Long Playing High Fidelity
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	OLD 1A MF10 #3
	SIDE-B	OLD 1B MF6 #6

Comments

7-inch 33rpm LP.

with gatefold paper insert.

Inside The Groove

A little compilation LP containing excerpt of Mercury Living Presence releases.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Judging from the contents, this little LP was released circa 1953-1954, for sales promotion.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	MOUSSORGSKY-RAVEL: Pictures At An Exhibition Promenade and Gnome (pt.)	Chicago Symphony, Rafael Kubelic	-	from MG-50000
A-2	RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade 3rd Movement (pt.)	Minneapolis Symphony, Antal Dorati	-	from MG-50009
A-3	HANSON: Symphony No.4 - Scherzo	Eastman-Rochester Symphony, Howard Hanson	-	from MG-40004
SIDE-B
B-1	RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol - Albarada	Detroit Symphony, Paul Paray	-	from MG-50020
B-2	HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphoses On Themes Of Weber 2nd Movement (pt.)	Chicago Symphony, Rafael Kubelic	-	from MG-50024
B-3	COPLAND: Symphony No.3 - Fanfare	Minneapolis Symphony, Antal Dorati	-	from MG-50018