Living Strings Plus Trumpet – Play Music for Young Lovers (1963 LP Canadian RCA Camden Mono Pressing in Shrink) - EX/NM Vintage Vinyl (CAL 739)

Catalog a lush 1963 orchestral easy-listening LP for your archival inventory: Living Strings Plus Trumpet Play Music for Young Lovers! Made in Canada by RCA Victor Company, Ltd. (Montreal) on classic two-tone purple-and-blue RCA Camden "NEW ORTHOPHONIC" HIGH FIDELITY mono labels (CAL 739), this 12-inch 33⅓ RPM release was arranged and conducted by Johnny Douglas, recorded in England, and coordinated by New York A&R producer Ethel Gabriel, featuring trumpet solos by Ray Davies. The tracklist spans Side 1 ("Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)", "I'm in the Mood for Love", "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You", "Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)", and "Medley: a. Take Me in Your Arms / b. Love's Last Word") and Side 2 ("I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)", "Love Letters", "Theme for Young Lovers", "Fly Me to the Moon", and "Medley: a. Say Not Love Is a Dream / b. Ordinary People"). Housed in its original pink-bordered outer sleeve preserved in factory shrink wrap, the front cover showcases a studio arrangement of violins and a brass trumpet set against a silhouetted moonlit profile, while the back cover features full liner notes ("haunted trumpet... haunted strings") alongside the complete tracklist. Includes a clean white paper inner sleeve.

Structural & Visual Inspection

• Vinyl Surface & Labels Condition - EXCELLENT / NEAR MINT (EX / NM): Glossy black vinyl retains deep groove luster with crisp micro-groove definition, showing only faint, non-feelable hairline sleeve marks and minor surface dust flecks under angled macro inspection. Both Side 1 (N3ZP-6076) and Side 2 (N3ZP-6077) purple-and-blue RCA Camden labels remain bright, clean, and legible with sharp blue and silver typography, minimal spindle marks, and clean center holes. Deadwax runout clearly displays stamped matrix markings including N3ZP-6076 and N3ZP-6077.

• Jacket & Inner Sleeve Integrity - NEAR MINT (NM): Original outer sleeve remains wrapped in its vintage cellophane shrink wrap, preserving vibrant pink border saturation, crisp front instrument photography, and clean white back cover liner typography with zero ring wear, sharp corners, and an intact spine with no seam splits (a small light-tan sticker residue spot is visible at the upper-left corner on the shrink wrap). Includes a clean white paper inner sleeve.

Condition Assessment Disclaimer: Please note that we are not professional graders; all condition assessments are determined visually to the best of our abilities. Prospective buyers and collectors are encouraged to carefully examine the accompanying high-resolution photographs—which depict the exact item you will receive—to form their own final grading assessment.

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