Originally Posted by
Barry
I've largely given up buying LPs at boot sales - I can often get better and cheaper in charity shops these days.
But I did pick up a rare three-LP box set of Beethoven's 3rd, 5th and 7th symphonies performed by the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler in 1951-1954, so obviously in mono (Seraphim IC-6018. Seraphim were the top echelon of Angel Records, the US arm of EMI). All for the princely sum of £1. Both the records and the box are in pretty good condition, apart from the records being absolutely filthy. However a good clean on an RCM brought them up to a more than acceptable standard.
Picked up a five-DVD set of Ken Burn's 'Story of the Blues' for £7, which isn't too bad (the seller wanted £10, but I beat him down).