The 33 Record is in great shape the sleeve has light wear on corners and edge. Shipped the next business day! We own a small family book store and sell our extra media that have been on our shelves for too long. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: The last of Tchaikovsky's three ballets was commissoned in December 1890 by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, director of the Imperial Theaters in St. Petersburg, who simultaneously invited Tchaikovsky to write a one-act opera. The plot is taken from Histoire d'un casse-noisette, by alexandre dumas. The nutcracker is the U.S. translation of nussknacker from the dutch language. This album was originally produced when Amsterdam was in Holland, now the Neatherlands. (Neatherlands, name changed to Holland, and now back to Neatherlands). Side 1: NUT CRACKER SUITE, OP 71a Minature Overture Charachteristic Dances: March-- Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy Russian Dance: Trepak Arabian Dance: Chinese Dance Dance of the Reed Pipes Waltz of the Flowers. Side 2 NUTCRACKER SUITE NO. 2 Scene and Waltz of the Snowflakes Spanish Dance Pas de deux Coda Waltz Finale and Apotheosis Performed by Concertgebouw Orchestra, amsterdam Boys Choir of the St. Bavop Cathedral Haarlem (Chorus Master: Jan Valkestijn)