Mint Condition Lyrita LPs
>From the private archive of Lyrita Proprietor Richard Itter
As a part of the labels 50th Anniversary celebration year Lyrita Recorded Edition in conjunction with Wyastone Estate Limited are pleased to make available for sale by auction 97 titles from the original Lyrita LP catalogue. All copies come from the private archive of Lyrita’s founder and proprietor, Richard Itter. The LPs, which are all original ‘Nimbus’ pressings, were manufactured in the company’s Monmouth premises during the mid 1980s. Every LP is in its original sleeve.
These
examples have never been shipped for sale and have been stored upright in their
factory boxes in dry, dark, temperate conditions since manufacture. This release
of 1,987 LPs constitutes the entire remaining contents of the Lyrita LP archive.
Simon Heffer, The Daily Telegraph “From the 1960s to the 1990s, those with
a taste for obscure English classical composers, or for the obscure works of
the well-known ones, needed only one port of call: Lyrita Records. It is like
coming across long-buried treasure, and represents perhaps the finest exhibition
our music has ever had.”
Operation of the Auction
The
auction will open at 09.00 GMT on 1 September 2010 and will close at 24.00 GMT
on 5 December 2010. Details of each LP are available in a printed catalogue
and also on the Lyrita website. Bids will only be accepted if made by post,
fax or e-mail using the order form provided. LPs will be allocated solely on
the highest value bid. Successful bidders will be contacted after the auction
has closed at which time we will confirm the allocation, calculate postage and
collect payment details.
Lyrita wishes to make these LPs widely available so will only allocate 1 example
of any title per bid. Any LPs which fail to reach their minimum bid, and which
are unsold at the close will be returned to the Lyrita archive.
Bidders will be informed of a bid reference number. They may revise this bid at any time. We will give periodic bulletins of the status and value of bids for each title via the Lyrita website.
Copies
of the LP auction catalogue can be obtained by calling 01600 892 747, emailing:
sales@wyastone.co.uk,
writing to Lyrita Recorded Edition, PO Box 87, Monmouth, NP25 3WX or downloading
the catalogue from the web site www.lyrita.co.uk
Edward Greenfield “One point to emphasise is the quality of sound that Richard Itter always insisted on. Ambitiously he employed some of the finest engineers in the recording business, notably those from the Decca company under Kenneth Wilkinson. That means that even Lyrita recordings over 30 years old rival and even outshine many of the latest digital recordings.”
For more information regarding this press release and the Lyrita LP Auction contact Adrian Farmer or Antony Smith by phone 01600 890 007 or email sales@wyastone.co.uk.
Antony Smith
Business Director
Wyastone Estate Limited
Nimbus Records
www.wyastone.co.uk
Wyastone
Business Park, Monmouth, NP25 3SR, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1600 890 007
Fax: +44 1600 891 052
Email: antony@wyastone.co.uk