Complete Boxed Set of Five Records of Stalin's Speech to Electorate at the Bolshoi Theatre, 11 December 1937.
The records are packaged in their original large format album measuring 12" x 10 ½" x 1" wrapped in red cloth inside and out. The weight is close to 4 lbs. The record sleeves are in thin cardboard, with the closed edges reinforced with the same red cloth. The internal hard cardboard flap enclosing the records has woven silk ties attached opposite to similar ties affixed to the spine to keep the records secure. The front cover shows a raised profile of Stalin over the title of the set: "Speech of Comrade I.V. Stalin at the Meeting of the Electorate of the Stalinskiy District of the city
The records are packaged in their original large format album measuring 12" x 10 ½" x 1" wrapped in red cloth inside and out. The weight is close to 4 lbs. The record sleeves are in thin cardboard, with the closed edges reinforced with the same red cloth. The internal hard cardboard flap enclosing the records has woven silk ties attached opposite to similar ties affixed to the spine to keep the records secure. The front cover shows a raised profile of Stalin over the title of the set: "Speech of Comrade I.V. Stalin at the Meeting of the Electorate of the Stalinskiy District of the city of Moscow on 11 December 1937 at the Bolshoi Theatre."
The records were made at the Moscow Records Factory In Memory of 1905 (the year referring to the first Russian Revolution) of MASHPROM, the People's Commissariat of Machine Building. The manufacturer's name and trademark logo are embossed at the bottom of the back cover.
Both the album and the records show amazingly little wear, mostly to the cloth of the cover of the album. The records show minor usage wear but are free of any significant scratches. We have checked all the records only visually, not having a record player. While making no guarantees, we do not anticipate any problems with playback.
There is no shortage of digitized audio and video recordings of Stalin's public speeches, but imagine your vintage record player, the scratchy background noise only shellac at 78 rpm can make, and the voice of the most prolific mass murderer and leader of 1/6 of the Earth's dry land promising his audience bright communist future at the height of his Great Purge. Now that's an experience worth having, not to mention an inexhaustible conversational subject!
Please note that the pen in our photo is for size reference.
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