H.P.'s List

These are recordings listed in the Super LP List of Harry Pearson of the Audiophile magazine "The Absolute Sound". Equivilent issues are listed such as London/Decca's, Re-issue/Originals without bias. I list these records based on the music and performance. I leave it to the purchaser to decide which is the definitive pressing.

Anderson: Music of Leroy Anderson Vol. 2: Cond. Fennell & ER Pops - numbers printed on front and back S MERCURY AMS 16037 ENG A- 60 EM2
Arnold: Sym 5, 4 Cornish Dances, Peterloo Ov: Cond. Arnold & Birmingham SO, times written on back, Odeon sticker on label S EMI ASD 2878 ENG A 30 ER8
Bartok: Concerto For Orchestra: Cond. Reiner & Chicago SO - 9S/9S stampers S RCA LSC 1934 USA A 100 UR2
Bizet: Carmen: Price, Corelli, Merrill, Freni: Cond. Karajan & Vienna PO S RCA LDS 6164 GER A- 45  
Bizet: Carmen: Price, Corelli, Merrill, Freni: Cond. Karajan & Vienna PO S RCA LDS 6164 USA A- 75 UR4
Bizet: Carmen: Price, Corelli, Merrill, Freni: Cond. Karajan & Vienna PO - box seperated, but still has the beautiful booklet S RCA LDS 6164 CAN A- 15 UR4
Dances from the time of Praetorius: Cond. Fritz Neumeyer & Collegium Terpsichore - gatefold S ARCHIV 198 166 GER A 25  
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius: Gedda, Watts, Lloyd: Cond. Boult & London PO S EMI SLS 987 ENG A 30 EY1
Fennell: Hi-Fi A La Espanola: Eastman-Rochester Pops - number printed on back and front - I know this is not exactly what HP recommends, but where else would you notice it? M MERCURY MRL 2575 ENG A- 50  
Fennell: Hi-Fi A La Espanola: sealed 45rpm record - now out of print and HOT!! S MERCURY SR 90144-45   S 150  
Fremaux: Ibert: Divertissement; Honegger: Pacific 231; Satie: 2 Gymnopedies; Poulenc: Les Biches: Birmingham SO - quadraphonic pressing S EMI Q4ASD 2989 ENG A 30 ER3
Fresh Aire 3: Mannheim Steamroller S AMERICAN G AG 365 USA A 20  
Handel: Messiah Choruses: Cond. Willcocks S EMI CSD 3778 ENG A 15 ER5
Holst: The Planets: Cond. Mehta & Los Angeles PO - cut jacket S LONDON CS 6734 HOL A 20  
Holst: The Planets: Cond. Mehta & Los Angeles PO - hole in jacket S LONDON CS 6734 ENG A 40  
Howells: Hymnus Paradisi - Harper, Tear: Cond. Willcocks S EMI ASD 2600 ENG A/A- 20 ER3
Khachaturian: Spartacus & Gayaneh Suites: Cond. Khachaturian & Vienna PO S DECCA SXL 6000 ENG A- 20 ED4
Massenet: Le Cid ballet music, Scenes Pittoresques, The Last Sleep of the Virgin -Fremaux: Birmingham SO - re-issue of EMI: TWO-350 S KLAVIER KS 522 USA A 20  
Music for Bang, Baaroom & Harp: Dick Shory's new Percussion Ensemble - jacket has cello on the upper RH coner, jacket has printing on back, 1s/1s S RCA LSP 1866 USA A- 20  
Night Music: Cond. Previn & London SO - should clean up to an A- at least S EMI ASD 3131 ENG B+ 20 ER3
Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges Suite, Sythian Suite - sealed 4 record set of single sided 45rpm records - now out of print and HOT!! S MERCURY SR 90006-45   S 200  
Respighi: Pines & Fountains of Rome: Cond. Reiner & Chicago SO S RCA LSC 2436 USA A 20 UE2
Sibelius: En Saga, Luonnotar, Oceanides, Night-Ride & Sunrise with Gwyneth Jones: Cond. Dorati & London SO - probably early semi sircle ER1 under Odeon label S EMI ASD 2486 ENG A 15 ED1
Stravinsky: The Firebird - sealed 3 record set of single sided 45rpm records - now out of print and HOT!! S MERCURY SR 90226-45   S 200  
The Fantasy Film World Of Bernard Herrmann S LONDON SP 44207 ENG A 15  
Vaughan Williams: 9 Syms: Cond. Boult & London PO, New Philh Orch S EMI SLS 822 ENG A/A- 90 ER3
Vaughan Williams: Sancta Civitas, Benedicite: Cond. Willcocks & London So with Harper, Partridge, Shirley-Quirck, The Bach Choir, Boys of King's College Choir, Cambridge - rare earliest pressing with orig. insert S EMI ASD 2422 ENG A- 20 ER1
Vivaldi: Con for Lute in D, Con for Viola d'amore & Lute, Trio in G & C: Cond. Ferenc & Chamber Orch with Benko - Lute - corner cut and jacket has bend on spine S HUNGAROT SLPX 11978 HUN A 15