[ARSCLIST] Fwd: [ARSCLIST] Westminster Lab Series

[Don Tait <Dontaitchicago@xxxxxxx>]

  Congratulations on finding that Westminster Lab LP in almost perfect 
condition, David! I've seen a lot of them and I must say that what most impresses me 
about what you wrote is that evidently the covers of the inside heavy 
cardboard sleeve hadn't essentially liquified and adhered to the inside of the 
plastic container bag. I've seen a lot of them with that problem. They've been a 
gooey mess. In one or two cases I had no choice but to extract the record from 
the container, put it in an anonymous sleeve, and throw the original packaging 
away. It would be interesting to know what caused that problem: a chemical 
reaction between the inner covers and the vinyl bag, temperature/humidity issues, 
or what. 

  With that said, those Lab Series LPs did indeed have fabulous mono sound 
and that Petrouchka (Scherchen conducting) is a great recorded performance.

  Don Tait

  


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Will wonders never cease? I came across a Westminster Laboratory Series LP 
today whose packaging was intact, the zipper worked (didn't jam at the bottom), 
and the disc inside the plastic sleeve was in near mint condition. Usually 
these things show up destroyed, especially since folks would get fed up with 
the thick plastic outer container and get rid of it, then find that the "album" 
was just a foldover with no place to protect the disc. Even the pamphlet was 
there.  (W-LAB 7011, Petrushka, if anyone cares.)

dl