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17th Dec 2015, 12:06 PM
	Magic Marmalade If you're not lost... It's not an adventure! Member since Jun 2014 3723 Points Moderator	Hadn't been out in a while, and was getting a little twitchy... Wasn't that great in terms of anything new in the bins, but I did manage to find a superb copy of Stevie Wonder's Innervisions on vinyl (I see the entry for that has incomplete set of scans... so I'll put some up in the coming days - although don't let that deter anyone from doing it themselves -) So I decided to avail myself of the opportunity to take time in the classical vinyls... in particular I was seeing if I could get examples of the most favoured classical labels (early stereos) just as much for reference as anything. I managed to find three quite rare classical albums of this kind too... which was quite a good return on the time invested I thought! First one is Belshazzar's Feast (Walton/Bell), on Columbia red half moon label, which has that all important SAX catalogue number prefix (SAX 2319) Then a Dvorak - Rostropovitch HMV white label-with gold rim and text. (ASD 358) And finally one that really got me excited (I know, excited about a classical album... what on earth is going on with me?!!)... An Elgar selection on HMV red half moon label featuring Sir John Barbirolli, Janet Baker, and Jacqueline Du Pre (ASD 655). But it wasn't just the rarity or the label, I quite fancied experimenting with getting Cello music on vinyl, and you can't beat our Jackie! (I did pass on a Decca SXL prefixed: "The Firebird" (which I was very torn about, as even though it was completely knackered - torn sleeve, deep scratches etc. a Popsike search revealed it goes for £400+ in mint... but then sometimes you have to just let these things pass and see sense) However, the Elgar one really raised an important question for me, as on the reverse, it appears to have been signed by Jacqueline Du Pre! The question is about provenance for such signatures on any album found in a record bin, second hand... How do you know, let alone establish, if it's real? I searched for examples of her signature online, and it matches the couple of examples I've found, but still I am incredulous. Many people write all kinds of stuff all over album sleeves and labels, and it's not unknown for fans to just write the names of their idols over and over again on them (before either growing up or getting a restraining order!)... I'm thinking that this being a classical album and artist, this may reduce the likelihood of fan scribble, as opposed to Beatlemania for instance... and that as it looks like a felt pen which hasn't properly worked to begin with (The "J" is there but very faint), this may speak to it's authenticity as surely a forger might make it too perfect. I know this won't do much value wise even if it is real, being that it is classical, but I am genuinely over the moon to have what could be Jacqueline Du Pre's sig, and probably wouldn't want to sell it anyway now! But there have been other records I've seen out and about that also apparently have the artist's "signature" on, which I've just passed on as I tend to think I couldn't trust it, and how do you prove it anyway? This must surely be a concern others might have. (I'll be adding these albums soon too!) Edited by moderator on 3rd Jun 2018, 3:27 PM